23:30
A Brazilian man arrested for stabbing a woman to death calmly confessed to murdering another 41 people -- putting him among history's most prolific serial killers, it was reported today.Sailson Jose das Gracas, 26, told police in Rio de Janeiro he would go out 'on the hunt' for white women after...
23:26
Renowned artist Tyeb Mehta's untitled canvas depicting a falling bull today got sold for a whopping Rs 15 crore at the second edition of Indian art auction held by the Christie's in Mumbai today.The Mehta canvas, dating back to 1999, for which the Christie's was expecting a maximum price of Rs 12...
23:20
Senior students of a corporation school here went on a rampage today, damaging furniture and breaking fire extinguishers, to demand action against the headmistress for not heeding to their plea to transfer a teacher who reportedly addressed a student by his caste name.Police rushed to the...
22:56
The joke doing the rounds in New Delhi is that three ambitious and successful diplomatic bilateral summits have helped three Gujarat-based industrialist friends of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His United States visit helped Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani who has close relations with the...
22:31
Three cops were injured in a grenade attack at a police station in Anantnag on Thursday evening.A senior police officer said militants hurled a grenade at Sherbagh police station in Anantnag.Three cops were injured in the explosion, the officer said adding the injured were evacuated to hospital...
22:23
Less than three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the idea, the UN General Assembly today adopted an India-led resolution declaring June 21 as 'International Day of Yoga', recognising that 'Yoga provides a holistic approach to health and well-being'.The resolution on...
21:32
American black comedy 'Birdman', about a washed-up Hollywood actor who once played the titular superhero in three blockbuster movies, is leading the 72nd Golden Globe Awards nominations with seven nods including best motion picture comedy or musical and best actor. 'Birdman' will compete...
21:23
Just six days after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks, President Bush signed a secret order that gave the Central Intelligence Agency the power to capture and imprison terrorists with Al Qaeda. But the order said nothing about where they should be held or how the agency should go about the business...
21:23
Just six days after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks, President Bush signed a secret order that gave the Central Intelligence Agency the power to capture and imprison terrorists with Al Qaeda. But the order said nothing about where they should be held or how the agency should go about the business...
21:03
India entered the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament after a 4-2 win over Belgium in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. The hosts will face arch rivals Pakistan for a place in the final, the latter scoring 4-2 upset win over eight-time champions The Netherlands earlier in the day.
20:44
About 66.7 per cent of Indian globetrotters would prefer travelling abroad for Christmas in order to experience the traditional fanfare of the festival, says a recent survey. About 66.7 per cent of Indian travellers would prefer to travel abroad and stay in a hotel in order to experience...
19:57
An internal inquiry conducted by Central Reserve Police Force has found lapses on the part of hospital authorities and staff in Raipur by not following set procedures as a result of which uniforms and other belongings of martyred troops were found in a garbage dump recently in...
19:34
It's almost time! The 2015 Golden Globes are just weeks away, and finally, the nominations are starting to pour in. Once again, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are hosting the Hollywood award show on January 11, handing out honours to the best that film and television...
19:26
JUST IN: A suspected suicide bomber has struck during a show at a school in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing one person and injuring dozens, officials said.Acting Afghan Interior Minister Ayoub Salangi confirmed the attack on the French-run Istiqlala secondary school. According to initial...
19:21
Pope Francis will not meet the Dalai Lama when the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader visits Rome this weekend, a Vatican spokesman said today -- a decision apparently seeking to avoid upsetting China. The Dalai Lama arrives in the Italian capital tomorrow for three days to attend a meeting...
18:55
A woman in New Delhi who had complained about Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav to the popular app-based taxi service a week before he allegedly raped a passenger, responded to the Delhi Police by e-mail, seeking legal opinion on how to take forward her complaint against Uber. The Delhi...
18:35
British-Indian millionaire Shrien Dewani's house in the United Kingdom was vandalised, a day after he returned from South Africa after being cleared by a court of plotting the murder of his Indo-Swedish bride during their honeymoon. White paint was thrown over the driveway of the millionaire...
18:22
Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu addressed the parliament on the Agra reconversion row, saying that it was an important issue which is agitating the entire nation and defended the government.Some people are behaving as if the government is responsible for these conversions. It is a national...
18:13
Biju Janata Dal MLA Pravat Tripathi, former Attorney General of Odisha Ashok Mohanty among 16 persons charge sheeted by CBI in ponzi cheating case.
18:13
The Indian Army has recovered and neutralised an improvised explosive device from Mendura in Shopian.
18:12
Condemning External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's suggestion that Bhagwad Gita be made a national scripture, former union minister V Narayanasamy said such a move would be injurious to secularism and it exposed the BJP government's plan to push Hindutva policy. Such a move would be...
