23:19
BBC: The minaret of one of Syria's most famous mosques has been destroyed during clashes in the northern city of Aleppo. The state news agency Sana accused rebels of blowing up the 11th-Century minaret of the Umayyad Mosque. However, activists say the minaret was hit by Syrian army tank...
22:56
With the arrest of a deputy municipal commissioner of Thane Municipal Corporation tonight, the number of arrests in connection with the building collapse in Mumbra area has gone up to 22. DMC Srikant Sarmokdam, whose name was found in the diary of...
22:18
Apparently alluding to the protest by the CPI-M and resentment by the Congress over his visit to Sree Narayana Mutt at nearby Sivagiri, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today stated that 'untouchability' was increasing in politics. Political untouchability is...
22:12
With the arrest of a deputy municipal commissioner of the Thane Municipal Corporation tonight, the number of arrests in connection with the building collapse in Mumbra area has gone up to 22. DMC Srikant Sarmokdam, whose name was found in the diary...
22:11
Axis Bank today said it has appointed top accounting firm KPMG to do a forensic audit, following a sting operation done by Cobrapost that alleged executives of the private lender had indulged in money laundering. We have hired KPMG (to conduct a...
22:08
A journalist who worked in a English newspaper run by the Saradha Group gives an inside look into how Sudipta Sen, who allegedly duped investors of hundreds of crores, ran his dubious businesses.Read the story here
22:04
Former Pakistan international cricketer Saleem Pervez, who came into the limelight during the Justice Qaygum inquiry into match fixing in the 1990s, died today after being severely injured in a road accident. He was 65 years old.
22:03
The Gujarat high court today temporarily stayed the trial against suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 16-year-old case of custodial torture in Porbandar. Justice S R Brahmabhatt ordered stay till further orders and fixed the hearing in the first...
21:42
The Bombay high court today directed the resident doctors of state-run hospitals to call off their strike immediately. Doctors affiliated to Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors are on strike over several demands including an increase in stipend.
21:41
President Pranab Mukherjee is currently on a two-day visit to Odisha amid tight security arrangement. Mukherjee, who is on his maiden visit to the state after assuming the office of the President, was accorded a warm welcome by Governor S C Jamir,...
21:38
Noted American economist Nouriel Roubini today said India is not passing through stagflation but maintained that the prevailing conditions are not ideal for faster economic growth and the cost of doing business is too high in the country due to excessive levels of...
21:36
Three people, including a senior editor at Rupert Murdoch's tabloid The Sun have been charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office after allegedly paying more than 23,000 pounds for stories related to the royal family or military academy...
19:56
The Income Tax department will probe finances and transactions of the Kolkata-based Saradha Group. Saradha Group is currently embroiled in allegations of a massive scam, with its managers accused of duping investors worth crores.
19:55
With allegations of involvement of some ruling Trinamool Congress leaders in the Saradha Group, which allegedly duped thousands of investors, a senior West Bengal minister today said none would be spared irrespective of political affiliations. We want a...
19:54
BJP leader L KAdvani today accused the UPA government of trying to drag the name of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the 2G spectrum issue to divert the investigation and said it was an irony that his name had appeared in the draft JPC report. Addressing...
19:52
The Bombay high court today restored a contempt petition against MNS chief Raj Thackeray over his alleged remarks against the court last year. Division bench of Justices P V Hardas and Mridula Bhatkar restored the petition filed by advocate Ezaj...
18:52
Mamata says, Some people trying to defame me and my government. Action be taken against TMC MPs if found guilty. She says she is ready to call a special assembly session to enact a special law on chit funds. Why didn't RBI and other central agencies act?
18:47
West Bengal chief minister announces Rs 500 crore for those affected by the chit fund scam by the Saradha Group. The funds will be given to the small and medium sized investors. Compensation to be funded partly by a cess of 10 per cent on cigarettes.
18:41
Authorities is Rhode Island say it is very possible a man's body that was pulled out of the Providence River Tuesday is that of missing Brown University student Sunil Tripathi, who was falsely accused of being one of the Boston Marathon bombers on social media websites.Boston.com reports...
18:29
Parliament may be adjourned sine die if Congress party insiders are to be believed. A highly-placed source said the Congress arrived at this conclusion given the A Raja-JPC-Coal-gate issues. This means the Union Budget may be passed without discussion. In fact, insiders say Parliament may be...
