23:44
AFP reports: Yemen's national security chief said today that US drone strikes against Al-Qaeda targets will continue as the two governments keep up their counter-terrorism cooperation.The Yemeni-American cooperation, including the use of friendly aircraft, will continue, Ali Hassan...
23:42
AFP reports: Yemen's national security chief said today that US drone strikes against Al-Qaeda targets will continue as the two governments keep up their counter-terrorism cooperation.The Yemeni-American cooperation, including the use of friendly aircraft, will continue, Ali Hassan...
23:29
AP reports: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Ben Cramer, whose in-depth non-fiction spanned presidential politics and baseball, has died.He was 62. His agent, Philippa Brophy, says Cramer died yesterday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from complications of lung cancer. He lived...
23:10
The Crime Branch today arrested a police inspector for allegedly raping a 37-year-old woman and extorting Rs 50,000 from her. An FIR was registered against Inspector F M Qureshi, after the woman lodged a complaint yesterday, and he was arrested by the Crime Branch, police said.The victim told the...
22:43
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced that sparrow would be declared state bird to save the endangered species. He made the announcement at a meeting of state wildlife council here, an official statement said. Kumar expressed concern that the sparrows are slowly vanishing.He...
22:41
The third accused in the murder of a factory worker here was today sent to 14-day judicial custody after he was arrested even as two more policemen were sent to police lines for allegedly not acting on the victim's complaint earlier.The third accused Udeyveer was arrested last night, a senior...
22:30
Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi's son Farhan today expressed regret over his father's remark. I agree my father made a wrong statement, held told CNN-IBN.Farhan's wife and Bollywood actress Ayesha Takia tweeted: Im an individual n have my own mentality which doesn't match any regressive way of...
22:28
With the Delhi police facing flak for using force against people protesting the gang-rape of a paramedic student, Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit today said there was a need to reshuffle the force for restoring people's confidence in police system.The December 16 gang-rape was unprecedented...
21:48
The Pakistani army has denied reports that two Indian soldiers were killed in a border clash between the two armies in the Mendhar sector at the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu region on Tuesday, reports Tahir Ali.The Indian Army had said in a release earlier, A group of their...
21:13
Ceasefire violation by Pakistan again, firing resumes along the Krishna Ghat Sector of Sona Galia area along the Line of Control, reports Times Now.The firing started at 8.45 pm.More details are awaited.
19:47
During the brutal assault on the Indian Army's patrol party, the Pakistani soldiers are said to have badly mutilated a jawan's body, informed sources have said.The weapons and other material carried by the dead and injured jawans were taken away by the Pakistani troops, the sources added
19:42
Women are scared and hesitant to work in night shifts after the gangrape and murder of 23-year-old paramedical student in Delhi, according to an Assocham survey. The survey reveals that women are afraid of working in night shifts as they feel that there is a lot of risk involved and some of...
19:15
The Supreme Court has sought the response of superstar Amitabh Bachchan on a petition by Income Tax Department which has claimed that the actor owes to it Rs 1.66 crore as taxes on his income he earned through quiz show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' during 2001-02.A bench of justices D K Jain and Madan...
19:11
The Army has called the incident a significant violation of ceasefire. The soldiers were moving from Chhatri Post to Atma post in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. .
19:09
Tiny little slap on the hand from the Indian government. MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin says Pakistani should remember that the sanctity of the Line of Control should be maintained at all times. Pakistan fired first and Indian troops retaliated...CNN IBN says that the bodies may have been...
19:00
Syed Akbaruddin, the MEA spokesperson says India has reminded Pakistan of ceasefire sanctity. Indian troops did not cross the ceasefire line nor did they provoke the attack, says Akbaruddin. The attack occurred 600 metres inside Indian territory. The provocation is unacceptable, says the MEA and...
18:54
The name of the two Indian soldiers killed by Pakistani troopers inside Indian territory are Lance Naik Hemraj and Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh.
18:51
AristocRat Miller: Pakis snatched the weapons before killing the Indian soldiers. They were just propagating Aman Ki Asha by removing the weapons first.Devang Aman ki aasha!!! Aur karo goverment of india: Pak army violates ceasefire again, kills two Indian soldiersPawan Durani: Aman screws...
18:41
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today reiterated his demand for stringent punishment to those accused in rape cases. There should be stringent punishment for the rape accused. Tough laws are necessary, Hazare told reporters in Mumbai. He was speaking after paying tribute to the Mahatma...
18:38
NDTV's Barkha Dutt tweets that Army sources say the weapons of the two Indian soldiers were snatched by the Pakistani troops before they were killed inside Indian territory. While Headlines Today's Shiv Aroor says that the two Indian Army jawans were ambushed by terrorists in the Mendhar sector...
