23:37
Belgium plans to send six F-16 fighter jets to join the US-led coalition against the Islamic State militant group but will limit their use to Iraq, the government said. The Belgian parliament must still approve the move, which follows a formal request from Washington yesterday, Belgian...
23:24
A Red Cross team was attacked while collecting bodies believed to be infected with Ebola in southeastern Guinea, the latest in a string of assaults that are hindering efforts to control West Africa's current outbreak. One Red Cross worker is recovering after being wounded in in the neck in...
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Nigeria's military today claimed for the first time that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau was dead, saying troops had shot a lookalike who had been posing as the militant commander. Defence spokesman Chris Olukolade told reporters in Abuja that a heavily bearded Islamist fighter identified...
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Japan's First Lady Akie Abe, taking on a rare public role overseas, told a US audience on today about her deep unhappiness after her husband's first stint in power. Akie Abe -- who has softened the Japanese leader's hawkish image through outspoken statements that have at times openly...
22:30
President Barack Obama today asked Iran to seize the historic opportunity of reaching a deal with the world powers on its contested nuclear programme. America is pursuing a diplomatic resolution to the Iranian nuclear issue, as part of our commitment to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and...
22:28
Two persons were killed and five others injured in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district when para military forces allegedly opened fire at a mob which obstructed their vehicle and pelted stones at them in the early hours of today, police said.
21:52
The Union Cabinet today gave its nod to signing of six MoUs in sectors including education, environment, gas and space science between India and the US ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to that country beginning tomorrow.Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Union Minister...
21:45
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu here on Sunday during his stay in the city to attend the UN General Assembly.According to sources, Prime Minister Modi will be meeting Netanyahu on September 28, the day on which he will also address thousands of...
21:13
Congress and BJP were involved in a blame-game over the quashing of coal block allocations by the Supreme Court, accusing each other of flouting norms in making the allotments.While BJP said its stand on illegal coal block allocations made during the previous UPA regime stood vindicated with the...
20:22
Enforcement Directorate today questioned Aeromatrix CEO Praveen Bakshi in connection with the money laundering probe into the alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP Agustawestland helicopter deal. Agency sleuths, sources said, recorded Bakshi's statement under the criminal provisions of the...
20:09
This week's airstrikes against the ISIS were just a beginning, there will be more, Obama promised.
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Those who have joined ISIS must leave the battlefield while they can, he emphasised.United to fight the cancer of violent extremism, he said.
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ISIS must be degraded, then ultimately destroyed, Obama said. He vowed to keep up the military pressure on the group at the assembly.
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There can be no negotiations with this brand of evil said US President Barack Obama in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. Let's united to fight ISIS, he said.
19:48
China today hailed India's successful Mars mission saying that it was not only a proud achievement for the country and Asia but also a landmark progress in mankind's exploration of outer space, in a rare acknowledgment of its Asian rival's rising space prowess.We have seen the report and...
19:27
BSF troops shot dead two smugglers near at Indo-Pak border here and seized arms and ammunition from their possession. BSG DIG RPS Jaswal said the encounter took place yesterday at Border Out Post Khalra in Amritsar sector.He said BSF troops on duty in the area noticed suspicious movement near...
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Chinese Ambassador Le Yucheng today met senior officials in the External Affairs Ministry here today even as India said it has raised a couple of times the issue of continued standoff in Demchok and Chumar region with China -both here and in Beijing- in last one week. ...Since our two leaders met...
17:57
561 trucks with 6103 animals already entered in Mumbai for Bakri Eid: Mumbai Police.
17:52
Meanwhile, the latest on the BJP-Sena alliance in Maharashtra. Hours after threatening to quit 'Mahayuti' over 'paltry' allocation of seats for Maharashtra Assembly polls, three smaller partners in Shiv Sena-BJP led alliance indicated they would stay on following an assurance from Uddhav...
17:49
And this one too...
17:39
Some of them obviously haven't worked. Shudder.
17:26
Roger Federer took Twitter by storm when he asked his fans in India to photoshop at interesting locations in India. This is what he tweeted on September 22. @rogerfederer I need some help from my supporters in India. I'm only in Delhi for a few days, so can't visit all amazing places that I'd...
