23:20
Congress President Sonia Gandhi was today admitted to a hospital for treatment of lower respiratory tract infection.She has been admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi for further treatment of the infection, AICC general secretary Ajay Maken told PTI.
23:18
Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture airline Vistara tonight announced the launch of its operations from January 9 with flight from Delhi to Mumbai and Ahmedabad.The full-service airline, which is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, opened its bookings at 22:30 hours...
23:16
A former journalist from the UK tabloid 'Sunday Mirror' who pleaded guilty to intercepting voicemail messages in 2001 has been given a suspended jail sentence. The paper's former investigations editor, Graham Johnson, was handed a two-month sentence, suspended for one year, which means he...
22:11
An earthquake of 5.2 intensity on the richter scale shook Patna and other parts of Bihar tonight, triggering panic among people. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Nepal and contiguous areas in Bihar, director state meteorological department A K Sen told PTI.Reports said the tremor, which...
22:08
Terming the militant attack on a Peshawar school as an 'act of sin', Nobel Peace prize winner Kailash Satyarthi today appealed to the terrorist groups to spare children and asked the global community to work unitedly to defeat terrorism. The child rights crusader who received the Nobel Peace...
21:48
Drones will soon fly over Delhi's forests to monitor encroachments and breach of boundaries of protected forest areas. The Forest Department has formulated a plan and it would soon be submitted to the Delhi government/We will soon procure drones, which are battery-operated machines gliding...
21:46
Veteran Italian actress Virna Lisi, known for her role in 1965 comedy classic 'How To Murder Your Wife', today died in Rome. She was 78. The actress was recently diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer, reported Variety.Lisi is survived by a son, Corrado, and three grandchildren, Franco,...
21:34
According to PIB ADG K S Dhatwalia, the government has no proposal to reduce age of retirement of Central Govt employees from 60 years to 58 years.
21:32
From FOXNews: One Islamic State militant is alone responsible for killing 150 women, including pregnant women and young teenagers, because they refused to marry members of the barbaric militant army, according to Iraqi officials.Abu Anas Al-Libi is suspected of mercilessly gunning down the...
21:28
Lalit Narayan Mishra had died due to the injuries sustained in the blast and not due to delay in treatment, a Delhi court has said while rejecting contentions of the convicts who had sought benefit of doubt arguing that the then Railway minister had died due to medical negligence.In his...
21:22
The UGC has asked universities acrossthe country to observe December 25 as 'Good Governance Day' amid the controversy over organising events on the occasion which requires physical presence of students in campus on Christmas.However, in communication sent to all vice chancellors, the UGC has made...
21:03
It was Trinamool Congress member Dinesh Trivedi who brought in Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the central hall of Parliament. Mamata was engrossed in a serious discussion with NCP leader Praful PatelPraful Patel...
21:00
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped more than 100 women and children and killed 35 people during a Sunday raid on the remote northeast Nigerian village of Gumsuri, a security source and resident said on Thursday.News from remote parts of Nigeria that are cut off from mobile communications...
19:57
The man who took 17 people hostage in a cafe in Sydney on Monday was carrying an illegally owned firearm, Australian police have said. PM Tony Abbott said on Wednesday that he wanted to know how Man Haron Monis was able to get a gun licence despite a history of violence and instability.On...
19:47
British PM David Cameron threw an 'Ibiza-style rave' at the prime ministerial retreat of Chequers to celebrate his wife Samantha's birthday. The staid surroundings was transformed into a nightclub befitting the Mediterranean party island, with music provided by DJ Sarah HB. Among...
19:35
Hitting out at Pakistan for releasing 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Minister of State for Urban Development Babul Supriyo said the neighbouring country is sending a very bad message. It is very sad to know 132 children were killed... Butby giving bail to one of...
19:29
With Pakistan lifting the moratorium on the death sentences, 17 of the 55 convicted terrorists whose mercy petitions have been dismissed will be executed in the next few days. There are at least 522 criminals sentenced to death in terror and other cases related to serious crimes in the...
18:52
Smita Salaskar wife of slain Mumbai cop Vijay Salaskar on Lakhvi's bail: This is very bad, Pakistan should be pressurised to punish the people who were involved in 26/11. Pakistan is not serious about (ensuring justice) in the 26/11 attack. The case should be handed over to India.