18:25
Reports of a ceasefire violation at the Line of Control. Pakistan troopers have killed two Indian soldiers in a direct violation of the ceasefire agreement between the two countries. The army says that the Indian patrol was attacked by Pak troopers in the Sona Galli sector of Mendhar near Loc in...
18:11
Akbaruddin Owaisi has been charged under the following sections...Section 295 A: Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.Section 298, IPC: Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious...
18:04
Chetan Bhagat: Thinking about being a baba. More money and respect. Less work and say whatever. I have nice name for it too. Bhagat Baba.
18:01
Akbaruddin Owaisi's counsel Shafiuddin Khan says the police have not informed him where his client is being taken. He has been arrested on charges that he is not cooperating in the probe. The media has been following us around for the whole day, tell me how he has not cooperated with the police,...
17:44
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa adds that in the aftermath of his arrest, security has been beefed up across the state especially in the Old City of Hyderabad, which is an MIM stronghold. Owaisi's legal team will now apply for bail before the sessions court, but will have to await the outcome of the...
17:38
MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi has been arrested after his medical test in the hate speech case. He has been held for not cooperating with the the police in the probe. His medical report says that he has hernia and abdominal problems and that he also has a bullet lodged in his right leg. The MIM...
17:10
Twitter rages against Abu Azmi...Lalita Singh: Vulgarity,fashion & nudity r causes for violence against women. U think 2 yr olds trying to be fashion babes too? Stereotypewriter: Revered Asaram Bapu has just passed the baton to respectable Abu Azmi in this never-ending crap-talk relay....
17:08
The full medical report of MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi. Read
17:05
More Abu Azmi rants: There needs to be a law which also prevents women from roaming around with men. Vulgarity, fashion and nudity are causes for violence against women. I believe the increasing amount of nudity in films is one of the causes for increase in violence against women.
16:56
And the list of misogynist politicians grows. Now, Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi agrees with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comments on ABP news that rapes do not happen in villages. Azmi says girls should be prohibited from roaming at night and therefore, the law that delivers...
16:49
The report also says Owaisi requires physiotherapy every day and that the bullet in his thigh has been pressing down on the sciatic nerve causing pain and preventing him from walking comfortably.
16:40
OK, Akbaruddin Owaisi's medical report is out. The report, and it's bizarre at best, says that the MIM MLA has one extra bone in his left forearm, a bullet in his left thigh and a hernia problem in his abdomen. He cannot walk long distances without hurting his knees. A police escort team...
16:33
CNN IBN: Asaram Bapu has finally reacted to the widespread criticism to his remarks against the the Delhi gang rape victim. Addressing his supporters he says he is not bothered about what the media thinks of him or his comments. The self-proclaimed godman says, First one dog started barking....
16:18
Jharkhand Governor Syed Ahmed has asked Arjun Munda to continue as the caretaker chief minister till a final decision, Raj Bhavan sources said. Munda earlier resigned and recommended dissolution of the 82-member Assembly. Coalition partner JMM in a letter to the Governor formally withdrew its...
16:16
Why did Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Akbaruddin Owaisi make his recent hate speech that has landed him in hot waters? Was he appealing to the base elements in his community, or was there a grand design behind it? In an interview with rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, Zahid Ali...
16:11
Smita Prakash tweets on the medical tests being conducted on MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi: Speech me to bada sher bar raha tha:He has not even had breakfast,is being made to wait.The police has no plan Shafiuddin, Owaisi's lawyer
16:00
Just in: BJP MP Smriti Irani files a defamation suit against Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam. Nirupam had reportedly used defamatory and indecent language against Irani during a TV debate when the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh election results were pouring in on December 20.
15:48
Left workers were attacked and several vehicles set ablaze allegedly by the Trinamool Congress at Bamunghata in South 24 Parganas district today when they were going to attend a rally to protest Sunday's attack on Marxist leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah, CPI(M) leader and former minister Kanti Ganguly...
15:33
The Maharashtra government has decided to allow a rape victim to chose a lawyer of her preference to fight her case in the court at the state's expense. Home Minister R R Patil said here yesterday that the decision has been taken by his department to provide maximum possible legal assistance to...
15:29
Ratan Tata, who has just stepped down as Tata group's head, has said that the biggest challenge for the USD 100 billion conglomerate's new Chairman Cyrus Mistry will be the country's business environment that is going to be tougher and more complex than the crisis of 1991.The big picture...
15:19
We already looked at the overall number of reported rape cases in 2011. In this graphic, we broke these figures down for population size. Using data from the National Crime Record Bureau and the 2011 Census, below is how many rape allegations are reported to police for every 100,000 women...
15:12
The Bihar police is all set to get an additional 600 women constables next week to strengthen the infrastructure of its women police stations in the districts.The new women police constables have been trained in arms and will be posted in women police stations across the state, he said....
