23:55
While on his three-day trip to Alaska -- aimed at promoting climate change action -- President Barack Obama will tape an episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls, NBC and the White House announced Monday.The President will trek through the wilderness with survival expert Grylls, in the special...
23:51
To hear the White House describe Alaska, the state has become the canary in the climate change coal mine, complete with raging wildfires, accelerating ice melt in the arctic, vanishing glaciers and whole villages forced to relocate away from rising seas.President Barack Obama will carry that...
22:52
Clashes between protesters and police left dozens injured Monday in Ukraine after its parliament supported a measure to give more autonomy to separatist-controlled regions in the country.The Donetsk and Luhansk regions are territories in dispute between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian...
22:02
The Taliban concealed the depressing news of the death of its former leader Mullah Omar for more than two years because the movement was in the final stages of its fight against US-led forces, a detailed biography of the group's new chief has revealed.Until the news leaked last...
21:52
India's PM said he wouldn't renew a contentious executive order aimed at making it easier for the state to acquire land for infrastructure and industry -- confirming a reversal on a measure his administration had touted as important for reviving the economy.Worried about alienating rural...
21:48
Accusing the BJP-led government of being in a perpetual mode of confrontation, Congress said that talk of a special session of Parliament was not going to be viable unless there was a change in its mindset. Even as the Centre has announced that the controversial land Ordinance, a bone of...
21:16
China has enlisted an elite squad of falcons and monkeys to see off an army of migrating birds which are feared to disrupt its World War Two commemoration parade on Thursday. The huge display will see 12,000 soldiers and 500 pieces of artillery roll through Tiananmen Square to mark 70 years...
20:59
No-one who attended what turned out to be the final first-class luncheon on the Titanic is likely to have gone away hungry. The meal consisted of corned beef, dumplings, grilled lamb chops, and other delights such as veal and ham pie and a cheese board consisting of eight separate...
20:38
Investigators may have hit a dead end in their quest to say with certainty whether a piece of airplane debris found in the Indian Ocean comes from a Malaysian passenger jet that disappeared mysteriously in 2014. The Malaysian PM said a few weeks ago that the debris clearly is...
20:11
Just in: Violence erupted in Manipur's Churachandpur district this evening over the Inner Line Permit issue. The houses of three lawmakers have been set on fire, reports NDTV. Mobs have prevented the police and fire engines from reaching the spot. The Inner Line Permit is an official travel...
19:53
Ahead of beginning of work on the Budget for 2016-17, the government today designated Ratan P Watal as the new finance secretary even as a new team of officials took charge at the finance ministry. Shaktikanta Das, 58, took charge as the secretary for department of economic affairs after...
19:46
In yet another reshuffle in the Delhi government, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was given the additional charge of the law ministry, often mired in controversy. Sisodia will replace Kapil Mishra, who was handling the ministry ever since Jitendra Tomar was arrested in a fake...
19:38
The police probing Thailand's worst attack at a Brahma temple issued arrest warrants against two more suspects, including a woman, after they seized bomb- making materials from an apartment here, widening their hunt for the people involved in the assault. One arrest warrant was for a woman...
19:28
Just in: Outgoing Home Secretary L C Goyal appointed as the chairman and managing director of India Trade Promotion Organisation.
19:06
Former Home Secretary LC Goyal appointed Chairman and Managing Dir. India Trade Promotion Organization.
19:05
All central government employees, including officials of Army and paramilitary forces, were on Monday warned of action if they raise service matters-related grievances to the Prime Minister, directly.Warning employees, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said such submission of...
18:57
Just in: Fuel price cut: Petrol down by Rs 2 per litre, diesel by 50 p per litre with effect from midnight. India's economic growth slowed by more than expected in the quarter to June, according to data released on Monday that will worry Prime Minister Narendra Modi and prompt more urgent...
18:26
Indrani Mukerjea's daughter Vidhie at the Mumbai Metropolitan Court in Bandra today. Emotional moment for Vidhie in court, when she saw and hugged her mother for the first time since the arrest last week.
17:41
The Mumbai Police has detained the contract killer, who was hired by Indrani Mukerjea to eliminate her son Mikhail Bora. The Times of India on Monday quoted a high-ranking bureaucrat as saying that Indrani or her associate had paid Rs 2.5 lakh to a contract killer. Our information is that...
