21:13
Doris Lessing, the British Nobel Prize winner and author of the pioneering The Golden Notebook, has died aged 94.A spokesman this afternoon confirmed reports on Twitter that the author died peacefully at her London home in the early hours of this morning.
21:01
Author and activist Arundhati Roy today said that in an age of coalition, options are wide open before people and they should not fall into trap of Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi. I don't think we should fall into trap of Modi or Rahul. Indulging in poll predictions will be a self fulfilling...
20:36
Leaders of Commonwealth nations have issued a final statement at the end of a summit making no mention of alleged human rights abuses by host Sri Lanka.The communique instead restated the leaders' commitment to promote core values of the Commonwealth, including democracy and human rights.Sri...
19:46
In a relief for ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia's fugitive eldest son, a Bangladeshi court today acquitted him in a money-laundering case amid heightened political tensions in the country ahead of general elections. He (Tarique Rahman) has been acquitted of the money-laundering charge,...
19:44
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela remains quite ill and is using facial gestures to communicate with his family and doctors, the former South African President's ex-wife has said. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said the 95-year-old leader was, however, not on life support but he was no longer...
19:30
Britain's electronic eavesdropping service keeps tabs on foreign diplomats by monitoring their hotel bookings, a German magazine reported today citing leaks provided by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. News weekly Der Spiegel said that for more than three years, the British...
18:31
The occasion belonged to Sachin Tendulkar, but it was a much-pilloried President from a neighbouring nation boycotted by the Indian Prime Minister who scored in a brief diplomatic interlude as the country bid an emotional farewell to its most successful cricketer.Two otherwise innocuous-looking...
18:30
The Pakistani authorities have imposed a curfew in Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, after eight people died in sectarian clashes on Friday.The violence erupted as Shia Muslims staged a procession marking the religious festival of Ashura.Dozens of people were injured and many shops set on...
17:17
As Rahul Gandhi continues to be the star campaigner for Congress, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said he was not reluctant to take up the post of Prime Minister if the party decides so after coming to power in the Lok Sabha polls next year. Dikshit, eyeing an unprecedented fourth victory...
17:14
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has reacted defiantly to the UK's call for an inquiry into alleged human rights abuses, saying people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.He was speaking on the second day of the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka.British PM David Cameron had urged Mr...
17:11
Malta was today unanimously chosen as the host of the next Commonwealth summit in 2015 after Mauritius pulled out in protest against the decision to hold this year's gathering in Sri Lanka despite an international outcry over alleged rights violations and war crimes. The prime minister of...
16:44
An Intelligence Bureau note has alerted the Central government about specific threats to the life of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, from terrorist elements such as Dawood Ibrahim and Yaqoob Khan, aka Rasool Party, one of the absconding accused in the murder of former Gujarat...
16:25
Countries across the Middle East will want to acquire nuclear weapons if Iran is allowed to develop an atomic bomb, Israel's president told a French newspaper ahead of a meeting with his French counterpart today. Shimon Peres said he appreciated France's firm stance in negotiations earlier...
16:24
Two policemen and nine militants have been killed when axe-wielding assailants attacked a police station in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang province, the latest in a series of deadly attacks amid heightened tension in the volatile western region bordering PoK.
15:03
Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom was today sworn in as the 6th President of the Maldives, ending nearly two years of political turmoil that threatened to isolate the country internationally. Yameen, the half-brother of former autocratic ruler Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, was administered the oath of...
14:23
Rahul praises Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit. Says she has a proven track record.
14:10
Congress believes in empowering the common man, says Rahul at New Delhi poll rally. Unlike BJP-ruled states, Congress does not differentiate in New Delhi.Infrastructure has changed for the better.
14:06
Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi is addressing a poll rally at Ambedkar Nagar in New Delhi.
13:49
In signs of growing Internet snooping by the enforcement authorities, India made an average about 15 requests per day to Google to access personal web details of users during January-June this year. In terms of the number of requests for web user details during the first half of 2013, India...
13:46
Modi concludes his speech.Says, Shout louder, Bharat mata ki jai. Shout louder so that the doors of the UPA in Delhi break.
13:44
Modi jokes on onion prices:Once onions told the Congress, you people have taken out our skin. We will take your skin out now. Onions were taken out of the Essential Commodities Act and this is the reason for such a rise in the prices.
13:42
I had given 20 recommendations to control price rise in the country. I had given this report few years back and today it is lying in a file. I had said essential commodities act should be amended. Offences under this act should be made non bailable offences. I had said the Food...
13:38
Entire country was focused on Wankhede stadium (in Mumbai). At the stadium there were bets being placed if Sachin will score a century or will the price of onions hit a century.
13:38
Vicky Nanjappa reports from Bengaluru:The UPA is controlling the nation through the CBI. Each time they are in trouble they go to the CBI. This Congress has no belief in science or the farmers. They believe in vote bank politics. Remember Chidambaram had said if you drink water for Rs 15 and...
13:36
Doesn't everyone have a right to support a leader in a democracy? When people have the right to say Modi should be put behind bars, then why can't someone say that Modi should become PM?The Congress wants to take away the Bharat Ratna for such statements. Goldman Sachs which had stated in a...