18:10
With the Trinamool Congress government under fire over the alleged fraud by collapsed chitfund company Saradha Group, senior party leader Saugata Roy today blamed central agencies like RBI for not taking action in the matter.The Centre did not take action. RBI could have taken steps. But it did...
18:05
Reuters: An eight-storey block housing garment factories and a shopping centre collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing nearly 100 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said.Fire fighters and army personnel worked frantically through the day at the Rana...
17:47
The man who captured and handcuffed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at the end of a city-wide hunt last week, is a Trinidad and Tobago national now a police officer living in the United States. Read
17:45
Sunil Tripathi has been missing since March. His family speaks of their fresh anguish last week -- when the world labelled him a terrorist. Read
17:38
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asked the Central Government to send out a strong and firm message to China on the recent intrusion in the Ladakh area by Chinese troops, and added that this kind of situation always puts people living in frontier areas under...
17:33
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who arrives in the state today, seems quite the persona non grata in Kerala with sections of both the ruling Congress-led front and the opposition Left refusing to share the stage with him. Left leader and former minister NK Premachandran, and Kerala...
17:18
The bereaved father of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar has vowed to take legal action against the Irish hospital where his daughter died after being denied abortion last October, saying he is not satisfied with the probe outcome. I believe we will never get justice from the Irish government so...
17:15
Update on the 5.7 temblor this afternoon. Rediff.com's Mukhtar Ahmad reporting from Srinagar says mild tremors were felt in the Kashmir Valley this afternoon. There was no immediate report of any damage to life or property. Residents of Srinagar rushed out of their homes as the quake shook...
17:05
While the standoff between Chinese troops and Indian security forces continues in Ladakh at Depsang Bulge in the Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) Area, the focus is now shifting to the post-standoff measures that the Indian military needs take to avoid repetition of the current incident. Read Nitin...
17:00
The Congress today said that there should be a CBI probe into chit fund company Saradha Group which has allegedly defrauded thousands and as there were reports of involvement of Trinamool Congress and other party leaders.It has been said that a section of Trinamool Congress leaders are indirectly...
16:50
In yet another incident of sexual assault on children in Madhya Pradesh, a nine-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped by two persons at Akhetpur village here, police said today. The victim, a fourth grade student had gone to a nearby jungle yesterday for grazing goats and was returning home...
16:48
At a time when the people of the national capital are angry over the brutal rape of a five-year-old child, yet another incident of rape has come to the light. A six-year-old girl has been raped in the Seemapuri area of northeast Delhi. The accused, aged 14, has been detained. The...
16:23
The cops from Gandhinagar police station in Delhi who allegedly offered a Rs 2000 bribe to hush up the 5-year-old girl's rape have been identified. The probe report is expected to be submitted tomorrow. The condition of the five-year-old girl, who was raped allegedly by two youth, is stable...
16:18
Taking a specific form of a vitamin E supplement can give ex-smokers an extra booth in their endeavors toward a healthier lifestyle, new research has found. In the small study, improvement in blood vessel function associated with the added vitamin E potentially translates into an estimated...
16:07
Debjani Mukherjee's sister says she was trapped by Sudipta Sen and had wanted to surrender long ago. The woman known as Sudipta Sen's shadow in the Saradha Group was at her appointed place during arrest too -- right by the boss. The story of 27-year-old Debjani Mukherjee, who joined as a...
15:48
More on the Pakistan quake: Tremors were felt in north India, including the national capital and adjoining satellite townships, this afternoon, the second such occurrence in nine days. The quake, measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale at 2:51 PM, was epicentred in southern Afghanistan, the MeT...
15:46
Following the Boston Marathon terrorist attacks that killed three people and injured over 170, President Obama addressed the nation: We still do not know who did this or why.... [M]ake no mistake -- we will get to the bottom of this. And we will find out who did this; we'll find...
15:43
Very early on it was clear that this organization was different from any other newspaper outfit any of us had worked for previously. ReadAlso read: Sudipta Sen: The man with three wives and five houses
15:30
The USGS puts the magnitude of the earthquake felt in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, India's New Delhi and Kabul, Afghanistan at 5.7.
