23:40
One more person was found dead in the landslide-battered Darjeeling district, taking the toll to 41.The body of Ramesh Rai (26) was retrieved from under rubble in the 8 Mile area of Kalimpong by NDRF and Civil Defence volunteers yesterday, district Disaster Cell Officer-in-charge Gopal Rai...
22:57
President Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated a 'Nakshatra Vatika' in the gardens of Rashtrapati Nilayam here, one of the Presidential Retreats.He took a round of the garden and watered a plant representing 'Surya' or the Sun God.He was accompanied by Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh E S L...
22:49
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on an eight-day visit to five Central Asian countries and Russia, today arrived in Uzbekistan marking the start of his visit.During his banquet speech Modi commented upon how his visit to the five great nations of Central Asia is the start of a new journey for...
22:48
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on his 75th birthday, ahead of his visit to the Central Asian country tomorrow.Wishing President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan on his 75th birthday. I pray for his long life & good health, tweeted...
22:17
The Greek crisis is unlikely to have any impact on the Indian economy since it has only negligible exposure to the troubled Mediterranean island, fund managers said here today. Despite what happened in Greece, the domestic market has not been affected since we have only negligible direct linkage...
22:15
After talks with Uzbek President Islam Karimov, Narendra Modi gets the first taste of Central Asia. At the banquet in honour of the PM, a special veterinarian menu was served. Varaka with vegetables, samsa with spinach was served as snacks. Also on the menu was broccoli cream soup, steamed rice...
21:55
Just in: The former IPL boss Lalit Modi has rubbished reports that he has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate.I have received no summons. They know where I live in london. Awaiting the same, he tweeted.
21:15
The former features editor of Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World was today sentenced to four-month suspended jail for his part in a rampant phone-hacking scandal that sank the 168-year-old tabloid in 2011. Jules Stenson had pleaded guilty in December 2014 to a conspiracy to hack...
20:38
The minority Hindu community in Pakistan will have to wait more before they can register their marriages as the lawmakers today deferred till July 13 the final approval of the Islamic country's first Hindu marriage law. The Hindus, who constitute 1.6 per cent of Pakistan's total population, have...
20:33
The Delhi high court today allowed Greenpeace India Society's application to correct the amount indicated in one of its two accounts which were de-freezed for receiving and utilising fresh domestic donations for its day-to-day functioning. Justice V P Vaish allowed Greenpeace's plea after the...
20:30
Just in: The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi, reports Times NOW in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act case. He has been asked to explain charges against him.The ED has set a three-week deadline. Agency officials were recently...
20:16
Two Indians, both in their early 50s, were today jailed in two separate cases of molestation in Singapore. Veerasamy Marimuthu, 53, an Indian-origin former associate social worker in Singapore, was today jailed for four months on charges of molesting a homemaker consecutively on two days. He...
20:10
An Iraqi Russian-made fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb over a Baghdad neighborhood today, killing at least 12 people on the ground, Iraqi officials said. The plane one of several Sukhois used by Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State group was returning to base when the accident...
19:30
Indian Coast Guard today commissioned 'ICGS Rani Durgavati', the 3rd Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) of its kind, at the Coast Guard district headquarters.The IPV, designed and built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited, is equipped with the most-advanced and sophisticated navigational communication sensors...
19:29
Pakistani teenage child rights activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai today called on world leaders to choose books over bullets and give every girl 12 years of free education. Writing in the Telegraph, Malala said, I want world leaders to choose books over bullets. It may look as...
19:01
The SIT that is probing the Vyapam scam has said that while it is too early to comment on the dean's death, a chargesheet is likely to be filed. The dean of a medical college in Madhya Pradesh, who was assisting the probe, was found dead in a Delhi hotel on Sunday. (Read the story...
18:36
German economy minister Gabriel says Greece is now threatened with insolvency.
18:35
PM Narendra Modi's gift to the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, a reproduction of the 13th century poet Amir Khusro's Khamsa-i-Khusrau. The PM arrived in the Uzbekistan capital, Tashkent, today on the first leg of his eight-day visit to Central Asia and Russia, aiming to enhance...
