23:37
A Conversation With: Former Political Editor of Open Magazine Hartosh Singh Ba.Read it here
23:20
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has declared assets whose value has more than doubled during the past five years, reaching around Rs 2.7 crore.Harsh Vardhan, Chief Ministerial candidate of BJP, along with his wife, has declared assets worth around Rs 2.66 crore including movable and...
22:03
The trial of the Muslim Brotherhood chief and his deputies on charges related to protest deaths will resume on December 11, judicial sources said today, after the previous judges withdrew. The three judges who had presided over the trial of Mohamed Badie and 34 co-defendants, including his...
21:59
The World Taekwondo Federation has awarded an honorary black belt to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin received the certificate and a taekwondo uniform at a ceremony in Seoul before wrapping up his visit to South Korea yesterday.
21:29
Attacks mostly against Shiites, including a suicide bombing that ripped through a religious procession, killed 43 people in Iraq today despite massive security deployed for one of the holiest days of their faith. The bloodshed came as a flood of worshippers, including tens of thousands of...
21:27
Saudi police today deployed in force in a poor neighbourhood of Riyadh after rioting by illegal migrants the previous night left one person dead. And in the commercial capital Jeddah, security forces dispersed a large protest by illegal migrants and arrested five Ethiopians suspected of...
21:27
Stung by criticism that it was playing politics with disaster, the Chinese government said it was contributing money and aid worth $1.64 million to typhoon victims in the Philippines.Beijing has come under fire at home and abroad for initially providing $100,000 in aid, seen as a reflection of a...
20:34
The first smartphone on new operating system Sailfish, which has been developed by a group of former Nokia employees, will be launched on November 27 by Jolla in partnership with Finnish telecom operator DNA. Being a Finnish operator, it has been very important to DNA to be able to support a...
20:06
An op-ed in the New York Times likened Sachin Tendulkar's retirement from cricket to the death of Mahatma Gandhi. As the moment of his (Tendulkar's) departure looms, the country is in the fevered throes of one last, mammoth celebration, but also on the un-self-conscious brink of mourning,...
19:29
President Pranab Mukherjee today joined millions of cricket fans to hail the achievements of batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who is playing his last Test match, and expressed hope that the legendary cricketer will continue to serve the game as well as the nation. Talking to reporters after the...
19:27
United Nations ought to include India as a permanent member of the Security Council, said British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is in the country on a one-day visit.
19:12
Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali today agreed to the demands of Kshatriya community by changing certain provocative words in his film Golion Ki Rasleela: Ram-Leela, which is releasing tomorrow. An advertisement published in local newspapers by Bhansali Production today said the words 'Jadeja' and...
18:42
NDTV reports: Indian Administrative Service officer Ashok Khemka, who has alleged that he is being persecuted for challenging land deals involving Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, has been asked to shift again, in what could be the 45th transfer of his career.The...
18:13
Around half a dozen Tata Steel employees and contract workers were injured following an explosion in the LD gas holder inside its factory in Jamshedpur today. Following the impact of the explosion, fire broke out in the adjoining gas pipeline. Six fire tenders were rushed to douse the...
18:07
Praising Sachin Tendulkar who is playing his last cricket Test for his unmatched hard work and dedication, Narendra Modi today said every Indian feels proud of the cricketer. The BJP Prime Ministerial candidate, who is in the midst of election campaigning, strayed for a few minutes from his...
17:37
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has issued an apology for the abusive language used by a party member against home minister Sushilkumar Shinde. This is what the mail from AAP reads:Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) apologizes for unfortunate remarks by Rajeev Laxman (TV anchor) during a public meeting in RK Puram...
16:54
Mahesh Bhupathi gets it right. On Twitter: How ucky is Pujara, to be able to be in the centre of this atmosphere? Once in a lifetime for sure...
16:51
And stingy China -- the world's second largest economy -- comes in with a measly $100,000in aid. Read
16:48
MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweets: Indian Air Force C 130 aircraft with 15 tonnes of relief supplies for Philippines left Delhi short while ago.India is flying out 15,000kg of relief assistance to the typhoon-battered Philippines relying on its experience in handling similar disasters on...
