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The AAP may face a major setback as its media face Shazia Ilmi is likely quit the party on Saturday. Shazia is also going to hold a press conference. The AAP leader is reportedly not happy with party's policies anymore and this is the main reason behind her decision. Shazia, a journalist...
21:00
After resigning as chief minister of Gujarat on Wednesday, Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi donated Rs 21 lakh for the benefit of daughters of drivers and peons working for the Gujarat state government. According to an official press release...
18:58
Mossad behind Congress' defeat in the Lok Sabha Elections, says a Congressman. Read
18:54
In Delhi, AAP volunteers meeting underway at Constitution Club of India.
18:52
India today said it was not satisfied with the Pakistan government's response to the recent abrupt expulsion of two Indian journalists from that country. India's Deputy High Commissioner in Islamabad Gopal Baglay raised the issue with his counterpart concerned in the Pakistan government, the...
18:43
Amul's take on Arvind Kejriwal's jail term.
18:37
The CPI(M), which faced a complete rout in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls, today said that no one from the party's West Bengal unit would attend Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony on May 26.
18:31
nitin gokhale '@nitingokhale: Unexpected casualty of the coup in Thailand: Indian Amy troops there for a joint exercise with Thai Army asked to return midway!
18:12
Army Chief General Bikram Singh today visited south western Command Headquarters in Jaipur, where he was briefed on the state of operational preparedness of the Command. He interacted with senior functionaries of the Command and addressed officers of the station on various issues, a defence...
17:49
Two days after she went missing on Mount Kanchenjunga, Nepal Police confirmed on Thursday that Chhanda Gayen, a 35-year-old climber from West Bengal, and two of her Sherpa guides are dead. Gayen, who scaled Everest last year, and three other clumbers from her state had successfully...
17:44
Amit Mitra and Mukul Roy to represent West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in Narendra Modi's swearing-in.
17:42
Now that Nitish Kumar has stepped down as Bihar chief minister and got the man he wanted to replace him, what's his game plan?It is learn that Nitish is keen to enter the Rajya Sabha, where he will project himself as a Modi-baiter. This, he feels, will strengthen his anti-BJP stance in Bihar, and...
17:38
AAP tweets this picture of Arvind Kerjiwal being taken back to judicial custody this afternoon after he continued to refuse to furnish the bond in the defamation case filed by Nitin Gadkari against him. Read: The 3 mistakes of Arvind Kejriwals life
17:25
Pakistan's Foreign Office has recommended Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to accept India's invitation to attend the swearing-in ceremony of prime minister-elect Narendra Modi on May 26 in New Delhi, saying it will be a mistake' to let this opportunity go.The Foreign Office has...
17:18
There is no ambience for serious talks with Pak; Narendra Modi should not forget this in euphoria of his coronation, says Congress.
17:16
An FIR has been filed against Devu Chodankar for his Facebook comment on Narendra Modi. The 31-year-old shipbuilding professional is likely to be arrested in BJP-ruled Goa as police suspect him to be part of a larger game plan to promote communal and social disharmony in the stateChodankar's...
16:48
MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin holds a presser on who will be attending Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony on Monday, May 26. Akbaruddin says confirmations have been received from Afghanistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Nepal. He says India has also invited Pakistan,...
16:45
If Nawaz Sharif does accept the invitation, let's hope Narendra Modi will serve him chicken biryani! Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said in an apparent jibe at the BJP's Prime Minister-designate. The reference was obviously to Modi's earlier attack on Congress accusing it of...
16:39
Syed Akbaruddin, says this is the first time that all SAARC countries will be present for the swearing-in ceremony of a prime minister in India. However, he says, with a smile, his archival knowledge of SAARC is limited. He confirms that India would be hosting a dinner for the SAARC leaders on...
16:29
A furious Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today tore into his son, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhikesh Yadav, over the party's rout in the national election and wondered at a meeting - how will we tackle Narendra Modi in Parliament?The Samajwadi Party has won just five of 80 seats in...
16:08
Moments after Manjhi is sworn in as the Bihar CM, BJP's Sushil Modi, who was the deputy CM when JD-U, BJP were allies, said, We will continue to fight against this Nitish-Lalu Govt in Bihar.
15:48
Manjhi was sworn in as the 32nd Chief Minister on Tuesday evening. Governor D Y Patil who administered the oath to Manjhi and 17 ministers at a function at Raj Bhawan directed the new government to seek a trust vote on the floor of the House today. The new Cabinet comprised all ministers of the...
