BSP leader Shafiqur Rahman Barq, who insulted the national song Vande Mataram by walking out of the House when the song was being sung, defends his action saying that he did it because the song goes against his beliefs. He goes on to say Muslims have the right...
Sources reveal that China reportedly has benefited from the standoff between India and China which was resolved recently. China hasn't done what it had promised while agreeing to end the crisis. China's withdrawal seems to be a mere hogwash as sources have rev...
China's aggression does not end with the incursion. The country has provoked India again by not confirming the visit of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to China. Khurshid, however, appears to be keen on the visit even as the Opposition has been deman...
Citizens across India are angry at Pakistan for the brutal murder of Sarabjit Singh and the insensitivity that followed. They are also equally angry with Indian government for failing to rescue a fellow citizen by acting promptly and strictly. Has the governme...
Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh's body has been brought back to India. The mortal remains of Sarabjit Singh will be handed over to the family members after an autopsy although one has been conducted in Pakistan. There are glaring loopholes in Pakistan...
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson says that the government of India has been taking up the issue of Sarabjit Singh at different levels with Pakistan. MEA says that everything possible is done to ensure that Sarabjit Singh's mortal remains are brought b...
The Centre continues to play down the issue of incursion, going so far as to say that it is not an incursion at all. In a stunning remark, Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh refused to call the 19 km land grab by the Chinese an incursion.
Actors, activists, authors, politicians and company leaders, the Indian Today Woman Summit saw achievers from various fields discuss and debate where the woman of the country stands today, what ails her and how much more needs to be done for her welfare.
Badminton player Saina Nehwal may have been robbed of a well-deserved chance to win the India Open Super Series title after the referee made an incorrect call.
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says that negotiations are underway to resolve differences with China peacefully. He also says that all steps necessary to check Chinese intrusions are also underway.
India Today Woman Summit & Awards | In the wake of the recent rape and mutilation of a five-year-old child in Delhi, the other victim of rape, who became the face for the protest against rising crime against women, the 23-year-old girl who was named 'Delhi bra...
Even as the Delhi Police struggles to keep protesters contained outside AIIMS, where a five-year-old victim of rape is being treated, the anger amongst the people is only growing over the authorities' lackadaisical attitude towards people's safety. While prote...
Find out who are the 50 most powerful people in India. Starting from the number 50, go all the way up to number 1 with Rahul Kanwal, Tndia Today editor Kaveree Bamzai, image consultant Dilip Cherian, India Today editor-at-large Rohit Saran, senior journalist N...
India Today Woman Summit Awards | MoS for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan and BJP leader Smriti Irani talk about challenges women face in politics, breaking the glass ceiling, and managing careers and family.
Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju has met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking time for 1993 Mumbai blast convict actor Sanjay Dutt and four others to surrender. Katju has argued that until there is a decision on their mercy petitions, no...
480 Pakistani Hindu refugees who managed to flee from Pakistan in the pretext of attending Kumbh Mela are hoping that India will grant them asylum. These people, who were traumatized and tortured in their own country, are expecting Indian government to grant t...
Days after Congress vice-president impressed India Inc with his inspirational address, it is now the turn of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to address Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). The key areas Modi is likely to focus i...
Members of India Inc appear to have been impressed with the economic vision of Congress vice-president which he presented at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Nonetheless, his address although highly inspiring, has offered little in terms of solution...
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's address at the annual general meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) appears to have got him a few fans as the members of India Inc appreciate the economic vision of the Congress scion for India.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has delivered the much anticipated Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) address. Has he managed to impress the India Inc? Has the Congress scion delivered what the CII wanted him to?
All eyes are set on Congress scion Rahul Gandhi as he is gearing up to address the annual general meeting of industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The Congress Prime Ministerial candidate is expected to unveil his plans for economic reforms dur...
Reacting to the news that Bombay blasts accused Zaibunnisa Kazi's daughter has sought appointment with Maharashtra Governor, seeking pardon for her mother, Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju says that an appeal has to be filed with the Pre...
Delhi's satellite town, Gurgaon, which pitches itself as the Shanghai of India, faces the serious issue of garbage disposal. In this segment of 'Right to be Heard' Headlines Today brings to you the fight of a resident for a clean Gurgaon.
The concert of Pakistani band Jal, which was supposed to perform at the Hard Rock Cafe in Mumbai, has been cancelled. No concrete reason has been provided by the organisers.
In his emphatic address at the CII convention in Delhi that was attended by top industrialists, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looked to dispel the gloom over the Indian economy.
Inaugurating the annual meet of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his speech, promised to continue reforms for the industry.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will open the annual meet of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in the capital today. India Inc would be looking for assurance from the government on reforms.