18:46
India calls upon Pakistan to immediately take steps to reverse the decision to grant bail to LeT terrorist Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi. The government asserted that there can be no selective approaches to terrorism. The grant of bail to Lakhvi will serve as a reassurance to terrorists who perpetrate...
18:11
Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi was among the seven Pakistanis accused of planning and abetting the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks that he allegedly planned along with Hafiz Saeed.The LeT commander was named before Indian investigators by Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist captured alive after...
17:56
Dilip Kumar: Yes, I was born in the charming city of Peshawar in undivided India and I have many special memories of the place.
17:41
Away from murder and mayhem, this lovely story is a must read. Jordan Axani's online campaign to find a travelling companion to replace his ex-girlfriend has been a success. Read what it's all about here
17:29
Pro ISIS Twitter account handler Mehdi Masroor Biswas's police remand extended till 2nd January 2015.
17:25
Poster at a funeral by JuD/FIF in Peshawar says: 'The blood of children will result in fall of India, US, Israel.The picture was tweeted by journalist @TahaSSiddiqui.
17:23
LeT commander Zaki ur-Rehman Lakhvi's lawyer Rizwan Abbasi rubbishes the Pakistan PMO statement that there was a technical error in granting the bail. Lakhvi's lawyer says that the bail has been granted on merit. If government opposes his bail, I will fight the case. Lakhvi will be released from...
17:03
The very erudite Jammu and Kashmir CM, Omar Abdullah, reacts to the Lakhvi's bail: @abdullah_omar Amazing what a short shelf life the #IndiawithPakistan sentiment had. Thank you to the courts in Pakistan for putting us in our place.
17:01
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's tepid response to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's bail: I won't comment on what another nation does, but it's not right.
16:57
Just In: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea challenging the ordinance that paved the way for auctioning of coal mines. The apex court rejected the pleas by some private firms seeking an extension of time for paying penalty in a coal blocks allocation case. The court also dismissed the...
16:55
Four men, convicted for killing the then railway minister Lalit Narayan Mishra and two others in a blast in Bihar's Samastipur railway station nearly 40 years back, were today awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi court. District judge Vinod Goel handed down the jail term to Ranjan Dwivedi,...
16:47
Not many know that AIADMK member of Parliament Dr V Maitreyan was an RSS pracharak. Usually clad in the Tamil attire of veshti and white shirt, today he wore a kurta and pyjama to Parliament, which provoked many MPs to inquire after the reason for the change in style. While Jairam Ramesh...
16:25
The CPI(M) today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of running away from a debate in the Rajya Sabha on religious conversions, saying he has got used to a one-way communication traffic and not replying to anything. The Prime Minister is clearly running away from the debate. 'Woh jawab dene se...
16:15
#Lakhvi is trending on Twitter...@ShekharGupta Don't blame judge for Lakhvi bail. What has prosecution been doing for 6 yrs? Tough to see any sincerity in Pak agencies' handling of 26/11@DeShobhaa Who is guilty in Pakistan ? Shock and disbelief as 26/ 11 butcher Zaki-ur - Rehman...
16:11
India is working with its mission in Pakistan to prepare a strong response against granting of bail to LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, one of the masterminds of the 2008 terror attack. Within hours of an Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi granting bail to Lakhvi, one the seven Pakistani...
16:03
Viswakanth Ankireddy, one of the two Indian Infosys employees held hostage by an Iranian-origin gunman at a popular cafe in Sydney today said he is recovering from his trauma and getting better every day. Ankireddy (32) and his colleague Pushpendu Ghosh were among 17 people taken hostage for 17...
15:53
How can you forget it when a person, who has been sitting next to you in the class for the last six or seven years, just dies in your lap, questioned Amir Ameen, whose best friend Aimal Khan was shot dead by terrorists in front of him in the Tuesday's attack on Army Public School and Degree...
15:52
Fatima Bhutto @fbhutto tweets: Let us be clear now: the biggest terror apologist is the state. Let us be clear: many more innocents will die.Imaan Sheikh @SheikhImaan Release LeT commander involved in Mumbai attacks right after Peshawar massacre, then wonder why the world hates...
