23:47
Suicide attacks involving as many as 14 bombers struck an Afghan city today, and a motorcycle bomb exploded in a busy market in blasts that killed at least 46 people altogether, the year's deadliest day for civilians in Afghanistan. Most of those who died were out shopping for food to break...
23:04
At least 12 people were wounded when a bomb hidden under a cot exploded near a restaurant where people had gathered to celebrate Pakistan's Independence Day in Baluchistan, Police said. The explosive device, fitted with a timer, was placed outside the restaurant in the southwestern...
22:33
A slight intensity earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Assam tonight. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 8:47 PM, was Karbi Anglong region of Assam, the Meteorological Department here said.
21:50
Indian and Pakistani troops today exchanged sweets on the occasion of Pakistan's Independence Day at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. Pakistani Rangers led by Lt Col Javed handed over packets of sweets to his Indian counterpart Major S Manhas on the Line...
21:09
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi will attend the funeral of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Wednesday. Union ministers Sharad Pawar and Sushilkumar Shinde will also be present, sources said. AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi confirmed the visit of...
20:04
Vilasrao Deshmukh's long-time friends -- and rivals -- in the Maharashtra politics today expressed shock over the senior Congress leader's demise. Deshmukh, a former Maharashtra chief minister, died at a Chennai hospital today. Maharashtra's tiger has gone, Legislative Council chairman...
19:32
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19:16
President Pranab Mukherjee today called for making Indian economy a launching pad for the second freedom struggle to eradicate hunger, disease and poverty. In his first address to the nation on the eve of Independence Day, he also said that inflation, particularly high food prices, remains a...
19:10
President Pranab Mukherjee delivers his maiden address to the nation on the eve of Independence Day. Watch the live telecast
19:03
The Maharashtra Government has announced a three-day state mourning from today over the demise of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.
18:51
Garga Chatterjee on the Hindu, how Bengal's government is sucking up to Islamic religious reactionaries. Read
18:26
As our Olympics' heroes and otherwise return to India, hockey captain Bharat Chetri doesn't want to point fingers at any individual for the team's disastrous outing at the Olympic Games, instead he is forthcoming in accepting the blame and said the former champions could only play up to 30-35 per...
18:17
Actress Raveena Tandon reached out to both Riteish and his actress wife Genelia D'Souza on twitter. Rest In Peace Vilasrao Deshmukh. Condolences to the bereaved family, @Riteishd and @geneliad, words cannot express the shock nd grief we are feeling, she wrote. Veteran actress Shabana Azmi offered...
18:07
More gawping on Fareed Zakaria's plagiarism taint. Time suspended Zakaria for a month, CNN suspended him from his GPS hosting duties pending further review, and the Washington Post is looking into his work there. Read
17:55
So tomorrow, for the first time on Independence Day, the national flag will fly at half mast.
17:43
Akshay Kumar tweets: The man who had Mumbai's Shanghai dream is no more. RIP Vilasrao Deshmukh ji, a visionary and the father of my dear friend @Riteishd. May God give you strength.
17:35
Moving on from news of Vilasrao Deshmukh's death... Finance minister P Chidambaram has directed ministries not to invite foreign dignitaries without prior approval. The move is another austerity measure to cut expenditure on hosting foreign delegates. Chidambaram passed this directive six days...
17:28
At a press conference in Mumbai for a white goods manufacturer, Shah Rukh Khan paid tribute to Deshmukh saying, I am very sad to hear the demise of Vilasrao Deshmukh. My prayers are with his family. I have known him for years. Riteish is a close friend of mine and I spoke to him. Apart from...
17:24
The spokesperson of Global Hospital in Chennai where Vilasaro Deshmukh was admitted says he died of multiple organ failure. Deshmukh had responded initially to the treatment, which is why they decided to get a cadaver liver transplant -- a full liver transplant -- since he was suffering from...
17:07
PM: He was a valued colleague and an able administrator, we will miss him in Parliament. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar: His death has caused irreparable loss to politics and society. I pray that God will give enough strength to his family and followers in this hour of sorrow. BJP MP Ravi...
16:51
Reactions yet to come in from Vilasrao Deshmukh's hometown Latur. When the former CM was hospitalised, the district held community prayers for his well being. Read: Latur prays for Vilasrao
16:48
Karan Johar @kjohar25 RIP VILASRAO SIR.... thoughts and prayers with the family....love u riteish... all the strength...and all the courage...
16:39
Shiv Aroor @ShivAroor Someone, somewhere is already thinking about how to bury the Adarsh Scam with Mr Deshmukh. Two RIPs with one stone. Wouldn't surprise.Derek O'Brien @quizderek An eerie silence in RajyaSabha when Vilasrao Deshmukh's passing was announced. Someday we'll all be on that highway...
