21:45
The Election Commission today conveyed its displeasure to Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma for his biggest goon remarks against Narendra Modi and warned him against making such statements in future. The order of the Commission came after the senior Congress leader responded to the poll body's...
21:13
Congress star campaigner and actress Nagma today claimed that BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was not a minor at the time of his marriage.It is being stated that Modi was a minor at the time of his marriage, which is a big lie. There is evidence to prove that when he got married,...
20:54
The EC censured BJP leader Amit Shah and SP leader Azam Khan for controversial remark. More details are awaited.
20:27
'News of the World' editor and British Premier David Cameron's ex-communications chief Andy Coulson today admitted for the first time in court that he listened to hacked voicemails of an MP.The messages, belonging to former home secretary and Labour MP David Blunkett, date back to 2004, which...
20:02
Launching a scathing attack on BJP and RSS, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said secular values of the country are under threat because of their ideology of sectarian politics and hatred.Every man and woman in Telangana safeguarded the secular values which are soul of India. Mahatma Gandhi,...
18:45
Eleven Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh will go to polls tomorrow as over 1.85 crore electorates will choose their representatives from 150 candidates, including Maneka Gandhi, Santosh Gangwar, Saleem Sherwani and Begum Noor Bano. In this second phase polling will be held in Moradabad, Rampur,...
18:26
A day after BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi held rally in minority-dominated Bhagalpur, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today hit out at his rival saying the minority Muslim community are frightened hearing his name.Minority community are frightened hearing his name. How can he...
18:14
Modi is a master of convergence. By his ability to converge and add new features to a non-star idea, he is able to sell it. Like how he has turned Kutch into a tourist destination by selling the salt desert of the Rann as a flat snow desert of the night and roping in Amitabh Bachchan to sell...
18:02
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was contemplating to relax a Rs 10,000 crore payment condition to enable Sahara chief Subrata Roy to come out of jail, even as Sahara alleged the detention order was pre-written and the judges simply pronounced it on March 4.Challenging the validity of the...
17:50
India TV editorial director Qamar Waheed Naqvi's resignation over an allegedly fixed interview of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi acquired deep political overtones on Tuesday with Congress claiming that it showed the kind of pressures journalists faced from BJP. AAP was also...
17:30
Former Union Minister D Purandeswari, who quit Congress over the Telangana issue and joined the BJP, has been denied a ticket from the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha seat which she represented. Purandeswari, daughter of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao, is the sitting...
17:23
Veteran BJP leader LK Advani today said the results of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections are pre-decided because of 10 years of UPA's bad governance and corruption. In every election there are two adversaries, but it is not so this time. People have made up their mind after ten years' bad...
17:10
Hansal Mehta, director of Shahid, speaks to Rediff.com's Sonil Dedhia:Its a prestigious honour to win the National Awards. Its a recognition of all the hard work but in by the entire team of Shahid. I had completely forgotten that I had applied for the National Awards and they were going to be...
16:57
Back to the National Awards: Saurabh Shukla, who won the National Award for the Best Supporting Actor for the film, Jolly LLB, spoke to Rediff.com's Sonil Dedhia:I am absolutely elated at winning the National Award. It came as a big surprise to me as I wasn't aware that the awards are being...
16:52
Stepping up her attack against BJP and Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi today said they represented a dangerous combination of religious fanaticism, power and money and asked the country to reject the ambition of that individual. Addressing her maiden election rally in Tamil Nadu, the Congress...
16:47
Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal today moved the Election Commission against senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy over his complaint that the senior Congress leader wilfully did not disclose the business interests of his wife, saying such allegations are aimed at defaming him.
16:34
Rajkumar Rao speaks to Rediff.com's Sonil Dedhia on winning the National Award for Best Actor: I am extremely happy and elated that I have won this award. I am on cloud nine. I always wanted to win this award, but never expected that I would win it for Shahid.