15:47
Bihar chief minister Jeetan Manjhi wins trust vote in the floor of the house. The Assembly was connvened by the new Chief Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi to seek a trust vote. Before the House started its business at 11 am, Manjhi went to the Leader of Opposition Nand Kishore Yadav and shook...
15:42
Speculation in Shastri Bhavan, which houses Union ministry of culture, is that government funding in the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation will be reviewed and the accounts of four trusts will be audited. Why? Your guess is as good as ours...After the UPAs poll debacle, a resignation spree has begun. In...
15:34
On the evening of 21 May, traffic came to a halt for a long time in West Delhi. This was peak rush hour, with thousands, if not lakhs of commuters returning home from work. Among the vehicles stuck in the gridlock were at least two ambulances. Read
15:24
Informed sources tell us that the BJP leadership wants a merger of Lok Sabha Television and Rajya Sabha television, which will then be called 'Parliament TV'. A decision to this effect will be taken soon after the Union Budget in July. The speaker of Lok Sabha and the chairman of Rajya Sabha will...
15:11
MDMK chief Vaiko on Friday met BJP president Rajnath Singh and PM-in-waiting Narendra Modi and lodged his protest against an invitation extended to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for Modi's swearing-in ceremony on May 26. This is what Vaiko tweeted: Met Modi-ji,he heard me...
15:11
According to a powerful section of the Congress party the vote was anti-Congress, anti-dynasty and pro-Modi, in that order. Sonia Gandhi is being accused, privately, of protecting her son at the cost of the party's interest.For the first time ever, 24 Akbar Road, the Congress headquarters, is...
14:48
So, why is IGI Air Traffic Control busy collating data of six VVIPs who use private aircraft? The jury is still out on whether this is an exercise to pin down a few individuals or whether it's a regular security drill, since senior officials of the Delhi airport remain tight-lipped. Whether the...
14:41
Condemning the attack on the Indian Consulate in Herat province, Afghan ambassador Shaida Mohammad Abdali today said the incident will only embolden his country's determination to keep the friendship with India at all costs. Observing that the pre-dawn assault was an attack on the friendship of...
14:27
Here's how KP stays cool in hot, humid Mumbai. See
14:26
In Pakistan, apprehensions are rife about Narendra Modi's flamboyant success. But fervent Modi supporters in the Indian middle classes prefer to place him in the economic governance arena. Pakistan's Dawn speaks to Arundhati Roy to explore what Modi's rise means for India. Read
14:21
Former Delhi law minister, Somnath Bharti says of Nitin Gadkari, How can a defamed person like Gadkari file a defamation case?!
14:10
On May 13, the only two Indian journalists in Pakistan, Snehesh Alex Philip of the Press Trust of India and Meena Menon of The Hindu, were told by the country's Ministry of Information that their visas would not be renewed and that they would have to leave Pakistan in a week. Here's what Meena...
14:08
In view of preparations being made for the forthcoming swearing-in-ceremony, the Rashtrapati Bhavan will remain closed for tours on May 24 and 25, 2014. There will also be no Change of Guards ceremony on May 24, 2014.
14:05
PPP chief Imran Khan: We condemn repeated attacks against Sikh places of worship & their Holy Book in Sindh. All religious places must be respected & protected.
13:59
Syed Akbaruddin @MEAIndia: Prez Karzai of #Afghanistan calls PM designate @narendramodi assures that #Afghanistan will do all to protect #India's Missions there.
13:58
AAP leader Gopal Rai says they will appeal to a higher court and put forth our view.
13:57
The announcement of Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif attending the swearing ceremony of Narendra Modi is expected to made at 2 pm today. Sharif's arrival schedule is not fixed, and if he does visit, it will be for a very short duration. Modi is expected to hold 30-minute meetings with all SAARC leaders...
13:56
Kejriwal spent a sleepless Wednesday night in the Tihar Jail, struggling with mosquitoes and the heat in the cell, said Tihar sources.
13:52
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal sent to 14 days judicial custody. Kejriwal was sent to two-day judicial custody by a Delhi court on Wednesday following his refusal to furnish a personal bail bond of Rs 10,000 in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari. Today, as well, Kejriwal has...
13:45
Dr Manmohan Singh's full statement on the attack on the Indian consulate in Herat. I condemn in the strongest terms the attack on the Consulate General of India in Herat this morning. We are greatly relieved that all staff and security personnel at the consulate are safe.No words of...
13:42
Nagaland Governor Ashwani Kumar appoints TR Zeliang as the new Chief Minister of the state. Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio will officially resign today. Sources in Delhi and Kohima said the outgoing chief minister returned to the state capital on Thursday after hectic parleys in Delhi for a...