15:45
In a quick comeback, the Pakistan PMO says the bail order to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was a technical error and the government would ensure that justice is done. The government will oppose this bail order and ensure that justice is done. The Nawaz Sharif govt is committed to rooting out terror,...
15:18
Early reports say that the Pakistan government will oppose the bail granted to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and six other accused. The court said that Lakhvi was released on a technicality as there was nobody to oppose the bail since there was a lawyers' strike and complete chaos in the aftermath of the...
15:10
Ujjwal Nikam, the public prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai blasts case says the news of the Lakhvi's release is shocking.
15:06
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on JuD chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed blaming India for the Peshawar attacks: A typical example of denial that some people are in, blaming India is a pointless way out.On national television on Tuesday, in Pakistan, Saeed, one of the world's most-wanted men,...
15:01
#IndiawithPakistan has been the top Twitter trend in India for the last two days, but with Lakhvi's bail, that could change.
15:00
@BDUTT Sharif said there's no Good or Bad Taliban but clearly harbouring terrorists still 'Good' policy for Pakistan. Lakhvi 26/11 accused gets bail.
14:59
Lakhvi's lawyer says there is no case against him. This would have been the right time for the Pakistani establishment to act against the 26/11 terrorists including Hafeez Saeed, since public sentiment in Pakistan in the aftermath of the Peshawar attacks is strongly against using state-sponsored...
14:53
In 2012, Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi fathered a child when he was in jail for the 26/11 attacks.The Indian government has sought clarity on the issue as it has reason to believe that the Mumbai terror attack mastermind is being handed various privileges that terrorism...
14:50
Zaki-ur-Rehman's bail comes in the backdrop of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vow on Wednesday to intensify the war on terror as mass funerals in the Peshawar attacks. As Pakistan mourned its dead, Sharif said all political parties had decided to draft a national action plan against...
14:47
LeT operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, one of the prime accused in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai blasts, has been granted bail by Pakistan's anti-terror court. Seven Pakistani nationals accused of planning and abetting the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks had filed bail applications in the...
14:24
The world seems full of crises and disasters: from political stasis and racial standoffs in Europe and the U.S., to the classic conflicts of capitalism in emerging' economies (inequality, weakening states, authoritarianism), to tribal conflicts and sectarian uprisings in the Middle East and...
14:19
India with Pakistan. I don't get it. The infectious impulse on Twitter projecting itself as a post-Peshawar counter-punch to people's instinctive hatred and distancing from Pakistan. Pakistan, that failed state, that creator of monsters, that misguided breeder of venomous reptiles that forgot...
14:07
The Delhi police today detained several acid attack survivors outside Parliament house today as they gathered to protest against the lack of any safeguards and laws seeking their active rehabilitation.Laxmi and Rupa, both acid attack survivors, said that the police instead of listening to their...
14:03
Rajdeep Sardesai tweets nostalgia: This day, nine years ago CNN IBN went on air. Thank you to all my old colleagues who made it a special period in my professional life.
13:50
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee was in the Central Hall of Parliament where she met MPs across party lines and exchanged pleasantries with them. She also went up to SP MP Jaya Bachchan and asked after Amitabh Bachchan's health.
13:45
The Pakistan-born British poet Imtiaz Dharker has been awarded the Queen's gold medal for poetry, joining an illustrious roll call that includes WH Auden, Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes. Read
13:44
He is Landour's most famous resident at whose door tourists often arrive unannounced, and at unearthly hours. Some even at 6.30 in the morning. For a writer whose stories have been loved by three generation of Indian readers, adulation comes aplenty, even at the cost of the privacy that he...
13:22
One more person has succumbed to swine flu in Hyderabad, taking the total number of deaths due to the disease this year in Telangana to eight. Two persons infected with the H1N1 virus died late on Tuesday while the third patient passed away yesterday.The patient, who had initially received...
13:10
With its political vendetta slogan in the Saradha case finding no takers, Trinamool Congress plans to take its protest against the Narendra Modi government in Parliament outside the House.To give a boost to proceedings, chief minister Mamata Banerjee will join her MPs as she hits the Capital...