16:32
More on the National Film Awards: Best dialogues award goes to Marathi film 'Asthu'Best special effects award goes to 'Jal'Best supporting actor award goes to Saurabh Shukla for Jolly LLBBest director: Hansal Mehta for Shahid; the film got Rajkumar Rao the best actor award as well.
16:28
And Rajkumar Rao gets the best actor National Award for the film, Shahid. The 61st National Film Awards are being announced now.
16:22
The best non-feature film award goes to Rangabhoomi.
16:21
The Best Hindi Film award goes to Jolly LLB, while Madras Cafe gets the National Award for best sound design.
15:55
Superstar Salman Khan's father and noted scriptwriter Salim Khan today launched the Urdu version of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's official website. Khan launched the website - www.narendramodi.in - from his residence in suburban Bandra, with BJP leader Shaina NC. I share...
15:48
And the other election that has made news -- Afghanistan. It is not true to say that Afghanistan lacks good-news stories. It's just that they are not the kind to generate headlines: 8m children at school, two-fifths of them girls, compared with 1m when the Taliban were in power; a tenfold...
15:18
Smriti Irani files her nomination papers from Amethi.
15:16
Issues and personality may not play as big a part as the caste of the candidate in Bihar's 7 parliamentary constituencies that go to the polls on Thursday. The Lok Sabha polls will also test BJP's 'Narendra Modi's wave', Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's development card and Rashtriya Janata...
15:12
What the new government does about gas prices will signal whether Reliance Industries continues to dictate policies. A new book throws light on this. Read Sucheta's Dalal's piece.
14:53
A local court in Kutch district of Gujarat today issued a notice to Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and asked him to appear within 10 days for alleged breach of model code of conduct during his 'fact finding' tour last month. Kejriwal has been ordered to appear before the court in...
14:43
As AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal arrived in Varanasi to camp for the next three weeks in his battle against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, posters have sprung up in the city, describing him as someone who ran away from Delhi. Read more
14:19
Shobhaa De: They say poets make lousy husbands.Can't wait to read -- Journey, poems by Narendra Modi.
14:18
A one-member judicial commission constituted by the UP government to probe the Muzaffarnagar communal violence began its hearing today.
13:51
I will not wear any symbol of appeasement for a photo op, does Sonia Gandhi wear a skull cap, asks Narendra Modi. On the controversy related to his refusal to wear a skull cap offered by a Muslim cleric a few years back, Modi said, If wearing a cap were to be seen as a symbol of unity, then I...
13:43
He is the richest candidate in India's national elections, with a personal fortune of more than $1.2 billion. He co-founded one of the nation's best-known IT companies, Infosys. At 58, Nandan Nilekani is comfortable sharing a stage with the likes of Microsoft's Bill Gates and Google's Eric...
13:41
Narendra Modi has found supporters away from India, as a group of US-based non-resident Indians, who had raised funds for Barack Obama during the 2012 US presidential elections, have come to India to root for him. A team of 650 NRI volunteers led by Bharat Barai under his 'Global Indians for...
13:39
NCP's Chhagan Bhujbal and BJP's Heena Gavit are among the contestants in eight Lok Sabha seats in Khandesh region, including Nandurbar, from where Congress' 80- year-old Manikrao Gavit is seeking a record 10th straight term. With nearly 65 lakh voters, the seats - Ahmednagar, Dindori, Dhule,...
13:34
Smriti Irani tweets a picture of supporters at her rally in Amethi, where she filed her nomination papers today.
13:32
Though the Gwalior and Guna Lok Sabha seats have been considered as bastions of the royal Scindia family, the BJP with its 'Mission-29' (seats) in Madhya Pradesh has fielded former Bajrang Dal chief Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya from Guna to challenge his powerful rival Union Minister Jyotiraditya...