13:33
A sessions court today adjourned till June 6 the hearing in the Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case in which former Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah is one of the accused. The court staff recorded the presence of all the advocates and some of the accused and deferred the matter...
13:31
I condemn in the strongest terms the attack on the Consulate General of India in Herat this morning. We are greatly relieved that all the staff and security personnel at the Consulate are safe, says Dr Manmohan Singh on the attack on the Indian consulate in Herat, Afghanistan early this morning....
13:19
India's economy is at the core of its global profile. The incoming government can transform global equations by rebalancing the Indian economy, making it a platform for a foreign policy outreach. Read
13:18
Thailand's ruling military today summoned the entire ousted government and members of the politically influential family at the heart of the country's long-running conflict, a day after it seized control of this volatile Southeast Asian nation in a non-violent coup. There was virtually no...
13:15
Narendra Modi is believed to be busy with the second round of talks with leaders in the next 24 hours. Rajnath Singh likely to join the government, while Sushma Swaraj and MM Joshi are likely to get one of the top four portfolios -- home, finance, external affairs and defence. Lobbying for...
12:58
A Shiv Sena corporator of Badlapur Municipal Council in Thane district was today shot dead by unidentified persons, police said. The assailants opened fired at Sena leader Mohan Raut at around 11.30 am in Apte Wadi locality of Thane's Badlapur township. Raut, in his late thirties, was rushed to...
12:44
The BJP seems to have succeeded in evolving a grand Hindu coalition, while the Muslim vote by and large went to non-BJP parties. Read
12:39
DMK president M Karunanidhi today said Narendra Modi's invitation to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his swearing-in was not acceptable and unwelcome by Tamils all over the world and urged the BJP leader to drop the initiative.
12:31
Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi's surprise invitation to the leaders of India's neighbours to attend his swearing-in ceremony on May 26 has the makings of a shock and awe tactic with three messages: the first to Pakistan, the second to the region and the third for domestic consumption....
12:27
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today thanked Narendra Modi for extending an invitation to him to attend his swearing-in ceremony on Monday. Thank you for the invitation to attend your swearing-in ceremony. I look forward to being there, tweeted Rajapaksa, who just returned to Colombo last...
12:25
CBI registers 20th FIR in Coal scam. Searches on at four places in Raipur, Nagpur and Raigad, CBI sources.
12:21
Just in: Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikant and Lata Mangeshkar have been invited to Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony on Monday. Bachchan has been the ambassador for Gujarat tourism from past five years. During a television interview on a Hindi news channel, Modi had thanked Bachchan for...
12:07
Just days before Narendra Modi's swearing-in as Prime Minister, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has finally written a letter, congratulating him on BJP's victory in the Lok Sabha elections. The Congress chief and vice-president Rahul Gandhi had on Friday refrained from mentioning Modi and his...
11:57
Pakistan condemns the reported gunmen attack on the Consulate General of India in Herat today: Pak Govt Spokesperson.
11:56
Nitin Gokhale tweets: Contrast betn Ex-PM & incoming PM could not have been more stark: Modi calls up Envoy in Kabul. Did MMS do it ever? May have, but not known.
11:55
The National Investigation Agency is set for a major revamp, both in terms of power and performance. Read the report on Rediff.com.
11:53
Syed Akbaruddin, MEA spokesperson tweets: PM designate @narendramodi following events related to attack on India's consulate in Herat. Speaks to Amb. Sinha in Afghanistan. @MEAIndia.PM designate @narendramodi talks to Amb Sinha in Afghanistan. Bolsters morale of all staff in India's Missions in...
11:51
Rajnath Singh tweets: @BJPRajnathSingh Happy to know that all staff members and others working at the consulate are safe.Once again kudos to our security forces.
11:38
Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi's invitation to neighbours has divided opinion in Pakistan that is still toiling over it and angered Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa who may skip the oath-taking ceremony.Narendra Modi is considering 30-minute meetings with each SAARC leader on Monday...
11:33
Subhas Goswami, Director General, ITBP, issues a statement on the attack on the Indian consulate in Herat, Afghanistan. Today morning 3-4 militants attacked the Indian consulate in Herat, we shot one down, rest fled. We are very happy and proud that the ITBP managed to repulse the attack in...
11:24
The Supreme Court grants a week more to the Centre to constitute a SIT to probe and monitor all black money cases. The SC directs that all documents relating to black money must be kept in safe custody of a secretary-level officer of the revenue department.
11:22
Up ahead today:1. Trust vote in the Bihar Assembly. The RJD yesterday extended unconditional support to the JD-U.2. AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's bail hearing today. Kejriwal is in Tihar jail after he refused to furnish a bail bond in the defamation case slapped by Nitin Gadkari against him....
