22:26
Rubbishing the claims of Aam Aadmi Party on additional evidence emerging about 2G spectrum scam showing alleged role of M Karunanidhi, his daughter Kanimozhi and a top state police officer, the DMK chief today said it was all lies. It is all lies, all lies, all lies, the 90-year-old...
21:25
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said Congress should field Rahul Gandhi from Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency in the state to test the waters. Commenting on media reports that state unit of Congress wanted former Chief Minister...
20:05
A TADA court today directed the Thane Police Commissioner to conduct an inquiry after a media report claimed gangster Abu Salem, an accused in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, had married on a train while being escorted by police to Lucknow for a court...
19:46
Microsoft Corp has named India-born Satya Nadella as its next chief executive officer, ending a longer-than-expected search for a new leader after Steve Ballmer announced his intention to retire in August. Nadella is only the third CEO in Microsoft's 39-year history, following co-founder...
19:00
The British government has confirmed that it DID advise India on planning Operation Bluestar to flush out militants from the Golden Temple in 1984Prime Minister David Cameron had ordered a probe after documents released under a 30-year declassification rule stated an officer of the elite Special...
18:16
In the backdrop of the Supreme Court's criticism of indiscriminate use of beacons, the chief of paramilitary CISF has taken the lead among police officers in the national capital by having the red flashing light removed from atop his vehicle.CISF Director General Arvind Ranjan, who took over the...
18:15
The Bombay High Court today issued a notice to the Union government and the Central Board for Film Certification on a petition by filmmaker Anurag Kashyap challenging the notification that made an anti-smoking disclaimer mandatory during smoking scenes in a movie.A division bench of Chief Justice...
17:58
The CBI today sought two-weeks time to file its affidavit in reply to a plea questioning the Maharashtra governor's order refusing sanction to prosecute former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh scam.The application relied on a Supreme Court order and said that the CBI does not require...
17:52
At 54, Punjab police chief S S Saini is the youngest director general of police. Now he is also the most heavily guarded.Following an intelligence alert that he is on the hitlist of the Khalistani terrorist group, Babbar Khalsa International, Saini's security detail has been beefed up...
17:48
The CBI today sought two-weeks time to file its affidavit in reply to a plea questioning the Maharashtra Governor's order refusing sanction to prosecute former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh scam.The application relied on a Supreme Court order and said that the CBI does not require...
17:29
On the heels of the news that the government will introduce the Telangana Bill in Parliament for consideration on February 6, comes the related news that the PIL filed by senior Supreme Court advocate M L Sharma in the apex court against the government introducing the T-Bill in Parliament will...
17:18
Thai government today ordered the deportation of an Indian businessman for leading a group of protesters in a business district here demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Satish Sehgal, chairman of the Thai-Indian Business Association, was ordered to be deported by...
17:17
According to the media, the Cabinet note and Telangana draft Bill and the on Telangana are likely to be tabled in Parliament on February 6.Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said that the government will bring the Bill in Parliament on February 6.According to sources, the GoM has finalised...
17:14
The International Institute for Strategic Studies tweets: #MilitaryBalance2014: Two-thirds of world's battle tanks owned by just 15 countries. The accompanying graphic, shows which are these nations, you can see it here. And, yes, India is among the nations that have more than 1000 tanks.
17:03
Twelve years ago a Pakistani man drew a knife around Wall Street Journal's India correspondent Daniel Pearl's throat. One can be excused for thinking that the perpetrator is still at large. Will it surprise you to know that the person who committed the dastardly act is in fact in American...
16:49
According to the media, the Cabinet note and Telangana draft Bill and the on Telangana are likely to be tabled in Parliament on February 6.Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said that the government will bring the Bill in Parliament on February 6.According to sources, the GoM has finalised...
16:27
Remember the Titanic? Sure, yes, the James Cameron film that chronicled the tragedy of what was in 1912 the world's largest and most luxurious liner, that met its match in an iceberg?Well, Steve Connor reports in The Independent, London, that 'the Greenland glacier that was thought to have been...
16:21
AAP leader Prashant Bhushan claims to expose conspiracy to save DMK MP and party boss Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi in the 2G scam case.The AAP has gone public with the conversation details between Kalaignar TV head Sharad Kumar Reddy and ex-Tamil Nadu ADGP Jaffer Jait.Kalaignar TV is owned by...