16:34
Citing restricted access to ministers and bureaucrats, the Editors Guild of India today asked the Modi government to enlarge access and engage more actively with the journalists.By delaying the establishment of a media inter-face in the Prime Minister's Office, in restricting access to ministers...
16:30
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US is the perfect occasion for building a mutually beneficial relationship. Read
16:22
APJ Kalam on Mangalyaan: ISRO team is fantastic, was very happy last night when I met them.
16:08
Twenty-three people were killed and 17 injured in a bus accident in Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh. The bus fell into the Gobind Sagar reservoir at Rayian near Bilaspur, 95-km from Shimla. The bus was over loaded, ordering a ministerial level inquiry, says GS Bali, HP Transport...
16:01
IS agents have crossed the border with propaganda to recruit new fighters. Read
15:44
This is what the ABC wrote on the Mars mission last year. Lacking a rocket large enough to fire the satellite directly out of earth's atmosphere, ISRO has also had to rely on another famed Indian specialism of Jugaad - confecting a cheap work-around solution.Instead of flying directly, the...
15:38
France's Le Monde uses the Indianism 'Jugaad' to explain how India managed the cheapest Mars mission ever for just Rs 450 crore.La mission indienne a en effet t conue selon le principe du jugaad , un principe typiquement indien que l'on pourrait rapprocher du systme D ...
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The young man who was killed by a white tiger at the Delhi zoo on Tuesday was stopped by guards twice before he jumped into the enclosure, zoo officials said today. The zoo has blamed the man for the mishap yesterday. The man is responsible for this entire incident. He has been a mental...
15:03
When the floods wreaked havoc in Kashmir and plunged most parts of the Valley into darkness, few doctors at a lone maternity care hospital in Srinagar, lent a ray of light to people's lives by performing birth surgeries under candlelight. Doctors at the Lal Ded Hospital, whose ground floor was...
14:49
Yogendra Yadav @AapYogendra Thanks Prashant Bhushan ji for saving india's reputation and billions of people's money. This is true patriotism.
14:47
Owners of the new iPhone 6 Plus have been surprised by an unintended extra feature dubbed 'bend-gate'. Read
14:38
Arvind Kejriwal 4 PM @AKForPM Maganl bhari pad gaya corrupt Coal Companies par :)
14:37
Rs 295 per tonne penalty imposed on all cancelled coal block holders by SC. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, says that of the 214 coal blocks that have been cancelled, four coal blocks remain. Two have been saved, one belonging to SAIL and the other to NTPC.Aam Aadmi Party @AamAadmiParty tweets:...
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First reactions: PC Parakh, ex-Coal secretary says the Impact depends on how quickly the government responds to the SC verdict and how the procedure for reallocation of coal blocks is followed.
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The Supreme Court cancels 214 coal blocks after labeling their allocation ad-hoc and illegal. The SC has however spared four coal blocks that are govt run. The SC order will become operational in four months. The CBI enquiry into the coal scam will however continue. On August 25, the Supreme...
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And a tweet from Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan: Today India has reached Mars on 7 times less price of a Metro Bus project whilst Nawaz shall enjoy US visit with 1 lac $ per day on our tax.AQ Khan, is regarded as the father of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme. He is believed to be involved in a black...
13:41
Rahul Gandhi wakes up to the success of Mangalyaan: A historic day for us as India becomes the first country to enter the Mars orbit on its first attempt. Congratulations to the #Mangalyaan team and ISRO on this extraordinary achievement.Yo!
13:15
The Supreme Court of India has, thankfully, decided to reconsider an earlier order calling for revealing the identity of the whistle-blower while hearing a petition alleging gross misconduct against the Director of the country's foremost police agency, the CBI. Read
13:03
BJD's Baijayant Jay Panda tweets: Go #Mangalyaan! #ISRO scientists continue to make the nation proud. Mars in 1st attempt, w/puny budget. Object lesson for our public sector.
13:02
Mangalyaan scientists celebrate in Mission Control Room, Bangalore.
13:00
BJP president Amit Shah's visit to Mumbai today has been cancelled, a party spokesperson said today. Shah's visit today has been cancelled, state BJP spokesperson Keshav Upadhye said. Shah was earlier expected to reach Mumbai this evening amid the impasse over seat sharing among 'Mahayuti' (grand...
