23:34
Senior BJP leader L K Advani today said the Supreme Court had really let down everybody by failing to stand up against the government during Emergency. The BJP patriarch said it would be incorrect to say that the whole judiciary had failed us during the Emergency, it was the Supreme Court...
23:16
Authorities in Bermuda say British philanthropist and technology guru James Martin has been found dead in waters near his home on a private island. Police said today that an autopsy is pending for the 79-year-old man, but they believe no foul play is involved.Martin was the University of...
23:14
The Kedarnath temple is one of the few structures in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand to have escaped relatively unscathed in the recent floods. The temple is located in the Kedar valley below the Chorabari glacier, which is the source of the river Mandakini. While little is known...
22:06
Two women were allegedly raped by some men in a moving car, which they hired, in this satellite town, police said today. Five persons have been arrested. There are two more accused who have been identified but are yet to be arrested, they said. According to Police Commissioner Alok Mittal, the...
21:59
Gangster Abu Salem, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, was today attacked inside Taloja Central Jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, police said. According to police sources, Salem was attacked by a person, presumably an inmate, identified as Jagtap.The jail officials did not disclose...
20:35
Nelson Mandela's eldest daughter today lashed out at foreign media vultures for failing to respect African custom and the family's feelings in their bid to cover the deteriorating medical condition of the anti-apartheid hero who remains on life support in a hospital.There is an element of racism...
20:04
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20:04
Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi today flagged off two trucks carrying relief material including food, water bottles and medicines for disaster affected people from Raj Bhawan. The relief material worth Rs 20 lakh were sponsored by Nestle Company and received by Udham Singh Nagar branch...
18:52
The union cabinet has approved a proposal for enhanced powers for the CBI. The CBI director in future, is to be appointed through a collegium -- an executive council or committee of equally empowered members. The CBI is also expected to have financial autonomy. The government has said that it was...
18:47
DMK candidate M Kanimozhi wins in the Rajya Sabha elections as do four AIADMK candidates and CPI's D Raja, all from Tamil Nadu. The DMDK candidate was defeated. D Raja of the Communist Party of India was seeking re-election, as was Kanimozhi, the daughter of DMK President M Karunanidhi. Their...
18:42
Around 2,500 people are awaiting evacuation from Badrinath, while rescue and relief operations at Kedarnath are over, ITBP Director General Ajay Chadha said here today. He said around 31,000 people have been evacuated by ITBP so far, while National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has managed to...
18:33
Evacuation of stranded pilgrims continued from both Badrinath and Harsil. At least 532 stranded people have been evacuated today by air from Harsil leaving just 100 to 150 locals to be evacuated, says an Army press release. With this all pilgrims have been evacuated from Harsil. At least...
18:24
CNN IBN reports that the Uttarakhand government is mulling changing the missing persons law in the state. This will mean that the family of the missing person can get state compensation in six months, as opposed to seven years. Meanwhile, 10 bodies swept away in the Uttarakhand flash floods were...
18:20
Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest fuel retailer, today said it has moved mobile jet fuel (ATF) refuellers to six towns, including Joshimath and Gauchar, in Uttarakhand to provide fuel to choppers taking part in rescue operations in the flood-ravaged state. IOC has moved mobile aviation...
18:13
The Army today said that it has rescued more than 250 tourists stranded at Kyangonosa La on J N Marg on way to Nathu La in Sikkim after landslides, caused by heavy rainfall, blocked the road. Army units at Kyangonosa La rescued the stranded tourists who spent the night out in the cold at a place...
18:01
Two girls were allegedly raped in a moving car by unidentified men in Gurgaon last night. The victims lodged a complaint that they were offered a lift in the car outside a Gurgaon pub last night where they had attended a party, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Maheshwar Dayal told...
17:54
Uttarakhand musings: Why does tragedy strike pious people? Read
17:26
The Uttarakhand government says 3000 people are still missing from across the state.
17:18
Bagesh Ling, the head priest at Kedarnath, said that no puja can be performed before sanctification of the temple. Sanctification is must as we have seen dead bodies lying in the temple premises. No puja can be performed before it. We have brought the movable idols in Ukhimath which we...
17:01
Ecuador has issued a safe pass transit permit for US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, according to the US-based Spanish-language TV network Univision, which posted what it said was a copy of the document online.Quito had denied that it had provided the fugitive with any travel documents,...
16:43
Rescue operations were hampered at Sahastradhara helipad in Dehradun this morning due to rains, but resumed as the weather cleared up later, with three choppers flying to the affected areas. Brigadier Uma Maheshwari said the two hubs, where people were waiting to be evacuated were Badrinath and...