13:24
Everyone is raising their voice through the social media. The UPA government is scared of social media. They tried gagging the people on the social media. This is because they are scared.Recently television channels were sent an advisory. For public consumption it was an advisory, but in reality...
13:21
Modi in Bengaluru:For the Congress the youth is just a voter. For us the youth is power. Our priority is to empower the youth. Has the Congress in Delhi given any of you jobs? Instead the UPA has sinned and made many unemployed. Factories are shut, power is not being used. Forget...
13:18
The Congress are indoor players while we are outdoor players. We are there for the people, but they scheme indoors, says Modi.Narendra Modi asked the crowd whether India should be the leader in the 21st century. We can do it. We have a vibrant democracy and we are a youth oriented nation....
13:16
Why has the government introduced the Pink revolution. Cattle are being butchered. They are giving incentives for this programme. The inventive you have introduced for butchers you could have introduced for the youth for Karnataka who aspire to become software engineers. You would have saved...
13:14
During Vajpayee's regime the software growth was at 40 per cent. Today it is at 9 per cent. Today the system has fallen into the wrong hands. The rupee is falling. UPA's rupee is in the ICU. God knows when it will recover, says Modi
12:54
These days the attacks on Modi and BJP have increased. They can't bear such success and such a sight with so many people, so many conspiracies are being hatched to put us down. If we have to change the face of the nation, we need to follow the mantra of two people -- Lal Bahadur Shastri and A B...
12:51
Modi at rally:In the history of Karnataka, no political party has ever seen such a gathering. It is a sea of saffron in Bengaluru. I congratulate all the people of Karnataka. What a sight you people have created? I asked the BJP Karnataka, has there been such a rally anywhere Karnataka. They...
12:49
Modi commences his speech in Kannada. The cheers are the loudest. A tribute to the founders of Bangalore Kempe Gowda and Basaveshwara, Kittur Rani Chennama. I pay tribute to CNR Rao for the Bharath Ratna. Bangalore is the land of science, says Modi.
12:47
Narendra Modi begins his speech amidst chants of Modi, Modi.
12:47
We need lion hearted prime Minister. All of you know who it is? Narendra Modi. The Congress tries everything to defame him. They will fail. Various CDs are being telecast. I am telling you they will try doing this more often. The people of India should hit back at the Congress by means of...
12:41
Rajnath Singh at Modi rally in Bengaluru:Why does prices rise occur when Congress comes to power? The PM assured that in 100 days prices would come down. It has been nine years, but prices are rising. Only the BJP controlled price rise under Vajpayee. We will go before the people with an...
12:37
The BJP officially announced that it collected Rs 35 lakh through the sale of tickets at Rs 10 each. We will present the money for the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel unity trust.
12:28
Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has been placed under house arrest, two weeks after authorities allowed him to move out of his Hyderpora residence following eight months of curbs. Geelani was placed under house arrest last evening and a posse of police personnel has...
12:26
BJP president Rajnath Singh is speaking at the Bharatha Gellisi rally amidst cheers addressing Modi as the future PM of India. MP Ananth Kumar who was booed by Bengaluru during the Modi's rally last year has decided not to speak at the rally. It is a Modi programme and hence I shall not...
12:22
The BJP has raised the Bharat Ratna issue asking the government why former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was not conferred the award.BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad said that once the BJP comes to power they would award Vajpayee.
12:10
Narendra Modi has just arrived at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore. He was ferried in a specially arranged chopper from the HAL airport. A special helipad was set up at the venue. Former BJP leader and Karnataka CM, who was expected to join the BJP today, is not at the...
11:56
Three people have been detained by the Bangalore police. They were said to be moving around suspiciously around the venue.
11:55
Narendra Modi has just arrived in Bengaluru. He arrived at the HAL airport a few minutes back and is being taken to the venue at Palace Grounds in a chopper. He is expected to arrive at the venue in 15 minutes to address the rally.
11:49
Security is extremely tight and the crowds have to go through two rounds of frisking. 5000 police personnel at the venue, drones monitoring the rally and anti sabotage checks at regular intervals. All vehicles coming into Bangalore being checked. In one sentence, police say, we do not want a...
11:18
Vicky Nanjappa reports from Bengaluru:Massive crowds throng Palace Grounds in Bengaluru to listen to Narendra Modi who will commence his speech in a few minutes from now. A crowd of over 5 lakh is expected at the venue. Security is tight, roads are jammed and the venue looks spectacular....
11:04
Former Army chief General V K Singh has dismissed the story of an alleged coup attempt by Indian army in January 2012 as the product of a very fertile brain and said it was at somebody's behest. That (coup bid) story was at the behest of somebody, he said. A routine movement which is...
11:02
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls vowed that his government would continue to support Mali in its fight against terrorism, despite a planned withdrawal of most of its troops. Valls, visiting Mali in the final stages of a French-led military operation to oust Al-Qaeda-linked militants...
10:59
Norway's rescue service says a cargo ship with 32 people aboard is on fire in the North Sea and an attempt to evacuate it has been called off because of stormy weather. Rescue spokesman John Sjursoe says 20 crew and 12 military personnel aboard the Britannia Seaways are fighting the fire,...
10:57
There has never been a farewell to sport quite like this -- this was the unanimous view of the British media as it gave a collective round of applause to Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, who called time on his inspiring international career at the end of his 200th...
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