India
Three Naxals arrested during search operation
Three Naxals, carrying cash rewards on their heads, were on Monday arrested from two different places in the insurgency-hit Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, police said. Kuldhar Salaam (30) and Suresh Korram (28) were nabbed by a joint team of securi...
Ram Vilas Paswan defends rail fare hike, terms it as 'compulsion'
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday defended the steep rail fare hike effected by the Centre last week, saying it was a "compulsion" as no government wants to increase fares.
Man allegedly stabs wife to death on suspicion of infidelity in Sambhal
A 32-year-old woman was murdered allegedly by her husband in Asmauli area, police said in Sambhal on Monday.
Vasundhara Raje asks officials to prepare time-bound development roadmap for Bikaner
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has asked officials to prepare a roadmap for a well-planned and time-bound development of Bikaner district.
Opposition stages walkout from Assembly over power supply issue
Major opposition parties on Monday staged a walkout from the Uttar Pradesh Assembly during the question hour over the issue of power outages in the state.
Body of 28-year-old MIT graduate found in Ladakh ravine, family says she slipped and fell during her morning run
Kaitlin R Goldstein was a fourth-year graduate student in architecture.
Steve Rossi, 82, of comedy duo Allen and Rossi, dies
Steve Rossi, one half of the prolific comedy duo Allen & Rossi, which became a favorite of 'The Ed Sullivan Show' and other TV variety shows, died Sunday at age 82.
Ellen DeGeneres, Steve Harvey are Daytime Emmy Awards winners
Ellen DeGeneres, Steve Harvey and the soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' were among the 41st annual Daytime Emmy winners.
Four children feared drowned in Alaknanda river
Four children feared drowned in Alaknanda river when a ropeway trolley, in which they were crossing the river, upended in Joshimath area in Uttarakhand, a senior official said.
St Stephen's defers admission till final decision on FYUP
St Stephen's began its admission process last week with the announcement of its first cut-off list.
Is Uttar Pradesh slipping out of Akhilesh's hands?
Is Uttar Pradesh slipping out of Akhilesh Yadav's hands? Even as the beseiged 41-year-old chief minister firefights criticism in the aftermath of the Lok Sabha drubbing the Samajwadi Party (SP) received last month, the jury is out on his possible eclipse...
'Humshakals' makes over Rs 25 crore in two days
The film stars Saif Ali Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Kapoor, and has been made at a cost of Rs 75 crore.
Iran's top leader opposes US intervention in Iraq
"The US aims to bring its own blind followers to power", said Khamenei.
Football World Cup 2014: How the world tweeted #ITA versus #CRC
According to Twitter, there were a total of 3.2 million tweets about the game during the live telecast.
A decade on, insatiable Sharapova seeks Wimbledon No.2
After winning the French Open for a second time earlier this month, Sharapova is chasing a rare "Channel Double" last achieved by a woman in 2002.
MPPEB scam: Court issues lookout notice against mining baron Sudhir Sharma
A local court in Bhopal on Saturday issued a lookout notice against mining baron Sudhir Sharma in connection with his alleged involvement in the Madhya Pradesh Professional Board Examination (MPPBEB) scam.