16:20
Mumbai Congress president Janardan Chandurkar makes a U-turn on his comments on Lata Mangeshkar. Chandurkar stirred up a row by demanding that the country's highest civilian honours bestowed on those who praise communal forces should be withdrawn. Though he did not name melody queen Lata...
16:06
A Delhi court on Wednesday recalled its order restraining Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and EROS International Media Limited from using the title Ram-Leela for their yet-to-be-released film starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone. The movie is scheduled to be released on...
16:01
Human rights activists say that the situation reveals the biases of the government and media. They argue that poor people are regularly evicted from illegal dwellings, often in a much more brutal manner and rarely getting any attention. Here's why Campa Cola wouldn't happen to a slum. Read
15:44
Aamir Khan certainly has his priorities right. The actor, who was on his way to the Yashraj studio, Andheri, for a promotion of Dhoom 3, cancelled it for a seat in the stands to watch Sachin Tendulkar at Wankhede.
15:20
Hartosh Singh Bal, the political editor of Open magazine, announced on Wednesday that he had received a letter of termination. Mr. Bal said that his letter of termination offered no reason for the decision, but that the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, which owns the magazine, had offered him generous...
15:17
On the WSJ: Why Tendulkar Is Greatest Since Gandhi. Read
15:06
India today assured Sri Lankan Tamils that it will stand by them and do its best to ensure that they are able to live a life of respect and dignity. This assurance was given by Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh to a delegation of the ruling Tamil National Alliance (TNA) that recently came to power...
15:03
More on Narendra Modi's rally at Bemtara, Chhattisgarh and this tirade is truly in bad taste. Modi hits out at Sonia Gandhi:Madam, you are ill. Let the shehzada (prince) take over. And let's see then if he can deliver round-the-clock electricity to Chhattisgarh, said Modi, while campaigning...
14:58
After the Chicken Tikka Masala, the onion bhajia conquers Britain. Read
14:52
To say that paying taxes is the only claim to citizenship in a city, is a false argument. It is the collective mass of the poor, working class that builds a city and makes it function. People like Nagesh clean your septic tank even when manual scavenging is illegal, the folks from Golibar run...
14:44
One of India's best-known industrialists has criticised the obstacles facing investors in India in a rare public comment on the country's policy shortcomings. Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of the Tata group and elder statesman of Indian business, made the televised criticism in a remark to...
14:21
Narendra Modi today accused the Congress of doing secret deals with Maoists in Chhattisgarh, while repeatedly targeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi as 'Madam' and 'Shehzade'.The Congress lacks the courage to fight Maoists. They do backdoor deals with them. But...
14:17
The Australian media has branded Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar as an ''exceptional phenomenon'' and a ''child prodigy who exceeded his potential''. The overwhelming 19.7 million hits for Tendulkar''s 200th and final five-day Test match, which crashed the website selling them,...
14:14
Much-needed relief arrived in the Philippines today, when two US Navy ships sailed in to help hundreds of thousands who have gone without food and clean water for nearly a week.The destroyers USS Lassen and USS Mustin led the way for a mammoth aircraft carrier, the USS George...
14:12
A Special Investigation Team has filed its first charge sheet in the Muzaffarnagar riots against 11 accused, including BJP MLAs Suresh Rana and Bhartendu Singh, for allegedly violating prohibitory orders, among other offences. According to SIT sources, the charge sheet was filed in court...
14:05
Garment manufacturers in Bangladesh have agreed to increase the minimum monthly wage to $68 for the nearly four million workers toiling in the industry.
14:04
A Special Investigation Team has filed its first charge-sheet in the Muzaffarnagar riots against 11 accused, including BJP MLAs Suresh Rana and Bhartendu Singh, for allegedly violating prohibitory orders, among other offences. According to SIT...
13:50
As India celebrates Children's Day, Thursday, the frightening Unicef statistic that 1.4 million children under five die every year in this country, the vast majority of them from preventable diseases, should not be forgotten. Read more
13:41
Apna, amader or aapla. Embrace Sachin Tendulkar whichever way you want, for this sapnon ki mahanagri has many with some tale about The Master or a remote connection with him. In a small way, even I've been a part of the Sachin saga spanning almost a quarter of a century. Yes,...