18:12
According to sources, Sanjay Ganju, the Naxal leader and alleged mastermind of the Chaibasa jailbreak, has been arrested. The government had placed a Rs 10 lakh reward on the successful capture of Ganju. The jailbreak that took place in the West Singhbhum district on December 9, allowed...
17:17
Is there a lesson from how apartheid was dismantled in South Africa to how the Middle East problem can be solved?Ugandan scholar and film director Mira Nair's husband Mahmood Mamdani, certainly believes there is. Mamdani recently gave a speech at the Columbia University, New York, where he...
17:17
One of the Islamic State's senior commanders reveals exclusive details to The Guardian of the terror group's origins inside an Iraqi prison -- right under the noses of their American jailers. Read full story here.
17:16
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh said that there is no impact of the conversions that took place in Agra. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the veteran leader said, There is an unnecessary debate on the conversions. The religious conversion of some 200 people in Uttar Pradesh raised...
16:29
Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh speaks about religious conversions in Lok Sabha. There is an unnecessary debate. There is no impact of the conversions in Agra, he says.
16:14
Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, who has been accused of a 23-year-old passenger in Delhi, last Friday has been sent to judicial custody till December 24. The police has informed court that they have found crucial evidence in the case. The Delhi court, which is hearing the case, asked about...
15:58
At least 58 Indian fishermen were arrested today by Pakistani authorities for allegedly violating the country's maritime boundary. Security forces also confiscated about 10 boats from them, Express Tribune reported. Both Indian and Pakistani fishermen are frequently arrested and detained for...
15:53
The Iranian President Hassan Rouhanis dramatic description of the recent decline in oil price as due to Muslim treachery calls attention to Saudi Arabias motives. At a cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, he said, The fall of crude prices is not merely an economic issue, rather it is the...
15:51
India and Russia encourage usage of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes: We are also willing to cooperate in the development of low orbit spacecraft, said Putin.
15:48
In a joint statement with PM Modi, Russia's Vladimir Putin said, We held constructive talks on a whole gamut of issues. We intend to deepen economic ties and scientific and technical cooperation. We are content with how the visit is being conducted and the outcome of the visit.We have placed...
15:43
Addressing a the media after his meeting with Russian President Putin, PM Modi said, Both countries will grow further in the future. Russia our foremost defence partner since decades.Energy security is critical, for India's economic development and creating jobs. Russia is also a key partner in...
15:37
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a presser, note in English, after a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is truly a great pleasure to welcome President Putin to India: Putin and PM Vajpayee had launched the annual summit process in 2000. We have a strategic partnership that is...
15:32
India and Russia today signed 16 agreements on cooperation in various fields -- health, armed forced training, oil and gas and atomic energy, among others. Prime Minister Narenndra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met a Delhi's Hyderabad House. This was Putin's first summit with Prime...
15:27
Patrick Modiano, Nobel Laureate in Literature on writing and its effects on societyWriting is a strange and solitary activity. It is a little like driving a car at night, in winter, on ice, with zero visibility. You have no choice, you cannot go into reverse, you must keep going forward while...
15:11
Read here thepointmag.com's longigish essay on Vladmir Putin and his troubled relations with the West.
14:59
The release of Rajinikanth starrer Lingaa, which is slated for tomorrow, is in trouble. The Madras high court has asked the producer of the film Rockline Venkatesh to deposit Rs 10 crore by tomorrow. The film cannot release till the money is deposited.Trouble began brewing when KV Ravi Rathinam,...
14:16
The United States may include Gujarati language in its visa procedure for the convenience of people from the state planning to travel there, a senior official has said. We have included several regional languages of India in our visa procedure and would consider to include Gujarati language too...
14:08
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which sits in opposition in Karnataka, was left red-faced after a party MLA was caught zooming into the photo of Priyanka Gandhi on his mobile phone inside the legislative assembly. BJP MLA for Aurad Prabhu Chavan was yesterday caught on...
13:55
What I love most about my father is that he never tried to impose his views on us, says Sharmishta Mukherjee, the daughter of President Pranab Mukherjee, on her fathers 79th birthday today. Read the complete column here
13:49
Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was not aware of the Constitutional provisions allowing for declaration of Emergency that was imposed in 1975 and it was Siddartha Shankar Ray who led her into the decision, says President Pranab Mukherjee. Ironically, it was Ray, the then...
13:30
A new study, published in the open access journal, Plos One, has found that nearly 269,000 tonnes of plastic pollution may be floating in the world's oceans. Microplastic pollution is found in varying concentrations throughout the oceans, but estimates of the global abundance and weight of...