The Dantewada massacre of CRPF personnel should have shaken India into action. It should have led to strong measures to root out Naxalism from the country. But three years later, not much has changed. Pieced to together from journals and videos maintained by M...
The Supreme Court has dismissed Novartis' plea for patenting its cancer drug. The significant judgement means that a cheaper version of the Glivec drug will continue to be manufactured in India.
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India Today Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie says Narendra Modi is arguably the most heard about, the most written about and most watched politician at work today. The Gujarat Chief Minister, he says, defies the luxury of one-dimensional definition. He may have a s...
The girl who made a niche for herself in Hollywood with the Oscar-winning tale 'Slumdog Millionaire' talks to Koel Purie Rinchet about her triumphs as an actor, the baggage that comes with being in the media glare, and a lot more.
Opposing his government's decision to send back its two marines accused of killing Indian fishermen, Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has resigned.
India sealed a series whitewash, completing the fourth Test in style. India dominated every department of the game, and the best attempts by Australia could do nothing to prevent India from achieving the series victory. Here are a few reactions to India's hist...
At the end of Day Two of the Kotla Test between India and Australia, India's hope for a clean sweep of series are on the line as Australia seems to be fighting back. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon's five-wicket haul crumbled the Indian batting order, but India closed...
Vice-captain Shane Watson, who was benched on disciplinary grounds for the Mohali Test, will lead the Australian team for the fourth Test in Delhi. Skipper Michael Clarke injured his back during practice yesterday.
After a massive diplomatic row with India over its refusal to send back marines to face trial in India, the Italian government finally caves in. The two marines will return to India today, as India refused to budge on its demand about the two marines' return.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) begins its meeting to vote on a key draft resolution, moved by the United States, against Sri Lanka over alleged war crimes. The US-sponsored draft resolution has already drawn criticism from human rights groups ...
Narendra Modi is all set to become the only chief minister from India to be invited to address the Google Big Tent Activate Summit 2013 through Google+ hangout. He will be speaking on the theme 'Technology in Politics'.
Centrestage | An early election seems to be a high probability with DMK pulling out of UPA and Trinamool Congress already out. So, who will benefit from an early election? The channel finds out. With the UPA government being on life support, can the lame duck ...
The police have arrested eight men for gangraping a 39-year-old Swiss woman in Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, last night. The woman, who was on bicycle trip with her husband was attacked, robbed and then raped.
After an income tax tribunal passed an order that Lord Shiva, Lord Hanuman and goddess Durga are not religious deities thus any religious activity undertaken in connection to them does not get a tax exemption, the question arises – what exactly is a religiou...
In this session, moderated by Rahul Kanwal, in the India Today Conclave with the theme 'Reinventing Democracy', young turks debate India's future. Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal joins I&B minister Manish Tewari, BJP leader Smriti Irani, SAD leader Hars...
In this session, moderated by Rahul Kanwal, in the India Today Conclave with the theme 'Reinventing Democracy', young turks debate India's future. I&B minister Manish Tewari, BJP leader Smriti Irani, SAD leader Simrat Kaur Badal, Congress leader RPN Singh, Shi...
News Night | In this edition of News Night, watch some of the top news stories of the day. Petrol price has been cut by Rs 2 per litre with effect from midnight tonight, excluding local taxes. This is the steepest reduction in rates in nine months. Minister of...
In the conclave with the theme 'Reinventing Democracy', the topic of discussion in the session, moderated by Rahul Shivshankar, is 'Is India a soft power or a soft state? The participants at the discussion are senior advocate Harish Salve, BJP leader Ravi Shan...
Freida Pinto and Irrfan Khan, two of India's most renowned faces in Hollywood, in a discussion with Koel Purie Rinchet about how their years of struggle in Bollywood turned into overnight success after they appeared in Hollywood productions. In the session, Fr...
The external affairs ministry announced today that it has cancelled the upcoming bilateral hockey series against Pakistan. The team was scheduled to play a five-match series in India, beginning April 5. India were also slated to tour the neighbours for the sec...
Chief of the Army Staff General Bikram Singh talks about the army's role in nation building at the India Today Conclave. The decorated general, in his 'General's Brief' talks about a gamut of issues, including those that plague the Indian Army. As the conclave...
Aroon Purie, founder-publisher and Editor-in-Chief of India Today and the Chief Executive of the India Today Group, delivers the opening address at the 12th India Today Conclave. In his address, he said that the time to re-invent democracy had come. He also sp...
In the wake of a sting operation that reveals money laundering taking place in three renowned private banks across the country, the Reserve Bank of India has issued a show-cause notice to HDFC, ICICI and Axis banks. According to the exposé, blatant violations...