13:35
At Wankhede, Chanderpaul out for 25, WI stumble. Crowds cheer Sachin! Sachiiin! and come up with an Haiku of sorts... Ganpati Bappa MoryaPudcha Over Sachin-la dyaTendulkar bowling kar. Go here for the live commentary on the match.
13:23
The mother will now get a grandmother for company. And while the former may be getting slightly toothless with age, the granny will pack a formidable punch capable of knocking down adversaries wanting to challenge her.Known in naval circles as the mother since she was commissioned in 1987...
13:06
In a major embarrassment to Raj Thackeray's group, a press release issued by the MNS Vidyarthi Sena -- the students' wing -- addressed Aaditya Thackeray as their honourable chief and thanked the Yuva chief for the new appointments. Read the full story here.
13:04
BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is not a challenge for Congress, but for his own party, Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said, asserting that the saffron party was uneasy due to his statements.Modi is not a challenge for Congress but for his own party. BJP itself is uneasy due to...
12:56
UK PM David Cameron has been warned by the Sri Lankan government not to quiz them over alleged war crimes in 2009. Cameron has rejected calls to boycott a Commonwealth summit in the country, saying he would use his visit to raise its human rights record. But the Sri Lankans said he had no right...
12:38
This is our 2010 interview with the professor whose hand was chopped off. ReadA Magistrate Court has exonerated college lecturer T J Joseph, whose hand was chopped off by activists of a radical outfit, of the charge of hurting religious sentiments of a community through a question paper he set...
12:33
Locals blocked tracks in Jalpaiguri town station for about one hour today to protest the death of six jumbos by a train inside Chapramari forests in the Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.The protestors were demanding that the speed of trains passing through the Chapramari wildlife sanctuary...
12:29
Sachin Tendulkar did not rewrite the record books at Yorkshire in 1992, but he certainly left a legacy and made many friends. Read more
12:24
In a relief to college lecturer TJ Joseph, whose hand was chopped off by activists of a radical outfit, a Magistrate Court here has exonerated him of the charge of hurting religious sentiments of a community through a question paper he set for his students. The Chief Judicial Magistrate at...
12:19
In a setback to the Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh, its Lok Sabha MP from Hoshangabad seat, Rao Uday Pratap Singh, today resigned from the party and joined the ruling BJP along with some of his supporters. Singh's decision to quit the party and his joining the BJP was announced at a press...
12:14
Here's a factoid we got off Twitter: UberFacts: Most lip balms are made with salicylic acid crystals - An ingredient that causes your lips to peel, so you use more lip balm.
11:59
The Pink Star, a huge flawless pink diamond, sold for 76.3 million Swiss francs ($83.02 million) including commission fees in Geneva on Wednesday, a world record price for a gemstone at auction, Sotheby's said. Have a look.
11:46
Dr Ashok Mitra on the insanity over Tendulkar in India on the Telegraph, Calcutta. Read
11:43
A 22-year-old medical student has been set on fire in Kolar, Karnataka. The student has suffered 60 per cent burns and is battling for life in a hospital in Bangalore. The motive behind the attack is not known yet, says the police. Details awaited.
11:38
On Pt Jawaharlal Nehru's 124th birth anniversary, listen in to that stirring Tryst with Destiny speech. Hear And for all Nehru critics this tweet is worth a read: Rajdeep Sardesai: To those who abuse Nehru, go spend 10 years in jail, help usher democracy, set up IIMs/IITs, build PSUs, become...
11:32
Shiraz Naval Minwalla, a professor of theoretical physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, won the New Horizons in Physics Prize for 2013 on November 5. The $100,000 prize, which recognises promising researchers,' is awarded by the Fundamental Physics Prize...
11:20
Left embarrassed after Virat Kohli's prominent advertising billboards overshadowed the retiring Sachin Tendulkar's pictures, the Mumbai Cricket Association removed the rising star's hoardings from the Wankhede stadium where the senior batsman led the out Indian team for his 200th and final Test...
11:17
The 'Time' magazine put out a special online feature highlighting Tendulkar's 10 greatest moments, including his 664-run unbroken partnership with fellow cricketer Vinod Kambli in 1988, becoming the captain of the Indian team in 1996 at age 23, surpassing Caribbean great Brian Lara to become the...