16:15
Just In: Army denies permission for Narendra Modi's chopper to land at Race Course ground in Kolkata tomorrow, says the BJP.
16:08
BJP leader Sushma Swaraj will meet President Pranab Mukherjee over move to appoint a particular lawyer to Lokpal which her party opposes.
16:05
Reacting to the Shiv Sena's protest against Pakistan band, President of the Mumbai Press Club Gurbir Singh said, This is nonsense. I have called up Joint Police Commissioner Sadanand V Date. He is rushing in more police.
16:00
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has been engaged in secret contacts with the Taliban about reaching a peace agreement without the involvement of his American and Western allies, further corroding already strained relations with the United States, report Azam Ahmed and Matthew Rosenberg in...
15:59
The Group of Ministers today cleared a Cabinet note on Telangana but with a few minor changes. The Congress top brass has summoned Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has raised a revolt over creation of Telangana, and the party's rebellious Seemandhra MPs to the...
15:32
Shiv Sainiks today barged into Mumbai Press Club to protest against a performance by Pakistani band -- Mekaal Hasan Band. We won't allow Pakistani artists to perform in Mumbai, Sena said.The band was holding a media interaction at the press club when Sena activists forced an entry.
15:22
'They had two years to test the monorail in Indian conditions but when it was finally opened to the public on Sunday it became apparent that the fancy mode of mass transport had not been tested for the Mumbai rush hour.The overcrowding -- more than 700 in a four-coach train meant for 560 -- had...
15:11
A story about yet another actor going into rehab for drug addiction has become so commonplace that it's no longer deemed a big hard news story, even for a seemingly sober, intelligent, well-respected 46-year-old Oscar winner not known for a life on the party circuit, writes Kaleem Aftab in The...
14:56
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expresses hope that Parliament will be able to pass the bill on Telangana. We will bring the Telangana Bill for its approval in this session, he said.
14:37
An Indian fisherman, who was a prisoner in Landhi jail in Karachi, Pakistan, has been found dead. More details are awaited.
14:26
Seema-Andhra MLAs protest outside North Block in New Delhi over the Telangana issue. The protests come ahead of the GoM meet on Telangana.The TDP delegation has reached the North Block.
14:15
Racism in India has so far been debated in relation to the caste question but the northeast question is an opportunity to imagine modes of collective living which go beyond lip service multiculturalism, write Lawrence Liang and Golan Naulak in The Hindu.'Incidents like the Richard Loitam, Dana...
14:04
The Bharatriya Janata Party has taken its protests to AAP MLA Madan Lal's house. Lal had alleged that he was offered Rs 20 crore by a close aide of Arun Jaitley to create a rift within the AAP. He also said he was offered the Delhi CM's post if he got nine people along with him.Meanwhile, AAP...
13:57
I will continue to bat for India even though cricket has stopped, says Sachin Tendulkar after he received the Bharat Ratna today.Read: Sachin, Prof CNR Rao conferred Bharat Ratna
13:54
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today promised to take action against those responsible for the death of a 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh and ensure a speedy probe. Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Ninong Ering said the home minister gave the assurance...
13:50
A group of students, alumni, faculty and staff of the Indian Institutes of Technology have signed a petition against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises gay sex and whose iniquitiousness has been upheld by the Supreme Court of India. The petition has been sent to the prime...
13:08
President Barack Obama will visit Saudi Arabia next month and meet King Abdullah to discuss the enduring and strategic bilateral ties as well as issues like regional security and countering violent extremism. Obama's visit also aims at reassuring America's key ally about his policies in the...
12:56
Bharatiya Janata Party member Arun Jaitley today said that the Aam Aadmi Party members are pathological liars. Neither me nor Narendra Modi is aware of who Madan Lal is.Lal, an AAP MLA, accused the BJP of offering him a bribe to bring down the Delhi government.
12:36
The Supreme Court has reserved the verdict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The convicts had filed a plea to commute death sentence into life.
12:24
The Centre today opposed in the Supreme Court the plea of convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case seeking commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment. Death convicts did not go through torture, agony and dehumanising experience during pendency of the mercy pleas, the Centre told...
12:10
A beaming Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the Bharat Ratna by President Pranab Mukherjee today
12:07
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar today has become the first sportsperson to join the list of the nation's Bharat Ratnas today. President Pranab Mukherjee awarded him the highest civilian honour along with noted scientist Professor CNR Rao. At 40, Sachin has also become the youngest...
