21:38
Boxer Vijender Singh took heroin 12 times and it has been established that he took it from drug dealers Anoop Singh Kahlon and Rocky, Punjab Police said on Sunday night.
21:36
Former Chief Justice of Delhi high court Rajendra Sachar today expressed regret that the Centre has not implemented his recommendations regarding minorities till date. Addressing a meeting organised by Socialist Party of India, the Chairman of...
21:00
Two advocates of the Allahabad high court have petitioned the President, urging him to grant pardon to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who was recently sentenced to five years in prison by the Supreme Court in the Arms Act case. The clemency petition...
20:59
The situation in the silk town of Sualkuchi in Assam's Kamrup Rural district remained tense but calm today, with the indefinite curfew relaxed for three hours during the day. The curfew, which was imposed on Sunday, was relaxed between 1 pm and 4 pm...
20:58
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit turned 75 today, with a number of senior Congress leaders including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greeting her on the occasion. A large number of Congressmen, including her Cabinet colleagues, thronged her...
19:54
Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan has forwarded expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh's letter, seeking pardon for Bollywood actor SanjayDutt, to the state home department on March 28, a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said today. On March 26,...
19:53
In the backdrop of several leaders raking up the issue of a Third Front ahead of the general elections due next year, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said it was too early to discuss such a proposal. It is still early to discuss, there is...
19:52
IPL organisers should take an appropriate decision on holding the tournament in Maharashtra, given the prevalent drought in the state, Leader of Opposition in state Legislative Council Vinod Tawde said today. As per my knowledge, 60,000 litres of water...
19:18
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the law will take its own course regarding the dowry torture case, in which former minister Raghunath Mohanty and some his family members are accused. As you know, the law will take its course in the matter,...
19:17
South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela remained in hospital on Easter today, after being admitted for a recurrence of pneumonia four days ago, but doctors said the former president was making steady progress. President Jacob Zuma's office...
19:16
Olympic medallist Vijender Singh had spoken to alleged narcotics dealer Anoop Singh Kahlon on the phone nearly 80 times and they knew each other well, according to the boxer's call records, which were scanned by the Punjab police.DIG (Ludhiana range) M F Farooqui today said police have decided to...
19:14
Amid nationwide violence in Bangladesh over 1971 war crimes trial of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, the country's human rights body has criticised the government for taking inadequate steps to protect Hindus from recent attacks, as the minority community demanded more...
18:11
Congress today appointed Ashok Choudhary, a young Dalit leader , considered close to Rahul Gandhi, as the new PCC chief of Bihar, two and a half years after Mehboob Ali Qaiser resigned from the post following the drubbing in the last assembly elections. ...
18:10
Dismissing claims that the Congress is misusing the CBI to target its opponents, Minister of State for Home Affairs R P N Singh today said the central agency was impartial and even the ruling party leaders were not spared during its probe. It (CBI)...
18:09
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who returned to the country after four years of self-imposed exile in Dubai and London, has said that he felt a little insulted and humiliated while standing before a judge in a Karachi court, where he appeared to seek the extension of his pre-arrest...
17:05
Chinese defence forces, shedding their reticent style of functioning, are highlighting their military activities since the change of leadership in the nation, a move analysts say is intended to send a strong message to China's neighbours. Besides...
17:03
Asian American students perform better than all other ethnic groups when it comes to science and math, with males in particular scoring better, a new US study has found. US researchers Nicole Else-Quest, Concetta Mineo and Ashley Higgins studied 367...
17:02
Amid reports that Maoists have called a 48-hour bandh in Jharkhand and Bihar from April 6 to protest against the killing of their cadres, the police today said all measures would be taken to ensure that normal life is not disturbed during the...
16:59
The just concluded BRICS summit in Durban has yielded tangible fruits and brought about unity among major emerging economies. It has also injected fresh impetus into the development of the cooperation mechanism, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said...
15:31
Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda-led JD-S today said the party would announce its list of candidates for the May 5 Karnataka assembly elections by the second week of April. The JDS will announce its list of candidates for all 224 assembly seats...
15:30
Three days after suffering severe head and lung injuries in a fight outside a Christchurch bar, New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder has been moved out of the Intensive Care Unit. He has reassured his well-wishers about his well-being by saying, I am okay. Ryder is in a...
15:04
The massive landslide that engulfed a gold mine in Tibet was the result of an aggressive expansion of the colliery in which fewer Tibetans are employed, Tibet's government-in-exile has alleged, as rescuers today found more bodies of the 83 miners buried in the...
15:02
Madhya Pradesh led major states of the country in respect of growth rate in 2012-13, and dislodged Bihar from the top position, the state government has said, citing estimates released by the Central Statistics Office.Agriculture growth rate of Madhya Pradesh for the year 2012-13 is 14.28 per...