In a development that could lead to a diplomatic stand-off between Italy and India, the Italian marines, who were charged with murder of Indian fishermen, won't be returning to India to face a trial.
Four players from the Australian team -- Shane Watson, James Pattinson, Usman Khwaja and Mitchell Johnson -- will not be playing in the next Test match against India for not making a presentation they were asked to make to the coach.
Several All India Radio (AIR) women RJs finally come out about sexual harassment that they face at work every single day. The RJs had been subjected to sexual innuendos and advances for the last two years. If any RJ spurned advances, she was given a poor grade...
Virender Sehwag has been dropped from India's Test squad for the remaining two Test matches against Australia in Mohali and New Delhi owing to his poor performances in the previous Test matches. He has managed to score just 27 runs from three innings. Approvin...
Centre Stage | The Home Ministry has come out with five key recommendations to change the rape laws in the country. These recommendations include points like lowering the age of consent from 18 years to 16 years, reintroducing word 'rape' instead of sexual ass...
Left leader D Raja questions the government's inaction over the repeated attacks on Tamil fisherman by the Sri Lankan forces. According to Raja, the government should protect its own in this case and should cancel the Katchatheevu agreement with Sri Lanka.
Centre Stage | In the post match conference, Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that keeping in mind his critics' and the team's performances in the past he had started questioning his decision-making skills. But the two comprehensive wins over Australia in Chennai and...
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi suffers a setback as his keynote address at the Wharton India Economic Forum was cancelled by Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania following protests by a section of students and professors. The top US business ...
Finance Minister P Chidambaram is under immense pressure as he is all set to present the Union Budget 2013 as this is the last Budget before the general elections. There is a need to dole out populist goodies as well as to take stern measures to put India's ec...
D Raja, MP, CPI, urges the government to remain truthful to the people of this country and to international communities. What went on till 2009 in Sri Lanka was 'systematic genocide' of Tamil people. After 2009, it was 'structural genocide', he says.
Indian national hockey team has been forced to pull out of Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament due to scarcity of funds. Sources say that Sport Authority of India refused to provide air fare to the team as well.
Even though Australia managed to avoid an innings defeat at Chepauk, they could not manage to evade a defeat altogether as India won the first Test by eight wickets. With just 50 runs to win, Indians took about half an hour to clinch their victory. However, th...
At the end of Day Four of the first Test, Australia avoided an innings as Moises Henriques made his Test debut special with his unbeaten half-century, despite a full-fledged attack by Indian spinners. The Test moves to Day Five as Indian bowlers will have to l...
BITE - Board of India Today Economists conducts a discussion with India Today's deputy editor Dhiraj Nayyar, editor of Mail Today Sandeep Bamzai, ex-economist of World Bank Arun Shourie, chairman of Maruti-Suzuki RC Bhargav, economist Vivek Deb Roy, former CEO...
Press Council of India (PCI) chief Markandey Katju has enraged BJP by criticizing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in a Pakistani newspaper, holding him responsible for the Godhra riot. In his article, Katju asks should the malnourished children of Gujarat...
British Prime Minister David Cameron, during his visit to India, gathered a large trade delegation seeking to gain favour and popularity points over his French colleague who visited New Delhi earlier in the month. However, Deepak Tripathi from the University o...
Sachin fans rejoice as the master blaster hit an unbeaten 71 with Virat Kohli for company at the closing of Day Two of Chennai Test. After bundling up Australia for 380 wickets, India lost early wickets in openers Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay.
All India Tennis Association selectors names the Davis Cup squad for next month's tie against Indonesia in the Asia Oceania group. Rebel players such as Somdev Devvarman, Yuki Bhamri and Sanam Singh have been named in the squad. Leander Paes retains his place,...
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed chargesheets against 12 Lashkar cadre in Bangalore in connection with a conspiracy to target journalists and politicians in major cities in South India. 15 people were arrested in connection with the case and t...
As workers from the Maruti plant in Manesar, Haryana, are set to join the nation-wide strike called by the trade unions, the authorities fear outbreak of violence. This after the two-day strike that began yesterday witnessed violence in a few places. Manesar M...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, at a press conference called to protest the Lankan war crimes against ethnic Tamils, says that the latest evidence of Lankan brutality against the ethnic Tamils shows the mindset of the current government in Sri Lanka....
The pilot, whose rap song on the deplorable conditions of Air India became an internet sensation, was forced to tender an apology. The authorities, who were left red-faced by the song, is planning to initiate stern action against the pilot, who in his apology ...
Struggling to get its economy back on track, the UK is knocking on India's doors. It is the British Prime Minister's third day in India, where he's looking to bolster trade ties. David Cameron says he wants a special partnership between the two nations.