15:23
Update on the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case: There was evidence against Nupur Talwar in Aarushi-Hemraj murder case but senior CBI officers prevented her arrest, agency investigator told special court here during cross examination. CBI Additional SP AGL Kaul, who led the second probe team in the...
15:15
The quake was felt in Lahore, Kabul, Peshawar, Islamabad, the Swat province, Abbottabad and other parts of Pakistan. This is the second quake in a week. A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the richter scale rocked the Iran-Pakistan border last Tuesday, tremors of which were experienced in...
15:11
Tremors felt in parts of India including Delhi and Kashmir, as well as in neighbouring Pakistan. The Pakistan Met office says the epicentre has been identified in Afghanistan and measures 6.2 on the Richter scale. Rezaul Hasan Laskar: All shook up, lasted over 5 seconds. #Islamabad #Quake,...
15:05
Anamika Rai left her job as UNICEF's district mobilisation co-ordinator in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras in 2011 to take care of her son Vishvesh, who had joined Bansal Classes in Kota to prepare for IIT-JEE (Joint entrance Examination). The reason? Her son was missing homemade food. After landing...
15:02
Remember Munna of Munnabhai MBBS where the protagonist built a make-shift hospital to get his parents believe that he was a doctor in Mumbai when in reality he was a crook? Saradha group owner Sudipta Sen made his workers at Saradha Global Motors dress up and work like factory staff for...
14:44
Ever since the December 16 gang rape, many of my female friends have been clamouring for a death sentence for rapists, not because they look upon the act as a crime per se but in a tit-for-tat for ruining a girl's life forever. Read
14:41
Just when it appeared that India-Israel relations had hit a plateau, a trailblazing project is under way which has the potential to change the bilateral relationship from one that is still largely cloak-and-dagger and under-cover to one the two peoples can genuinely embrace. Read
14:38
Four office buildings and 35 cars belonging to the Saradha Group have been seized by the West Bengal police. At least 35 bank accounts of the company have been frozen.
14:07
Why the Justice Department's charge against the Boston bomber is ridiculous. Read
14:03
A work by Indian Modernist Tyeb Mehta never before displayed in public has sold for three quarters of a million dollars at auction, failing to keep pace with recent sales of the late artist's work that have broken the million dollar mark. Read
13:58
A Pakistani court today cancelled Pervez Musharraf's interim bail over the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, adding to the legal woes of the ex-army chief who is currently being held at his farmhouse. The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court rejected an application by...
13:54
At least 70 people have been killed and many more are feared trapped after an eight-storey building collapsed in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, government officials say. Frantic efforts are under way to rescue those beneath the debris. At least 200 were injured by the collapse.The army is...
13:44
Classified military documents on China's strategy for a limited war against India confirm our worst fears: China can take Arunachal in 48 hours. And we are in no hurry to do anything about it. Read
13:42
Domestic flights arriving in Goa have been re-scheduled for four days due to temporary closure of the runway at Dabolim airport here between April 27-30 for annual maintenance. All the airlines have been informed about the closure of runway for four days between 8 am to 4 pm, the Airport...
13:41
In perhaps a first-of-its-kind case, a new born baby boy was sold to a Delhi-based businessman for Rs 8 lakh through a deal struck on the social networking site Facebook.The incident came to light when Noorie, mother of the baby, lodged a complaint with the police that the child, delivered on...
13:33
Pakistan's Lahore High Court cancels former president Parvez Musharraf's interim bail in Benazir Bhutto assassination case.
13:18
Dressed in a formal charcoal black shirt, Sachin Tendulkar, who turned 40 today, cut the customary cake while wife Anjali in a white salwar kameez was beside him in a special programme organised by his IPL franchise. Tendulkar got the first bite of his birthday cake from Anjali's hands who...
13:17
ADMK rejects the JPC report on 2G and says the JPC should focus more on P Chidambaram's alleged involvement in the case. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has directed ADMK MP Thambidurai to vote against the JPC report on Thursday at the JPC meeting. Jayalalithaa is likely...
13:05
The suspected Boston Marathon bomber has admitted that he and his brother planted two bombs at the race - and had learned to make them through a notorious terror propaganda magazine. Read more
12:58
The condition of the five-year-old girl, who was raped allegedly by two youth, is stable and her perineal wounds are healing well, doctors said today. The girl is afebrile. Her vital parameters are normal and her general condition is stable. Her urine output is normal and colostomy is functioning...
