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US President Barack Obama today said the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of American journalist James Foley by ISIL militants, and added that the Iraq-based terrorist group speaks for no religion and its ideology is bankrupt.Today, the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder...
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The report of forensic experts had confirmed that Telugu film actor V Uday Kiran had committed suicide, police said today. Forensic science laboratory's report, submitted to the Banjara Hills Police here today, says that the death is due to hanging.It also says that the actor had consumed...
21:58
Taking an aggressive stand on the incidents of heckling at functions attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Congress-ruled states, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said he would not attend tomorrow's function in Nagpur. Modi will perform bhumi-pujan of a Metro project...
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Two unidentified militants were killed in a gunbattle with army in Kupwara district in Kashmir today, an army spokesman said. Two militants were killed in an army operation at Furkian Gali in Kupwara, he said.The identity and group affliliation of the slain militants were being ascertained, the...
21:46
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that the erstwhile Congress-led state government had fixed former tourism minister Fransisco Miccky Pacheco in connection with the death of his female friend, Nadia Torrado.There is no base in the case. You were fixed in the case, Parrikar told...
20:10
Prime Minister David Cameron today described the apparent beheading of a US journalist by an Islamic State militant with a British accent as shocking and depraved. British police and Whitehall officials are trying to identify the man suspected of the killing. Cameron said on Twitter: If...
19:32
The Supreme Court today questioned self-styled godman Nithyananda's reluctance to undergo potency test in a 2010 rape case and the delay by the police in conducting it, saying such examinations were necessary in view of growing number of rape cases.
18:46
A single family has dominated Indian politics since independence. One man's incompetence is about to bring it all to an end. Read Sadanand Dhume's argument on the end of the Congress.
18:42
After two Goa lawmakers termed Nigerians cancer and wild animals, the state home ministry has referred to Africans as Nigros in an annexure submitted to the assembly. The annexure was submitted along with chief minister Manohar Parrikar's written reply tabled during the monsoon session of...
18:28
Just in: An IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Delhi with 147 passengers on board caught fire while landing at the Indira Gandhi International airport Terminal 1-D in New Delhi.As per the initial reports, several passengers sustained injuries while they were being evacuated through the emergency...
18:18
'Modi as the PM of the country has to take everybody on board and deliver on good governance. That is his responsibility. In that, talking alone won't help, he's working.'Commerce Minister Dr Nirmala Sitharaman tells Sheela Bhatt/ Rediff.com how the Modi government plans to change India. Read the...
18:08
Sharmila had been kept in judicial custody in a ward at JNIMS hospital for the last 14 years. Walking out on to the courtyard, she smiled, wiped away tears and said the fresh air was refreshing.
17:57
Speaking to reporters outside the hospital, she said she is happy to be free. She said she sought mass support and will not take any medical help, which means she will not be fed by a tube.
17:53
Just in: Finally, after 14 years, Manipur's Irom Sharmila is released from the Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital. An emotional Sharmila wiped away tears and said her stand on AFSPA remains the same and she would continue her hunger strike. I want an end to the draconian law and I want my demands to be...
17:40
The phone call from President Barack Obama to Narendra Modi to congratulate him on his electoral victory set the tone for ending the chill in the US' relations with the Indian leader caused by a decade-long visa ban, America's interim Ambassador Kathleen Stephens said today.I arrived here in June...
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Manipur's Iron Lady, Irom Sharmila, expected to walk free in an hour. A local court on Tuesday ordered the release of rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, under detention for attempting to commit suicide by fasting for nearly 14 years demanding withdrawal of a tough law that gives...
16:33
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has cancelled his visit to Pakistan in the wake of the country's political situation.During the visit which was scheduled to begin on August 22, the Sri Lankan president was scheduled to hold meetings with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, President Mamnoon...
16:30
The Supreme Court expresses satisfaction on steps taken by the SIT for bringing back black money stashed away by Indians in foreign banks.
16:29
Hundreds of yoga practitioners gathered at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune to pay their respects to yogacharya B K S Iyengar, who passed into the ages on Wednesday. Rediff.com contributor Devidas Deshpande reports. Read
15:57
What the NYT says on India cancelling the foreign secretaries meeting with Pakistan...Canceling the meeting was an overreaction on India's part, especially when it could have served as an opportunity to discuss grievances and press for a solution. Absent of such an airing, there is a tendency on...
