Why is the govt dismissive of marital rape? Women's rights activist and founder of Blank Noise Jasmeen Patheja joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
08:01 PM, Mar 07, 2013
According to Karunanidhi, the Sri Lankan government's lie that the war was stopped in April 2009 itself is a war crime. ...
01:06 AM, Mar 07, 2013
Shah Rukh Khan has decided to do his bits for the society by teaming up with filmmaker R Balki for a short film on women's issues which will hit the airwaves on March 8. ...
07:00 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is likely to speak on the alleged phone tapping of senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley. This comes days after the issue caused a ruckus in Rajya Sabha, forcing the Chairman to adjourn the House briefly. ...
07:29 AM, Mar 01, 2013
A BJP MLA on Friday staged a protest in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on the Cauvery issue by pouring water on his head. HS Shankaralinge Gowda walked into the Well of the House just before the Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar was to commence his budget speech and poured a bottle of water on his head. ...
12:40 AM, Feb 09, 2013
A tense game is being played out on Bhutan's border with China where Beijing is demanding territorial concessions that could bring it closer to India's sensitive Siliguri Corridor. Visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Thinley is expected to brief Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. ...
08:14 AM, Feb 08, 2013
How important and relevant is inclusion of marital rape in the govt ordinance? Women's rights activist Ranjana Kumari joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
06:27 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Apple's 27-inch iMacs seem to be facing a lot of issues. According to Apple's online store, the 27-inch iMac is expected to ship in 3-4 weeks, a long time compared to the 21.5-inch iMacs, which are available to ship in 7-10 business days. ...
02:21 PM, Jan 13, 2013
The Juvenile Justice Board on Monday set January 15 as the next date for hearing in the age row of the minor accused in the Delhi gangrape case. Sources said that the court was not satisfied with the documents that had been presented by the school principal of the accused. ...
06:53 PM, Jan 07, 2013
New Delhi: France has told India that it has taken concrete measures to ensure that Sikhs would not have to remove their turbans or be touched during border checks and that physical check would be replaced by body scan. The issue figured prominently during talks between a French delegation led by its Ambassador for Religious Issues in Foreign Affairs Ministry Roland Dubretrand and Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet...
03:48 AM, Dec 21, 2012
New Delhi: France has told India that it has taken concrete measures to ensure that Sikhs would not have to remove their turbans or be touched during border checks and that physical check would be replaced by body scan. The issue figured prominently during talks between a French delegation led by its Ambassador for Religious Issues in Foreign Affairs Ministry Roland Dubretrand and Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet...
11:17 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Bhuj: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the second phase of polling in the state and said that Modi is indulging in the "politics of anger". Going all out against Modi on the last day of the campaigning in Gujarat, Rahul said, "The BJP is claiming that only one person is responsible for development of Gujarat and people of this...
01:52 PM, Dec 15, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan's Interior Minister, who is in country for a three day visit, will call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, his second day of the trip, but will not hold a meeting with United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi. There has been no agenda set for the meeting with prime minister officially, but reports suggest that the two leaders may talk on the Sir Creek issue, apart...
09:35 AM, Dec 15, 2012
Hyderabad: The central government's decision to convene an all-party meeting on Telangana issue later in December has triggered war of words between the two major political parties in Andhra Pradesh with the Congress rejecting the TDP's demand to spell out its stand. The main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Friday asked the ruling Congress to spell out its stand before the all-party meeting convened by union Home Minister Sushil...
04:48 AM, Dec 08, 2012
New Delhi/Bangalore: Karnataka was on Friday directed by the Cauvery Monitoring Committee to release 12 TMC (thousand million cubic) feet of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu during December. The state said it would appeal the order. Union Water Resources Secretary Dhruv Vijay Singh said he hoped Karnataka will find a way to ensure "receipt of 12 TMC by Tamil Nadu at Mettur Dam in December". Expressing his disappointment, Karnataka...
12:26 AM, Dec 08, 2012
New Delhi: In a stern message to Maldives, India on Tuesday said it expected no arbitrary and coercive action should be taken pending the outcome of legal proceedings on the GMR contract issue and warned that recourse to any such action would have adverse consequences for bilateral relations. In response to a question on the GMR issue, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs also said, "We are...
10:24 PM, Dec 04, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of all-party meeting, which is slated on Monday, Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday met DMK chief Karunanidhi to try and bring the ally on board on the issue of Foreign Direct Investment or FDI in multi-brand retail. Azad said, "DMK has requests Centre to have a meeting of allies on FDI issue." The Union Minister said that the Centre will not force DMK or any...
06:00 PM, Nov 25, 2012
New York: Facebook is proposing to end its practice of letting users vote on changes to its privacy policies, though it will continue to let users comment on proposed updates. The world's biggest social media company said in a blog post Wednesday that its voting mechanism, which is triggered only if enough people comment on proposed changes, has become a system that emphasizes quantity of responses over quality of discussion....
03:13 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Taipei: Shares of HTC Corp jumped by their permitted daily limit on Monday after the Taiwanese smartphone maker announced a global patent settlement and 10-year licensing agreement with Apple Inc, allowing the struggling company to focus on product development. The settlement would give HTC a short-term boost, analysts suggested, but long-term performance would still depend on the company's ability to deliver competitive products to grab back some of the market...
10:47 AM, Nov 12, 2012
Chennai: Key UPA constituent DMK on Sunday night said India should press United Nations to undertake a "referendum" on the Eelam Tamils issue. "India should press United Nations to undertake a public vote on the Eelam Tamils issue. DMK will be supportive to the Centre if it takes a stand to pressurise the UN (in taking a referendum)," DMK President M Karunanidhi said. "The referendum was not only taken for...
10:31 AM, Nov 12, 2012