12:52
West Bengal police get four days transit remand for Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen. Sen is the chairman and managing director of Saradha, a business group built on a chit fund, the collapse of which has left lakhs and lakhs of people in West Bengal in the lurch. People who had put...
12:44
Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has blamed his dead older brother for the atrocity.In scribbled notes from his hospital bed, the 19-year-old said Tamerlan, 26, made him do it because he wanted to defend Islam from attack'. Read more
12:31
The new boss of Jimmy Choo walks us through one of fashion's greatest sagas - and her plans for the future. Read
12:28
China might have provided its close ally Pakistan a fairly comprehensive package of proven nuclear weapons design in late 1970s and the CIA knew about it, according to a recently declassified document.The CIA had evidence suggesting close Pakistan-China nuclear cooperation, to the point of...
12:18
A Congress leader in Madhya Pradesh has landed himself in a controversy by making sexist remarks that women invite trouble by looking at men in a suggestive manner, drawing flak from the BJP. Jab tak mahila tirchi najar se nahi dekhegi, tab tak purush use nahi chedega (No man will harass a woman...
12:14
Bollywood actress Vidya Balan and 'Life of Pi' director Ang Lee are part of the prestigious 66th Cannes Film Festival's nine-member jury, headed by Hollywood director Steven Spielberg. Balan, 35, one of the most respected performers in India, is best known for her path-breaking roles in films...
12:10
Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen has been presented at the Ganderbal court in Jammu and Kashmir.
12:08
The FBI and SEC are to launch investigations after more than 90bn was temporarily wiped off the US stock market when hackers broke into the Twitter account of the Associated Press and announced that two bombs had exploded at the White House, injuring Barack Obama. Read
11:56
India has officially lowered its expectations of investment from foreign stock investors, which could translate into a tepid year for Indian stocks. Read
11:54
Their religion may stress peace, but some Buddhists are showing that they're entirely capable of violence in the name of faith. Read
11:52
Heads up. There's a protest-cum-rally of cars and motorcycles over the LBT (Local Body Tax) starting from Dadar Shivaji Park from 11 am onwards. The rally will pass through Siddhivinayak temple, Worli, Peddar Road, Sukh Sagar, Marine Drive and end at Azad Maidan. Check for the latest traffic...
11:43
India has officially lowered its expectations of investment from foreign stock investors, which could translate into a tepid year for Indian stocks.A few days after Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram returned over the weekend from a trip to the U.S. and Canada to woo investors, the...
11:41
Sachin Tendulkar was a picture of humility as he celebrated his 40th birthday with a brief cake-cutting ceremony here, thanking his legions of fans for their unconditional love in a cricket career spanning over two decades. The Mumbaikar, who would be seen in action during an IPL match for his...
11:31
Finance Minister P Chidambaram yet again parried questions on his becoming the Prime Minister saying he has no such aspirations and would like to do party work.I have no such expectations. I have no such aspiration and I believe that in the few years that remain to me, I want to do (a) few other...
11:22
India expects the border situation with China to blow over in a few days after New Delhi sent messages to Beijing and Chengdu. The second flag meeting between the local commanders on Tuesday failed to convince the Chinese that they should step back. Read moreAlso read: Flag meet with China...
11:21
Last month, as the anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar spread from Rakhine state in the western part of the country to the central city of Meiktila, Aung San Suu Kyi sat among the generals on the reviewing stand as the army marched past on Armed Forces Day. She is seen as a saint by many people...
11:16
The stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh has come against the backdrop of warming diplomatic ties between both countries, leaving some officials and analysts to wonder if there was a disconnect between the Chinese military and government on taking forward ties with India....
11:11
Saradha Group CMD Sudipta Sen has sent an 18-page letter to the CBI containing names of several key politicians, officials and legal experts who allegedly milked the company for money. Read the exclusive story on the Indian Express.
11:06
And another piece by the same author: The Sino-Indian border extends from Kashmir to the North-East, covering some of the most inhospitable parts of the planet. Colonel John Taylor (retd), who served in this treacherous terrain for many years, recalls his journey to Chung Tash, a military...
