21:53
British soldiers have been banned from shouting at insurgent terror suspects, banging their fists on tables or walls, or using 'insulting words' in new 'soft-touch' rules for interrogation. Military chiefs have warned that troops are 'no longer able' to carry out tactical questioning, placing the...
21:38
American Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard will be coming to India for a three-week visit starting tomorrow on an official invite from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bolster Indo-US ties. During her stay in the country, Gabbard will engage with several senior government and industry...
20:26
Two years after the death of Bal Thackeray, the Shiv Sena is planning to come out with a movie on its founder on his birth anniversary next month. The party has already created a buzz on social media with pictures of the late Sena patriarch saying, Tumhi bolavlat. Vat Paha. January 23 la (You...
19:01
After casting his vote in the Sonowar constituency, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted that he was missing his parents. Taking to Twitter, he said, My thoughts are with my parents as they both prepare for surgery today. I wish I could be there with them but that wasn't to...
18:54
India lost the match for the third place in the Hockey Champions Trophy tournament against Australia. The Indian side went down 1-2 against the Australian team, that bagged the bronze medal. Later, in the day, Germany will play against Australia for the first place.
18:41
Jammu and Kashmir recorded a 49% voter turnout in the fourth phase of the assembly polls. Ignoring calls to boycott the polls, thousands lined up outside polling booths to cast their votes in the various constituencies. The voter turnout is lower than the previous phases. Jammu and Kashmir...
18:00
With growing demand from party candidates to campaign in their constituencies, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will address over 85 rallies over the next two months. Party sources said the former Delhi chief minister will address 25 rallies in December and 60 rallies in January, with a...
17:15
After making objectionable gestures during their celebrations following their victory against India, two Pakistani players have been suspended for one match. They have been identified as Muhammad Tausiq and Ali Amjad have been suspended and won't be allowed to play the finals against Germany.On...
17:07
The government of Sierra Leone has been forced banned public Christmas celebrations in an attempt to halt the spread of Ebola. Military will be patrolling the streets throughout the West African nation to ensure people to stay indoors during Christmas and New Year in order to get the number...
16:44
The family of a Saudi woman being held in custody for attempting to drive her car, in defiance of the country's ban on female drivers, has been told that her detention has been extended by 25 days. Worried relatives and friends of Loujain al-Hathloul, 25, who has been in custody in Saudi Arabia...
16:16
The Survey of India has filed a police complaint against tech giant Google for wrongly showing the boundaries of India. The Survey of India, in its complaint, said that Google maps is depicting India's international boundaries in a wrong' manner, that is not justified. Survey of India...
15:28
Prince William and Kate Middleton have released three official Christmas photographs of their son Prince George in a courtyard at his home at Kensington Palace. The pictures of the third in line to the throne, who is nearly 17 months old, were taken late last month by his...
15:15
After Bengaluru's Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Abhishek Goyal received threats seeking revenge for arresting Mehdi Masroor Biswas, the alleged handler of the most influential pro-Islamic State Twitter account, cops have decided to move him to an undisclosed location as a...
15:04
Indian batsman Virat Kohli today broke into the top-20 of ICC Test rankings at 16th after his stupendous back-to-back hundreds in the opening cricket Test against Australia in Adelaide. Kohli, whose twin hundreds went in vain as India lost the match by 48 runs yesterday, rose 11 rungs to make the...
14:59
Crucial pro-reform bills like the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2008 and Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014 will be taken up this week for consideration and passing in both the Houses of Parliament. With the Lok Sabha already having passed 13 Bills and the Rajya Sabha clearing nine, the ongoing...
14:31
Can you take non-Muslim women and children captive? Yes, says Islamic State.Can you have sex with them, even prepubescent girls? Yes, according to the Islamist extremist group.Can you sell them or give them as gifts to others? The answer is yes, once again. People in Mosul -- the Iraqi city...
14:17
Hours after Bharatiya Janata Party's Hina Bhat allegedly slapped a poll officer during the fourth phase of elections, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took to Twitter to criticise the leader. He said, The BJP candidate in Srinagar who earlier threatened to pick up a gun over Article...
14:09
Hundreds more British troops are being sent to Iraq next month to bolster the fight against Islamic State militants, compounding fears of mission creep. The defence secretary, Michael Fallon announced an additional deployment of British combat-ready troops numbering in the low hundreds to help...
13:46
An early version of the script for the new James Bond film has been stolen by hackers. The producers of Spectre have confirmed that the screenplay was taken as part of a cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November. In a statement on the film's official website, Eon Productions said...
