23:40
Magazine group Outlook Publishing (India) Pvt. Ltd has stopped producing the local editions of international magazines People, Geo and Marie Claire.We are not renewing our licences for these three international titles, said Indranil Roy, president, Outlook Group. Roy added that the renewals are...
21:31
rmed Maoists today shot dead a district JD-U leader at Bisanpur chowk in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district today sparking protest by locals.Three armed Maoists came on motorcycle and fired on Bhola Singh from close range and fled, police sources said. Singh was representative of JD-U MLA from...
20:43
Describing Gujarat's model of development as a 'self-awarded medal', Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said its Chief Minister Narendra Modi was selling a dream, but could not deliver results.What is the Gujarat model? I would like to know. Its a Gujarat medal or Gujarat model? Give...
20:13
The Lincoln Memorial, an iconic landmark in the US capital, was vandalised today, forcing authorities to shut down the popular tourist attraction until it was cleaned up. The Lincoln Memorial was vandalised and will remain closed until it is cleaned up, US Park Police Capt. Steven Booker...
20:11
A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin says Russia has not budged from its refusal to extradite US leaker Edward Snowden, who has applied for asylum. Snowden, who is believed to have been staying at the Moscow airport transit zone since June 23, applied for temporary asylum in Russia last...
20:09
Congress today found it hard to defend Digvijay Singh's controversial statements, the latest being his use of '100 percent tunch maal' to describe party MP Meenakshi Natarajan at a public meeting in Madhya Pradesh. Party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhary tried to duck a barrage of questions from...
19:35
An Indian man who uploaded a video of an Emirati's attack on a driver sits in a United Arab Emirates jail ' a palpable sign of the region's detrimental defamation laws as well as the country's continued crackdown on social media freedom.The video, recorded on a cellphone...
19:26
Congress leader Digvijay Singh courted a fresh controversy when he described party MP Meenakshi Natarajan sou tanch khara maal (totally pure), remarks that were slammed as sexist and derogatory. Our party MP, Meenakshi Natrajan is a Gandhian, simple and an honest leader. She keeps going from...
19:26
Congress leader Digvijay Singh courted a fresh controversy when he described party MP Meenakshi Natarajan sou tanch khara maal (totally pure), remarks that were slammed as sexist and derogatory. Our party MP, Meenakshi Natrajan is a Gandhian, simple and an honest leader. She keeps going from...
19:26
Congress leader Digvijay Singh courted a fresh controversy when he described party MP Meenakshi Natarajan sou tanch khara maal (totally pure), remarks that were slammed as sexist and derogatory. Our party MP, Meenakshi Natrajan is a Gandhian, simple and an honest leader. She keeps going from...
18:57
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to face trial on pimping charges, French prosecutors say. That's the breaking story on the BBC. Details awaited.
18:55
But of course, it's taken out of context! Union minister of new and renewable energy and National Conference party leader Farooq Abdullah says his comments that you can fill your stomach for just Re 1, has been taken out of context. He had said, If you want, you can fill your stomach for Re 1 or...
18:48
Terminally-ill Simpsons co-creator on giving entire fortune to charity: My family's taken care of, and I enjoy this. Read
18:35
After his reported controversial remark on Indian Mujahideen, Union Minority Affairs Minister K Rahman Khan today said it was not his view that the Muslim community did not believe in the existence of IM, but it was a general perception. I have no opinion. I have not said that, who said that....
18:24
Union Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde was supposed to attend the foundation stone laying function of the Delhi police's new headquarters at Jai Singh Road in New Delhi. Shinde has told our sources that the Delhi Police did not get an environmental clearance from the ministry nor a...
18:06
I'm 29 now and sitting in my apartment in New York City and I am not a Bollywood star. I am among those countless men and women who thought Bollywood was their calling and ended up somewhere else.A woman's failed foray in Bollywood. Read
18:03
A 22-year-old married woman suffered serious burn injuries today when her jilted lover threw acid at her face after she refused his proposal in Vijay Nagar area in Ghaziabad. Lakhan (30) had proposed to the victim two days ago at her residence while her husband had gone outside for work. However,...