14:58
The almost-forgotten Niira Radia case resurfaces. The government has submitted to the Supreme Court the entire transcript of conversation between Radia and politicians, corporates and others. The SC says it will go through the transcripts before deciding on the future course of action.Radia...
14:48
The family of 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim has taken a strong exception to Asaram Bapu's controversial statement on the girl, terming it as illogical. It is an absolutely illogical statement least expected from him, the family told newspersons in Ballia, UP. We had immense respect for...
14:41
This photograph of Swami Vivekananda used by The Hindu has ruffled feathers at the Ramkrishna Mission. The photograph, with the caption, Celebrating Manhood: Swami Vivekananda's masculine photographic-pose is revealing of how Indian nationalism encouraged a deeply masculine notion of...
14:32
Prime Minsiter Dr Manmohan Singh has approved Union Minister of Urban Development Kamal Nath to lead the delegation to Davos for the World Economic Forum. But the decision has sent shock waves in political circles. The buzz is that since FDI in retail was approved by the Parliament --...
14:24
Should former Army chief General VK Singh visit anti-rape protests in Delhi or elsewhere in India? That was part of the deliberations at the Cabinet Committee on Security today. Two ministers opined that a 'message' should be sent to VK Singh.The Prime Minister did not speak a word [we are hardly...
14:02
Sohaila Abdulali's piece for the New York Times: Thirty-three years ago, when I was 17 and living in Bombay, I was gang raped and nearly killed. Three years later, outraged at the silence and misconceptions around rape, I wrote a fiery essay under my own name describing my...
13:44
The Delhi police was asked today by the High Court to explain how a special executive magistrate can be vested with the power to impose prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC for up to six months despite the same being contrary to the fundamental rights of citizens. Issue notice (to Delhi...
13:25
In April 2012, a court in Norway had given the custody of the children of estranged couple Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya who lived in Norway, to Anurup's brother Arunabhash after it found the mother unfit to take care of the children. The Indian government had to intervene in the...
13:23
The Child Welfare Committee(CWC) of Burdwan in West Bengal has passed an order providing that Abhighyan, 4, and Aishwarya, 2, should be released from foster care of their uncle and handed over to their mother. But the uncle's family refused to give up the children and the local police refused...
13:22
BJP spokesperson Balbir Punj on Tuesday hit out at the Andhra Pradesh Government for allegedly failing to take prompt action over the hate speech' of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Akbaruddin Owaisi. Somewhere, the Andhra Pradesh Government and the Owaisi clan, they are mixed up....
13:19
And an another instance of the ludicrous. Chhattisgarh Home Minister Nanki Ram Kanwar has landed himself in a spot by saying that crimes against women were happening as their stars were in adverse positions, a remark termed as childish and vulgar by the state Congress. We have no answer to this...
13:07
Delhi gang rape: It took all day to happen and was over in minutes: the moment five men were charged with a crime that has gripped a nation. The Guardian's Jason Burke reports.
12:56
In other news: David Bowie took to Twitter this morning to announce his first new single for a decade to coincide with his 66th birthday. Read more
12:31
It was early afternoon just before Christmas in India's capital, and a young woman spoke to her friend on the phone, eager to get together.Wake up, wake up, she told him. It's already very late1 o'clock.The two agreed to meet. And so began an innocent outing that set in motion a killing that...
12:18
CNN IBN: Absconding Congress MLA from Himachal Pradesh, Ram Kumar Chaudhary, has surrendered at the Panchkula court. The MLA wanted for the murder of a young girl, was absconding since one month. Details awaited.
12:10
Arjun Munda has submitted his resignation from the post of chief minister of Jharkhand. Munda put in his papers before Governor Syed Ahmed where he has also recommended the dissolution of the state assembly.
12:07
Asaram Bapu's statement that the 23-year old woman who died after being gang-raped in Delhi last month was as much at fault as her offenders is shameful coming from a spiritual guru who is seen as a role model by his huge fan following, both in India and abroad. Read
12:02
A debate has flared up recently on whether Indian women are safer in traditional, rural environments than they are in cities.It all started when a senior leader of the right-wing Hindu organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said that sexual crimes hardly take place in Bharat but occur...
12:00
India's civil aviation map will have a notable addition this week -- Kargil. The Union civil aviation ministry has roped in a private airline, Air Mantra, to start regular services to and from the country's northernmost town. Read more
11:50
The English media went into overdrive yesterday. They'd managed to find another misogynist to quote, and as a cherry on the sexist cake this quote was from Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the RSS, the English media's favourite bug bear. According to most of the English press, Bhagwat, a chauvinistic...