16:38
In the wake of Vilasrao Deshmukh's death, Independence Day celebrations at Rashtrapati Bhavan have been cancelled.
16:31
As tributes pour in (we'll tell you who said what in a bit) here's a portrait of the former Maharashtra chief minister. Deshmukh began his journey as an obscure village sarpanch to a powerful chief minister and Union minister and was a political craftsman adept at turning challenges into...
16:26
Dr Manmohan Singh @PMOIndiaPM: Mr Deshmukh was a trusted colleague and an able administrator who worked at Panchayat, State and Central levels with admirable dedication.
16:25
The mortal remains of Vilasrao Deshmukh will be brought to Latur tomorrow and kept at his house in Babhalgaon from 9 am to 3 pm for people to pay their last respects, his brother Dilip Deshmukh, said.
16:20
Earlier in the day, both Houses of Parliament were adjourned after news of his death came in. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde informed the Lok Sabha. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid his condolences as well. Jaya Bachchan pays her condolences outside Parliament House saying Riteish...
16:14
Vilasrao Deshmukh's funeral will be held at his hometown in Babhalgaon in Latur. The Funeral procession will begin at 3 pm with the last rites at 4 pm. The flag will be flown at half mast. Deshmukh passed away at 1.40 pm at the Global Health City super-specialty hospital where he was to undergo a...
16:07
Farhan Azmi @abufarhanazmi RIP Vilasrao Deshmukh Ji.. An extremely sad day.. May God give the family, courage & patience to bear this huge loss :(His father, Abu Azmi is the Maharashtra chief of the Samajwadi Party. Vijay Mallya @TheVijayMallya Very sorry to hear about the sad...
16:03
Sonia Gandhi says that Vilasrao Deshmukh's death is a huge loss to the party. In fact, the central government was planning to give Deshmukh bigger responsibilities on matters related to the state ahead of the 2014 elections. Deshmukh always shared cordial equations with alliance partners. This...
15:57
When news first broke that Vilasrao Deshmukh was critically ill in hospital two weeks ago, the government transferred his portfolio -- Science and Technology Minister -- to Vayalar Ravi, who also handles the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry.
15:53
Reactions coming in on Vilsarao Deshmukh's death... He passed away at around 1.30 pm. Congress president Sonia Gandhi says she is shocked to learn of his demise. Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan says his loss will be deeply felt. Former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan says he was known as a great...
15:48
Ironically, just today, the 31-year-old school van driver, who was declared brain-dead and whose liver and kidney were to be transplanted in Deshmukh, died at 2.45am ahead of the transplant. Doctors at the Government General Hospital said he suffered a cardiac arrest. Although his family had...
15:48
Vilasrao Deshmukh was admitted to the Global Hospital in Chennai with a liver ailment a week ago. Deshmukh, 67, was suffering from multiple organ failure, had cirrhosis of liver and had dysfunctional kidneys,He had been hospitalised in Mumbai's Breach Candy hospital but when his condition...
15:39
Former Maharashtra chief minister and union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has passed away in Chennai.
15:35
Four members of Congo's Olympic team are believed to have gone missing in London, as their fellow London 2012 athletes and officials flew home. Their disappearance took the number of missing or untraced African athletes and delegates to 15. According to the Daily Mail, details of...
15:25
If you're a Huffington Post regular, read this. the Huffington Post is launching HuffPost Live, a streaming video network with a heavy emphasis on user participation via webcam, smartphone or tablet. From the beginning, one of our goals has been to try and create the most social video...
15:19
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was on Sunday widely criticized for sending a farmer, Shiladitya Chowdhury, she alleged was a Maoist to jail for asking her an uncomfortable question at a rally in Belpahari, Midnapore. While the CPM was predictably scathing with senior leader...
15:16
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee steps into a mine field. Slamming the judiciary, she says, At times court verdicts are purchased. She made the comments in the state assembly today.
15:13
Security has been tightened across Assam on the eve of Independence Day with additional forces deployed at sensitive locations to foil any attempt by militant outfits to create disturbances.We have deployed additional forces...There is some intelligence feedback about attempt by anti-talk faction...
14:46
As the three stars with a red-and-blue ribbon on his shoulder strap will tell you, M.L. Purushotham is a police inspector. But here's his unofficial job description: redeemer of relationships and savior of marriages. Read
14:43
On a stroll through the busy streets of Jackson Heights, Queens, Sahadev Poudel kept gesturing at the ground with disgust, Nicholas Hirshon wrote in The New York Times. He stopped on the sidewalks in front of sari boutiques and Indian grocery stores, pointing out stains that looked like...
14:32
Former Army Chief General VK Singh today said that he was ready to venture into politics if it is in the interest of the nation, and added that this did not mean that he had already made his foray into politics. It is said that ''cross the bridge, when it comes''. So, I will cross the bridge,...