14:38
Former US president Jimmy Carter has offered the services of his organisation to Nepal during the upcoming Constituent Assembly elections and mooted the possibility of sending observers for the polls. The proposal comes just days after the country's...
14:36
Strongly favouring the learning of English to succeed in the modern world, Union Minister of State for HRD Sashi Tharoor has said denial of opportunity to children to study the language would destroy their future. If Keralites want to succeed in the modern world of...
14:33
The Central Vigilance Commission has been asked by the Central Information Commission to make public the action taken on a plea for a probe into a complaint by former Indian Airlines CMD Sunil Arora against the then civil aviation minister Praful...
14:28
Two people were killed and six others, including a former provincial legislator, injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's restive northwest today, police said. The blast targeted the motorcade of Awami National Party leader Adnan Wazir, a former member...
13:13
Senior BJP leader Vinay Katiyar has criticised the appointment of Varun Gandhi in the BJP's Parliamentary Board.Media reports quoted Katiyar as saying, Varun's biggest credential is his surname. The Gandhi magic works in the BJP as well.
12:52
For the first time in its 47-year history, the Border Security Force has appointed a non-IPS officer as its commander for the eastern theatre, which guards the Indo-Bangladesh border. 1975-batch BSF cadre officer Ravi Kumar Ponoth has been promoted...
12:49
The Comptroller and Auditor General has raised serious questions about the use of pre-fabricated steel frames imported from China for the construction of the 'Signature' bridge across Yamuna River in East Delhi, which is modelled on the famed London...
12:22
Former telecom minister A Raja has defended the telecom ministry's decision -- to bypass the law ministry in seeking legal opinion of then Solicitor General GE Vahanvati directly on the 2G issue -- saying it was perfectly permissible to approach the law officer in certain...
12:01
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that his government will not allow racism or religious extremism in the country and advised the Buddhist majority community to protect the rights of others. This is a democratic country, non-Buddhists...
11:04
The Supreme Court will pronounce on Monday its verdict on Swiss pharma giant Novartis AG's plea for getting its blood cancer drug Glivec patented in India and restraining Indian companies from manufacturing generic drugs. A bench of justices Aftab...
11:04
Over 2,300 HIV-infected people registered with various Delhi hospitals have died in the past eight years. But authorities suspect the numbers could be much higher as another 3,000 who signed up with them are now untraceable and their status is not...
11:03
The country has just 5.33 per cent women in police forces despite growing demands for more representation in law enforcement agencies. According to home ministry statistics, out of 15,85,117 personnel working in state police forces, only 84,479 or...
11:02
Amid escalating tension in the Korean peninsula after recent aggressive statements by the North,the US has said it is in close touch with its South Korean allies and is prepared for any possible threat from Pyongyang. We have seen reports of a new...
10:41
Narendra Modi has been made a part of the BJP Parliamentary Party after six years.Mukhtar Abaas Naqvi and Smriti Irani have been named as the party's vice-presidents.
10:40
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was on Sunday named as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Parliamentary Board.He is the only BJP chief minister to find a place in the top-level team.Modi's close aide, controversial former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, has also been included in the...
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BBC reports: American music producer and pioneer of digital recording, Phil Ramone, has died aged 72, his son has said.Ramone is regarded as one of the most successful producers in history, winning 14 Grammy awards and working with stars such as Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Elton John and Paul...
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NDTV reports: An 18-year-old college student in Delhi has alleged he was sexually assaulted by a young man he became friends with on Facebook, police said.The Delhi University first-year student alleges his friend and two boys assaulted him in a car in Narela yesterday and filmed it on mobile...
00:17
Claiming that Indians vote in droves like sheep and cattle, Press Council of India chief Justice Markandey Katju has said he would not vote as it was meaningless in a situation where democracy has been hijacked by feudal lords. Ninety per cent Indians vote in droves like sheep...
00:16
North Korea's threatening rhetoric has reached a fever pitch, but the Pentagon and the South Korean government have said it's nothing new, reports CNN. We have no indications at this point that it's anything more than warmongering rhetoric, a senior Washington defence official,...
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Travelling in trains is set to become costlier from next week as the hike in reservation fee and superfast charges announced in the Rail Budget come into effect from April 1. Though Railways have not increased basic passenger fare, it has proposed to increase the reservation fee, superfast...
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DMK chief M Karunanidhi has condemned the arrest of a 70-year-old doctor in Chennai who stopped a police sub-inspector from entering the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital with his shoes on, reports NDTV.The policeman had gone to the Apollo Hospital ahead of Chief Minister J...
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