18:08
A week before her 18th birthday, Malala Yousafzai returns to Oslo, where she received the Nobel Peace Prize, to show world leaders how a fraction of their military spend can educate every child in the world. Read her first-person piece for the Telegraph. Also read:Education is the best weapon...
18:01
Calling for an impartial inquiry into the death of TV journalist Akshay Singh while covering the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, the Indian Women's Press Corps today expressed concern over reports of untimely deaths of journalists under mysterious circumstances. His (Singh's) death is one among...
17:56
MEA tweets on the India-Uzbekistan meet in Tashkent: Important issues at hand. A quiet tete-a-tete between the two leaders before delegation level talks begin.
17:51
Given the constraints all US Presidents operate under, and given the additional burden Barack Obama carries because of his race, his recent winning streak is both unusual and likely temporary. It would be churlish to grudge him his moment of success. Read
17:41
Burt Shavitz, the beekeeper who went on to co-found Burt's Bees, has died age 80.In a statement, a spokeswoman for the company said Shavitz died of respiratory complications in Bangor, Maine, surrounded by family and friends.Shavitz started Burt's Bees when he, a beekeeper making his own honey,...
17:33
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media diplomacy in China can play a constructive role in Sino-India ties though no major progress has been made, with irritants like the border dispute remaining, a Chinese state-run think-tank said. When Modi congratulated Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on his...
17:10
Union Minister Rajnath Singh today backed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and explained why he cannot order a CBI investigation into the Vyapam recruitment scam that has rocked the BJP government in the state after multiple mysterious deaths. As Home Minister I am ready for a...
16:58
The Delhi Police today said that no foul play was suspected in the death of Jabalpur Medical college dean Arun Sharma at a city hotel yesterday as per prima facie evidence. However, Police Commissioner B S Bassi said nothwithstanding the initial reports, a medical board has been constituted at...
16:53
And while on successful start-ups, Reddit one of the internet's most fortified communities -- billed as 'the front page of the internet' -- seems to be in trouble. A petition to oust interim CEO Ellen Pao has reached more than 100,000 signatures in just three days as the community...
16:46
Housing.com, the website, Rahul Yadav, co-founded, was briefly hacked for a while today, or so it seems. If you key in Housing.com, it opens to a page (pictured) that said #rahulyadav and #housingdown. And a promise (to themselves or the reader is not quite clear given the gobbledegook): Yes, We...
16:08
JUST IN: Greek govt official says PM Tsipras will hold phone talks with Russian President Putin within the day.
16:07
Jitender Singh Tomar's judicial custody extended till 20th July by Saket Court, Delhi.The Delhi Police, which took Aam Aadmi Party leader and former law minister Jitendra Tomar to Faizabad and Ayodhya as part of its investigation, have found that his BSc degree is fake.
16:05
One month after the ban of Maggi, instant noodles sales in India have crashed by over 90 per cent to just about Rs 30 crore from Rs 350 crore a month earlier, according to industry estimates. With the key category facing an uncertain future, food processing industry players are worried that this...
15:50
Sensex rises 115.97 pts to close at 28,208.76; Nifty gains 37.25 points at 8,522.15.
15:43
BJP-ruled Jharkhand is ready to serve eggs in child nutrition schemes. Read
15:24
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tashkent on Monday as part of his eight-day tour to five central Asian countries and Russia and, well, got to work. He was greeted at Tashkent airport by his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Miromonovich Mirziyoyev.@narendramodi tweeted: Hello...
15:11
If you google 'vyapam', the first hit on the first page takes you to the website of the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, Bhopal. The Hindi for 'Professional Examination Board' is 'Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal'. Read more
15:06
Facing criticism over the handling of the research scholar molestation case, St Stephen's principal Valson Thampu on Monday said he would resign if it was proved that he was a cause of embarrassment to the institution.
15:01
The wife of late South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung will visit North Korea next month, his foundation said today, and possibly meet with leader Kim Jong-Un. The Kim Dae-Jung Peace Centre in Seoul said the agreement on dates for the four-day visit by 93-year-old Lee Hee-Ho was reached following...
