Wednesday 28 October 2015
Inspired by 'foreign films', man in China pours beverages into ATM hoping they spit out cash
Beijing: A man in China's Nanjing city has been arrested for attempting to short-circuit ATM machines by pouring beverages into them hoping that they would spit out cash as depicted in some foreign fi...
Delhi Police detains Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta for making false beef complaint
New Delhi: Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta was on Wednesday detained by Delhi Police for allegedly making a false complaint that beef was being served at the Kerala house canteen here.DCP (New Delhi) Ja...
Children face 'deadly threats' in quake-hit Afghanistan: Unicef
United Nations: The United Nations Children' s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday that the children in earthquake-hit areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan are facing "further deadly threats as extreme ...
Tuesday 27 October 2015
US to continue naval operations in South China Sea, says Defence Secretary Carter
Washington: Notwithstanding the Chinese allegations of a provocative behaviour after a US warship entered the disputed South China Sea despite warnings, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said they w...
Pranab Mukherjee calls Geeta 'symbol of India-Pakistan unity'
New Delhi:A day after returning to India from Pakistan where she was stranded for years, speech and hearing impaired Geeta met President Pranab Mukherjee -- who called her "a symbol of India-Paki...
Women in Islamic countries like wearing burqas as they don't need to wear make-up: Trump
New York: In yet another controversial jibe, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said women in the Islamic world like wearing burqas because it is easier as they do not have to wear ...
Watch: Fall Colors at their best, when rainbows float to the ground
Autumn colours are peaking in many parts of the United States. As cardigans and the scarves come out of mothballed closets, the leaves are a riot of the warmest tones of red and rust, orange and sepia...
BSF lodges strong protest with Pakistan Rangers over unprovoked cross-border firing
Jammu: BSF on Tuesday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan Rangers over its "unprovoked" cross-border firing which killed one civilian and injured 14 in Jammu and Kashmir over past few days...
After Delhi Police raid, Kerala House to bring back 'carabeef' on the menu from Wednesday
New Delhi: The popular 'carabeef' (buffalo meat) dish will be back on the menu of Kerala House here from Wednesday.Kerala House officials took it off the menu following a complaint by a little known H...
Turmoil persists in earthquake-hit Pakistan, Afghanistan as death toll rises to 339
Peshawar: Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to 339.Accor...
Will submit papers to Centre to seek custody of Chhota Rajan: Maharashtra CM Fadnavis
Mumbai: Maharashtra Government will submit all relevant documents related to underworld don Chhota Rajan to the Centre to seek his custody once he is brought to India from Indonesia, where he was arre...
Nothing wrong in police entering Kerala House, incident has nothing to do with beef: BJP
Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP on Tuesday said there was nothing wrong in police entering the Kerala House in Delhi on a complaint that it was serving beef as the state government guest house does not ha...
Strongly condemn what happened at Kerala House, says Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: Condemning the police raid at Kerala House in New Delhi to verify if beef was served in its canteen, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday called it an attempt to curb fundame...
Pakistan beefs up 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saaed's security after 'threat alert'
Lahore: Pakistan's Punjab province government has enhanced the security of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed following a home department alert that a "foreign intelligence agency" may mak...
ITBP to post women personnel at border posts along China for the first time
New Delhi: In a first, border guarding force ITBP has decided to deploy women personnel in combat duties at its high-altitude posts along the Indo-China border.The force is training a special continge...
Gujarat HC to pronounce verdict in poll code breach case against Modi on 5 November
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court will pronounce on 5 November its verdict on a petition related to alleged election code violation by Narendra Modi during last year's Lok Sabha elections.Justice JB P...
Legal trouble mounts in Patidar agitation: Gujarat HC refuses relief to Hardik Patel in sedition charges
By Swati BhanLegal trouble continues to mount forHardik Patel, even as the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday refused any relief to the 22-year-old. Patelcontinues to face sedition charges as filed by the ...
Pakistan's Edhi foundation politely declines India's Rs 1 cr donation for taking of Geeta
Karachi: Pakistan's charity foundation Edhi on Tuesday turned down Rs one crore donation announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking care of deaf and mute Indian girl Geeta during her over a ...
