22:46
A Sri Lankan minister today accused the Indian Peace Keeping Force of raping Tamil women during the LTTE war.48-year-old Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna, who was a former LTTE leader and now a deputy minister in the Mahinda Rajpaksa government, told the parliament that the IPKF who...
22:42
India today conveyed the sensitivities of Indian public to Sri Lanka over the detention of country's fishermen in international waters, days after five Indian fishermen were given death penalty in the island nation for alleged drug trafficking. Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu,...
22:09
A senior Vatican official has condemned as wicked the assisted suicide of Brittany Maynard, an American woman suffering from terminal brain cancer. Brittany Maynard, 29, died in Portland, Oregon on Saturday having announced her intention to self-administer a cocktail of fatal drugs legally...
22:02
Ukraine's President Poroshenko orders reinforcements to key south and eastern cities in case of new rebel offensive. More details are awaited.
21:15
Americans begin voting in mid-term elections which will decide who controls the Senate and pave the way for the 2016 race for the White House. At stake are all the 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 36 of the 100 Senate seats and gubernatorial elections in 36 of the 50 states. These...
20:59
She has won an Oscar and regularly conquers the box office so how hard could winning an election be? Globe-trotting Hollywood do-gooder Angelina Jolie hints in a new interview to Vanity Fair that she's ready to enter politics. When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that...
20:50
In March 2009, in a wind-swept sliver of Iraq, a sense of uncertainty befell the southern town of Garma, home to one of the Iraq War's most notorious prisons. The sprawling detention center called Camp Bucca, which had detained some of the Iraq War's most radical jihadists along the...
20:10
A policewoman was injured in a firing incident in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. A policewoman who was part of a team on Muharram duty, received a bullet injury in her shoulder near Jungle narh village. He said the police party was deployed in the area in connection with Tazia procession of...
20:01
Most of the $3 billion (Rs 18,456 crore) that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given to benefit hungry people in the world's poorest countries has been spent in the US, Britain and other rich countries, with only around 10 per cent spent in Africa, new research suggests....
19:49
Ebola patients in Sierra Leone are exposing others to the deadly disease as they are being forced to leave quarantine to search for food. Aid agencies working with the Disasters Emergency Committee are desperately trying to get food to those being monitored to stop them from leaving clinics...
19:30
US President Barack Obama will meet Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon on November 14, during a six-day trip through Asia. Obama will also participate in the G20 in Australia, a White House statement said, noting that further details would be forthcoming.
19:24
The Biju Janata Dal suspended Ramchandra Hansda, one of its MPs, after he was arrested for his involvement in the multi-crore chitfund scam in Odisha. Earlier in the day, Hansda was arrested by CBI officials. On his arrest, the BJD had said that the party was...
18:50
An iron gate with the notorious Nazi slogan Arbeit Macht Frei has been stolen from the former Dachau concentration camp in Germany, officials said.The slogan, which translates as Work sets you free, became emblematic of the forced labor camps of World War II in which so many inmates died.The gate...
18:47
Central intelligence agencies have alerted Kolkata police about the possibility of a terror attack in the city, especially in the port area, a senior official of Kolkata police said on Tuesday.We have received inputs from central intelligence agencies that there might be a terror attack in...
18:21
VVS Laxman on Sachin Tendulkar's book: We should respect his right to reveal everything, nothing wrong in mentioning honest facts in his book. He has been the pillar of Indian cricket, has a right to write about his journey. It's an honest book.
18:18
Kolkata on high alert: Intelligence agencies say Pakistani terrorists likely to attack Kolkata port between November 4 and 7. Security beefed up.
18:09
The moderate Hurriyat Conference today filed a petition before the National Human Rights Commission seeking an inquiry into yesterday's army firing incident in Kashmir's Budgam district which left two youths dead and two others injured. It is necessary to take up the matter and make an impartial...
18:03
Union Surface Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said there was no question of demolishing 'Ram Sethu' while implementing the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project and asserted it would be done without harming the environment.There is no question of demolishing 'Ram...
17:54
In which, Harbhajan Singh admits to peeking into somebody's email...Harbhajan also made another shocking claim that Chappell had written an e-mail to the BCCI about former skipper Sourav Ganguly, when India were in the midst of a Test match against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.Sourav was batting out...
17:44
Home minister Rajnath Singh leads the Indian delegation participating in the Interpol's plenary session in Monaco. With him is the CBI chief Ranjit Sinha.
17:43
In a gruesome incident, a Christian couple was today thrashed and burnt alive by a group of angry Muslims in Pakistan's Punjab province for allegedly desecrating the Quran. The horrific crime was reported from the villages of Kot Radha Kishan of Kasur district. A large number of police...