14:55
AAP leader Kumar Vishwas files a petition in the Supreme Court; asks the SC to monitor the probe into the Vyapam scam.
14:34
PMO India @PMOIndia Tashkent: PM @narendramodi lands in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, marking the start of an important visit to Central Asia and Russia.
14:16
Trainee sub inspector Anamika Kushwaha had differences with husband, was troubled for dowry by her in-laws, Sagar IG K P Khare tells ABP News.The high-profile Vyapam scam got even more murky today with the death of a trainee sub-inspector under mysterious circumstances in a lake in Sagar's...
14:06
So, the supreme court has agreed to hear a petition on removing the MP governor in the Vyapam scam.
13:45
Two bomb attacks in the central Nigerian city of Jos have left at least 44 people dead, the BBC reports. A restaurant and a mosque were targeted on Sunday night. No-one has claimed responsibility but militant group Boko Haram has attacked Jos before, even though it is not in north-east Nigeria...
13:37
The death of Jabalpur Medical College Dean Arun Sharma is not related to Vyapam scam, the MP government has said. Dr Arun Sharma, who had allegedly recently submitted 200 documents to the Special Task Force probing the Vyapam scam, was found dead in a hotel room in New Delhi on Sunday morning....
13:28
Heavy overnight rains lashed a number of places across Uttarakhand where two persons died in Nainital district after debris from a landslide hit nearly a dozen houses and the administration issued an alert for people living near lakes and rivers. Schools in most districts, including Nainital,...
13:26
The Army has handed over an 11-year-old boy from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) who had inadvertently crossed into this side of the Line of Control (LoC), to the Pakistani Army. Sameer Kayani, a resident of Laswa area of Athmuqam in PoK was intercepted by troops deployed...
13:21
Dr A Q Khan, the father of Pakistan's atom bomb, waxes eloquent on the poet Rumi. ReadAlso read: 'Pakistan had the bomb by 1989'
13:02
We have nothing to gain by helping any other country to become a threat to India, former Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is on the comeback trail, tells Rediff.com senior contributor Nitin A Gokhale in an exclusive interview. Read
12:52
Nine myths about the Greece crisis (Yes, you can still holiday in Greece). Read
12:47
The infamous telegram which Hitler's deputy sent to the German dictator, asking him if he could take over the Nazi party in last days of the World War II, is expected to fetch 15,000 pounds at an auction. Hermann Goering, founder of Gestapo - the official secret police of Nazi Germany - sent the...
12:44
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif will meet on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Russia on July 10.According to sources, the two leaders, who will be present in Ufa to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, will be meeting on the...
12:30
In controversial remarks (as expected), the Shiv Sena today said the increasing population of Muslims in the country will cause a language and geographical imbalance and has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that Muslims accept the necessity of family planning. The Sena said that...
12:22
L K Advani was an architect of the Agra summit between India and Pakistan in July 2001 and its destroyer. A S Dulat, former chief of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency, tells Rediff.com. Read
12:12
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday termed the death of trainee sub inspector Anamika Kushwaha as 'unfortunate', adding that every death should not be linked to the Vyapam scam. Her death is an unfortunate incident but it is not related to the Vyapam scam...
11:53
While on the PM, read Aakar Patel's column for Rediff.com. Modi has been given a longer leash by his fans than any other leader of our time. Will he be able to continue putting himself above the fray if other scandals continue to emerge in his term? No, the erosion will inevitably come, given the...
11:47
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for a five-nation tour this morning to attend the BRICS summit in Russia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Modi will visit five Central Asian nations including Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan to deepen strategic footprints and energy...
11:34
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has just resigned after Greek voters delivered an overwhelming No vote in a referendum on whether to accept more austerity measures in return for new bailout cash. Soon after the announcement of the referendum results, I was made aware of a certain...
11:31
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that every death in the state cannot be linked to Vyapam. Details in a bit.
11:27
The benchmark BSE Sensex cut initial losses but was still down by 292 points following selling pressure in metal, banking, IT, auto, teck, power and FMCG sectors triggered by weak Asian stocks amid Grexit fears. The barometer index hit a low below the psychological 28,000 mark at onset of...