After photographs that showed barbarity by the Lankan Army against LTTE leader V Prabhakaran's 12-year-old son were made public yesterday, the DMK demands to know the Centre's stand on Colombo. The regional party leader M Karunanidhi has in fact threatened to...
Centrestage | A war of words has broken out between the BJP and Justice Markandey Katju for his newspaper article on Narendra Modi. While, the BJP has demanded Katju's resignation as the Chairman of Press Council of India, he wants Leader of Opposition Arun Ja...
Trouble for Union minister Vayalar Ravi does not seem to end. A day after he sparked a controversy by questioning a woman journalist's integrity, All India Democratic Women's Association wants a case registered against Ravi for sexual harassment. This despite ...
An unknown woman battles for life in a Bangalore hospital. According to the hospital authorities, she was admitted with horrific injuries that pointed to brutal sexual assault and gangrape. Police suspect she was beaten up and the assailants chopped off her ea...
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has ordered to freeze all assets and bank and demat accounts of Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy and two of Sahara Group companies with immediate effect. SEBI's crackdown on the two firms—Sahara Housing I...
Eve Ensler, creator of the 'Vagina Monologues' play, and her organisation V-Day will dance and rise to protest against the rising violence against women. The 1 Billion Rising march today is about the billion women across the planet who have been victims of vio...
News Night | In a massive embarrassment for the UPA government, top Italian defence company Finmeccanica's CEO has been arrested in connection with a Rs 3700 crore chopper deal. India's defence ministry has ordered for a CBI probe with the sale of helicopters ...
In his testimony to the Maharashtra ATS, 26/11 handler and LeT operative Abu Jundal has exposed the man who trained him to be a terrorist. He said Kagzi was the guy who initiated him into terrorism and got him to cross over to Nepal for training.
Gautam Gambhir has been axed from the Indian team that will play in the first two Tests against Australia in Chennai, starting February 22. In his place will be Shikhar Dhawan.
It is the law that allows minors to get away after committing heinous crimes, says Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir. His comments were in reference to the minor accused in the Delhi gangrape case, who would most likely get away despite being the most bruta...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is set to arrive in India for his personal pilgrimage, but already there is a furore over his arrival. While MDMK general secretary Viako will march from Jantar Mantar against Rajapaksa's visit, supporters of ethnic Tamil...
Massive row seems to be erupting over Narendra Modi's speech at SRCC yesterday, as Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad says that Modi has betrayed the state of Gujarat by spilling blood. Ahmad's comment are in response to Modi's speech where he says that India...
The platitudes by the Delhi government seem to ring fake as two rapes were reported from the national capital within 24 hours. In one of the incidents, a Chinese national has alleged that she was raped by a high-profile party organiser Tariq Sheikh, while in t...
Two senior Congress MPs, Naveen Jindal and Shashi Tharoor blur the line between science and superstition, leaving the medical community aghast. Shashi Tharoor recently launched the ‘Tiranga Bangle’, an initiative by Naveen Jindal’s Flag Foundation of Ind...
India's Rural Olympics also known as Kila Raipur Sports Festival was a major crowd puller with hundreds of enthusiastic spectators crowding up to watch thrilling stunts, dance performances by both humans and trained animals and other exciting events.
Sachin Tendulkar revealed the reason behind his retirement from one-day international matches. He said he didn't see him playing the ICC World Cup 2015 and quit keeping in mind India's defence of its World Cup title. He said his retirement would make way for a...
The BCCI has cracked the whip and banned 30 English county players from practising in India. According to the board, using 'Indian' facilities helped England win the Test series in India. Around 30 players from several English counties were to fly to India to ...
The BJP demands a CBI probe into the farm loan waiver scam. The Centre had brought out the scheme for farmers in 2008. According to CAG's findings, gross irregularities took place in the scheme in which loans worth 60,000 crore were waived.
A 19-year-old girl was gangraped by three men in Bangalore. The men, who were smoking nearby, saw the girl and dragged her into the bushes near the railway tracks in Kariyana Pallya in Lingarajpuram area last night. A case of rape has been registered at KG Hal...
A 19-year-old girl was reportedly gangraped by three men in Bangalore. The men allegedly dragged her into the bushes near the railway tracks in Lingarajpuram area last night. A case of rape has been registered at KG Halli police station, while more details to ...
The Cabinet may look into the recommendations of Justice Verma Committee on crime against women in its meeting to be held in the evening today. As the committee has made roughly 165 recommendations, the meeting will have to pick and choose from these. The meet...
Just a month after Mohinder Amarnath claimed that the BCCI president N Srinivasan had vetoed a move to sack MS Dhoni as the captain of Indian cricket team, Srinivasan's company India Cements has employed Dhoni as the vice-president. Srinivasan's refusal to rem...