South Korea said on Wednesday that there was a 'very high' probability that North Korea, after weeks of threats of war, would test-launch a medium-range missile, at any time, as a show of strength. CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar spoke to CNN's Senior Correspondent Jim Clancy about how likely a North Korean missile launch test is. While confirming that South Korea was very certain about the missile test, Clancy added that, "A ...
09:35 AM, Apr 11, 2013
London: Robert Edwards, the scientist known as the father of IVF for pioneering the development of "test tube babies" for couples unable to conceive naturally, died on Wednesday aged 87. The Briton, who won the Nobel medicine prize for his achievement in 2010, started developing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in 1955 - work that culminated in 1978 in the birth of Louise Brown, the first so-called test tube baby. More than...
06:01 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Seoul/Washington: South Korea said on Wednesday there was a "very high" probability that North Korea, after weeks of threats of war, would test-launch a medium-range missile at any time as a show of strength. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said South Korea had asked China and Russia to intercede with the North to ease tension that has mounted since the UN Security Council imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea after its...
01:47 AM, Apr 11, 2013
There was uproar in the Maharashtra Assembly for the third consecutive day, the Opposition is demanding deputy CM Ajit Pawar's resignation over his controversial 'urine' comment. ...
11:59 PM, Apr 10, 2013
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11:58 PM, Apr 10, 2013
The historic Presidency University attacked, hundreds of CPM party offices ransacked and some even torched by TMC workers, just hours after their party chief Mamata Banerjee and state Finance Minister Amit Mitra were heckled in Delhi, West Bengal has seen some very uneasy hours. ...
11:26 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Wednesday night arrested 142 protesters who barged into the residence of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde to stage a protest demanding reservation for Jat community and a case of rioting has been slapped against them. A senior police official said a case has been registered under sections 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 353 (hurt) and 451...
11:04 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: In yet another setback for Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, a Delhi court ordered the CBI to re-investigate the role of the three-time MP in the killings of Sikhs near a gurudwara on November 1, 1984, rejecting the closure report filed by the investigative agency. Lawyer HS Phoolka said, "On November 6, 1984 Jagdish Tytler went to the Police Commissioner's office and asked him to release his men. This...
10:30 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Srinagar: Several contractual employees in the Jammu and Kashmir government were injured in protests on Wednesday. They employees were protesting against the termination of their services. The violence took place when the protestors were stopped by the police at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. The contractual employees clashed with police when the latter stopped them from disrupting traffic. The employees said they would have no work and their families would suffer...
10:19 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Mumbai: There was an uproar in the Maharashtra Assembly for the third consecutive day as the Opposition demanded Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's resignation over his controversial 'urine' comment. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has hit the streets of Mumbai in protest urging Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to sack Ajit Pawar. On Tuesday, the Maharashtra Speaker had rejected the Opposition's demand for a censure motion against Ajit Pawar. Meanwhile, a urinal...
02:57 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said she will fly back to Kolkata on Wednesday itself and has cancelled all her meetings in Delhi. She said she was advised by doctors to get hospitalised but she did not want to be hospitalised. "I was given oxygen whole night on Tuesday, the doctor advised me to get hospitalised, but I don't like to get hospitalised," Mamata said. Mamata...
01:51 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal's politics of violence reached the national capital on Tuesday as Students Federation of India activists manhandled State Finance Minster Amit Mitra outside the Planning Commission. While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was angered by the incident, Trinamool Congress workers went on a rampage in Kolkata and plan a statewide protest on Wednesday even as the CPM has condemned the violence of its student affiliate body. Mamata...
08:07 AM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday cancelled her meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, citing ill health, highly placed sources said in Delhi. "She was supposed to meet the prime minister. But it was cancelled as she was not well," a highly placed source said. Sources said her blood pressure had gone down so she had to cancel the meet. The chief minister had earlier faced...
03:13 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Seoul: North Korea warned foreigners in South Korea on Tuesday to quit the country because they were at risk in the event of conflict, the latest threat of war from Pyongyang. Soaring tensions on the peninsula have been fuelled by North Korean anger over the imposition of UN sanctions after its last nuclear arms test in February, creating one of the worst crises since the end of the Korean War...
01:25 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Tokyo: Amid rising tensions over speculations of North Korea conducting missile tests, Japan has rolled out its ballistic missile defence system on Monday. Aerial footage shot by Japanese public broadcaster NHK showed launchers equipped with Patriot surface-to-air missiles deployed at three bases on the Japanese mainland, one - on the outskirts of Tokyo. Meanwhile, Japan has refused to comment on the deployments, saying it does not want to reveal operational...
08:10 AM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: A New Delhi court on Monday fixed April 29 to hear arguments on a plea by Delhi Police challenging an order of a magistrate who had refused to take cognisance of a chargesheet filed against an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member in an alleged rioting case. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Daya Prakash said that he would hear the arguments on April 29 on the revision petition filed by...
01:45 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Beijing/Seoul: China's leaders issued thinly veiled rebukes to North Korea for raising regional tensions, with the president saying no country should throw the world into chaos and the foreign minister warning that Beijing would not allow mischief on its doorstep. The weekend comments were the strongest yet by China in response to more than a month of North Korean rhetoric that has included threats to launch a nuclear attack on...
10:29 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Seoul: South Korea expects the North to launch a missile this week. Seoul says it's on military readiness posture and has hit out at Pyongyang's scare tactics. Meanwhile, the US is trying to calm tensions by delaying its own missile test. ...
09:45 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Seoul: Activity in North Korea appears to show it is preparing for a fourth nuclear test, with movement at its atomic test site similar to events preceding earlier blasts, a newspaper reported on Monday, quoting a senior South Korean government official. North Korea has intensified warnings in recent weeks, declaring it had entered a state of war with Seoul, threatening to strike US targets and blocking access to a border...
09:10 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Seoul: A top South Korean national security official said on Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with its warning that it soon will be unable to guarantee diplomats' safety in Pyongyang. But he added that the North's clearest objective is to extract concessions from Washington and Seoul. North Korea's warning last week followed weeks of war threats and other...
06:40 AM, Apr 08, 2013