11:24
The BJP on Monday said that the Madhya Pradesh government is keen to ensure a 'fairest possible probe' is done into the death of journalist Akshay Singh. The family members of the deceased journalist, Akshay Singh, have requested that viscera sample tests be done at AIIMS in Delhi. The...
11:16
Vyapam Scam: The Supreme Court agrees to hear the petition asking for the removal of the Madhya Pradesh governor.
10:39
In a major security scare, a guard posted at the All India Radio complex on Mall Road in the national capital opened fire on intruders.According to media reports, the intruders were attempting to enter the complex by force.Further details are awaited.
10:39
A trainee woman cop, recruited through Vyapam, reportedly committed suicide even as the mysterious deaths of people associated with the scam continued to rise on Monday.The body of the trainee Sub-Inspector (SI), Anamika Kushwaha, was recovered from a pond under mysterious circumstances.Recruited...
10:29
Popular actress Pallavi Joshi has reportedly quit the Film and Television Institute of India society. Earlier filmmaker Jahnu Barua and well-known cinematographer Santosh Sivan also had reportedly written to the FTII asking them to not be considered as a part of the FTII society or its...
09:45
Can an unwed mother be the legal guardian of her child without the consent of the father?On Monday, a Supreme Court bench led by Justice Vikramjit Sen will rule upon an appeal by a woman who has challenged the procedural necessity of involving the father of her child in a guardianship petition...
09:28
Mail Today reports: As Delhi University gears up for a new academic session, a Mail Today investigation reveals that drugs -- from ganja and charas to the more hardcore LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), MDMA (methylenedioxyphenethylamine), ketamine and the new sensation Meow Meow...
09:27
Asian stocks fell Monday after Greek voters rejected more austerity demands from creditors, fuelling fears the country will crash out of the eurozone, but the euro recovered from initial losses as dealers wait for European leaders` next move.Despite warnings from European leaders that Sunday`s...
09:13
In continued ceasefire violations, Pakistani troops resorted to night-long firing and mortar shelling targeting six Border Out Posts along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu district, forcing the Border Security Force to retaliate effectively.Pakistani Rangers resorted to firing and mortar shelling...
08:41
A team of Indian aviation experts will arrive in Kathmandu on Monday to inspect any possible damage to Nepal's only international airport due to the powerful April 25 quake besides offering help in constructing a second international airport along the border with India.The four-member engineering...
08:37
Carli Lloyd led from the front as the United States won the Women's World Cup for a third time with a crushing 5-2 victory over Japan on Sunday, the striker scoring the tournament's fastest ever hat-trick, including a spectacular long-range goal.The American captain struck three times inside 16...
08:32
German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the outcome of Greece's referendum with French President Francois Hollande in a telephone call, with both agreeing the 'No' vote must be respected, a German government spokesman said.Both were in agreement that the vote by the Greek people be respected....
08:30
The Russian city of Ufa, which will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting on July 9 and 10 might see some interaction between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines.The Pakistani side seems keen to hold a meeting but conceded that no one had...
08:27
As the monsoon advances, the week starting Monday will be crucial for rains. Although the Kosi and the Ganga in parts of Uttar Pradesh are in spate because of incessant rain, most north Indian states, including Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Bihar are reporting a shortfall. Bihar has got 27...
08:01
Mukhtar Ahmad reports: A Border Security Force jawan was killed when Pakistan troops violated the ceasefire at north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Sunday, resorting to heavy firing in the Nowgam sector.Pakistani Rangers also violated the ceasefire in the Arnia sector of the international border...
07:58
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for an eight-day official visit to five Central Asian countries and Russia, starting from Uzbekistan on Monday.The tour will further take PM Modi to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and to Ufa in Russia where he will attend the BRICS and...
07:53
Voters in Greece have resoundingly rejected creditors' demands for more austerity in return for rescue loans, backing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who insisted the vote would give him a stronger hand to reach a better deal. The opposition accused Tsipras of jeopardising the country's...
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