17:40
The families of five fishermen, who were awarded capital punishment by a Sri Lankan court last month on drug-trafficking charges, today met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and sought immediate steps by India to bring them back home. Gadkari assured them government would take necessary legal steps...
17:36
And if the Chappell vs all-of-Indian-cricket makes you feel blah, here's an inspirational read. The story of Shibani Gharat who loves to run. In September, the 29-year-old decided to test her limits and ran 72 kilometres along the world's highest motorable path. Read
17:07
The Wall sits on the fence. Rahul Dravid on Greg Chappell, says, I haven't even read the book how can I comment on it.Dravid was asked to comment on Sachin Tendulkar's book, Playing it my way, where he writes that former India coach Greg Chappell wanted him ousted in favour of Tendulkar. Earlier...
16:52
Syed Akbaruddin, spokesperson MEA, India on the Pentagon report: We need to focus on terrorism as an evil scourge against the whole of mankind. We have been of the view that we do not need to segment terrorists.
16:29
Delhi BJP meeting underway at the state headquarters. The strategy for the upcoming poll is being discussed.
16:28
Actor-turned-politician and BJP MP of Ahmedabad (West) constituency Paresh Rawal has once again courted controversy during a party workers meet at Vavol near Ahmedabad today.In his address to party workers on the significance of cleanliness, he said he had observed that Hindu places of worship...
16:15
Those who have already joined the ISIS have the potential to create a network of similarly motivated youth, and it is from this breed of self-radicalised, semi-skilled professionals that a potential attacker is likely to emerge, warns an intelligence advisory. Read more
16:11
South African prosecutors on Tuesday filed an appeal against the sentence and conviction of star Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who last month was sentenced to five years for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend. Tuesday, we announce that the NPA filed the application for leave to appeal both...
16:07
Read this while we reach for the barf bag...Narendra Modi tweets: I appreciate the work of vivek oberoi towards creating a Swachh Bharat. #MyCleanIndia Vivek Oberoi tweets: Feel honoured & humbled by your appreciation. Shall be committed to the cause of #swachhbharat through various means.
15:59
Harbhajan Singh backs Sachin Tendulkar's claims on former India coach Greg Chappell. Harbhajan says that whatever Sachin says is right. Chappell was a man with double standards. I am happy that Sachin has exposed Chappell's truth. Chappell believed in divide and rule and it is good that he is now...
15:47
BJD MP Ramchandra Hansdah, Hitesh Kumar Bagarti, ex MLA BJP & Subarna Naik, ex MLA BJD arrested by CBI SIT in Orissa chit fund scam on allegations of criminal conspiracy, cheating and diversion of funds.
15:46
Amitabh Bachchan, no stranger to a stroke of misfortune on the sets, took to Twitter on Monday evening to scotch speculation that he had taken ill in Calcutta after a daylong shoot in the unusually harsh November sun. Bachchan, who had cycled down a Dalhousie street on the first day of...
15:40
Hasmukh Adhia, who was Modi's Prinicipal Secretary in Gujarat for two years, will replace GS Sandhu as Financial Services Secretary.After transferring Arvind Mayaram, the topmost bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry, the Narendra Modi government shifted another top level babu....
15:21
We have proved AAP does what it claims, as we had delivered in 49 days. If there is any party which can make Delhi corruption-free and a world-class state, it's AAP, says Ashutosh.
15:19
Now, that Delhi will hold polls, the AAP has been carpet bombing Twitter with campaign ads and statements by its leaders. Yogendra Yadav gives his taken on dissolution saying that it is the dissolution of the assembly, dissolution of lies and deceit, dissolution of horse-trading. Hope the...
15:13
In a blunt assessment of terrorist safe havens in Pakistan, the Pentagon has told the US Congress that the country is using militant groups as proxies to counter the superior Indian military. Afghan-and Indian-focused militants continue to operate from Pakistan territory to the detriment of...
14:54
For Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, requests for interviews would be nothing new. But this time, the interview seeker was an 11-year-old neighbor, who made the request - and got turned away by the security guards. Drishti Harchandrai is a student of Class V at Mumbai's JB Petit...
14:40
In a move which could embarrass the Uttar Pradesh government, state Transport minister Durga Prasad Yadav has embarked on a week-long study tour to Brazil with family in tow. The minister left for the tour, meant for studying the transport system in Brazil with focus on infrastructure and IT,...
