India

With elections to 12 municipalities being held on Saturday in West Bengal, an incident of clash between the ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition CPI(M) was reported, while malpractices were alleged in other areas.

Whenever the Samajwadi Party (SP) comes to power, "a series of communal riots begin in Uttar Pradesh", said BJP president Rajnath Singh on Saturday after he called off his visit to violence-hit Muzaffarnagar district.

The film will be remade in Malayalam and Telugu as the producers are very happy with the Hindi version.

Shiv Sena said on Saturday that it would be "foolish" to demand a CBI probe into the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.

A domestic help, who worked at senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi's residence, was on found hanging on Friday in one of the servant quarters located in the leader's residential premises, police said.

Earlier in the day UP Police had arrested BJP MLA Suresh Rana for allegedly making hate speech in connection with the riots.

The situation in curfew-bound Cheepabad-Khirkiya town of Harda district remained tense on Friday, after which the district administration issued shoot-at-sight orders, as a precautionary measure.

Reportedly, the shoot of 'Nanthara' in Madikeri, Vizag and Bangalore has been wrapped up.

The film marks the second collaboration between Balakrishna and director Boyapati Srinu after 'Simha'.

An 8-member Pakistani judicial commission will cross examine the witnesses in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case on September 24 to carry forward the lingering trial in the case in that country.

President Barack Obama has nominated yet another Indian American, Manish S Shah, to the key post of US District Court judge for the Northern District of his home state of Illinois.

Shahzad Ahmed has filed a petition against his conviction in the 2008 Batla House encounter case for killing Inspector M C Sharma and injuring two others.

A pilot of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was arrested in Britain for being drunk while in charge of a plane while three stewards were taken into custody for misbehaving with a British woman, officials said on Thursday.

Thousands of people crowded the harbour of a Taiwanese city on Thursday to welcome a giant floating yellow rubber duck.

Stenson totally upstaged his playing partner Tiger Woods as he surged into a one-shot lead in the opening round of the elite Tour Championship.

Nicolas Mahut of France upset third-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-4, 6-4 to reach the Moselle Open quarter-finals on Thursday.