17:34
As all three accused in the Sheena Bora murder case are taken to the Khar police station for questioning once again, the prosecution has refused to allow Indrani Mukerjea home food for fear that she may be poisoned. Indrani's laywer had made a plea for home food and a change of clothes, but while...
17:00
Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria reaches Khar Police Station.
16:16
The police custody of all three accused has been extended till September 5. Indrani fainted in court after the verdict was announced. TV reports says Vidhie and Indrani were allowed to hug each other and broke down in court. All three accused have been taken to the Khar police station.
15:55
This day, 18 years ago, the Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Windsor, was killed in a car accident in Paris. Her grave 18 years on from her death has been pictured swathed in flowers and foliage as her resting place becomes part of the ancient landscape over time.Althorp Estate, where the late...
15:32
Just in: Sheena Bora case: The Mumbai Metropolitan Court extends police custody of all three accused to September 5.
15:30
Just in: The Law commission recommends abolishment of death penalty except in cases of terrorism and war against India. Death penalty does not serve penological goal of deterrence any more than life imprisonment, Law Commission's says. The notion - an eye for an eye tooth for a tooth has no...
15:27
Mumbai metropolitan court to announce custody verdict for all three accused shortly. The Mumbai police add charges of culpable homicide & causing hurt by means of poison against Indrani, Rai and Khanna in FIR. Indrani and Khanna have also been charged with attempt to murder. Indrani...
15:13
Sheena Bora murder: All three accused -- Indrani Mukerjea, Sanjeev Khanna and Shyam Rai brought to the Mumbai Metropolitan court. Mumbai cops slap attempt to murder charge (Section 307) on Indrani and her ex-husband on the basis of Mikhail Bora's claims. Indrani's lawyer allowed...
14:49
Meanwhile, former BJP leader Ram Jethmalani today visited the ex-servicemen protesting at Jantar Mantar in Delhi seeking One Rank One Pension (OROP) and launched a sharp attack on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Saying he was there to support the veterans, Jethmalani said the finance minister was...
14:44
Peter Mukerjea distances himself from his wife Indrani by ensuring a separate legal team for himself, reports India Today TV. Peter has said that he will separate his lawyers from Indrani's and said he was shocked at reports that Indrani wanted to kill Mikhail as well. He is also believed to...
14:20
#Sheena Bora murder case: Indrani Mukerjea's family (daughter Vidhie and others) at Bandra Court.
14:17
The resentment built slowly in Hardik Patel. It took root when he watched his younger sister lose out on a college scholarship because of India's version of affirmative action, a system of strict quotas that reserves nearly half of government jobs and public college slots for those who come...
14:13
Caste-related violence involving an influential community in India's Gujarat state left eight people dead earlier this week. The Patel community is demanding quotas in educational institutions and government jobs. Politician and writer Shashi Tharoor explains why India needs a new debate on...
14:11
Springing a surprise and a rude shock to much of Delhi babudom, the Narendra Modi government today appointed Rajiv Mehrishi as the new home secretary. Mehrishi replaces LC Goyal as the home secretary.In one year, two home secretaries and one foreign secretary have been shunted out. Union...
13:55
Fire breaks out in a building in Malad (Mumbai). Six fire tenders at the spot. No reports of casualties.
13:53
The Chinese military, the People’s Liberation Army, is reportedly developing a new liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike targets anywhere on Earth. Read more
13:47
The Karnataka state government has now issued orders handing over the probe into the murder of Kannada scholar MM Kalburagi to the CID.Kalburagi was shot dead at point blank range by an unidentified assailant at his house in kalyan nagar on Sunday morning. While there have been rumours of a...
13:22
Manipur passes three bills to implement inner line permit.
13:16
High-society incidents like this one inevitably give rise to questions about the morality and ethics of the high and mighty. Unfortunately, they also deepen prejudices and reinforce stereotypes, writes Malavika Sangghvi. Read
13:11
The government has appointed Rajiv Mehrishi as the new home secretary. Mehrishi was finance secretary (replacing Arvind Mayaram) and takes over from incumbent home secretary L C Goyal. The PMO said Goyal has sought VRS which has been approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Mehrishi's...
12:58
The 71 people found dead in an abandoned refrigeration lorry in Austria had been crammed in, (five to a space of 10 sq ft), police said on Sunday, as initial forensic tests indicated they had suffocated.A baby girl and three other children were among the dead in truck discovered on Thursday on a...