14:26
India's Sushil Kumar, who won silver in the final of the men's freestyle 66kg event on the final day of the 2012 London Games, could find himself in the eye of controversy after video analysis indicates he bit the ear of his opponent in the semi-finals on Sunday.Backed by vociferous Indian...
14:18
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to brief him about the violence in Mumbai following protests against Assam riots. Chavan met the PM at his office in Parliament to explain the steps taken by his government to control the violence that broke out...
14:15
CNN IBN reports that a 13-year-old girl has committed suicide in Asansol near Kolkata after being heckled at a village meet. The girl's father has lodged an FIR against nine people, he says were complicit in her suicide. The girl who is a student of Std VIII set herself on fire as she felt...
13:59
If you missed out on much of the Olympics because of the late hours, here's a must see. On the Telegraph
13:55
Terminally ill children are subjected to needless suffering amounting to torture by parents who refuse to allow the withdrawal of treatment because of their religious beliefs, leading doctors have claimed. Read more.
13:49
In other news, Helen Gurley Brown, the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and author of Sex and the Single Girl, has died at 90, magazine publisher Hearst says.Brown died in New York shortly after being admitted to hospital. Read
13:46
Kanda's lawyer says that the minister has been absent from investigations (another way of seeing absconding, we presume) because he fears arrest. Kanda moved the Delhi high court for anticipatory bail for the second time yestereay. The case will be heard today. Police said the MLA was buying...
13:42
Gopal Goyal Kanda's lawyer says that Geetika probably wanted a relationship with his client. She was a bold and ambitious person, he adds for good measure. The former Haryana minister continues to evade the police for the 10th day today with investigators raising questions about his role in his...
13:37
Yale may review its relationship with university trustee and alumnus Fareed Zakaria, the Yale Daily News reports, after Zakaria was suspended from Time and CNN Friday for plagiarism. Read
13:32
And another one -- The Fareed Zakaria plagiarism scandal has an interesting unintended consequence: it highlights how media outlets respond differently to plagiarism and fabrication cases. Read
13:28
Fareed Zakaria will unfortunately always be remembered for the plagiarism taint, never mind that he is an eminent writer, journalist and columnist. Read this blog.
13:17
And news of another city -- the fate of Delhi's attempt to use bus corridors as part of its public transportation system will be decided by the city's High Court. If Delhi doesn't proceed, it would be among the minority of world cities without bus corridors. Read
13:15
Even as reports emerge that female constables in Mumbai were molested by the mob during Saturday's riots at Azad Maidan, the Mumbai's traffic police is likely to implement a nearly 20-year-old policy that says that at least 30% of the police force should consist of women. Read the report on the...
13:06
Inflation declined to 6.87 per cent in July as the rate of price rise of the food articles category eased a little, although pressure remained on potato, pulses and rice as well as manufactured items. Inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), was 7.25 per cent in June....
12:58
Reports of shooting on the outskirts of Bangalore near Ram Nagar, reports NDTV.com. Three boys on bike shot at the Bank manager of Muthoot Finance and fled. The manager has been shifted to a hospital near by. Police verifying if it is personal rivalry or whether they were attempting to loot the...
12:48
The closing ceremony of the London Olympics attracted a record 26 million viewers in the UK, the biggest audience compared to any other previous Olympics closing ceremony. It almost equaled the number of viewers, who watched the opening, according to a report. According to The...
12:32
The 31-year-old school van driver, who was declared brain-dead and whose liver and kidney were to be transplanted in Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, died at 2.45am ahead of the transplant.Doctors at the Government General Hospital said he suffered a cardiac arrest.Although his family had...
12:29
Inflation declines to 6.87 per cent in July, from 7.25 per cent in June.
12:22
Moving on to other news now, the Olympic flag arrived in Rio de Janeiro, which will host the 2016 Summer Games -- a challenge which authorities in Brazil say the city is prepared to conquer. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes stepped off a plane carrying the flag, accompanied by Carlos Arthur Nuzman,...
12:20
People disperse from the maidan even as Ramdev addresses an impromptu press meet saying much of the same thing -- War is won, but the battle is on, he says. He says the success of a revolution is decided by the people.
12:13
Thanking the crowd for their continued support, he takes the mike and sings (that's an euphemism) Vande Mataram. That's followed by chants of Bharatmata ki jai. Now, an elderly woman, bent over and barely able to stand on her feet, showers rose petals on Ramdev. Looks uncannily like pictures of...
12:05
Only the confetti is missing as Ramdev and his aides sip on nimbu paani amid a shower of rose petals. He tells the the crowd that he will now go to Haridwar and bathe in the Ganges and eat a meal. He has not eaten for six days or bathed either. As far as more agitations go, he says it will be...
12:02
Ramdev breaks his fast by accepting a glass of lime juice at the hands of two children from the Balmiki community. Taking a sip, he also offers the glass to his aides on the stage.
