23:59
n a fresh trouble for NRI beautician Nooriya Haveliwala, the Maharashtra government today moved the Bombay high court seeking enhancement of punishment awarded to her for drunken driving and culpable homicide.Nooriya was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by the lower court for ramming her car...
23:31
Pakistan's former captain Javed Miandad, who has cancelled his visit to India following a controversy, did so on the advice of PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf and other officials, sources said.Miandad, now a senior official in the Pakistan Cricket Board, declined to comment on the issue except for...
23:19
A minor girl was allegedly raped by an autorickshaw driver at Nathavaram mandal in the district, police said.The accused has been identified as Nimma Somiraju,19, and a woman security guard of a girl's hostel allegedly helped him, in the incident that took place on December 19 last year.The...
22:03
Iran's top nuclear negotiator said on Friday that his country has agreed in principle to resume international talks on its nuclear program later this month, although the place and date for the negotiations have not been finalised.Iran has been hit by punitive sanctions imposed by Western...
21:20
Six children and one adult died Friday morning in a fire that engulfed an unregistered orphan shelter in Lankao county in central China's Henan Province, local government sources said.Eight people, including a 20 year old and seven children, were inside the two-room private house when the fire...
21:03
A court today acquitted 48 accused in four cases of rioting and arson, related to post-Godhra riots of 2002. The cases had been tried together in the city civil and sessions court. Judge M K Dave, while acquitting the accused, held that prosecution failed to bring enough evidence, and the accused...
20:53
A 19-year-old girl committed self immolation after a youth tried to rape her in Alwar district of Rajasthan, the second such incident in the state this week. The victim poured kerosene and set herself afire in her house in Alwar's Laxmangarh town yesterday. She was admitted to a local...
20:38
The Odisha government in a notification today clamped a ban on the manufacture, sale and use of gutkha and panmasala containing tobacco or nicotine. The manufacture, storage, sale and distribution of gutkha and panmasala containing tobacco or nicotine as ingredients by whatsoever name available...
19:55
Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar today said the 'hate speech' by Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi could be referred to the Ethics Committee of the House. This is an issue concerning ethical conduct of a legislator. Members are expected to...
19:47
Nearly 1,000 ships have been left stranded in the water as a thick layer of sea ice has developed on Laizhou Bay in east China's Shandong Province due to extreme cold. Zheng Dong, chief meteorologist at the Yantai Marine Environment Monitoring...
19:43
Congress today slammed RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat over his controversial comments that rape is mainly prevalent in urban India and does not happen in rural areas, asking the saffron outfit to get in sync with reality. He (Bhagwat) is very confused. I think...
19:41
The government today made it clear that the issuance of visa to former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad, a relative of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, did not reflect any change in the status of the Mumbai serial bomb blasts case mastermind as far as India is...
18:42
More than two months after Superstorm Sandy swept through the Northeast, leaving behind a trail of unprecedented devastation, some New York City residents are reportedly still struggling to get back on their feet, with many of them suffering through the winter cold without heat. Read
18:40
The 30-year-old school teacher, who suffered severe burns on her face in an acid attack in Jammu and Kashmir, was today flown to Delhi and admitted to a private hospital where doctors said she will require multiple reconstructive surgical procedures. The school teacher, who was attacked with acid...
18:37
The Indian and Pakistani cricket teams arrived here this evening amid tight security cover for the inconsequential third and final ODI to be held at the Feroze Shah Kotla ground on Sunday. The two teams arrived here by a chartered flight from Kolkata and were taken straight to the team hotel...
18:26
Just in: The price of CNG has been hiked by Rs 1.55 kilo in Delhi.
18:24
Stating that it would not entertain any more applications seeking permission to hold functions or rallies at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai, the Bombay High Court today directed Maharashtra government to issue a fresh notification listing the functions that can be held at the park for 30 days in...
18:21
The two Italian marines, facing murder charges in Kerala, on Friday surrendered their passports before a trial court here within hours of returning to India after observing their Christmas holidays at home. Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone drove to Kollam after arriving in Kochi to...
18:10
Kids and in-laws and mata-ki-chowkis by day, spouse-swappers by night. The secret lives of some married couples. Read
18:06
The government today ruled out convening a special session of Parliament to discuss stricter punishment for sexual offences saying the issue would be taken up after receipt of the Justice Verma Committee report. Until we get Justice Verma Committee report (we cannot hold a session). After that...
17:50
Our sources in Delhi tell us that a Congress core group comprising PM Dr Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, political secretary Ahmed Patel, defence minister AK Antony, finance minister P Chidambaram and home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is meeting this evening to deliberate and...