12:54
Just in: Jordan court acquits radical preacher Abu Qatada of plotting attacks on Americans, Israelis.
12:48
On the evening of September 7th, I was trying to reach my family in Srinagar, the largest city in India-controlled Kashmir. Automated messages thwarted me: This number is out of coverage area'; The number you have called is not available.At a certain point in the night, my father willed a call...
12:44
About 30 persons were feared drowned when a bus plunged into the Gobind Sagar reservoir this morning at Rayian near Bilaspur, 95-km from Shimla. Twelve bodies have so far been recovered and the bus has been pulled out of the water, Bilaspur Deputy Commissioner Ajay Sharma said, adding that a...
12:38
As Indian community in New York looks forward to hear Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the organisers of the upcoming reception event at the Madison Square Garden say that the 30,000-strong crowd in attendance would include age groups ranging from 5 years to 90 years. However, the majority of...
12:30
After lending his presence at ISRO, PM Modi is in Tumkur to launch a food park. Modi who spoke after Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's speech in Kannada. I do not understand the language, but I understood what he said. The Central Govt, private party and State Govt all have contributed to this Food...
12:20
Digvijaya Singh is miffed: UPA govt took decisions on #Mangalyaan back in 2012, PM should have mentioned that and given us credit for that.
12:11
Somebody in ISRO has a sense of humour. This is the descriptive for the Mars Orbiter on its Twitter page. ISRO's Mars OrbiterVerified account@MarsOrbiterIndia's first mission to Mars. Orbiting the Red Planet since Sep 24, 2014. Explorer. Loves science, photography and long cruises.@MarsOrbiter...
12:09
BJP president Amit Shah is reaching Mumbai this evening amid the impasse over seat sharing among 'Mahayuti' (grand alliance) partners. Shah is expected to discuss the alliance tangle with senior state BJP leaders, party sources said. A meeting of the Mahayuti leaders held in Mumbai late last...
12:01
If India's Mangalyaan space probe successfully enters an orbit around Mars on Wednesday, the country will have made history -- twice.It will be the only nation so far to reach Mars on its first attempt. It will also have spent the least amount of money to do so.India's Mars mission has a price...
11:57
More on Narendra Modi's message to the nation on Mangalyaan:The PM said that Atal Bihari Vajpayee's vision had inspired us to reach for the moon. The successful Chandrayan mission in turn led to the Mars Orbiter Mission. Modern India must continue playing this leading role of 'Jagad-guru Bharat'....
11:52
The postponement of the traditional visit by the army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag to Bhutan has fueled speculation that it was due to the tensions on the border with China. If so, it is a silver lining on the horizon. Read
11:45
A three-tier protection is in place at Anna Arignar Zoological Park in Vandalur, Chennai, to protect animals from human visitors and visitors from wild animals, say zoo authorities.This comes in the wake of yesterday's accident when a 20-year-old man accidentally fell into a white tiger's...
11:42
Excerpts from Modi's speech:With today's spectacular success, ISRO joins an elite group, of only three other agencies worldwide to have successfully reached the red planet.The odds, were stacked against us. Of the 51 missions, attempted across the world so far, a mere 21 had succeeded. But we...
11:37
#Mangalyaan is the most talked about topic worldwide on Twitter.
11:36
PM Modi on the Mars mission:The moment this mission was named MOM, I knew it would not disappoint. Moms never fail... We dared to reach out to the unknown.History has been created today. We have achieved the near impossible. I congratulate all ISRO scientists and all my fellow Indians on this...
11:32
Dr Manmohan Singh on Mangalyaan: He (Pt. Nehru) hoped this endeavor will inspire future generations to develop scientific temper. We have honored that vision, hope this Govt will take necessary steps to promote growth of scientific temper.
11:29
On the News Hour tonight...
11:25
It marks the mission by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru who laid seeds for India's space program, former PM Dr Manmohan Singh.