12:59
North Korean officials paid a visit to a London hair salon to question why it had used their leader Kim Jong-un's picture in a poster offering haircuts. Read
12:56
In other reads: Adam Pearson was born with a condition that causes tumours to grow on his face. But acting with Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin is changing the way people look at him. Read
12:45
Chaiwalahs or tea sellers of Benares seem to have joined an unofficial race to join the 'Kashi Naresh' for accompanying BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for his nomination.Speculation is rife a paanwala and 'Kashi Naresh' (Benares king) Anant Narayan Singh may propose Modi's name...
12:43
The Supreme Court on Wednesday revealed that N Srinivasan's name figures in the inquiry report submitted by the Justice Mukul Mudgal committee on February 10. The court said that Srinivasan cannot discharge any function inside BCCI. On Tuesday, Srinivasan appealed to the Supreme Court to...
12:31
Priyanka Gandhi addressing a rally in Rahi, Rae Bareli, her mother, Sonia Gandhi's constituency. She says this is a battle of ideologies. The BJP ideology is the ideology of one man. The Congress ideology is to empower people. You will make the right decision. The opposition creates disunity, the...
12:16
Sonia Gandhi who is set to address a rally in Kanyankumari this morning, is running late. Her flight from Delhi is apparently delayed. With the scorching sun, the crowds waiting to greet her are getting restless. Unlike the Dravidian party rallies, there are no songs playing, no local leaders...
12:16
Sonia Gandhi who is set to address a rally in Kanyankumari this morning, is running late. Her flight from Delhi is apparently delayed. With the scorching sun, the crowds waiting to greet her are getting restless. Unlike the Dravidian party rallies, there are no songs playing, no local leaders...
11:57
Yesterday, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's proposed rally in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh in support of the party nominee from Guna seat, Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya ended up in no show today as the local leaders failed to turn up at the helipad to receive her.No BJP leader was present to receive the...
11:49
With just two days before 20 constituencies in Rajasthan go to the polls, the BJP on Tuesday targeted State Congress president Sachin Pilot for purchasing' Facebook likes from Turkey. The BJP accused the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president of buying Facebook likes to boost his...
11:48
Main yahan (Amethi) Congress se ladne aayi hoon, Congress ki B-team se ladne nahi, says Smriti Irani on AAP, while filing her nomination.
11:42
Madhu Kishwar tweets: No harm Rajnath meeting Muslim clerics but seeking certificate 4 self as more acceptable PM proves him to be saboteur in eyes of BJP cadre.
11:41
Fifty years ago, in April 1964, when the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was formed as a splinter from the parent party, the Communist Party of India, communism had seemed to be an achievable dream. Read
11:38
The over-the-top reaction of the Prime Minister's Office to a book by Manmohan Singh's former media adviser confirms a long-known side of Indian politicians: they have a terribly thin skin, especially in respect of the printed word, unless of course it is a hagiography. ReadFollow our election...
11:22
Smriti Z Irani tweets: On my way to file my nomination for Amethi, with the blessings of Durga Ma and enthusisatic support from the constituency residents.Irani is the BJP candidate from Amethi. Follow our election tweets @RediffElections
11:20
One of the most magical moments of this election, the moment when people saw politics once again as an act of faith and hope, was the rise of the Aam Aadmi Party. The story of AAP is not just its story, it is the story of these people reinventing politics and themselves. Read
11:13
Roads, employment, water and midday meals top their wishlist, but Mejia and Durlabhpur had only stars in their eyes today as Moon Moon Sen hit the Bankura campaign trail with star daughters Raima and Riya. An Adivasi dance troupe ahead of the open jeep with a Toy Soldier 5' sticker on the...
11:05
Priyanka Gandhi will campaign for her mother Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareili today. Sonia Gandhi, meanwhile, will be campaigning in Telangana. Follow our election tweets @RediffElections
10:52
The heat is such, it is burning up the standing stalks of wheat. The air conditioning in Misa Bharti's road-ragged SUV is turned to high cold' but she's sweating in the front seat. Cooling doesn't work when the windows have to be kept rolled down; rolling them up doesn't work when you're...