11:55
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and scientist CNR Rao to be conferred Bharat Ratna shortly.
11:50
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has been served a notice to pay Rs 3.90 lakh as damages for vandalising toll booths. The recovery notice has been served by the Mumbai collector.MNS activists went on a rampage last week after their chief Raj Thackeray ordered them not to pay the levy and thrash...
11:41
The AAP will hold a press conference today to expose new material which has surfaced on the 2G scam, which shows the involvement of some important political players, according to a statement issued by the party. The press conference will be held at the Constitution Club at 4:00 pm...
11:12
NDTV reports: Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Taniam died of a swelling in his brain and excess fluid in his lungs, says the autopsy report of the 20-year-old who died on Thursday allegedly after being beaten by shopkeepers at a south Delhi market locality.Doctors, however, say the report has not...
10:48
Even as AAP protests outside Arun Jaitley's residence, the BJP workers have started a counter-protest there. They are raising their voices against AAP's claim that it tried to bribe its MLAs. Jaitley had earlier tweeted: AAP's alternative politics includes a right to falsehood and...
10:28
Legendary golfer Tiger Woods teed off today amid much fanfare during an exhibition match at a rather hushed-up private event here at the Delhi Golf Club. Dressed in a blue tee-shirt, black trousers and white cap, Tiger started off with a wonderful shot straight down the middle, while his second...
10:16
The Aam Aadmi Party is holding protests outside senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley's residence in New Delhi. They have accused the party of trying to bribe its MLAs.Security outside Jaitley's residence has been tightened in wake of the protests. AAP MLA Madan Lal has accused the BJP yesterday of...
09:51
The Sensex has dipped below 20,000 level, falling 233 points. The Nifty has plunged 60 points to 5,942 in opening trade today tracking a sharp selloff across global markets.
09:47
CNN reports: Police investigating the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman have found close to 50 envelopes of what they believe is heroin in his Manhattan apartment, two law enforcement sources familiar with the inquiry said. A number of used syringes, prescription drugs and empty bags...
09:36
The Bharatiya Janata Party is opposing the Prime Minister's choice of a jurist for the panel that will select the Lokpal. The BJP is likely to take its protest to the President, reports NDTV. In a meeting called at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence last night the government named...
08:48
Ten people were killed and 35 others were injured as a bus fell into a ditch on the Pune-Satara highway today.The accident reportedly happened after a container hit the bus from behind.The injured have been rushed to the hospital.Image: Representation picture
04:24
Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and eminent scientist Prof C N R Rao will be conferred with the country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function in New Delhi on Tuesday.Master batsman Tendulkar, who retired from international cricket on November 16...
04:20
Former Pakistani dictator General Pervez Musharraf has been served with an arrest warrant by the police at a military hospital where he is hospitalised. A special court, constituted to try 70-year-old Musharraf on charges of high treason for imposing emergency in 2007, had issued a warrant...
04:20
Google today for the first time provided a glimpse into the numbers of secret requests for user data made by the US in the name of fighting terrorism. US officials used the authority of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to ask for information from between 9,000 and 10,000 Google user...
04:19
A national manhunt was underway for a convicted killer who peeled a hole in two fences with his hands to escape from a Michigan prison before abducting a woman and fleeing to Indiana, where the victim and her vehicle were safely recovered, authorities have said.Officials were stunned by the...
04:18
William 'Bunny Rugs' Clarke, the husky-voiced lead singer of internationally popular reggae band Third World, died of leukemia at his home in Florida, longtime friends and colleagues have said. He was 65. Former bandmate Colin Leslie said the singer died Sunday in Orlando a week after he was...
04:18
More than 400 dead dolphins were found last month on the Pacific Ocean beaches where twice that amount were encountered in 2012, Peruvian officials said. Authorities never established the cause of death in 2012. They are doing autopsies now on the dolphins found in January in the Lambayeque...
04:15
The Indian government has built 10,250 houses last year for internally displaced people in Sri Lanka's northern and eastern provinces.Another 27,750 houses will be constructed under the same scheme. The funds are being released directly to the beneficiaries, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said...
04:14
3 arrested in Arunachal student attack caseDelhi moves to get BSES license revoked if power stopped UPA not confident about passage of Telangana bill in ParliamentDelhi government clears Jan Lokpal billRahul joins protesters against Nido's death, assures strict actionDelhi govt seeks probe...
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