16:40
Meanwhile, former South African leader Nelson Mandela is in a stable condition, his granddaughter says, though he remains critical.Ndileka Mandela said the 94-year-old's family were taking comfort from messages of support from the public.Meanwhile his daughter Makaziwe said he was still there and...
16:40
News flash: -- The Intelligence Bureau has issued a terror alert for the Amarnath yatra. -- The MHA says rescue operations in Uttarakhand are likely to be over tomorrow. The official toll so far is 822 dead, 436 injured and 344 missing. 1829 people are still stranded in Uttarakhand.
16:29
Mandela's daughter Makaziwe says he is very critical and that anything is imminent, tweets Declan Walsh.
16:20
The NDMA says 2232 houses have been damaged in Uttarakhand. The number of people rescued from Uttarakhand so far is 1,04,095. The NDMA says it is hopeful completing rescue operations by tomorrow.
15:39
A total of 18 bodies have been cremated so far in Kedarnath. The next round of cremation will start only after formalities like identification, DNA sample preservation, post mortem of the bodies are completed, DIG Sanjay Gunjyal, under whose supervision the exercise is taking place, told PTI. A...
15:27
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri today asked the Centre to learn lessons from the recent natural calamity in the hill state and demanded a separate ministry for the Himalayan region to preserve its fragile ecology. Natural calamities have been happening in Uttarakhand for years but...
15:12
TV host Nigella Lawson was spotted moving out her belongings from the 12 million pounds house she shares with husband Charles Saatchi, confirming their marriage is over. Lawson's exit from the house comes less than two weeks after the TV chef's hubby was pictured grabbing her by the throat,...
15:11
A TMC Panchayat candidate has been killed in 24 Parganas in West Bengal by unidentified men. The TMC alleges that CPM is responsible for the attack. He was killed by returning home from a campaign. The election panel moved the Supreme Court earlier this week, with a division bench of the Calcutta...
14:44
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, who landed in Mumbai today, is now on his way to meet Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. This is Modi's first visit to Mumbai after his elevation as chairman of the party's poll panel....
14:10
Just in: Aspiring actor Suraj Pancholi's judicial custody has been extended to July 11. He was arrested in actress Jiah Khan's suicide. His custody ended today. The son of Aditya Pancholi and Zareena Wahab, Suraj had moved the Bombay High Court, seeking bail in the case. Suraj's bail plea was...
14:06
Pop star Lady Gaga has beaten Beyonce and Madonna to the title of World's Most Powerful Musician according to Forbes Magazine's 2013 list. The 27-year-old came first in the annual ranking, which is determined by earnings, social media influence and press mentions, largely thanks to the star's...
13:55
Scientists in Japan have cloned a mouse from a single drop of blood.Circulating blood cells collected from the tail of a donor mouse were used to produce the clone, a team at the Riken BioResource Center reports in the journal Biology of Reproduction. Read
13:34
Air rescue operations resumed today to pull out stranded people but they had to be halted for Badrinath as the weather turned bad, even as decaying bodies were being cremated swiftly in worst-hit Kedarnath Valley amid fears of an epidemic outbreak.Priests carried out the last rites of the...
13:24
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said that an honorarium of Rs 10 lakh each would be paid to the families of the 20 personnel and crew of the IAF killed in the helicopter crash during the rescue operations in Uttarakhand. The honorarium money is being paid as a mark of...
13:15
The main accused in the Manipal gang-rape case has attempted suicide in police custody. He has been admitted to hospital. Two persons, of the three who gang-raped a student of Manipal university were arrested this morning. The third person is still absconding. The auto that was used to...
13:10
Australia's Resources Minister Gary Gray today apologised for 'wrongly' telling a gathering that South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela had died. Gray expressed his apologies to South Africa's envoy for the goof-up, AAP news agency reported. I apologise unreservedly and am deeply sorry...
12:29
Two persons, of the three who gang-raped a student of Manipal university have been arrested. The third person is still absconding. The auto used to abduct the student has also been recovered. This comes after the Karnataka Police made efforts, including questioning more than 5,000 auto...
12:23
Just in: Gujarat CM Narendra Modi has arrived in Mumbai to discuss the party's election strategies with state leaders.
12:15
Family and friends gather their thoughts on the men who died in the chopper crash in Uttarakhand... Just 20 days ago, as he was preparing to return to duty after a short leave, K Vinayagan's mother Raniamma complained that he won't be home again on his birthday on July 1. Vinayagan told her he...