11:22
Anonymity can protect unpopular individuals from retaliation -- and their ideas from suppression -- at the hand of an intolerant society. Read
11:19
APJ Abdul Kalam @apj_abdul_kalam ISRO has yet again given the nation a reason to smile... Well done. :)Milind.Deora '@milinddeora Congratulations Team @MarsOrbiter. You've never ceased to amaze us with your perseverance & dedication @isro
11:16
Mangalyaan: From drawing board to Mars in just 4 years. Read
11:14
India and its space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation made history on Wednesday as its Mars Orbiter Mission successfully entered Martian orbit. Do it here
11:11
Dr. Manmohan Singh, former PM, on Mangalyaan. It's a moment of immense national pride and one that shall go down as a significant milestone.
11:10
Amitabh Bachchan tweets: #Mangalyaan , India's Mars mission .. Mars is Mangal, Tuesday .. and what timing and planning to have achieved it on a Tuesday !!!
11:09
Amitabh Bachchan tweets: Bharat Mata ki Jai!! Historic! Only country to have succeeded in first attempt, on budget less than Hollywood film!
11:05
US space agency Nasa was one of the first to congratulate Isro on its success. Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a congratulatory speech highlighting the success and hard work of the Isro scientists.
11:03
The Mars mission trending on Twitter, expectedly with the hash tags, #Mangalyaan#MarsMission#proudindian#IndiaAtMars#IndiansMartian#Venus#Jai Hind
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And a factoid: India has spent $74 million to reach Mars -- less than the budget of the $100 million film, Gravity.
10:54
First reactions: A golden page has been written in history of the nation, one of the biggest events: Naresh Agarwal, SP on #Mangalyaan.
10:31
NASA's 2012 Mars mission Curiosity Rover, which entered Mars Orbit on Monday, has greeted its latest companion, India's Mars Orbiter.Namaste @MarsOrbiter, Congratulations to @ISRO and India's first inter-planetary mission upon achieving Mars Orbit, it said in a tweet.To which India's Mars Orbiter...
10:29
So Manglyaan has made history and the next it did was have its own Twitter handle. @MarsOrbiter already has more than 21,000 followers and the numbers are expected to grow as #Mangalyaan, #ISRO and #MissionMars trend worldwide. India's first mission to Mars. Orbiting the Red Planet since Sep 24,...
09:43
Not only is India the first country to succeed in its maiden attempt, it is also the cheapest. The entire Mars Orbiter Mission have been made ready at a record cost of Rs 450 crore or nearly $67 million. Mangalyaan is the cheapest inter-planetary mission ever to be undertaken anywhere in the...
09:13
President Pranab Mukherjee has congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation for the successful Orbit Insertion Maneuver of the Mars Orbiter Mission 'Mangalyaan'. In a message to Dr K Radhakrishnan, chairman of ISRO, the President has said, I extend my hearty congratulations...
08:35
NASA congratulates ISRO on its successful Mars mission. We congratulate @ISRO for its Mars arrival! @MarsOrbiter joins the missions studying the Red Planet, tweets NASA.
08:21
Travelling more than 650 million kilometres, we have gone beyond the boundaries of human imagination: These are all accomplishments that will go down as landmarks in history, said PM Modi at ISRO headquarters. India is the only country to have succeeded in its first attempt. We put together...
08:17
Today Mars has got the MOM. I congratulate ISRO scientists. India is the only country to be successful in this mission in 3 years, said Prime Minister Modi.
08:13
Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the historic moment when India's Mangalyaan entered the Mars orbit. Speaking in English, which is rare, PM said: India has successfully reached Mars. History has been created today by our scientists.
08:07
Celebrations break out as the ISRO headquarters in Bangalore as India's maiden Mars mission, Mangalyaan, enters the Mars orbit. India becomes the first Asian country to put a satellite around Mars.
08:03
ISRO scientists applaud and are seen congratulating each other as we await a confirmation of the success of India's maiden mars mission.
07:54
Occultation is now behind us! Telemetry must have activated. Allow it another nerve wracking 12.5 minutes, tweets ISRO.
07:52
ISRO scientists applaud at the confirmation of burn start. Photograph: @DDNational/Twitter.
07:47
Burn end? The firing must have been completed by now and MOM must be turning towards Earth to resume communication, tweets ISRO.
07:35
Just in: All engines of the #MarsOrbiter are going strong. Burn start confirmed, tweets ISRO.