13:23
A 21-year old girl student was seriously injured in an acid attack at Nowshehra in downtown Srinagar this morning. A senior police officer told Rediff.com that unidentified persons threw acid at the girl, a student of a private law college in Nowshehra.
12:58
Career site Glassdoors annual list of the 50 Best Places to Work is out, and Google is on top this year. The search giant topped businesses such as Chevron and In-N-Out Burger to earn the accolade.An anonymous review highlighted in the ranking that claims to be from a Google program manager...
12:50
As editor-in-chief of the Indian Express newspaper, Shekhar Gupta packed a powerful punch. But as a recent profile in Caravan magazine revealed, he also packed a powerful pay packet, earning up to Rs 10 crore a year, an unheard of sum for journalists. Never one to duck an issue, Gupta in...
12:41
The American navy now has a new weapon in its arsenal: a laser weapon. Called Laws (or laser weapon system), the US navy released a video showing it being deployed aboard the USS Ponce in September in the Persian Gulf. Used against two targets, the laser destroyed a speedboat and...
12:37
In acknowledgement of their efforts to end the financial exploitation of children and to ensure the right of all children to an education, a US Senate resolution has been introduced to recognise Nobel laureates Kaliash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai as symbols of peace. ...
12:33
The home ministry has cautioned its employees to not post any confidential information on social media. While they are free to post in their personal capacity, after identifying themselves, the employees have been told to not divulge any confidential information. Joint secretary in the...
12:22
The Janasena Party of popular Telugu actor Pavan Kalyan, who played a key role in the election campaign of the Bharatiya Janata Party-Telugu Desam Party combine, is now registered with the Election Commission, paving the way for its foray into electoral politics.'The Election Commission of India...
12:14
The Bharatiya Janata Party remains defiant even as the conversion row rocked Parliament today. BJP MP Yogi Adityanath said that he will go ahead with a conversion 'drive' similar to what was held in Agra in Aligarh on September 25. There is noting wrong in conversion, he said. Aligarh MP Satish...
11:55
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. This is Putin's first summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a time when Russia is at odds with the West over Ukraine, and its economy is stalling as oil prices tumble to their...
11:26
And the disruptions in Parliament continue. The conversion row rocked Lok Sabha today. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said: I agree that an anti-conversion law should be made. The Opposition demanded a statement from the ruling BJP over the conversion of 57 Muslim families in Agra...
11:20
Ten metro stations in Delhi, including seven proposed ones, have been renamed by the government under the Phase III of its construction.According to reports, the move came after the recommendations of a committee constituted by the government for renaming of metro stations.The Okhla metro...
11:15
Just In: An FIR has been registered against Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau in the bar bribe scam, PTI reports quoting Vigilance sources.
11:13
Three women Maoists, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on her head, have surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, the police said today. The cadres turned themselves in before the police last evening citing disappointment with the movement on account of the exploitation of...
11:03
The Congress has given a notice in the Rajya Sabha demanding a discussion on the conversion row. Yesterday, the Parliament saw protests over the the conversions in Agra on Monday, reportedly by groups linked to the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.An FIR has been filed against...
10:48
India's economic growth is expected to improve to 6.3 per cent in 2016 with the country leading economic recovery in South Asia, according to a United Nations report. The UN World Economic Situation and Prospects 2015 report, launched at the United Nations yesterday, also said India is likely to...
10:38
Hollywood-based Indian actress Freida Pinto and her longtime boyfriend Dev Patel have reportedly split. The pair, who played an on-screen couple in Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire have ended their real-life romance after dating for about six years, reported a US magazine. Dev and Freida...
10:25
The Karnataka government has banned Uber cab services in the state in the aftermath of the 23-year-old passenger's rape in Delhi last Friday.Uber is not registered with the transport department, the Karnataka government said. Following Center's directives to all states to stop the...
10:04
The Sri Lankan navy has arrested 27 fishermen from Tamil Nadu on charges of poaching in the island nation's waters. While 13 fishermen from Jagadapattinam in Thanjavur district were arrested along with their three boats, 14 fishermen from Rameswaram were arrested with three boats when they were...
09:40
It's proud moment for India. The United Nations will declare June 21 as World Yoga Day today after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged the world community to celebrate Indian yoga at the international level in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in September. 170 nations...
09:11
After Maharashtra, the Karantaka government is likely to ban Uber cab services today.
09:10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended warm greetings to President Pranab Mukherjee on his 79th birthday, wishing him best of health and a long life. He also used the occasion to hail his intellect, political experience and stature. Warmest birthday greetings to our dear Rashtrapati ji,...