11:58
Tea prices are on the boil in India because of uneven monsoon rains in the country's northeast.The monsoon arrived early over most of India this year, causing death and destruction in the northwest. But the rains have come more than three weeks late to much of Assam state, one of the world's...
11:52
Extra-judicial killings by security forces during the separatist insurgency continue to be a traumatic chapter for the people of the State. Also on the Hindu. Read
11:50
A staggering 2.4 billion, or one-third of the world's population will continue to remain without improved sanitation in 2015, says a recent World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund report. Read
11:40
The aggressive sales pitch around Narendra Modi brooks no dissent and is a threat not just to those in the BJP with different views but also in the wider polity. Read
11:35
A 900 kilometre journey through death, pain, ruins, heroism and anger -- following the river in Kedarnath. Read
11:26
The standard line air chiefs tell pilots after a chopper crash ceases to be a cliche at Ground Zero.I need to see you smiling,' Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne told his pilots this morning as the IAF began evacuation of the dead pilots, crew and ITBP and NDRF personnel aboard the ill-fated Mi-17...
11:12
The aircrew of the Mi-17 V5 that crashed on a mountainside during a rescue mission on Tuesday was led by Wing Commander Darryl Castelino, a resident of Barrackpore since being posted there last June.The tall, 39-year-old pilot from Mumbai was staying at an ITBP guesthouse in Gauchar, the forward...
11:05
Tamil Nadu legislators will today elect six members to Rajya Sabha. DMK chief Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi's re-election has become almost certain after Congress pledged support of its six legislators.The election, happening after a 17-year-gap, signals the warming up of two former political...
10:55
A 17-year-old pizza delivery boy has been arrested by the Mumbai police for allegedly attempting to rape a 22-year-old girl at her home, where he had gone to deliver an order on Tuesday evening. Read
10:52
Shops around Chandni Chowk's famous Paranthewali Gali in Delhi were closed on Wednesday. The area was paying respect to Flight Lieutenant Tapan Kapoor of the Indian Air Force who died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand.A neighbour said, It's like we lost the ground...
10:44
In the temple town of Kedarnath, cut off from the rest of Uttarakhand after flash floods devastated the state last week, the grim task of performing a mass cremation for those who died finally began yesterday. Authorities refused to say how many bodies were cremated on Wednesday afternoon, after...
10:32
Nearly 5,000 people are still trapped in flood-hit regions of Uttarakhand while 400 are missing, authorities said on Thursday. Those stranded in the aftermath of the deluge are facing a severe shortage of water and food, said media reports.
09:20
United States and Russia continued to hold discussions on the deportation of whistleblower Edward Snowden, the former CIA contractor wanted in US on espionage charges who is stranded in the transit area of the Moscow airport. We are, indeed,...
09:19
Top American lawmakers and experts have warned that the massive cyber-hacking emanating from China seriously threatens the bilateral relationship and urged the Obama administration to take all necessary measures to counter the threat. We have seen in...
04:12
South Africa's president visited a gravely ill Nelson Mandela in the hospital, and canceled a visit planned for the next day to Mozambique, an indication of heightened concern over the deteriorating health of the man widely considered the father of the country.President Jacob Zuma found...
04:10
US President Barack Obama said he planned to re-nominate general Martin Dempsey as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking US military officer.Vice-chairman admiral Sandy Winnefeld would also be renominated for another two-year term, Obama said in a statement, hailing the...
04:09
Texas, the busiest death penalty state in the US, is set to mark a solemn moment in criminal justice today with the execution of convicted killer Kimberly McCarthy. If McCarthy is put to death as planned, she would become the 500th person executed in Texas since the state resumed carrying...
04:06
Egyptian military has started deploying troops and tanks around the main establishments such as the central bank and the presidential palace in Cairo ahead of June 30 protests planned by the opposition to force the Islamist President Mohammed Mursi out.Some of the tanks are located in the square...
01:20
Satellite images appear to show signs of new tunneling at North Korean nuke test site Click HERE to read about it
00:50
The Indian government has issued an order to ban several pornographic websites.According to a report in a leading newspaper, the Department of Telecom has directed internet service providers in an order dated June 13 to block 39 websites where internet users share images and URLs to download...
00:47
French lawmakers grilled ex-budget minister Jerome Cahuzac today about his secret foreign bank accounts, but he refused to give details or comment on what other government officials may have known.Cahuzac, who resigned in disgrace in March and is facing tax fraud charges, had been at the centre...
00:45
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