12:47
Unverified, but a tweet we stumbled upon today is worth posting here... @taubaTOFsingh 70yr old SpiceJet passenger: What's the guarantee u'd refund fare in 10 days? Staffer:What's the guarantee you'd live tomorrow?
12:45
PM Narendra Modi is in the Rajya Sabha seated next to finance minister Arun Jaitley. The opposition has been relentless in demanding the PM's statement on the conversion issue. Jaitley says the government is ready to discuss the issue right now. And yes, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is also in...
12:27
NCP chief and former Union Minister Sharad Pawar, who underwent surgery at a private hospital in Mumbai on December 5 for a leg injury, was discharged today. The 73-year-old leader had sustained a leg fracture from a fall at his Delhi residence earlier this month, following which he was flown...
12:21
Five Maoists, carrying cash rewards on their heads, surrendered in the insurgency-hit Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, police said today. The cadres turned themselves in before police last evening, citing disappointment with the movement, exploitation of lower rank rebels and women by...
12:19
Jaya DA case: SC orders that the case be heard on a day-to-day basis. The SC also asks Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court to constitute a special bench to expeditiously decide Jayalalithaa's appeal within three months.
12:16
Submitting Early: My Christmas-Good Governance Essay For Smriti Irani Ma'am. Read
12:10
In what will come as a huge relief for former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court today extended bail given to her in the disproportionate assets case to April 18, 2015. The Supreme Court has also asked the Karnataka High Court Chief Justice to form a special bench to deal with the...
11:59
Supreme Court rejects Maharashtra government's plea challenging Bombay High Court's stay on reservation for Marathas. The Maharashtra government's decision to grant 16 per cent reservation to Marathas in government jobs and educational institutions was stayed by the Bombay High Court in...
11:53
Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon after opposition creates uproar demanding reply by PM to debate on rising incidents of communal violence.
11:52
We cannot, any of us, imagine the horror of innocent schoolchildren being forced to see their teacher burnt alive, blood pouring from her wounds. I simply can't fathom how those cowards could shoot 132 children in the head, at point blank range, one by one. Children. I can't stop thinking about...
11:43
For the last decade or so, Pakistanis seemed to have lost the ability to be easily moved by news of tragedy and misfortune -- so frequent have been the numbers of dead, injured and displaced. However, what transpired on Tuesday, December 16, in Peshawar has shaken this country more than any...
11:40
The Supreme Court has divested a Madhya Pradesh High Court judge, accused of sexual misdemeanour, from undertaking an administrative and supervisory role.The SC also said that the Chief Justice of the MP High Court has travelled beyond his jurisdiction in constituting a two-judge panel to probe...
11:19
While on Pakistan, the International Monetary Fund has agreed to release another USD 1.05 billion in financial assistance to Pakistan as part of its effort to help the country overcome economic crisis. With this, the total disbursements under the arrangement is about USD 3.2 billion.
11:18
Two days after the horrific attack on a school in Peshawar, which left 148 dead, India has asked Pakistan to hand over 26/11 mastermind and JuD chief Hafeez Saeed.Parliamentary Affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu said today, If Pakistan is serious about fighting terrorism, it should hand over Hafiz...
11:06
Marines case: Italian Ambassador to India, Daniele Mancini, recalled to Italy for consultation in wake of the Supreme Court order, envoy likely to leave tomorrow. The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused the pleas of murder accused Italian marine Massimiliano Latorre seeking extension of his stay in...
11:02
Rajnath Singh @BJPRajnathSingh tweets his congratulations: Congratulations to @isro scientists on the successful #GSLVLaunch. India's space mission has taken a higher trajectory with this launch.
11:00
The world saw terrorism's darkest face on Tuesday. The cold-blooded killing of 132 students and nine staff members in a school in Peshawar has left the entire world shaken at the terrorists' determination to find ever softer targets and notch up higher levels of brutality. There could not have...
10:50
Yesterday, TMC MP Derek O'Brien, supported by the opposition benches raised the demand for PM Modi to come to Rajya Sabha and make a statement on the conversion issue. He had said, Does the PM need visa to come to Rajya Sabha?
