23:58
The Islamic State jihadist group killed at least 36 more people in its execution campaign targeting a tribe that fought against it, an Iraqi tribal leader and an officer said today. The militants executed 36 people, including four women and three children on Sunday in Anbar province, west of...
22:49
In yet another secretary-level change, government today appointed Hasmukh Adhia, a 1981 Gujarat cadre IAS officer, as the new Financial Services Secretary replacing G S Sandhu. Sandhu, a 1980 Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, has been made Chairman of the National Authority for Chemical Weapons...
21:51
Hours after the Justice Mudgal Committee submitted in the Supreme Court its final probe report against industrialist N Srinivasan and 12 capped cricketers in Indian Premiere League-6 betting and spot-fixing scandal, sources have revealed that Rajasthan Royals' owner Raj Kundra has been...
21:21
Thousands around the world on social media have shared the image of the Angel of Kobane or Rehana, a Kurdish fighter who has become a symbol of resistance against Islamic State. According to the stories, she's slain as many as 100 Islamic State fighters. Read the story about her...
20:49
A corpse found in the wreck of the Costa Concordia is thought to be that of the last person unaccounted for almost three years after the luxury liner sank. Russel Rebello, an Indian who worked as a waiter on the ship when it hit rocks and sank off the Tuscan coast in January 2012, killing 32...
20:30
Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson said he still plans to be on his company's first flight that takes tourists to space, despite the fatal crash of his SpaceShip Two during a test flight on Friday. There is no way I would ask others to go on a Virgin Galactic flight if I didn't feel it...
20:21
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Varanasi on a two-day visit, starting from November 7, during which he is likely to discuss a plan of adopting a village from his constituency under the MP Model Village Scheme. This will be Modi's first visit to his Lok Sabha constituency...
20:00
Thailand's junta leader today threatened to tighten controls of the media unless they stop presenting news about former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, after photographs of the billionaire cuddling a panda went viral. Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 coup as prime minister and lives abroad to...
19:44
BJP President Amit Shah has dissolved all its national cells pending their reconstitution and appointed Vijay Chauthaiwale as the new incharge of its foreign and Overseas Friends of BJP (AFBJP) cell with immediate effect.The party has also appointed BJP National Vice President and Lucknow Mayor...
19:40
A team of Russian experts is in India to carry out technical evaluation of Sukhoi-30 fighter planes, whose entire fleet was grounded over 10 days back in the wake of a crash of the Russian-made frontline combat aircraft. The team of 10 experts is currently in Pune, the Sukhoi-30 base,...
19:20
Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung says he will send a report to President Pranab Mukherjee saying all parties want polls in Delhi. Delhi Congress leader Haroon Yusuf, met Jung around 3 pm today. He said, Congress's stand has been clear. We are for fresh polls. People in Delhi are suffering but AAP...
19:10
Richard Branson, the British billionaire founder of Virgin Galactic, today hit out against self-proclaimed experts asserting an explosion was behind the crash of the company's spacecraft last week. Evidence showed there was no explosion behind the deadly crash last Friday of SpaceShipTwo, he...
19:05
At least two soldiers were today killed and two others injured as militants opened fire on a vehicle checking party of the army in central Kashmir's Budgam district. Four soldiers were injured in the firing incident at Chattergam in Budgam district today. Two of the injured were...
18:54
Mukhtar Ahmad reports:Four people have been injured in a firing incident at the outskirts of Srinagar in J&K. The injured have been rushed to hospital.More details awaited.
18:47
BJP, Congress and AAP have expressed inability to form government in Delhi, says the LG's office.
18:15
Kejriwal wrote to Lt Governor Najeeb Jung earlier today asking him to reschedule their meeting to 6 pm this evening. He said he had other engagements that he could not reschedule. Kejriwal also sought to know in his letter what had transpired in what is being described as an informal meeting...
18:12
Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal reaches LG's residence. The meeting was scheduled at 6 pm.