11:15
The list of new Gujarat ministers has very few changes from the previous one, but two of these involve controversial leaders who have come under a corruption cloud -- first-timer Shanker Chaudhary and Porbandar strongman Babu Bokhiriya, who has been re-inducted. Read
11:11
Everyone in the BJP wants to attend Narendra Modi's Monday swearing-in but the party is struggling with its guest list, the President's office having set the standard ceiling of 1,250.That's the maximum that the Rashtrapati Bhavan's forecourt can accommodate after the President's office...
11:07
Modi has job cut out for him in Varanasi. First, the promise of cleaning the ancient city and the Ganga and now comes a demand for revival of the music heritage of the city. The city that has produced musicians like shehnai maestro late Bismillah Khan, a Bharat Ratna, late sitar legend Pandit...
11:00
So, what's brewing? In Delhi, Jaswant Singh meets LK Advani at his residence. Remember, Singh, was expelled from the BJP and fought as an Independent candidate from Barmer constituency of Rajasthan. He lost by a big margin against BJP's Colonel Sonaram.The BJP candidate, who had joined the...
10:54
Extreme certitude, of the sort we observe in Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi, is actually a negative quality when coupled with a lack of proper education. Modi has never been to college and his degree is from a correspondence course.His writing, which is all in Gujarati, is mainly...
10:50
RushdieExplainsIndia @RushdieExplains After a hard day's work at PMO, Modi settles down to watch House of Cards on Netflix. Amateurs, he says, softly chuckling under his breath.
10:40
Narendra Modi's swearing in as India's next Prime Minister on Monday will take place under an extraordinary three-tier security. Roads near Rashtrapati Bhawan will be closed four hours before the event and offices in the area will be shut by noon. Security will be tighter than the annual...
10:04
A Chinese court today sentenced former mining tycoon Liu Han and his brother Liu to death finding them guilty of organising and leading mafia-style crime and murder. The Xianning Intermediate People's Court in central China's Hubei Province announced the verdicts on the first trials of 36...
09:24
Pakistan will on Friday announce the decision whether Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will participate in the swearing-in ceremony of India's Narendra Modi. Modi, the Prime Minister-designate, had invited leaders of all SAARC countries for his swearing-in ceremony. His initiative has evoked a...
09:20
The Janata Dal (United) government, which is facing tumultous days after the Lok Sabha poll results would be seeking trust vote in Bihar assembly on Friday. The floor test comes after, Nitish Kumar resigned as Bihar chief minsiter and a close aide of his Jitan Ram Manjhi, a 'Mahadalit'...
09:07
Thailand's army chief, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, will begin to govern a polarized country on Friday, a day after he seized power in a bloodless coup in a bid to end six months of turmoil.Prayuth launched his coup after factions refused to give ground in a struggle for power between the royalist...
09:02
The Indian foreign ministry has said all staff is safe and the Afghan army has come in.Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin has tweeted, Brave ITBP personnel and Afghan soldiers rebut attackers. All safe. Operation underway.
09:00
Gunmen on Friday morning attacked the Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Herat. The area is surrounded by security forces and the exchange of gunfire is on.Police spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi said that Afghan suicide attackers have stormed the Indian consulate.
03:56
The UN Security Council has approved sanctions against the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, five weeks after it kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls. It will now be added to a list of al-Qaeda-linked organisations subject to an arms embargo and asset freeze. US envoy Samantha Power said it was...
03:55
Paul Dummett has received death threats and menacing messages from Uruguay fans who blame the Newcastle United defender for the knee injury which has placed Luis Surez's World Cup hopes in jeopardy. Surez is still hoping to play some part in the tournament after undergoing minor knee surgery on...
03:52
BBC: The US has led widespread international criticism of a military takeover in Thailand as the South-East Asian nation spent its first night under curfew. US Secretary of State John Kerry said there was no justification, and $10m in bilateral aid could be suspended. France and Germany...
00:25
Sixteen people were killed an attack overnight on soldiers in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, local health officials said, in the latest spike in violence ahead of the weekend's presidential election. At least 13 of those who died in Donetsk were soldiers, according to acting President...
00:23
Jayalalithaa dubs invite to Lankan Prez as 'unfortunate'Kathleen Steven to be interim US envoy to IndiaMulayam makes everyone other than son Akhilesh accountable for poll debacleMeet the man likely to be Modi's personal secretaryTarun Gogoi to continue as Assam CM'Aavjo Gujarat', Modi's last...
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