11:04
In the backdrop of the Chinese incursion in Ladakh -- read this 2012 report on rediff.com, written by an Army hero who served there. Colonel John Taylor (retd) writes, Take the word of an old war veteran for it, says even as there is talk that China may strike at India and try to grab some...
10:52
The judgment in Kesavananda Bharati v State of Kerala was crucial in upholding the supremacy of the Constitution. Read
10:50
Human trafficking for labour exploitation is a global concern. In West Asia and the Gulf Cooperation Council region, it is a particular worry given the scale of labour migration and the prevalence of opaque and exploitative regulatory systems. A new report on forced labour and human trafficking...
10:46
Indian Express: Ever since the Delhi gang rape, there has been a rising ferment about sexual offences against women. The recent public interest litigation against pornography seeks to ride on the wave of discontent with laws and policing around rape. But this PIL on pornography, filed in the...
10:44
The condition of the five-year-old girl raped and brutalised in Delhi is stable says doctors. Besides laws, the state and civil society must together invest in a culture of child protection, says the Hindu. Read
10:42
The fact that Anna Hazare is no longer on the list of the most powerful shows that people are more sober today and sceptical of tall claims made by so-called crusaders. Read
10:34
It was his fear of flying that finally brought Saradha Group boss Sudipta Sen crashing down. The man wanted for defrauding thousands of investors of crores in Bengal since his chit fund went bust last week, left his footprints at every highway toll plaza during his 2,500km road run and...
10:26
After reports that Gandhinagar MP LK Advani is likely to contest from Bhopal in next General Elections, it is being talked about that former minister of state Amit Shah may contest the Lok Sabha Elections from Gandhinagar. This rumour stems from the planning Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra...
10:18
Legendary singer Shamshad Begum, one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry and voice behind hit songs like Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon, Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar and Kajra Mohabbat Wala, has died at her Mumbai residence. She was 94. She was not keeping well for past few months and...
09:29
An Ahmedabad court will today begin the hearing on the protest petition filed by Zakiya Jafri against the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team's closure report on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 61 others for their alleged involvement in 2002 Gujarat riots.Jafri, wife of...
09:25
Business Standard reports: Cornered by allegations of corruption against senior ministers of the Karnataka government just ahead of the assembly elections scheduled for May 5, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have decided to use jingles and short films to tell their side of the story to...
08:59
In another horrifying detail in the gang-rape case that took place in East Delhi's Gandhi Nagar recently, second accused, Pradeep, told police that he had raped the five-year-old when she lost her consciousness after being already assaulted by his friend Manoj Kumar Sah. According to a...
01:24
Israel's top intelligence analyst on Tuesday accused the Syrian regime of using lethal chemical weapons in an assertion that puts pressure on the US over its pledge to intervene should Damascus cross what it has described as a red line. Brigadier-General Itai Brun, head of military...
01:21
Al Jazeera: Two Syrian bishops who were reportedly kidnapped carrying out humanitarian work in the northern province of Aleppo have been released, according to a Christian association. Greek Orthodox Bishop Tony Yazigi said the kidnapped priests, Bishop Boulos Yazigi of the Greek...
01:21
More than half of the men held at the Guantanamo detention camp have joined an escalating hunger strike to protest their open-ended detention, a camp spokesperson has said. The US military counted 84 of the 166 prisoners as hunger strikers by Monday, and was force-feeding 16 of them liquid meals...
01:19
CNN: The Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and other officials has been released from federal custody, a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service said Tuesday. Paul Kevin Curtis, an Elvis impersonator from Corinth, Mississippi, was charged...
01:09
The news that Canadian law enforcement on Monday arrested two men accused of planning to derail a passenger train in the Toronto area has attracted much attention, in part, because the plotters are also charged with receiving support from al Qaeda elements in Iran. If these allegations are...
00:11
PTI: In the late 1970s, Central Intelligence Agency had information that China might have provided a fairly comprehensive package of proven nuclear weapons design information to Pakistan, a recently declassified document has revealed. ...
00:08
India likely to send army contingent to Ladakh's DBOArmy chief discusses Chinese incursions with OmarSebi orders Saradha Realty to close schemes, refund moneyObama is fine, says White House after AP Twitter hackDidn't target anyone at JD-U conclave: NitishAkhilesh off to Harvard to narrate Kumbh...
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