18:05
Tendulkar in his autobiography attacks former coach Greg Chappell. He says Chappell tried replace Rahul Dravid with him before the 2007 World Cup. He said Chappell wanted to end Dravid's captaincy before the 2007 WC. Chappell had resigned as coach after the 2007 WC debacle. The...
17:59
Hours after cancelling the beating retreat ceremony at Wagah following a deadly suicide attack, Pakistan today allowed general public to view the popular flag-lowering ceremony at the Indo-Pak border. We have decided in a meeting this afternoon to allow the general public to come and watch the...
17:39
The BBC reports that the India-Pakistan border crossing ceremony at the Wagah border will go on, despite an earlier plan to suspend it after the bomb attack that killed 61.
17:36
AAP's Manish Sisodia confirms that the party's meeting with Delhi Lt governor Najeeb Jung is at 6pm.
17:29
Just In: In his forthcoming autobiography, Sachin Tendulkar has attacked former India coach Greg Chappell, describing him as a ringmaster who imposed his ideas on players. Chappell made a vain attempt to replace skipper Rahul Dravid with Tendulkar months before the 2007 World Cup in...
17:07
Not everyone is ready to go down with the ship: MA Naqvi (BJP) on GK Vasan quitting the Congress.
17:04
'I do not want to use the word coterie; I will only say that there is a problem in the way the party is run. This is not the case with Tamil Nadu alone; it is happening all over India.' B S Gnanadesikan, who resigned as Tamil Nadu state Congress chief, tells Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com what is...
16:54
The Congress was always staring at defeat in Maharashtra by its own admission but a constituency-wise scrutiny reveals a rout whose scale the party may not have anticipated.Here's how bad it was:Out of running: Congress candidates lost their security deposit -- by failing to poll at least a...
16:46
For whatever it's worth: After G K Vasan quit the Congress to form his own party in Tamil Nadu, the Congress has announced it has expelled him. Cong spokesman Ajoy Kumar said Vasan was expelled for making inappropriate comments against the party.
16:43
Raj Thackeray-led MNS's two general secretaries from the city -- Vasant Gite and Atul Chandak -- quit their party posts alongwith 150 others today. They however said they were not leaving the party. Gite, a former MNS MLA, said, I, Atul Chandak and other party office-bearers from Nashik...
16:22
First reactions from the Congress after GK Vasan quit the party: Congress leader S Thirunavukkarasar says, If GK Vasan had any grievances, he should have spoken to Soniaji/Rahulji; leaving the party is not the solution.
15:57
An All India Students Association team visited Bawana on Sunday (November 2, 2014), met local people, witnessed the Mahapanchayat and the developments around it. This report is based on that visit. Read
15:52
Congress soothsayer Sandeep Dikshit on the AAP: The haste with which AAP was formed, they will go with the same haste.Dikshit had earlier criticized Robert Vadra for brusque behavior with the media.
15:49
Congress's Haroon Yusuf on government formation in Delhi. The party's stand is clear. People in Delhi are suffering but AAP and BJP just want to be in power. Pic: Yusuf on his way to meet LG Najeeb Jung.
15:46
Union Law and Justice minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said that the BJP-led government is committed to bringing back black money and accused the Congress for not making any honest attempt for it in past.Prasad, who is also minister of Telecommunications and IT told media persons in Patna....
15:27
Shahnawaz Hussain, the BJP's Muslim face said that he is not afraid of death threats for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP.Rediff.com's MI Khan reporting from Patna said Hussain said, Main is tarah ke dhamki se darne wala nahin aur nahi ghabrata hoon, BJP aur Modi ki...
15:10
Just in: Police arrest key Naxal leader Hemant Mandavi alias Bijja. He is accused of killing 76 CRPF men in Dantewada in April 2010. He is also responsible for killing 136 cops in five years.In the deadliest attack on security forces, Maoists trapped and gunned down 75 security personnel during...