17:38
The 11 speeches of MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi where he spews hate. Watch
17:31
To think of Narendra Modi, the four-term chief minister of Gujarat, as a potential prime minister and the man who might revive the flagging fortunes of the B.J.P., India's main opposition party, is to ignore the reality of Gujarat.Most infamously, Modi has been accused of deliberately...
17:21
Renowned cardiovascular surgeon Dr Naresh Trehan, who had checked the 23-year-old gangrape victim before she was taken to Singapore, today strongly defended the decision to shift her saying it was done only to stablise her condition and not for any immediate intestinal transplant. Trehan, the...
17:08
Just in: The 19-year-old girl from Alwar, a victim of repeated molestation and harassment by a jilted lover, has passed away as a result of her severe burn injuries. The girl attempted suicide in Alwar yesterday and had been battling for life after trying to immolate herself at home. Cops...
17:01
The brutal sexual assault on a young woman last month in New Delhi has hurt the morale of working women in India, with many leaving work early and some even quitting their jobs, according to a new study.Nearly 82% of the 2,500 women surveyed in several Indian cities said that -- since the...
16:53
The brother of the Delhi gang-rape victim has said that it was unfortunate that the name of one accused was left out in the chargesheet filed on the grounds that he was a minor, saying his crime cannot be taken as any lesser merely on the basis of his age.
16:52
Shinde says he has asked states to increase motorcycle patrolling. The time has come to be strict, and at least three states want juvenile age to be lowered to 16, says Shinde.
16:50
Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde addresses the media on security. He says women's representation in police must increase, which means -- two women sub-inspectors, 10 women constables in every police station in Delhi is on the cards. There is also a discussion underway on lowering juvenile age to...
16:45
Sagarika Ghose: Q Why did Duryodhana humiliate Draupadi in public? A: Because he was deeply westernised and urbanised.Ramesh Srivats: Sita crossed the Laxman-Rekha to give alms to a mendicant, no? That also these guys have problem with?
16:36
A 16-year-old girl was attacked here with a blade in Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) allegedly by an unidentified youth, when she tried to resist his sexual advances, leaving her critically injured, police said today. The incident took place yesterday when the Class XI student was returning from school....
16:30
A previously unseen photo of Princess Diana as a teenager on a Swiss ski holiday is to go up for auction. More
16:10
The brother of the Delhi gang-rape victim today regretted that the name of one accused was left out in the chargesheet filed on the grounds that he was a minor, saying his crime cannot be taken as any lesser merely on the basis of his age. The person who has been left out is just four months from...
16:00
The Indian government has defended its decision to issue a visa to former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad, saying he is not on India's negative list. He is a well-known cricketer. His visa application papers were in order and valid and that is why the government has decided to give him visa,...
15:57
Just in: Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad has cancelled his tour of India. Miandad has been granted an Indian visa that will allow him to watch the final one-dayer of the ongoing limited-over cricket series between the two countries in New Delhi on January 6.
15:50
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi travelled in Indian Air Force aircraft and helicopters 49 times in the last seven years which included 23 trips with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi also travelled in IAF aircraft and helicopters eight times in the last three...
15:36
The vicious rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi has highlighted the ingrained mistreatment of women in the country. Read
15:34
Rival religious extremists survive by feeding off each other. In India, Hindutva and Islamist leaders and activists have often mobilised men and materials through inflammatory hate speeches. But by any yardstick, the recent rabble-rousing speech of Akbaruddin Owaisi, leader of the...
15:28
Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani girl shot in the head for campaigning for girls' education, has been released from the hospital in Birmingham, England, the hospital said Friday.Malala was shot by gunmen last fall. She had blogged fearlessly about girls' education and accused the Taliban of...
15:09
Images of North Korean leader's wife at official new year event fuel speculation that communist dynasty's succession is secure. Read
14:57
The Haryana police has begun the process of putting the names of convicted rapists on an official website as also on various social networking sites, including Facebook. The names of those convicted in cases related to crime against women, including rape, molestation and dowry deaths, will be put...
14:51
A 11-year-old spastic girl was allegedly gangraped by three men in Meerut. According to the Superintendent of Police, R P Pandey, the victim was playing with her friends when the three accused allegedly persuaded her to accompany them to the nearby forest area where she was raped. Meerut police...