11:58
Incidentally, every single person at the stadium is on their feet, some waving flags, but most just listening to Ramdev and cheering when he says something rousing (which is fairly often). The reason why they are on their feet is because Ramdev urged them earlier on to stand up because the time...
11:43
Much like Anna Hazare, who broke his 12-day fast at Ramlila grounds in August last year at the hands of two little girls -- Simran (a Dalit) and Ikrah (a Muslim), Ramdev has announced that he will break his fast by accepting coconut water from somebody of the Balmiki community.
11:38
Ramdev tells his supporters that the fast will end this afternoon. Remember he has been fasting for a week now. We are leaving because we have won, he says. Loud cheers greet the announcement.
11:36
At the Ambedkar stadium, Ramdev says the NCP (an UPA ally) and the SP have supported his campaign against black money. He tells his followers -- exact numbers not available -- but TV reports claim they are between 7000 and 8000 -- that the fast may end, but the agitation will go on. Earlier in...
11:32
Baba Ramdev is likely to vacate Ambedkar stadium by this afternoon. From Delhi, he is likely to leave for his ashram in Haridwar. In June last year, the police had escorted Ramdev to his ashram after the arrest and the midnight clampdown and lathicharge on his followers. This time around, both...
11:26
The prime target in Baba Ramdev's tirade at Ambedkar Stadium, underway now, is the prime minister, who he takes to task for not doing enough to curb corruption, all this said to rapturous sloganeering from the crowd.
11:24
According to media reports, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has discussed the security situation -- in the wake of Ramdev and his supporters camping at Ambedkar Stadium -- with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
11:21
Baba Ramdev takes to the stage at Ambedkar stadium, it's an SRO affair, the crowd loving every single word he is uttering about his andolan. But the question on the police's mind: Will he announce an end to his fast and move out with his supporters? For, tomorrow is Independence Day, and the area...
11:16
The Delhi police have ruled out the possibility of using force to evict Ramdev and his supporters from Ambedkar Stadium. The police have requested Ramdev and his supporters to leave the venue of their protest fast, stating that they have made arrangements for the crowd to leave peacefully.
11:16
Just In: Lok Sabha adjourned till noon after Opposition creates an uproar over violence in Mumbai over the Assam riots and the demand for universal PDS.
11:12
The Ramdev Lila is underway at New Delhi's Ambedkar stadium, where the yoga guru and his followers were confined last night. The Delhi police have repeatedly requested Ramdev to vacate the stadium along with his followers, and while his fan club there is clearly turning restive, the yoga...
11:04
In range-bound movement, the BSE benchmark Sensex today declined by nearly 21 points in early trade ahead of July inflation data amid profit-booking by speculators. The 30-share barometer, which has gained 75.71 points yesterday, fell by 20.43 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 17,613.02, with...
11:03
The rupee depreciated by 29 paise to 55.63 against the dollar in early trade today, extending losses for the third day in a row on the Interbank Foreign Exchange on continued demand for the American currency. Besides increased dollar demand from importers, a lower opening in the domestic...
11:02
Just In: India's exports in July declined 14.8 per cent to USD22.4 billion.
09:25
Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik has said that the city's police force managed to avert a 1992-like situation by reacting promptly to the violence that broke out on Saturday during a protest rally.Two people were killed when protesters, who were part of a rally against Assam violence,...
09:22
The Delhi police may evict yoga guru Ramdev and his followers if they don't leave Ramlila Maidan, the venue of their protest fast, soon, according to media reports.Earlier, Ramdev had stated that he would end his fast at 11 am on Tuesday, but the movement will continue.
02:16
Police say at least one law enforcement officer and one civilian have been killed in a shooting near Texas A&M University's campus. Assistant Chief Scott McCollum says the gunman also was shot today before being taken into custody. McCollum say the officer killed was a constable with...
01:58
Russia's Foreign Ministry has harshly criticized new US sanctions on Iran, calling them undisguised blackmail and warning that relations between Washington and Moscow will suffer if Russian companies are affected. The US Congress on August 1 slapped sanctions on Iran's energy, shipping and...
00:23
Wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt were tonight accorded a grand welcome as they returned after their historic exploits at the London Olympic Games. Hundreds of fans gathered at the Indira Gandhi International Airport to receive the star wrestlers along with the family members of the...
00:16
Texas A&M University says a shooter has been taken into custody near its campus in College Station. The university issued a warning on its website just before 12:30 pm today warning of an active shooter near the campus football stadium, Kyle Field. The warning tells residents and...
00:14
Ramdev cries foul after arrest during Parliament marchMumbai violence may have been pre-planned: PoliceSonia, Home Minister Shinde visit Assam relief campsAlert sounded along India-Pakistan borderATS secures Jundal's custody in Aurangabad arms haul caseYesterday's Live commentary
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