07:32
Just in: The Mars Orbiter is now in the shadow of Mars. Its start to forward rotation has begun. All engines must have started fire by now, says ISRO. Skip a few heartbeats and stand by for confirmation, tweets ISRO. India is a few moments away from history. It will be the first Asian country to...
07:19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived at the ISRO telemetry and tracking center in Bangalore to witness the historic moment as India's maiden mission to Mars, Mangalyaan,will enter the planet's orbit. 200 space scientists are currently in the monitoring room.
05:25
It is leading TV bulletins, on the front pages, in the prayers of temple priests and even on special emails sent out to parents of exclusive nursery schools in Delhi. But the one place the satellite has yet to reach is the orbit of Mars, its final destination.Those running India's first Mars...
03:13
Outgoing President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday blamed the United States for Afghanistan's long war in a final swipe at the country that helped bring him to power 13 years ago but towards which he has become increasingly bitter.His farewell speech came days ahead of the swearing in of a new president,...
03:09
More than 13 years after the September 11 attacks in New York City, one Belgian victim has finally been identified. The New York medical examiner identified the man as Patrice Braut, 31-years-old at the time of the attacks. Braut was identified by new DNA tests conducted on human remains...
03:09
The wife of a British taxi driver held by Islamic State jihadists has pleaded for his release, saying she had received a recording of him begging for his life. Alan Henning, a 47-year-old Briton who volunteered to help drive an aid convoy to Syria for Muslim charity Aid4Syria, was kidnapped...
03:08
Refugees streaming into Turkey from Syria say their home city, once bustling with 400,000 citizens, has become a ghost town, emptied of all people but a few thousand fighters trying to hold off an onslaught by Islamic militants. The masses fleeing the brutal offensive by the Islamic State...
01:35
Health teams that went door-to-door in Sierra Leone found 130 confirmed cases of Ebola during a nationwide shutdown to slow the spread of the disease, an official said today, as authorities consider repeating the unprecedented exercise. About 70 more suspected cases are still being...
01:34
President Barack Obama offered heavily pregnant Chelsea Clinton his motorcade today, in case she needed to speed through New York city gridlock to give birth. Obama showed no signs of strain, hours after unleashing the latest US Middle East war, in Syria, and was in jovial mood, at the...
01:33
A Syrian rebel group that has reportedly received weapons from the United States criticised air strikes today by a US-led coalition against jihadists in the war-torn country. The Hazm Movement, in a statement posted on their Twitter account, said the strikes would undermine the armed opposition...
01:33
Notwithstanding initial signs of a rapprochement, BJP-Shiv Sena-led 'Mahayuti' tonight failed to resolve its differences over seat-sharing for the Maharashtra Assembly polls with smaller parties expressing disagreement over the meager share offered to them. The seat-sharing talks in...
00:25
Warning that the cost of climate change is fast becoming unbearable, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has asked an unprecedented gathering of world leaders to take action to reverse global warming and begin to capitalise the Green Climate Fund, an issue that India has said it would raise at the conference.
00:24
The US and Arab allies launched what leaders declared would be a long and sustained military assault against Islamic State strongholds in Syria and Iraq, and the US simultaneously targeted an al-Qaida cell said to be plotting imminent attacks on American and other Western interests, the Pentagon...
00:24
The US-led strikes in Syria on today served as the first combat test for the F-22 Raptor aircraft, a new generation air-to-air fighter long in the making. The US military and four Arab allies carried out 14 strikes against Islamist militant groups in Syria that reportedly killed dozens of...
00:23
The Ebola epidemic is set to explode unless the response is radically intensified, the WHO said today, warning that hundreds of thousands could be infected by the end of the year. The UN agency said in a report that new cases would surge from hundreds each week to thousands without drastic...
00:22
Bob Dylan will be honored as the 2015 MusiCares person of the year. A news release today says the 10-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter will be honored at the foundation's 25th anniversary tribute Feb 6 in Los Angeles, two days before the Grammys.
00:22
Ex-NSA chief warns of jihadi wave in India PM's dietary preferences told to American hostsSuicide car bomber targets Pakistani army, kills 5India won't join Japan's anti-China coalition: Chinese dailyJK floods: When army helped reunite children with their parentsUP Police alerts Uttarakhand about...
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