Youth Congress leader immolates self after alleged harassment by SDM
Bilaspur: A Youth Congress leader sustained serious burn injuries after he allegedly set himself on fire in front of Sub-Divisional Magistrate's (SDM) office in the district, accusing the officer of h...
In all the euphoria of Geeta's happy return story, the many questions media is not asking and one disquieting thought
I am sure that Geeta's arrival in India after 12, 13or was it15 years (depending on which media you are consuming) and being reunited with her family in Bihar (if it is her real family) has nothing to...
Back in India, Geeta takes a ride on the Delhi Metro, visits museum
New Delhi: A day after her return from Pakistan, Geeta took a ride on Tuesday on the Delhi Metro and also visited the Metro Museum in New Delhi.Accompanied by members of the Edhi Foundation, who had t...
'What love can motivate us to build': Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg marvels at Taj Mahal
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited the Taj Mahal in Agra on Tuesday ahead of the Townhall Question and Answer session at IIT-Delhi which will be held on Wednesday.Zuckerberg put up a Fac...
No beef served at Kerala House, buffalo taken off menu: Kerala Chief Secy
New Delhi: Kerala government on Tuesday asserted that there was no beef being served at Kerala House in New Delhi and lodged a complaint with Delhi Police over the unauthorised entry of some activists...
Kerala House raid by Delhi Police was as per legal procedure, says BS Bassi
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi on Tuesday clarified that the police did not conduct any raid at Kerala House, the state's guest house in the capital, and their visit was as per legal pr...
Maharashtra govt tells Bombay HC it has withdrawn its circular on sedition
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that it has withdrawn its controversial circular issued on 27 August to prevent misuse of section 124-A of IPC which deals ...
Islamic State, Boko Haram may disrupt India-Africa Summit, warns Intelligence report
All 54 African countries are taking part in the third India-Africa summit that is currently underway in New Delhi. More than 40 countries will be represented at the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IA...
Azam Khan gets black cow as gift after he supports beef ban
Adhokshjanand Devtirath, the self-proclaimed Shankaracharya of Puri has gifted a cow to Uttar Pradesh Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Mohammed Azam Khan, reports The Times Of ...
No ban on media, but social media needs regulations, says Jaitley: How will the govt strike that balance?
Delivering the Sardar Patel lecture organised by All India Radio (AIR) in New Delhi, Information and Broadcasting Minister,Arun Jaitley, who also holds the portfolio of finance minister, noted that wh...
Busted! US confronts Pakistan with evidence of its involvement in Gurdaspur attack
Shortly after the terror attack on Gurdaspur in July 2015, Pakistan had denied its involvement in the incident, saying that India's claims that the man arrested during the attack were 'totally baseles...
After desecration of Guru Granth Sahib, no fireworks at Golden Temple this Diwali
Amritsar:The holiest of Sikh shrines, Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple, in this city of Punjab will not be lit up this Diwali in the wake of desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib, ...
India makes fervent pitch for permanent seat in UNSC at India-Africa summit
New Delhi: Making a fervent pitch for apermanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, Indiatoday said it along with Africa comprising nearly 2.5 billionpeople "can no longer be excluded f...
All our nations find themselves faced with the growing scourge of terrorism: Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi:External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that India and African nations face growing scourge of terrorism and the menace of non-state actors and cross-border terrorism has acq...
Mark Zuckerberg's townhall in Delhi: Here's some questions we don't think he'll be answering
Mark Zuckerberg could walk on the streets in India and many people may not even recognise the t-shirt-clad young CEO. But there will be very few people who don't recognise the blue-and-white logo of h...
India opposes unilateral embargoes, joins call to lift Cuba sanctions
United Nations:India reiterated its unambiguous opposition to unilateral embargoes imposed by countries through their domestic laws as New Delhi voted on Tuesday for a resolution calling for an end to...
India-Africa Forum Summit: China way ahead, but Africas needs and Indias experience are a good fit
BySeema GuhaThe India-Africa Forum Summit, one of New Delhis most ambitious diplomatic outreach events in over two decades, is underway in the capital though the gathering of heads of states is slated...