11:45
Former Chief of Army Staff General (retired) V. K. Singh appears to have absolved Army Major R.Vikram who entered his residence without official permission purportedly to remove military telephone connection lines, saying that the blame should be laid at the doorstep of those people who...
11:42
Nilanjana Roy's masterful piece on the epics and rape. Read
11:33
Update on what's happening with MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi. A police escort team reached the MLA's house at Banjara Hills and took him to the Gandhi Hospital, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) G Sudhir Babu. Earlier, this morning the Nirmal rural police at Adilabad district issued a notice...
11:21
A khap panchayat in a Hisar village in Haryana has banned mobile phones for youngsters and ordered girls not to wear jeans and T-shirts. Organising a DJ party is out of bounds and a complete prohibition on liquor has also been issued. The decision was taken by the panchayat at...
11:19
The Enforcement Directorate attaches properties worth Rs 143 crore in connection with its probe into the disproportionate assets case of YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy. Reddy is in jail in connection with his alleged disproportionate assets case.
11:14
Meanwhile, Delhi continued to reel under intense cold as the mercury stayed below normal to settle at 3.3 degrees Celsius. Today's minimum was up by almost a degree from the previous day, but icy winds and fog forced people to stay indoors during the morning hours. The minimum was registered at...
11:12
MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi is undergoing medical tests in a hospital in Hyderabad now.
11:06
Pritish Nandy's blog for the Times of India: There's no sex in rape. No love. No pleasure. Except that which comes from inflicting pain. There's no pride either, the pride that comes from killing someone for what you believe in. Rape doesn't even empower you because power comes from defeating an...
11:00
Sudhir Kumar was to appear for a job interview in Delhi on Monday. To make sure he arrived well in time, the resident of Bhagalpur in Bihar had booked himself in a train that was to reach Delhi on Saturday. But the Bhagalpur Garib Rath that he boarded had not arrived in Delhi till...
10:55
Meanwhile, police teams have escorted Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi from his residence in Hyderabad to a hospital for medical tests. The MIM leader avoided arrest yesterday citing medical reasons and had sought four days time to appear before the police. The medical...
10:43
The Jharkhand Cabinet has decided to recommend the dissolution of the state assembly to Governor Syed Ahmed, says Chief Minister Arjun Munda. Yesterday, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) said it has withdrawn its support from the BJP-led government, putting the 28-months-old coalition...
10:23
Spiritual leader Asaram Bapu has refused to apologise for his statement blaming the victim of the Delhi gang-rape for the horrific incident.Asaram had landed himself in a controversy over his remark that the Delhi gang-rape victim was as guilty as those responsible for the barbaric sexual assault...
09:40
Vicky Nanjappa reports: A police team has arrived at the residence of MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.Owaisi has been in the eye of a storm since he allegedly made a communally provocative speech.Owaisi, who returned from London on Monday, was supposed to appear at the...
09:20
Jharkhand's ruling coalition partner Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has decided to withdraw support to the Arjun Munda-led Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state, pushing it to a minority, in a new twist to the tussle for power between the two allies.JMM chief Shibu Soren has said that the 18...
03:42
The US is safer and more secure than it was four years ago, and has reached a turning point after more than a decade of war, the outgoing Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday. Because of the outstanding dedication of our...
03:42
AFP: The alleged gunman behind the Colorado theatre shooting was relaxed and compliant when arrested after the massacre which killed 12 people, an officer told a court hearing Monday. James Holmes, who was wearing body armour and a mask,...
03:34
The Taliban Monday claimed it had not received a serious response from the Pakistan government to its offer for peace talks, which could be jeopardised by the stance adopted by the army. The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan clarified its position...
03:33
Much before the US carried out the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden without informing Pakistan, the Bill Clinton administration had little faith in Islamabad when it came to sharing important intelligence information, a former top American general said today....
01:52
The US today asked India and Pakistan to take steps to end the exchange of fire and resume normal trade and travel across the Line of Control. We urge both sides to take steps to end exchanges of fire and to resume normal trade and...
01:23
Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi has been awarded the Ballon d'Or for the fourth season in a row. Messi, 25, hit 91 goals during 2012 and beat club team-mate Andres Iniesta and Real Madrid's Ronaldo to the trophy. Despite his goals, the Catalan giants failed to win either the...
00:08
US President Barack Obama has named a maverick former Republican senator as defence secretary, despite a political backlash over the nomination. Chuck Hagel would replace Leon Panetta at the Pentagon, but Mr Hagel's fellow Republicans have questioned the Nebraskan's views towards Israel. Mr...
00:08
JMM decides to withdraw support to Munda govt'India's skills development space worth $20bn a year'Hillary Clinton returns to work after a month of illnessMedia misquotded Asaram Bapu, says spokespersonOur leaders don't give hate speeches, claim Shiv Sena, MNSNo FIR needed on complaint against PM,...
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