14:17
And now comes Ashutosh Gowariker with Everest, a show with a potentially decent storyline and characters but one that is produced so tackily, it hurts.Everest is unwatchably bad right from the get-go, a badly acted and awfully scripted show that hurts more than a daily soap simply because it...
13:59
Congress today took a dig at Lt Governor Najeeb Jung for his recommendation to the President for dissolution of the Delhi Assembly, saying it is better late than never. There is a saying in Farsi 'der aaye, durust aaye' (better late than never). This should have happened long back, but the LG in...
13:51
No lack of leadership in Delhi,at the right time right decision will be taken, will fight polls under collective leadership, says Upadhyay.
13:51
The BJP has not fielded any names for a CM candidate in Delhi, says the party's Delhi president Satish Upadhyay.He says that the BJP believes in collective leadership. The way we fought in Haryana and Maharashtra -- that's the way we will fight polls in Delhi too. Will give a good government and...
13:42
Just in: Cabinet recommends dissolution of the Delhi assembly. In effect the meeting of the Delhi cabinet at 7RCR, presided over by the PM, has ratified Lt governor Najeeb Jung's report to the President that all parties want polls in Delhi. President Pranab Mukherjee gave his OK for the...
13:34
Cabinet meet at 7 RCR ends. The Union Cabinet meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed the report of Lt governor Najeeb Jung on Delhi's political situation. Jung sent the report after discussions with leaders of BJP, AAP and Congress yesterday.
13:22
A British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran after trying to watch a volleyball match is on a hunger strike, refusing food or liquids, her brother told AFP yesterday.Ghoncheh Ghavami, a 25-year-old law graduate from London, is protesting against a judicial delay in making her one-year prison sentence...
12:56
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah says he has spoken to the Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley regarding yesterday's incident where army firing resulted in two deaths. Such killings have no place in an otherwise improving security environment where militancy incidents are at record...
12:45
A group of young women and men have had enough of moral policing in Kerala.On Sunday, November 2 they plan to meet at Kochi's Marine Drive and stage a somewhat unique protest that involves... kissing. Read Abhishek Mande's report on Rediff.com.
12:40
After Sachin Tendulkar claimed in his book that Greg Chappell, the former India coach, wanted to have the little master as the captain of the team, the surprised Australian has completely denied such claims.Read more
12:35
Shiv Sena today urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to step up offensive against the Karnataka government's decision to change Belgaum's name to Belagavi, to protect the interests of the Marathi-speaking people. Devendra Fadnavis has sworn to protect the Marathi speaking people. It...
12:21
In Sri Lanka, encroachment by Indian trawlers, joint ventures with East Asian vessels and the recent EU ban on seafood exports have a common impact: they cripple small-scale fishers. Read
12:14
Hours of debates and many news column inches have accompanied the completion of a hundred days of the new government in office. Save moderate voices, the general impression emerging out of this noise has been one of disappointment at the promised achhe din not having dawned overnight. Read
12:12
In a bid to restore communal harmony in Trilokpuri, the Hindus have offered to lead the Muharram procession on Tuesday.The volunteers of the 'Aman committee', working for communal harmony in the area, have come forward with the idea after a discussion with senior officers of the Delhi Police. Read
12:00
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her family met spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Bundchen, 34, shared a photo on Instagram of the meeting, reported Aceshowbiz. In the photo, Bundchen's 4-year-old son can be seen standing in front of His Holiness who bowed and cupped...
11:58
The Union Cabinet meeting, to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is expected to discuss the report of Lt governor Najeeb Jung on Delhi's political situation. Jung sent the report after discussions with leaders of BJP, AAP and Congress yesterday. No party has shown interest in forming a...
11:25
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com meets the shattered families of the five Tamil fishermen sentenced to death by a Sri Lankan court for alleged drug smuggling. Read
11:20
President Pranab Mukherjee gives his nod for the dissolution of the Delhi assembly. Union cabinet meeting at 1 pm to ratify the decision. Decks cleared for fresh polls.
11:11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in favour of polls in Delhi and the RSS has also conveyed its view that the party should not form government adopting any unfair means. Currently BJP, along with ally Akali Dal's lone MLA, has 29 legislators and would have required support of five more MLAs to...
11:00
With Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung sending a report to the President confirming that all key parties have expressed their inability to form the government in Delhi, the capital is headed for fresh polls. The Union Cabinet is likely to meet at 1 pm to take a call on dissolution the...
10:46
In a blunt assessment of terrorist safe havens in Pakistan, the Pentagon has told the US Congress that the country is using militant groups as proxies to counter the superior Indian military. Afghan-and Indian-focused militants continue to operate from the Pakistan territory to...