14:41
Sidhharth Bhatia's column on Outlook: India is in protest mode, for tough laws and tough rulers. What if we get what we want? Read
14:36
We doff our hat to this lady...A woman constable, who allegedly hurled a shoe at a senior police officer, who had allegedly sent her lewd messages on her cellphone, has been suspended, officials said. The woman constable in Aurangabad threw the shoe at Assistant Commissioner of Police ...
14:31
Just in: The government rules out a special session to address and amend rape laws. TV reports quoting government sources say that rape laws will be discussed during the budget session of Parliament which is likely to held mid February.
14:17
Priya Ramani's column on the Mint: Be yourself or be wary: what should a parent tell their child. Read
14:15
The BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad, on the defensive after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's India vs Bharat comments says there no need for a debate. Congress, quick to attack the RSS, says the party is regressive, considering it does not allow women to be members.
14:02
Amid the many reasonable and constructive calls on the authorities to address the need for more stringent laws against sex offenders, there is unfortunately a growing chorus of voices calling for the six alleged perpetrators to be executed, or even for mandatory death sentence in cases of sexual...
13:55
The Union government may have been forced to make the right noises in the wake of outrage over a 23-year-old girl's gang rape in Delhi, but its stance on stalking and forcible stripping doesn't match its new-found zeal for women's safety. For the home ministry, stalking and stripping aren't grave...
13:43
The Supreme Court agrees to appoint a commission to inquire into encounter killings in Manipur. The commission will comprise former apex court judge Santosh Hegde, former CEC J M Lyngdoh and a police officer to inquire into the five encounter killings. Details awaited.
13:39
Asserting that zero tolerance level is needed to reduce any crime in the country, Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh today said that the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System will create a nation-wide environment for real-time sharing of crime and criminal information....
13:37
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Friday lashed out at Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat for his remark that rapes are rare in ''Bharat'' (rural India) but occur frequently in ''India'', saying this reflects the mentality, which refuses to accept...
13:32
The Andhra Pradesh police today issued notices to Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi to appear before it for questioning, a day after registering FIRs against him for allegedly making hate speech against a particular community. As part of further probe into the two cases,...
13:23
The Supreme Court today declined to hear a plea for disqualification of MPs and MLAs charge sheeted for crime against women but agreed to go into issues of fast track trial of rape cases and implementation of laws for safety of women. The apex court, which was hearing two PILs filed after the...
12:55
More ire over The RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat's rapes happen in India, not Bharat comment. In a breathtakingly revealing statement, Bhagwat has told us that rapes happen in India, not in Bharat. What he means is that rape only occurs in urban areas where the influence of Paschatya Sanskriti...
12:49
In a new initiative to instill confidence among people, Thane police have decided to call up complainants and update them about the status of their complaints. In this regard, a 'mega camp' will be held tomorrow at police stations within limits of Thane Commissionerate to look into individual...
12:40
Just in: The Delhi High Court has admitted a plea seeking the quashing of a probe into the death of constable Subhash Tomar during the anti-rape protests in Delhi last week. The plea says two of the eight accused were at a metro station when the incident occured. A plea has also been filed in the...
12:33
Just in: The Centre pleads before the Supreme Court to put in place a mechanism to monitor crime against women by Khap panchayats.
12:13
The Supreme Court seeks the response of the government for a fast-track trial of rape cases and the implementation of existing laws for the safety of women. The SC says it can't pass a directive for the suspension of MPs and MLAs charge sheeted for crime against women.The Supreme Court is hearing...
12:09
A city in an Indonesian province that follows Sharia law has banned women from straddling on motorbikes behind male drivers. Suaidi Yahya, mayor of Lhokseumawe, Aceh, said that the move aims to save people's 'morals and behaviour'. Leaflets were sent out to government offices and...
11:56
A teenaged girl jumped out of a moving autorickshaw to save herself from the clutches of three men, who allegedly tried to molest and kidnap her in Mumbra township of neighbouring Thane district, police said today. The 17-year-old girl boarded an autorickshaw on a shared basis along with two men...
11:48
By now, most people following the story of the tragic death of the young woman in Delhi, gangraped on a bus and left to die, will be aware of India's abysmal recent track record in bringing perpetrators in such cases to justice. Read
11:44
Operations at the Indira Gandhi International Airport were affected today after fog disrupted the schedule of around 30 flights. Around 16 flights were delayed while one was cancelled and three international flight were diverted to other airports this morning, either due to operational reason or...
11:42
A 38-year-old medical representative was beaten to death by allegedly drunk hoodlums after he prevented them from assaulting a 29-year-old mother of three in Ranchi on January 1. The victim, Srikant Bhardwaj, made two desperate calls to the Bariatu police station and four calls to the...