14:54
GVL Narasimha Rao (BJP) on GK Vasan quitting the Congress: I think this is the first of many chain reactions that will happen in states. Cong is going through internal turmoil, they feel Cong central leadership is a liability for them.Will Tamil Nadu Congress leader GK Vasan's departure from the...
14:35
That brings us to the yet unresolved issue of Leader of Opposition in Parliament. Sonia Gandhi may have to appoint a new Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha since Ghulam Nabi Azad is retiring and he may not get renominated to the upper house. Azad is leader of opposition in the Upper House....
14:20
Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has begun to meet leaders of various political parties to arrive at a consensus for major bills to be passed in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. Naidu will first hold a meeting with leader of the Congress in the 16th Lok Sabha -- Mallikarjuna Kharge...
14:12
This is a piece I must write with some caution, because it involves the performance of two icons at the concluding session of the very well-organised Tata Literature Live! Vir Sanghvi and Shekhar Gupta were discussing the survival of Indian media as an independent entity. The...
14:03
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', his first major social campaign since assuming office, on October 2 for a filth-free India. Read
13:59
We hear that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is neither bothered nor concerned about the walkout of GK Vasan in Tamil Nadu from the party and his plan to form a regional party. But that is not the end of the story.Sources say that Vasan is all set to expose the workings of the All India...
13:52
Minister of state for external affairs VK Singh was not allowed to address a session at the ongoing three-day camp -- Yuva Sankalp Shivir of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Agra on Sunday because he arrived at the venue late. According to sources, Gen Singh was to address an...
13:43
The defeat suffered by the moderate' Syrian opposition forces over the weekend near the city of Idlib in the northern part of the country at the hands of Al-Qaeda affiliated groups once again brings upfront the US strategy in Syria focused on defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS]....
13:37
Aside from being an artistically choreographed act of insanely high air-kick-marching, all it really does is increase bitterness between citizens on both sides of the gates. The soldiers, let me assure you, are exchanging cigarettes and chatting when there isn't an audience. And that's what they...
13:29
To Sh Najeeb Jung sahib, LG of Delhi, New Delhi Dear Sir, I have just received your letter inviting me for a discussion at 2 pm to LG Secretariat. It is already 12.50 pm. I already have prior commitments, which I am unable to reschedule despite my best efforts. I would be grateful if you could...
13:23
A day after a father tortured his daughter's alleged rapist to death, he told police that he did not mean to kill but could not bear that his pregnant 14-year-old would find no justice. I burned his genitals once, he screamed. I did it again, he shuddered. When I did it the third time..he did not...
13:20
GK Vasan says, that he is happy that today they have floated a new party on the interest of cadres and the people of Tamil Nadu. He said cadres were not satisfied with party's approach to achieve the goal, so we thought a new approach can be given to the cadres. Thankful to Congress leadership...
13:07
The Tamil Nadu Congress is headed for a split with former Union Minister GK Vasan leaving the party after 14 years and forms a new party. Holding a press conference, Vasan tells loyalists that a new path will be made. We want to lead the state, we want to give Tamil Nadu a political...
13:06
As Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra finds himself at the centre of a controversy after he pushed away a reporter's mike over a question on his land deals, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit has appeared critical of such behaviour. Congress leader and ex-Delhi MP Sandeep Dikshit appeared...
12:13
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Lt Governor's decision to speak to all parties about Delhi govt formation. LG shud first formally invite BJP (largest party), seek their formal stand, make it public, then invite next party, the way he did in December. BJP's Parvesh Verma: LG has called all parties...
12:08
Who does not want, or hasn't wanted, a clean India the public places of which are today probably the dirtiest and the most polluted in the world? The question one must ask is: why it has been so, and what has not been done to change the situation for the better? Otherwise, Swachh Bharat will...
11:55
Days after Trilokpuri area witnessed communal clashes, tensions are simmering in Delhi's Bawana region where Hindu residents on Sunday took part in a a mahapanchayat demanding a bar on taziya procession to be held by Muslims on Muharram (November 04).In Bawana, Hindu, Muslims...