10:46
Snapping their five-day losing trend, Sensex soared over 395 points to regain the 27,000-mark and NSE Nifty reclaimed the 8,100-level in early trade today, following rebound in bluechips, boosted by a global markets rally after the US Fed kept its monetary policy unchanged. The 30-share index...
10:43
The Congress's Ghar Vapasi taunt targetted at the PM has seemingly worked. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in the Rajya Sabha today, but the ruling BJP has decided that it will not not give an inch, said sources, on the opposition's demand for a statement from him on religious...
10:19
Snapping their five-day losing trend, Sensex soared over 395 points to regain the 27,000-mark and NSE Nifty reclaimed the 8,100-level in early trade today, following rebound in blue chips, boosted by a global markets rally after the US Fed kept its monetary policy unchanged. The 30-share index...
10:03
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates ISRO for the successful launch of GSLV Mark III. Modi tweets: Successful launch of GSLV MK-III is yet another triumph of brilliance and hard work of our scientists. Congrats to them for the efforts.
10:01
Addressing the media after test-firing its heaviest rocket, ISRO said: It is an experiment, but a significant one in India's history.
09:55
The Pakistan government must resist giving in to fear and anger in the wake of the Peshawar school tragedy and maintain its moratorium on executions, Amnesty International has said after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif decided to resume death penalty in terror-related cases....
09:50
Leaving behind all other actors in the film industry, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been ranked number one on Twitter, in terms of both popularity and activity. In an analytic report of the most popular Bollywood stars on the social networking site, Big B with 12 million followers on Twitter...
09:43
India's big test: The launch of the GSLV Mark III for the the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Photograph: Courtesy DD News
09:36
The Indian Space Research Organisation launches its heaviest rocket -- the 630-tonne, three-stage Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III. The mission takes India a step closer to sending astronauts to space. The rocket was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre...
09:25
One terrorist has been killed as the gunbattle in Kupwara ends. Security forces launched an operation in the Bazpora area of Kupwara this morning following information about presence of militants there, a police official said. The ultras opened firing on the security forces positions...
09:24
An encounter is on at Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir between security forces and terrorists. Three terrorists are trapped and the area has been cordoned off, say police sources. The encounter comes ahead of the fifth phase of polling in the state on Saturday. More details are awaited. ...
08:38
Indian Space Research Organisation is all set for one of its most ambitious tests as it readies for the unique maiden flight today of its heaviest rocket till date -- the 630-tonne, three-stage rocket Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III.The Mission Readiness Review and the Launch...
03:21
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the European Union today for removing Hamas from its terrorist list, calling it a staggering example of European hypocrisy and an indication that many on the continent have learned nothing from the Holocaust.The European Union court order to...
01:47
Barack Obama and Raul Castro have thanked Pope Francis for helping broker a historic deal to begin normalising relations between the United States and Cuba, after 18 months of secret talks over prisoner releases brought a sudden end to decades of cold war hostility.The two presidents spoke...
01:42
Uber, the taxi app company under fire around the world, has filed an EU complaint against a French ban on amateur drivers doubling as chauffeurs, the European Union said today. We have received a complaint and we are currently analysing it, said European Commission spokeswoman Lucia Caudet,...
01:42
In a shocking incident in Mumbai, a four-year-old girl was raped by a school supervisor, triggering protests by a group of people which vandalised the private institute's property.The junior KG student was sexually assaulted by the accused, Kesari Upadhyay, who worked as a supervisor at the...
01:42
An American aid worker, who had spent over five years in jail in Cuba on charges of spying, was released today as part of a prisoner swap deal between the two countries as the White House announced talks with Havana to normalize diplomatic relations with the Communist state. Alan Gross was...
01:42
Don't worry, we haven't done anything wrong: Modi tells ministersSpiceJet resumes operations after being groundedISL: Kolkata prevail over FC Goa in tie-breaker, advance to finalUSAID's Raj Shah is quitting Obama administration Singhal crosses 'Lakshman rekha'; says reconversion process to...
01:42
Don't worry, we haven't done anything wrong: Modi tells ministersSpiceJet resumes operations after being groundedISL: Kolkata prevail over FC Goa in tie-breaker, advance to finalUSAID's Raj Shah is quitting Obama administration Singhal crosses 'Lakshman rekha'; says reconversion process to...
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