11:30
Defending Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat''s controversial remark that rapes hardly take place in ''Bharat'', but they occur frequently in ''India'', RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav today said, we have great respect for women. The statement of RSS chief should be taken in...
11:25
A pregnant woman was found unconscious on the rail tracks in Bihar yesterday, prompting police to investigate accounts that suggested she jumped off a train after a soldier tried to rape her in the toilet of an AC coach. Read more
11:17
A first-year architecture student was allegedly ragged so severely by his seniors at a well-known professional college in the capital that he has been under treatment for four months and still cannot walk without support.The victim, Naveen Kujur, 22, a student of B Arch at the School of...
11:13
Honey Singh and Jazzy B are not the only singers drawing flak for vulgar, misogynist songs, but there are several other Punjabi singers, who have been doing the same without any subtlety for some time. In fact, Amar Chamkila started the trend of using double entendres in the...
11:10
And of course, furor on Twitter over the RSS chief's remarks. Columnist, writer Tavleen Singh: The RSS chief says rapes occur in India not Bharat. Which Bharat does he live in? And, has he ever met a Dalit woman?Harneet Singh: Rapes occur in India, not Bharat says RSS chief Mr Bhagwat....
11:00
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat today kicked up a controversy with his remark that rapes happened in cities and not in the rural areas. Such crimes hardly take place in Bharat, but they frequently occur in India, Bhagwat said seeming to indicate that westernization in Indian...
10:58
The sixth accused-- alleged to be the most brutal of the lot -- has been left out of the chargesheet. According to some reports, he will attain majority in five months. Read
10:45
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will launch pilot programme of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems in New Delhi on Friday. CCTNS is a mission mode project under the national e-governance plan of Government of India. CCTNS aims at creating a comprehensive and...
09:58
The BSE benchmark Sensex on Friday fell by over 43 points to 19,721.49 in early trade, snapping its three-session winning streak, as funds and retail investors booked profits amid a mixed trend in the Asian region.The 30-share barometer, which gained 342 points in the last three sessions, moved...
09:27
The Karnataka Janata Party of B S Yeddyurappa is holding its executive committee meeting in Bengaluru today to finalise 'an action plan' to bring down the first BJP government in the south.Yeddyurappa, who quit BJP last month after being upset over his neglect by the party leadership, has been...
09:25
The Supreme Court will on Friday hear matters related to setting up of fast track courts for speedy trial in rape cases and effective implementation of existing laws for safety of women.We understand the importance of the matter. We will hear it on Friday, a bench comprising justices K S...
09:19
After celebrating Christmas with their families, the two Italian Marines, facing murder charges in Kerala, arrived in Kochi by a special charter plane on Friday morning, officials said.Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, who were allowed to go home for two weeks by the high court, came by...
09:11
NDTV reports: The government of India has defended the decision to grant visa to former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad. The Pakistan Cricket Board official is scheduled to arrive in India on January 5 and will watch the final match of the ongoing cricket series between India and Pakistan in New...
09:05
The Centre is likely to chalk out a strategy to deal with crime against women and atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Tribes at a high-level meeting in New Delhi on Friday.The conference of Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of all states and Union Territories has been convened...
02:37
A leading Muslim Brotherhood member and adviser to Islamist President Mohammed Mursi created a stir in Egypt when he called on Egyptian Jews in Israel to return home because Egypt is now a democracy and because the Jewish state won't survive.Essam el-Erian's remarks in a TV appearance put the...
02:07
AP reports: The Kremlin has cast Gerard Depardieu in one of the most surprising roles of his life ' as a new Russian citizen. An announcement today that President Vladimir Putin has approved Depardieu's application for citizenship is almost a real-life analogue to the French actor's 1990...
01:26
Indian American physician from California, Ami Bera, and the young Iraq war veteran from Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard, created history today after being sworn in as new members of the US House of Representatives.Bera is only the third Indian American -- after Dalip Singh Saundh in 1950 and Bobby Jindal...
00:36
AFP reports: Two Italian marines suspected of murdering two Indian fishermen they mistook for pirates set off back for India today after a court-granted Christmas leave at home with their families.The marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, who are awaiting trial in India and are also...
00:26
Parliamentary panel to summon Delhi police commissionerAnother Zee editor files complaint against Naveen JindalDelhi gangrape well-planned, says police chargesheetWoman cops to be deployed in all Delhi police stationsPak panel on Osama bin laden submits report to PM
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