Indian man slammed down by US police officer had said 'no English' five times, say prosecutors
Washington: An Indian grandfather slammed to the ground by an Alabama police officer last February told him "no English" five times and said "India" three times, according to US pr...
Police assault on student who refused to surrender phone sparks civil rights probe in US
Columbia, South Carolina: A girl who refused to surrender her phone after texting in math class was flipped backward and tossed across the classroom floor by a sheriff's deputy, prompting a federal ci...
US steps up anti-Islamic State raids, invites Iran to join talks to end civil war in Syria
Washington: The United States announced Tuesday that Iran may take part in talks to end the civil war in Syria and warned of increased military action against the Islamic State.On the military front, ...
Pakistan supported, trained LeT and other organisations fighting in Kashmir, says Musharraf
Lahore: Former president Pervez Musharraf has admitted that Pakistan supported and trained groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in 1990s to carry out militancy in Kashmir."In 1990s the freedom strug...
Indrani Mukerjea to be produced in Mumbai court today
Mumbai: A Mumbai court has ordered Indrani Mukerjea, the main accused in the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, on Wednesdayfor obtaining her consent to get her voice sample.The CBI, which is probing...
2nd. Phase Drip test DaysBlog Two-member panel to scrutinise a party-in-person in Bombay HC
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Indo-Tibetan border police to create 50 new posts along border with China
New Delhi: Aiming to bolster its presence along the India-China border, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police has said it will create over 50 new posts and deploy about 8,000 fresh troops along the sensitive...
Why Donald Trump's father was a stingy poo and Donald suffered cruelty as a child
Damn. If you have tears prepare to shed them now. My heart bleeds for the agonies suffered by Donald Trump. The man who would be President of the United States confessed on Monday in New Hampshire tha...
Led by Maggie Nichols, US women roll to 3rd straight world gymnastics title
GLASGOW: The U.S. women's gymnastics team won its third straight world title on Tuesday night, going nearly mistake free to easily grab the gold and state a case as the heavy favorite to repeat next s...
US cop's retrial begins for slamming Indian grandfather in Alabama
Washington: As the retrial began of an Alabama police officer accused of slamming an Indian grandfather to the ground while taking a walk last February, prosecutors said they have good evidence on the...
Geeta a 'symbol of India-Pakistan unity': President Mukherjee
New Delhi:A day after returning to India from Pakistan where she was stranded for years, speech and hearing impaired Geeta met President Pranab Mukherjee -- who called her "a symbol of India-Paki...
NSA Ajit Doval warns Pakistan not to engage in covert actions, says it's a short-sighted strategy
New Delhi: Terming "jihadi terrorism" as common threat to South Asia, NSA Ajit Doval on Tuesday warned Pakistan not to engage in covert actions saying, it is a very short-sighted strategy of...
Earthquake claims four lives in Jammu and Kashmir, 20 others injured
Srinagar: Four persons, including three women died while 20 others were injured in Jammu and Kashmir, following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that jolted northern India."As per the latest reports ...
Islamic State militants tie captives to Palmyra columns, blow them up
Beirut: The Islamic State group killed three of its captives in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra by tying them to Roman-era columns at the site, then blowing the structures up with explosives, activist...
Oommen Chandy writes to PM Modi seeking action against Kerala House raid
Thiruvananthapuram: Slamming the "raid" at Kerala House in New Delhi over an allegation that beef was being serve there, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday shot off a letter to Prime Mi...
Exclusive! The JEB BUSH interview
'We don't have to be the world's policeman. We don't have to impose our values. But we need to lead and when we pull back as we've done, you begin to see exactly what happens -- the voids are filled by threats of terror that countries have to suffer with, including India.'
LIVE! Esther Anuhya case: Mumbai court convicts driver, sentencing tomorrow
LIVE! Esther Anuhya case: Mumbai court convicts driver, sentencing tomorrow
Monday 26 October 2015
2nd. Phase Drip test DaysBlog Chinese 'spy' tried to get into UK queen's coach
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Sunday 25 October 2015
2nd. Phase Drip test DaysBlog Catalogue of 1318 new species of butterflies
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Friday 23 October 2015
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Thursday 22 October 2015
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Wednesday 21 October 2015
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Tuesday 20 October 2015
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Monday 19 October 2015
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Thursday 8 October 2015
Kunduz airstrikes: Doctors without Borders tells Obama that apology is not enough
Washington: Not-for-profit medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), whose hospital in northern Afghan city of Kunduz was attacked by US air force and resulted in loss of 22 lives, has said an ap...