10:31
NDTV reports: Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung has set the ball rolling for fresh elections in Delhi by recommending to the President that the assembly elected in December last year be dissolved. Once the assembly is dissolved, the Election Commission has to schedule elections within six months....
09:52
Brushing aside India's concern, China defended its submarines making port calls in Colombo, saying there is nothing unusual as it is an international common practice for warships to stop for refuelling at ports abroad. It is nothing unusual for the naval vessel to dock at Colombo port,...
09:06
NDTV reports: In West Bengal, a Trinamool Congress MLA from Burdwan has made a sensational statement that leaders of the party were extorting money from businessmen in the district.Speaking at an internal party meeting at Manteshwar, legislator Tapan Chatterjee said Trinamool...
08:38
Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has reportedly been inducted into the three-member selection committee which will select the Chief Information Commissioner.As per file notings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who heads the panel, has nominated Defence Minister Arun Jaitely,...
08:28
Hours before the crucial US mid -term polls, Congressman Ami Bera's re-election campaign got a shot in the arm with First Lady Michelle Obama appealing to voters in California seat, where the Indian-American is locked in a tight contest, to vote for him. Bera is the only Indian-American in the...
03:28
Pakistan's Punjab government has said that the involvement of a foreign hand could not be ruled out in the Wagah Border suicide bombing, even after three homegrown militant factions separately claimed responsibility for the attack that killed at least 61 people.Foreign hand cannot be ruled out in...
03:27
Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center has again opened for business marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation. Some staffers of publishing giant Conde Nast began working at 1 World Trade Center today. The 104-story, $3.9...
03:09
Russia has opposed a UN Security Council move to criticise rebel elections held in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian ambassador has said. A statement from the 15-member council was discussed on Friday and again at the weekend, but Russia fiercely opposed it.The Lithuanian-drafted text stated...
02:22
A bomb exploded today near Egyptian troops demolishing houses along the border with the Gaza Strip, causing no casualties but prompting authorities to raise security alert levels in the area as Egypt clears a buffer zone to halt weapons smuggling, military officials said.The border town of Rafah...
01:56
A memorial to Apple founder Steve Jobs has been dismantled in the Russian city of St. Petersburg after the man who succeeded him at the helm of the company, Tim Cook, came out as gay.The six-and-a-half-foot tall monument, in the shape of an iPhone, was erected outside a St Petersburg college in...
01:38
The case of the disputed Sherlock Holmes copyright is hereby closed after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact a ruling that said 50 works featuring the famed fictional detective are in the public domain.The high court's justices, which like the eccentric detective get to decide which...
01:37
Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine named a leader of a breakaway republic on Monday after weekend elections which was denounced by Kiev and the West and further deepened a standoff with Russia over the future of the former Soviet state.Organisers of the vote said that Alexander Zakharchenko, a...
00:40
The US faces an increasing number of homegrown violent extremists radicalized online and inspired by jihadists in Syria to carry out acts of violence, the FBI warned today. Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey said the danger was witnessed in a very real way by attacks that...
00:39
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah made a rare public appearance today in the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs, addressing thousands of his supporters ahead of the Shiite Ashura commemorations.As he appeared on stage wearing a black robe and turban, the crowd seen in a live broadcast on...
00:20
A reshuffling of President Barack Obamas staff looks all but certain after Tuesday's congressional elections, which are likely to bring humbling losses to his Democratic party and could add to pressure on him to reboot his presidency.Forecasters say that Republicans, who have made Obama's...
00:17
Days after Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo disintegrated above California, killing one of its co-pilots, Virgin founder Richard Branson says making commercial space travel a reality is worth the risks involved.The accident killed co-pilot Michael Tyner Alsbury and injured co-pilot Peter Siebold,...
00:15
A safety device on the Virgin Galactic spacecraft that crashed on Friday killing a test pilot had been deployed early, US investigators say.Air safety chief Christopher Hart said the feathering device, designed to slow the craft on re-entry, activated without a command from the pilots.But he said...
00:13
Contactless credit cards are a hit in the UK. But a British research team has revealed a serious security flaw that allows anyone to charge up to $999,999.99 in foreign currency to a nearby card, even while it's still in a wallet or purse.Contactless cards let you buy things without a pin, up to...
00:09
Exclusive! THE AMIT SHAH INTERVIEW 'We are pro-India'Despite attack, India, Pakistan lower flag at Wagah borderGold, silver tumble on weak global cues Delhi appears headed for Assembly pollsISL: Pune FC beat NorthEast United with a last-gasp goalLike father, like son: Vasan quits...
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