11:38
BJP has conveyed informally to LG that we are not in a position to form government in Delhi: Sources
11:38
The Statue of Unity the prime minister is building in Gujarat is a disgraceful waste of resources that does nothing for India except add a big fat bill, says Mitali Saran. Read
11:32
Patterns of communal moblisation evident in the western state seem to be recognisable in East Delhi last month and western UP last year. Read
11:31
And so, Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law seems to be on a stick wicket. The BJP on Sunday attacked Robert Vadra saying his inappropriate behaviour towards a journalist was a result of frustration and he must realise that the country is no longer ruled by the Gandhi family, even as the Congress...
11:27
BJP members will be meeting Lt.Guv in the evening today, RP Singh, BJP, confirms. Delhi BJP leaders including Delhi BJP President Satish Upadhyay met the Lt. Guv earlier today, but will meet him again in the evening.
11:13
The Lt governor meet the BJP, Congress and AAP separately in the evening.
11:10
Lt.Governor Najeeb Jung calls for an all party meet for discussion over Delhi Government formation.On Thursday, taking note of Jung's efforts to break the deadlock, the Supreme Court adjourned hearing on government formation in Delhi to November 11. The apex court said that it would wait and...
11:07
Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were put on high alert along the India-Pakistan international border on Sunday evening after a massive blast left over 55 people dead and over 70 others injured at Wagah in neighbouring Pakistan. The dead include men, women, children and Pakistan Rangers...
11:05
Two steps forward, one step back. The Shiv Sena's post-election process of rapprochement with the BJP is not only slow, but is also getting to be painful for both sides. After Sena pramukh Uddhav Thackeray was persuaded to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Devendra Fadnavis as the BJP's first...
10:48
The Justice Mukul Mudgal-led committee, which was appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate the fixing and betting scandal in the cricket Indian Premier League, submitted its final report to the apex court in a sealed envelope today. The report was submitted almost six months after...
10:32
CNN reports: Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old who said she had terminal brain cancer and would take medication to end her life under Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, has died, advocacy group Compassion & Choices said in a Facebook post. Brittany chose to make a well thought out and...
10:07
Markets today hit new lifetime highs with the benchmark BSE Sensex rising to 27,969.82 and the NSE Nifty scaling another peak 8,350.60 in early trade today on sustained inflow of foreign funds, reports PTI. Extending its record-run, the 30-share index spurted by another 103.99 points, or 0.37...
10:05
The Justice Mukul Mudgal-led committee, which was appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate the fixing and betting scandal in the cricket Indian Premier League, will submit its final report to the apex court today. The report will be submitted almost six months after the apex court had asked...
09:53
Maharashtra's new Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had kicked off his own austerity drive.On Sunday, Fadnavis travelled the economy class along with his wife and daughter, NDTV reports. The CM was travelling to Nagpur on a Jet Airways flight. And he had not only opted for a passenger...
09:19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight strongly condemned a suicide attack in Wagah border in Pakistan, terming it as a shocking and a dastardly act of terrorism. He expressed condolences to the families of the deceased and sent prayers for the injured. Terror attack in Pakistan near Wagah border...
09:17
Family members of five Tamil Nadu fishermen, sentenced to death in a drug trafficking case by a Sri Lankan court, and representatives of fishermen association would meet state Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today to press for securing their release. A delegation of the association and family...
09:15
High alert has been issued along the Attari border area near Amritsar following the blast on Sunday at Wagah on the Pakistan side even as BSF officials said that the flag-lowering ceremony for the day on the Indian side, which attracts a lot of visitors, was over by the time the attack occurred....
08:36
Bollywood actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar, who was being treated for a lung infection at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai, has died. He was 64.His last rites will be performed in his native place in Ahmednagar district tomorrow, family sources said.Amrapurkar had won two Filmfare...
08:31
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