Tractors, motorcycles, laptops: Haryana govt to reward farmers who promote agriculture
Chandigarh: The Haryana government will reward farmers with tractors,motorcycles,laptops and more to promote agriculture,a minister said on Thursday.Agriculture Minister O.P. Dhankar told the media he...
Low intensity earthquake hits Himachal Pradesh
Shimla:Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district was rocked by a low-intensity earthquake on Thursday morning, an official said. However, there was no loss of life.Tremors of the magnitude 3.8 earthquake were...
Russian missile strikes destroy several IS positions in Syria
Damascus: Russian nighttime cruise missile strikes targeted and destroyed several positions of the Islamic State (IS) militants in three Syrian provinces, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported...
Wednesday 7 October 2015
For first time, MIT's low priced online classes can lead to degree
Cambridge, Mass: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has offered free online courses for the last four years with one major downside: They didn't count toward a degree. That's about to change.In...
Boom! Russian warships fire cruise missiles on IS targets in Syria
Damascus,Syria: Russian warships in the Caspian Sea fired cruise missiles Wednesday as Syrian government troops launched a ground offensive in central Syria in the first major combined air-and-ground...
I can understand her agony: Javed Akhtar supports of Nayantara's decision to return Sahitya award
New Delhi: Eminent poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar on Wednesdaycame out in support of noted author Nayantara Sahgal's decision to return her Sahitya Akademi award, saying the recent incidents of intole...
No more sympathy for kisan? Farmers' crops in Karnataka allegedly destroyed for Rahul Gandhi's rally
Rahul Gandhi is a politician who is known for raising farmers' issues. He wasone of the biggest voices against the Modi government's land bill. He hadalso vehemently criticised the Modi government on ...
Those making controversial remarks have been given a strong message: Naqvi
New Delhi: BJP leaders like Sakshi Maharaj and Yogi Adityanath, who have been making controversial remarks, have been given a "strong message" by the party, senior leader and Union minister ...
BJP Cong accuse AAP of being 'khaas aadmi ki sarkar' after salary hike move
New Delhi: The recommendations of a committee constituted by the Delhi Assembly Speaker to allow a whopping two-and-half fold increase in the salaries of Delhi MLAs, were on Wednesday slammedby the BJ...
Tuesday 6 October 2015
Afghan hospital bombing was a 'mistake', says US
Washington: Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Defense Department "deeply regrets the loss of innocent lives" from a U.S. military airstrike on a hospital in Afghanistan. Responding to wh...
Another city, another shooting: Boy kills brother in gun outing
Carrollton, Ohio: An 11-year-old boy fatally shot his 12-year-old brother during a target-shooting outing in eastern Ohio, the local sheriff said Tuesday. The shooting occurred while the boys from Moo...
Gujarat HC reserves order on Teesta Setalvad's plea to defreeze bank account
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on petitions of activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand for defreezing their personal bank accounts as well as those of the...
Somnath Bharti seeks bail, says domestic violence case is 'BJP-sponsored litigation'
New Delhi: AAP leader Somnath Bharti on Tuesday termed the domestic violence and attempt to murder case against him as a "BJP-sponsored litigation" and sought bail before a Delhi court, as t...
Thanks, but no thanks: Here's why Nayantara Sahgal is returning her Sahitya Akademi Award
Renowned writer and Jawaharlal Nehru's niece Nayantara Sahgal returned her Sahitya Akademi Award on Tuesday in protest against the government's failure to preserve cultural diversity.Sahgalgave a stat...
Skeletons, skulls found under Afghanistan's presidential palace
Kabul: Afghanistan's president's palace says skulls and bones belonging to two bodies have been uncovered beneath a kitchen during renovation work on the palace grounds.The gender, cause of death and ...