15:52
Even if aren't particularly fond of animals, this video of goats is a must see. Watch
15:45
Do you have the following work experience: -- Minimum of 14 years in the IT industry with at least 7 years into building large scale system architectures.-- An Engineering degree (preferably Computer Science), Masters in Computer Applications, Masters in Science in...
15:41
With the Narendra Modi Government according top priority to cleaning River Ganga, the Centre has set a target of three years to rejuvenate the polluted holy river.Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today said that efforts are being made to rejuvenate the river in three years, for which...
15:28
The anonymous watchdogs who outed BuzzFeed's Benny Johnson for serial plagiarism have set their sights on a far bigger target: Fareed Zakaria, the veteran foreign policy journalist who has claimed that a previous plagiarism incident was merely a terrible mistake.In Tuesday's...
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President Barack Obama looks forward to welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US next month, despite an online petition by a Sikh rights group seeking cancellation of his meeting at the White House, a top American official has said.The President, the Secretary (of State) looks forward to...
14:46
Fareed Zakaria faces fresh plagiarism allegations. Read
14:41
Just in: Bail has been granted to all the nine accused, including DMK MP and Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi and former telecom minister A Raja. Earlier in the day, a Delhi court today granted bail to DMK supremo M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal, who along with others including former Telecom...
14:35
Tahir-ul-Qadri, the cleric who is leading protests along with Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan in Islamabad, has asked protesters to prevent law-makers present in parliament today from leaving the premises till Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns. His deadline ends this evening. ...
14:25
Rahul Gandhi addressing Congress Workers at the Talkatora Stadium on Rajiv Gandhi's 70th birth anniversary. Rahul says, In India people worship goddesses, address women as mother/sister, but the same people molest you in buses, suppress your voices. We see rapes being reported, laws being made,...
14:08
Sonia Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of showing false dreams to the people of India and urged her Congress party to stay the course even though the road to revival may be longer and the struggle, harder.On the occasion of 70th birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, the Congress...
13:54
Read:The Making of Vladimir Putin by Strobe Talbot. Talbot was the deputy secretary of state in the Clinton administration.
13:47
Whether chilling like David Cameron or tense like Gordon Brown, politicians can't win in August -- a usually explosive month. Read
13:29
At least 39 journalists are still missing worldwide, 20 missing in Syria. Read
13:26
Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks report from Home Ministry on clashes along Assam-Nagaland border.
13:12
The mother of executed photo-journalist James Wright Foley, 40, has issued a statement after a video surfaced on Tuesday showing his horrific beheading by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terrorists as revenge for US airstrikes in Iraq. In a statement posted on the Free James Foley Facebook...
12:54
No meeting finalised between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pak PM Nawaz Sharif in New York next month: Basit.
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Basit: It is important to engage with all stakeholders. That is the bottomline. Back channel talks have not begun yet. On Pakistan's reaction if Indian leaders would have met separatists in Balochistan: J&K is a different issue, Indian Diplomats keep meeting people of all hues, it's not a...
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Basit: We must engage with a comprehensive and meaningful dialogue, time has come to move forward.On the meeting with separatists, Basit said this has been a long standing practice. Both India and Pakistan agree that Jammu and Kashmir is a bilateral issue. As to where we go from here, we will...
12:39
Basit: We need to look at these issues (Kashmir) dispassionately and in a more realistic manner. Kashmiris are legitimate stakeholders in finding a peaceful solution to the issue. We in Pakistan are very positive and will not allow distractions in normalising ties. This setback on talks should...
12:23
Basit says Pakistan appreciates PM Modi's words on Independence Day that SAARC nations need to work together to fight issues like poverty. He said Pakistan has resolved to cleanse their land from all militants within 8-10 weeks and Pak Army ops is underway in Waziristan. The time has come for the...
12:14
Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit is addressing a press conference in New Delhi. Basit says Pakistan is committed to ensuring peace in the south Asian region. Yesterday, Kashmiri separatist leaders meet Basit in New Delhi, in the backdrop of India cancelling talks with its nuclear-armed neighbour that...
12:11
Even as Islamabad is under siege as calls for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down grow louder, the heavyweight Pakistan army has assured the PM that they will not stage a coup, but will have to share space with them. Sharif is also likely to meet Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan shortly....
11:53
Somdev Devvarman loses to Ernesto Escobedo (USA) 3-6 2-6 in the US Open qualifiers.