12:36
In a blunt message, the US has asked Pakistan to intensify efforts to counter terrorist sanctuaries inside its borders and take concrete steps against the dreaded Haqqani network responsible for major attacks on American installations in Afghanistan. The tough message was conveyed by US National...
12:34
Last known to have been in Australia, intelligence officials on his trail, he supposedly has a job in Turkey and his family in Srinagar insists he is in touch with them regularly. The family of another youth, meanwhile, haven't heard from him since he went missing after the Batla House...
12:28
Indrani Mukerjea's lawyers complain to Mumbai CP Rakesh Maria that the police are trying to take a confessional statement of Indrani during remand and they are pressurising her. Indrani Mukerjea, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and her driver Shyam Rai will be produced before a local Mumbai...
12:14
The Twitter account of Bollywood's biggest superstar may have been hacked into. A tweet from Amitabh Bachchan's official Twitter account @SrBachchan says, WHOA !..My Twitter handle hacked ! Sex sites planted as 'following' ! Whoever did this, try someone else, buddy, I don't need this !Mr...
11:57
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking cancellation of bail of film star Salman Khan who was convicted and sentenced in a hit and run case. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu declined the plea by one of the alleged victims associated with the case and...
11:46
The investigation team reaches the spot where Sheena Bora's remains were allegedly disposed off.
11:33
Jain tradition of Santhara or fasting unto death allowed by Supreme Court. In effect, the SC has stayed the Rajasthan High Court order banning Santhara. The Rajasthan High Court on August 10 had banned the Jain ritual of 'Santhara' making it punishable under section 306 and 309 IPC (Abetment of...
11:25
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed by Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik seeking permission to enter Goa. The SC rejects the plea of Sri Ram Sene Chief against an order restraining him from going to Goa. The Sri Ram Sene chief had moved the Supreme Court against the Goa...
11:10
Indrani, her driver Shyam Rai and Khanna were interrogated at Khar Police Station on Saturday.During the course of the grilling, they blamed each other for the crime, a police official said. Police said Khanna and Indrani were giving evasive replies during interrogation. Indrani's son and...
10:17
The benchmark BSE Sensex was trading lower by 147 points in early deals today on profit-booking after recent gains, while weak Asian cues also weighed. Moreover, caution ahead of GDP data for the June quarter to be released in the day, too influenced trading sentiments. The 30-share index...
10:16
Extending weakness for the second straight day, the rupee declined by 16 paise to 66.30 against the US dollar in early trade on sustained month-end demand for the American currency overseas.Besides, a lower opening of the domestic equity market weighed on the domestic currency but dollar's...
10:00
A special digital version of epic 'Ramcharitmanas' prepared by All India Radio will be released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.Official sources said that the recordings of Goswami Tulsidas' work, sung by leading singers of Bhopal 'gharana', have been done by the AIR over several years...
09:57
BJP chief Amit Shah will meet his party's Bihar allies today to finalise how they will share the state's 243 seats for the assembly elections, expected to be held in October.The allies are anxious that the BJP has not finalised seat-sharing yet and fear that in a last-minute scramble, it might...
09:53
Hundreds of people on Monday paid their last respects to the mortal remains of former vice-chancellor of Hampi University, MM Kalburgi, who was shot dead at his Kalyanagar residence yesterday by unidentified gunmen.Kalburgi, who had won the central and state Sahitya Akademi awards, had often...
09:51
A financial journalist has confessed to causing panic and disorder on China`s stock market and inflicting huge losses on the country, Chinese state media reported.Wang Xiaolu, a journalist with Caijing magazine, was detained by Chinese authorities following China's recent stock market crash.Wang...
08:42
Hardik Patel, the 22-year-old Patel leader under whose leadership the Patel community in Gujarat pushed the state to the brink last week, feels that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's much talked about Gujarat model has failed to work for the poor.In an interview with India Today, he said: Those were...
08:41
The Mumbai Police will on Monday produce Indrani Mukerjea, her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyam Rai before the Bandra magistrate's court as the police remand of the trio ends today.The police will seek further remand of the accused.The sensational Sheena Bora murder case took another...
08:41
The land acquisition ordinance lapses on Monday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed not to renew it.During his radio address 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday, Modi had said that a statutory order would ensure that farmers get higher compensation for their land under 13 other central acts...
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