Monday 5 October 2015
Snowden says he is willing to return to US, waiting for formal plea deal
London: Edward Snowden says he has offered toreturn to the United States and go to jail for leaking detailsof National Security Agency programmes to intercept electroniccommunications data on a vast s...
Eleven-year-old US boy kills eight-year-old girl over puppy
Chicago: A simple childish spat over a puppy led an 11-year-old boy to shoot and kill his eight-year-old neighbour in the US state of Tennessee, the girl's grieving mother said.Latasha Dyer said her d...
Post 26/11, US feared that India would carry out surgical strikes in Pak: Khurshid Kasuri
New Delhi: Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri on Monday claimed that a US delegation led by former US presidential candidate John McCain had met him in the aftermath of 26/11 ter...
'Turkey will react if airspace violated again': Nato denounces Russian airstrikes on Syria as irresponsible behaviour
Ankara, Turkey:Natoon Monday called on Russia to stop airstrikes in Syria and warned its violation of Turkish airspace during a raid risked inflaming tensions days after Moscow's military intervention...
Series of car bombs across Iraq kill 56, dozens injured
Baghdad: A series of car bombings across Iraq today killed at least 56 people and wounded dozens as the government continued its efforts to combat extremism across the country.The largest bombing took...
American Airlines pilot dies, co-pilot lands safely in NY with 147 on board
New York: An American Airlines co-pilot made a mid-flight diversion and safely landed the plane after the captain became ill and died, an airline spokeswoman said Monday.American Airlines Flight 550 l...
West Bank clashes with Israeli troops kill Palestinian
Ramallah: Palestinian medical officials say a Palestinian youth was killed as clashes continue with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, spreading fears of a further escalation in the violence.A doctor ...
Sunday 4 October 2015
Exodus Unlimited: "The greatest tide of refugees is yet to come"
Zagreb, Croatia: One month after the body of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach and a week after the European Union agreed to secure its borders the migrant crisis has largely falle...
Turkey taught world a lesson in humanity"
Ankara: Turkey's president says his country has taught Europe and the world a lesson on humanity by hosting 2 million refugees from Syria and Iraq.Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday accused European natio...
Journalist shot dead in UP in a third such incident in four months
Chandauli (UP): A TV journalist was shot dead by motorcycle-borne gunmen in Chandauli,Uttar Pradesh, in the state'sthird such incident in four months.Hemant Yadav (45), who worked with a news channel,...
Justice will be done, CM Akhilesh Yadav tells Akhlaq's family
Lucknow:Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday met the family of Mohammed Akhlaq, who was lynched by a mob, and said the government will do everything to bring the guilty to book.Akhlaq...
Don't give political colour to Dadri incident: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday termed the lynching of a man in Dadri over rumour of beef eating as "unfortunate" and said it should not be given any "communal colour&q...
Israel bars Palestinians from Jerusalem Old City after attacks
Jerusalem: Israel took the rare and drastic step of barring Palestinians from Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday as tensions mounted following attacks that killed two Israelis and wounded a child.The rest...
UK seeks more time to decide on declassifying Netaji files
New Delhi: The UK has sought more time to decide whether to declassify the secret files in its possession on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, his family said on Sunday.Bose's family had recently approached...
Saturday 3 October 2015
Multiple bomb blasts in Nigerian capital, 15 dead
Lagos, Nigeria: Several bombs in two locations of the Nigerian capital, Abuja, killed at least 15 people, the National Emergency Management Agency said Saturday.The explosions Friday night were in Nya...
Gau mata, really? Why cows are symbols of our hypocrisy
Every morning, on a road next to a Metro station near my house, the Indian way of life has a communion with Swacch Bharat.After collecting garbage from nearby colonies, contracted workers of the munic...
Poor farmers son kills self over school fees, his video should shame us all
Hyderabad: As if deriding the self-proclaimed pro-poor credentials of the Telangana government, a 15-year-old schoolboy and son of a small farmer threw himself before a running train in Karimnagar dis...
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A search was underway for a small passenger plane that went missing with 10 people on board during a domestic flight in eastern Indonesia.
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A search was underway for a small passenger plane that went missing with 10 people on board during a domestic flight in eastern Indonesia.
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