17:46
The rate list at the Parliament canteen. See
17:31
Congress president Sonia Gandhi meets Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy over the Telangana statehood issue. Reddy spent much of the day at the Congress's war-room and met with leaders like Digvijaya Singh. Singh has said that the process of consultation was over and it was time to...
16:26
Social activist Anna Hazare has said that both Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi are unacceptable as prime minister as both are not fit to acquire the dignified post.Both Modi and Rahul Gandhi are unacceptable to me for prime ministership as both are...
16:06
The Congress Core Committee is to meet on Telangana at 5 pm today. Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh says that the process of consultation is over, it is time to take decisions.
15:12
A sarpanch in a village in the Sopore district of Jammu and Kashmir was shot at by militants. He has been hospitalised. Details awaited.
14:59
In other news: Sometime soon, a lab mouse could wake up thinking he had snuggled up to a girl mouse the night before. But he hadn't. The memory would be fake. Scientists have successfully implanted a false memory into a mouse's brain -- a seemingly far-fetched idea reminiscent of a science...
14:57
Congress MP Meenakshi Natarajan says there is nothing wrong with Digvijaya Singh's comments on her. He appreciated my work, there's nothing wrong with that, she said.Addressing a public rally in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, Digvijaya, was in fact praising Natrajan's work. Main purana johri hun......
14:52
BJP President Rajnath Singh today challenged Congress to declare its prime ministerial candidate before losing sleep over the nominee of his party. Will the Congress dare announce who will be the prime minister candidate before the general elections? he said.Claiming that there are too many...
14:32
BJP MP Varun Gandhi pipes up to say you can get a full meal for Rs 12, but only at the Parliament canteen. So far, here's what a meal costs in India. Re 1 for a full meal in Farooq Abdullah's canteenRs 5 for a full meal in Rasheed Masood's canteenRs 12 for a full meal in Raj Babbar's...
14:19
Just in: The Supreme Court has restrained the CBI from arresting absconding IPS officer P P Pandey, an accused in Ishrat Jahan case, till Monday on his plea seeking quashing of FIR against him. The court has directed Pandey to appear before a trial court in Ahmedabad on Monday.
14:05
And Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh known more for his gaffes than his politically astute statements has tripped over his comments again. He has called fellow party Secretary Meenakshi Natrajan a 100 per cent tunch maal (sexy woman).Headlines Today reported that at a rally in...
13:45
A day of regrets across party lines. After BJP MP Chandan Mitra said he regretted his remarks against Amartya Sen, but stopped short of saying he was withdrawing it, Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar says he regrets his Rs 12 for a meal in Mumbai remark, saying he meant those living below the...
13:25
Remembering those who lost their lives, this date, in 2005 -- the great deluge of Mumbai. The Indian Meteorological Department recorded a record 944 mm of rain for the 24 hours, beginning 2 pm on July 26 and ended at 8:30 am on 27 July. It left 409 people dead and cost the exchequer Rs...
13:12
Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken tweets: We do not agree with Rs 15 & Rs 5 statement of some leaders. Pls see the link to understand the context. In fact Raj Babbar had said that a full meal (not vada pav) costs Rs 12 and not Rs 15.
12:45
While critics have overblown the cost estimates of the National Food Security Ordinance, the ordinance itself is a missed opportunity. What is needed is a more comprehensive Act which incorporates measures such as procurement, storage and distribution through a decentralised, strengthened and...
12:38
The stock response of the BJP to the argument that Godhra makes Narendra Modi politically untouchable is What about 1984? There are several inadequate comebacks to that question and the best of them is that no one should use one pogrom to justify another. Read
12:24
After Congress' Raj Babbar and Rasheed Masood, Union Minister of New & Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah, of the National Conference, has justified the Planning Commission's definition of poverty. Asked to comment on the raging debate on poverty, Farooq Abdullah said that one can...
11:54
Congress spokesperson and Bollywood actor Raj Babbar was today beaten black and blue by bouncers of a small restaurant in South Mumbai when he tried to leave their premises after paying only Rs 12 for having a sumptuous meal there.Of course, that's on Faking News. Read
11:51
King Juan Carlos of Spain has said he feels the pain of the families of the 80 people killed in a high-speed train crash in north-western Spain.A day after Spain suffered its deadliest rail disaster in decades, which killed 80 people and maimed scores of others, one question surpassed all others:...