10:49
Nineteen constituencies across Maharashtra with an estimated 3.25 crore electorate will go to polls tomorrow to decide the fate of 358 candidates, including Union Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde. About 3,24,27,558 electorate in...
10:38
BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has once again sidestepped the issue of him apologising for the 2002 Gujarat riots. In an interview to a news channel, Modi said the Congress should account for its sins first and then ask for apology from others. There is no Modi wave; it's...
10:36
A passenger ferry sank off the South Korean coast on Wednesday, with CNN reporting that at least one person had been killed in the incident. Coastguard vessels and helicopters were rescuing passengers 476 - off the ferry which sank off the southern coast. Most of the passengers on board...
10:06
Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal's run-in with the authorities does not appear to be ending as he has now been booked in a case where he is accused of violating a wedding ceremony act of the Punjab government. To make matters worse, Umar and his family members have also been accused of...
09:42
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Smriti Irani will on Wednesday file her nomination here to fight the Lok Sabha election in the constituency held by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. The actor-turned-politician will face the Congress vice president and Aam Aadmi Party candidate Kumar...
09:42
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Smriti Irani will on Wednesday file her nomination here to fight the Lok Sabha election in the constituency held by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. The actor-turned-politician will face the Congress vice president and Aam Aadmi Party candidate Kumar...
09:40
The Supreme Court will resume hearing on Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy's bail plea on Wednesday.In its last hearing on April 09, the Supreme Court had rejected Sahara Group's plea to put Roy under house arrest. The company had argued that Roy under house arrest would be able to negotiate deals...
08:46
CNN-IBN reports: A bus travelling from Davangere in Karnataka to Bangalore caught fire early on Wednesday morning. Six people were burnt to death in the incident.The Sleeper AC bus had 29 people on board. The driver is absconding after the incident.This is the third such incident taking...
08:11
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will address her first election rally in newly formed Telangana on Wednesday. The event will be held at Karimnagar.The party is trying hard to take maximum political mileage out of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. Karimnagar, which used to be a Congress...
08:10
Ten coaches of the 15666 BG Express derailed at Ajuri station near Morigaon in central Assam early today and 12 passengers were injured, Northeast Frontier Railway sources said.The ten coaches of the Dimapur-Kamahya train jumped the tracks but did not topple down near Jagiroad in Morigaon...
03:29
Ukrainian government forces launched their first significant military action in the east of the country on Tuesday, clashing with about 30 pro-Russian gunmen at a provincial airfield and heightening fears that the standoff could escalate into a major armed conflict. Shots were fired in...
03:27
As many as 200 girls were abducted from their boarding school in northeastern Nigeria by heavily armed Boko Haram Islamists who arrived in trucks, vans and buses, officials and witnesses said. The group has recently stepped up attacks in the region, and its leader released a video last...
03:25
Jordan's ambassador to Libya has been abducted by masked gunmen in the capital, Tripoli, officials say. Assailants opened fire on Fawaz al-Itan's vehicle, wounding the driver, as they left his house early on Tuesday. The kidnappers are said to have demanded the release of a Libyan Islamist...
01:22
BBC: Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi must perform a year's community service in a home for the elderly, a Milan court has ruled. The sentence followed his conviction last year for tax fraud in connection with the purchase of TV rights by his firm, Mediaset, in the 1990s....
00:21
Sidestepping the question of apologising for the 2002 Gujarat riots, Narendra Modi tonight said the Congress should first account for their sins before asking him to tender an apology. The BJP prime ministerial candidate was asked during an interview with TV 9...
00:18
Raj Thackeray springs a surprise, backs BJP's Munde in BeedVarun Gandhi, Kumar Viswas, Mohd Kaif enter poll frayPaswan confident of breaking own Guinness world record!Cong dubs Baru's book 'baseless', 'mother of all plants'It's mango season, no 'Modi wave': AAP's slogan in VaranasiDismissing Modi...
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