11:16
Mick Jagger pays tribute to Tendulkar: Saluting you Sachin on your last Test match. Thanks for all the wonderful cricket you've shown us over the last 25 years, we'll miss you.An op-ed in the 'New York Times' likened Tendulkar's retirement from cricket to the death of Mahatma Gandhi. As the...
11:01
One more from the WSJ on the Pushkar Fair. In the usually sleepy Rajasthani desert town of Pushkar, thousands of lean, athletic-looking camels are on display for prospective buyers at the annual cattle fair, one of the largest livestock markets of its kind in the world.But many of the humped...
10:59
Want a Holiday in India? Wait for the Moon. Read
10:56
Any Nehru-Patel differences have been deliberately exaggerated by partisan interests. In truth, they shared a close bond that overrode the differences. Read
10:47
As Campa Cola residents rejoice at the Supreme Court's stay order on demolition, residents of Lavasa, the luxury township near Pune, speak of their nightmare. Read the blog.
10:43
After the Congress core group decision that the Prime Minister will not attend the CHOGM meet, Dr Singh had written a letter to Lanka president M Rajapaksa stating his inability to attend the meet.
10:37
Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi wanted commission paid by defence suppliers to be used exclusively for the purpose of meeting expenses of running the Congress, a former CBI director has claimed in his autobiography. Read more
10:32
Congress MP Uday Pratap Singh from Hoshangabad joins the BJP. Details awaited.
10:26
Leaders of Commonwealth countries attending the CHOGM summit must press host nation Sri Lanka on its human rights record and demand accountability, a prominent rights group has said.The world will be watching to see if Commonwealth leaders speak out for the victims of abuses or stay silent on...
10:21
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday expressed satisfaction over External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit. I am satisfied, he told a press conference when asked whether he was satisfied with the level of Indian...
09:44
British Prime Minister David Cameron's request for a meeting with Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa to discuss the island nation's alleged war crimes while crushing its civil war -- on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo -- has infuriated the Lankan...
09:38
India's traditional practice of non-violence while dealing with terrorism, however imperfect, is still a less risky option than the use of military force to tackle extremism, according to an expert.Click here to read more
09:35
The next central government will have to clean up the country's subsidy structure and decide which subsidies to keep.Click here to read more
08:52
An Indian-American transplant surgeon has been presented with a prestigious immigrant award of the US government, in recognition of his outstanding achievements. Dr Rahul Jindal, currently a staff transplant surgeon at the Walter Reed National Military...
08:51
US House of Representative Speaker John Boehner has said the Republican Party would not take up the immigration reform bill this year, in a major blow to the chances of a comprehensive immigration reform. The move has given more breathing ground for...
08:48
Seven people were killed while 40 others injured, six of them seriously, when a Mumbai-bound bus from Bangalore caught fire after hitting a road median early today. The mishap occurred near Kunimelli bridge, about 14 km Haveri, police...
03:07
Several people, including policemen and media persons, were injured today in bomb blasts near two Shia mosques in this Pakistani city. First two blasts took place close to an Imambargah in the Pahar Ganj locality of North Nazimabad. Two hours later unknown men threw hand grenades at another...
01:02
The Guardian reports: Pope Francis's crusade against corruption has made him a target forItaly's all-powerful mafia clans, a leading anti-mob prosecutor has warned.Nicola Gratteri, who has battled Calabria's shadowy 'Ndrangheta mafia, said on Wednesday that Francis's attempt to...
00:27
NYT's Tunku Varadaran on Tendulkar: A popular Indian historian once remarked to me that India is a country where men don't age well, and of no one is this observation truer than of Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, a man who is, at 40 years and some 200 days, the oldest member of India's cricket team.But...
00:12
Referring to a book by a former DGP, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday claimed the Congress' was responsible for fuelling terrorism in the state.Speaking to reporters after inaugurating a sub-divisional administrative complex, Badal said, We have been saying from the...
00:11
Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka was on Wednesday at the centre of another controversy with the state government stating that he has been sent on election duty and hence the post held by him has been temporarily given to another officer, an order he contested.Questioning the government order,...
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Omar expresses satisfaction over status of ceasefireBreather for Campa Cola residents, but struggle far from overBihar BJP invites Modi to contest LS polls from stateMuzaffarnagar riots: '41,000 people have returned home'Assam: HC awards life terms to tea executives for murder
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