11:41
Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has offered to return the Bharat Ratna if former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee asks him to do so. Even as the BJP distanced itself from Mitra's comment, describing it as his personal view, the Congress latched on to the issue and said the...
11:39
BJP MP Chandan Mitra speaking to CNN IBN reacts to the increasing flak he has faced for his anti-Amartya Sen comments. Mitra says while he feels Sen's ideas are outdated and should be discarded, he says he may have exaggerated a little. I regret what I said, but I don't withdraw it. I have...
11:18
A private member's bill next month is expected to provide clues to whether 126 years of tradition will end and the central intelligence agencies will be held accountable to Parliament.None of these agencies is now answerable to the House, although they find mention in the Constitution. Born in...
11:08
Jagdish Bhagwati will wake up on Friday morning in New York to a rare birthday on which the opportunities and platforms to engage in another round of intellectual debate' with Amartya Sen will be numerous.From the pages of The Economist, the battle of the brains has now metamorphosed...
11:01
The bombers from Indian Mujahideen's Azamgarh cell who were tracked down to Batla House in Delhi would have carried on with their murderous campaign had it not been for a blunder by a key member of what is essentially a Lashkar-sponsored gang. Read
10:58
And while on food, get ready to bite into a piping hot 2G ka samosa or a toasted Coalgate sandwich because restaurants in Gujarat may soon serve your favourite dishes with a dash of politics. Read
10:46
On Wednesday, Congress psokesman Raj Babbar said one can have a full meal for Rs 12 in Mumbai. On Thursday, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Rasheed Masood went a step further, claiming, You can eat well for Rs 5 in the Jama Masjid area of Delhi. However, a beggar in the...
10:39
Indian-American legal luminary Vince Girdhari Chhabria has been nominated by US President Barack Obama to a key judiciary post in California. Chhabria, nominated to be US District Judge for the Northern District of California, is currently Deputy City Attorney for Government Litigation and as the...
10:00
Live! Sensex up 46 points in early trade The BSE benchmark Sensex today rose over 46 points in early trade after two sessions of losses on emergence of buying by funds in oil and gas, capital goods, realty and power sectors stocks on the first session of new settlement in the...
09:12
The Obama administration will not make a formal determination as to whether the ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy by the military was a coup, a senior administration official told CNN's Jill Dougherty on Thursday. A coup determination would force the United States to end military...
08:35
US company Halliburton will plead guilty to destroying evidence relating to the 2010 Gulf Of Mexico oil spill. The plea agreement, which is subject to court approval, means Halliburton will have to pay the maximum possible fine. The spill occurred at BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico...
03:16
More than 100,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Syria, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said.The latest estimate of the number killed is 7,000 higher than that issued by the UN only last month.Ban was speaking at UN headquarters in New York alongside US Secretary of State John...
03:07
Sunni militants have summarily executed at least 14 Shi'ites after setting up a roadblock north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, stopping trucks and checking the IDs of drivers.The attack was reminiscent of the darkest days of the Sunni-Shi'ite sectarian bloodshed in Iraq in 2006-2007, when thousands...
03:03
Pakistan's television wars have plumbed new depths in the battle for Ramadan ratings with the country's most controversial presenter giving away abandoned babies on his prime-time show.Aamir Liaquat Hussain has presented two babies to childless couples so far during Islam's holy month.His show's...
02:29
Just In: India's advanced weather satellite INSAT-3D has been successfully launched from the space-port of Kourou in French GuianaINSAT-3D is designed to provide meteorological observation and monitoring of land and ocean surfaces. In addition to the sounder, the satellite is equipped with a...
01:37
Former Union minister Arun Nehru deadWon't apologise to BJP in this lifetime: Digvijaya on Batla caseNine foetuses found near Daman Ganga in Dadra Nagar HaveliCong MLA, YSRCP MLAs 'resign' for united APUniversity of Northern Virginia asked to shut down, Indian students stranded 2G: Anil...
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