11:52
Medha Patkar, perhaps the best-known 'civil society' activist of the country, who was contesting on an Aam Aadmi Party ticket there, lost her deposit. This was particularly striking because Maharashtra is her home state, Marathi is her mother tongue, and Mumbai a metropolis where people are...
11:48
President Pranab Mukherjee pays homage today at the samadhi of former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary.
11:47
Update on the bail plea of the accused in the 2G case. The judge, who was also scheduled to pass the verdict on the bail pleas of other nine accused today, said that the order was not ready yet. The court said it would pass the order at 2.30 pm today. On August 6, the court had deferred for today...
11:44
Anti-superstition campaigners will not only pay tribute to Narendra Dabholkar, their acclamation will also be an indictment of the government's utter failure to find his killers. Read
11:43
Diplomacy is not a limited overs cricket match. But by calling off the Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan scheduled for August 25, the Narendra Modi government has behaved precisely as if it was that. For more than a decade now leaders of the secessionist Hurriyat have regularly met...
11:30
Tributes pour in over yoga guru B K S Iyengar's demise. Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today expressed deep grief over the death of world-renowned yoga guru B K S Iyengar whom he hailed as great lion of Indian yoga.My homage to the great lion of Indian yoga who passed...
11:23
DMK chief M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal has been granted bail in the 2G case on a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh and surety. Former Telecom Minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi's bail hearing being heard now. If they do not get bail, both face jail terms.
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Former Telecom Minister A Raja and MP Kanimozhi could be arrested this afternoon if their request for bail is rejected in a Delhi court. They are both attending the hearing. Both leaders are from the Tamil Nadu regional party, the DMK, and have been accused of...
11:12
Scores of anti-superstition activists today took out a protest march through streets in Pune paying tributes to slain rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and condemning police failure in tracking down his assassins even after a year. Dabholkar was shot dead from a close range by unknown assailants on...
11:01
Keeping the focus firmly on the armed forces, the PM said that DRDO scientists should come out with innovative ideas to make life more comfortable for jawans.
10:58
Speaking at the Defence Research and Development Organisation Awards, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the scientists and thanked them for their contribution to the nation. Our scientists work very hard in the lab. They sacrifice a lot and that is when they come out with something in the...
10:13
Six organisations have called for an indefinite strike in Assam's Golaghat district on Wednesday. Fresh protests broke out in the area a day after security troops opened fire on innocent people in the area.
09:48
Liberia has imposed a curfew and has quarantined an area of the capital Monrovia in a bid to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak Liberia already imposed a state of emergency earlier this month, but the number of deaths from the disease has continued to climb. Since the beginning of the year,...
09:15
Just two days after India called off foreign secretary talks with Pakistan over their meeting with Kashmiri separatist leaders, Pakistan troops stoked the issue further when they open fired at Indian posts in Hamirpur area in Poonch along the Line of Control late Tuesday night.
08:55
Even as the protests against him mount, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif refuses to step down. The anti-government protesters, headed by PTI chief Imran Khan and cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, raided the red zone on Tuesday and have been camping there. They said they won't move till the Sharif...
08:41
Thousands of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehreek protesters marched on Pakistan's parliament on Wednesday in a bid to depose Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. PTI chief Imran Khan said, Nawaz Sharif, I will wait for your resignation until Wednesday evening and after that, we will enter...
08:21
Yoga guru BKS Iyengar, founder of Iyengar Yoga, died at a hospital in Pune this morning. The nonagenarian had been admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital for poor heart function and difficulty in breathing on August 12. On Sunday, reports suggest, he was put...
07:55
Militants in Gaza broke a temporary ceasefire by launching rockets at Israel on Tuesday, and Israel responded with airstrikes. The resumption of hostilities shut down talks in Cairo that seek a permanent truce between Israel and Hamas after more than a month of war. The two sides,...
01:12
NYTimes reports: The tech company's former chief executive said new responsibilities, including ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, have made him too busy to serve.Read the full story here
01:11
Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan and cleric Tahirul Qadri tonight marched with thousands of their supporters to enter the heavily fortified 'Red Zone', the capital's diplomatic and political enclave, as minor clashes took place between anti-government protesters and security...
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Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for `Clean India' initiative and focus on school sanitation, Chhattisgarh Government has decided to construct toilets in as many as 100 schools.The Chhattisgarh Housing Board will execute the plan to build the lavatories.A project has been...
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