08:34
On the third morning of the Adelaide Test, Indian skipper Virat Kohli got hit on the head by a bouncer from Mitchell Johnson. Johnson had just removed Murali Vijay for 53 in the previous delivery before digging in one short Kohli, who was facing his first ball of the series.There was no...
08:24
The Maharashtra government has banned Uber and Old cab services after directives from the Centre.Maharashtra Transport Minister Diwakar Raote will made a statement in the assembly today. Delhi and Hyderabad have banned Uber after the rape of a 23-year-old passenger on Friday. Union Home Minister...
03:54
Harvard Business School associate professor Ben Edelman is now in the running for 'Most Disliked Guy on the Internet' -- and all because of $4.According to Boston.com, the saga began last week when Edelman placed an order at a family-operated Boston-area Chinese restaurant named Sichuan...
03:29
A German court has thrown out a case against a former SS member accused of participating in the massacre of 642 residents of a French village during World War II.The 89-year-old had been accused of murdering 25 people and aiding the murder of several hundred others at Oradour-sur-Glane in central...
03:01
The last thing anybody wants to see is flashing blue and red lights behind them.Police in Lowell, Michigan, decided to spread a bit of holiday cheer by assisting minor traffic violators with some of their Christmas shopping. Read this heart warming story HERE
02:48
Hong Kong student leaders are vowing to stay until the end as authorities prepare to clear the last remaining protest sites.Student leaders late Wednesday called on everyone who has participated in protests over the past two months to return to the streets before police move in early...
02:12
An IIT and IIM would come up soon in Chittoor and Visakhapatnam districts in Andhra Pradesh respectively, as part of the state bifurcation plan approved by the Centre.The IIT and IIM are among the 11 prestigious institutions that the Centre had proposed to set up in the state during its division...
01:54
Senator Dianne Feinstein was still speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday morning about the Intelligence Committee's report excoriating the CIA's interrogation program when a new website went live. Its name was self-explanatory: ciasavedlives.com.The site, created by a dozen former top...
01:51
From the CNN: The Coast Guard didn't think Ron Ingraham could survive, stuck in a 25-foot sailboat for days as waves swelled 15 to 20 feet high.His son did.I don't feel like he's dead, Zakary Ingraham told a Coast Guard official nine days ago, after learning their search was ending. I don't...
01:46
Monaco's Princess Gabriella Therese Marie was born at 5:04 pm Wednesday, beating her brother Jacques Honore Rainier into the waking world by two minutes, the royal family announced on Facebook.The twins are the first children born to Charlene Wittstock, the former South African Olympic...
00:56
A Palestinian minister has died after a confrontation with Israeli troops at a protest in the West Bank.Palestinian medics told the BBC that Ziad Abu Ein died from complications related to tear gas exposure.But several witnesses said the minister had been hit and shoved by soldiers. One said he...
00:32
From the CNN: More than 6,000 people have died as the virus spread from Guinea to other countries in West Africa. International flights took the disease as far as Spain and the United States, and international organizations have mobilized to contain it. Read the full article HERE
00:23
As Russian President Vladimir Putin flew in here tonight, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence that the visit will take the bilateral relations to 'newer heights.'Delighted to welcome President Putin to India. looking forward to a productive visit that will take India, Russia ties to...
00:07
A noted defence scientist today rejected suggestions that China's new missile Chaoxun-1 (CX-1) was a copy of Indian supersonic cruise missile BrahMos. The technology used in CX-1 and BrahMos, an Indo-Russian joint production, was completely different, said A Sivathanu Pillai, who formerly served...
00:06
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi late tonight for annual summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday that is aimed at building on the already close strategic ties, particularly in the fields of nuclear energy, hydrocarbons and defence. Putin, who is...
00:05
Afghanistan's new President Ashraf Ghani today condemned CIA torture detailed in a US Senate report, saying the United States' actions violated all accepted norms of human rights and were part of a vicious cycle of violence.
00:04
China today urged the United States to correct its ways after a damning US Senate report detailed use of torture by the CIA. China has consistently opposed torture, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a regular briefing. We believe the US side should reflect upon itself, correct...
00:04
Four people were killed when two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives Wednesday in the northern city of Kano, said Nigerian police.State Police commissioner Aderenle Shinaba said the explosions happened in the busy Kantin Kwari textile market located in the center of Kano, Nigeria's...
00:01
After historic Nobel win, 'Malala zindabad' chants break out in PakistanDelhi rape accused cabbie master of lies, say policeMid-day meal horror rerun: 51 students hospitalized in Gujarat Uber Mumbai executive assaultedChampions of peace Satyarthi, Malala receive Nobel Peace PrizeTIME's Person of...
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