13:15
JUST IN: A gas tanker caught fire and exploded in Jaipur, killing 10 and injuring another 12 people on the highway near Beelpur village in Japur. More details are awaited
13:08
Hockey India chief Narinder Batra on Sunday, lashed out against Pakistan's obscene celebrations after defeating hosts in Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium. The HI president also took a stern view of International Hockey Federation comment that 'no action was warranted'.Pakistan players entered the...
12:52
Bharatiya Janata Party's Javed Ahmad Qadri got into a fight with a voter at a polling booth in Shopian during the fourth phase of the assembly elections. It is still unknown why the political leader fought with the voter. Other than this incident, the voting has been peaceful.Voting has been...
12:29
An additional sub-inspector and a constable of the Delhi police have died after a speeding car hit a police barricade in Kalindi Kunj area of south-east Delhi. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning. Another cop was injured in the incident, and has been admitted to the...
12:27
The Congress handed former minister and sitting legislator Anjan Dutta the reins of the faction-ridden Assam Congress to lead the party in the crucial 2016 assembly polls. Dutta, who was questioned by the CBI in the Saradha scam probe, will replace Bhubaneswar Kalita, who held the post for a...
11:50
President Pranab Mukherjee was recovering well after undergoing a heart procedure at the Army's Research and Referral Hospital in the capital where doctors installed a coronary stent in his artery to remove a blockage. The coronary angioplasty was conducted on Mukherjee, 79, yesterday at the...
11:42
Girish Malik's National Award winning film Jal has found a place in the Oscar contenders of 2014 in two categories -- Best Picture and Best Original Score. The film, which has the backdrop of water scarcity and tells the story of Bakka, a person gifted with a special ability to find...
11:21
Modi added that the money spent on drugs is often used to fund terrorism and said, Have you thought -- the bullet that has hit the soldier has the money of your drugs. We cannot help terrorists and drug mafia.He said, People should have the courage to say no to drugs and reject drugs. Tell your...
11:10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to the airwaves again this morning to speak about the evils of drug addiction during his third radio address titled 'Mann ki Baat'. The PM said, Drugs is something that can shatter anyone. When a youngster gets into drugs we consider him or her bad. But the...
10:56
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was seen at a polling booth in Sonowar casting his vote during the fourth phase of the assembly elections. Speaking to the media after casting his vote, the CM said, It matters how the voters feel about the work that I have done. Voters are smart.
01:14
The Council of the European Southern Observatory, or ESO, has approved the construction in the Atacama desert of the world's most powerful telescope, capable of studying whether life exists in other galaxies.Within 10 years, the telescope, which will cost some 1 billion euros (or $1.29 billion),...
00:57
The stage is set for the penultimate round of five-phase polling for 15 assembly seats in Jharkhand today with former chief minister Babulal Marandi and three incumbent ministers testing their luck. A total of 43,48,709 voters are eligible to decide the fate of 217 candidates,...
00:53
Australian PM Tony Abbott has vowed to sweat blood to secure constitutional recognition for indigenous people, saying he wants a referendum in 2017.But Abbott said he would not rush with the date until he was confident the referendum would succeed.To be passed, the change must be backed by a...
00:48
A group of NGOs and professionals has organised a bus ride on December 16 to mark the second anniversary of the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student.The objective is to put focus on the lack of safety for women and to make citizens participate in a greater way and take...
00:39
New research reveals how orcas attack baleen whales, and how the whales fight back.For the first time, scientists have recorded orcas attacking and killing humpback whales, specifically young calves. The results are published in the journal Marine Mammal Science.Read full story here.
00:35
After weeks of setbacks and reports that soldiers ran away when Boko Haram attacked, Nigeria's military, including newly deployed Special Forces, have gone on the offensive and have recaptured some cities and towns that had been held by Boko Haram.The Nigerian armed forces were helped by air...
00:32
Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla has said that girls need to be given self defence training. Addresing a national convention on women and child rights in Bhubaneshwar, Heptulla said the Central government under the...
00:28
The growing, national protest movement against police violence spilled out into the streets of the nation's capital on Saturday.Spurred by a recent spate of killings of unarmed black men by cops who have escaped criminal prosecution, thousands gathered here to join the families of many of those...
00:07
Bengaluru executive behind IS Twitter ID arrested, confessesIS Twitter ID case: 'My son's account was hacked'Homage paid to Parliament attack martyrsISRO to launch GSLV-MarkIII on Dec 18Modi govt to legalise middlemen in arms deals?Uber rape: Man from whom fake certificate procured identified
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