IPL Spot-Fixing Case: Why The Charges Against Sreesanth, Chandila And Chavan...
In a slap to Delhi police, a court on Saturday discharged all 36 accused including India's test discard S Sreesanth and two other cricketers Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, in the 2013 IPL-6...
View ArticleAfter Outrage, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Apologises For Calling...
NEW DELHI—Days after the Delhi Police filed defamation complaints against Arvind Kejriwal after he referred to police officials as "thullas", the chief minister has apologised. Kejriwal apologised for...
View ArticleKanpur Woman Finds Rs 95,000 Crore In Her Bank Account, Thanks To SBI...
This was a situation straight out of a Bollywood movie. A few days ago, a woman from Kanpur, who works as a domestic help, became one of the richest women when an amount of Rs 95,71,16,98,647 was...
View ArticlePrime Minister Modi Pays Tribute to Kargil Martyrs On Mann ki Baat, Keeps Mum...
NEW DELHI—Concerned over the high rate of casualties in accidents, the government will soon bring a Road Transport and Safety Bill and launch cashless treatment for mishap victims, Prime Minister...
View ArticleRanbir Kapoor And Katrina Kaif Are Not Getting Married Anytime Soon
MUMBAI—The recent reports that suggested Bollywood couple Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor are engaged, may not be true after all. Katrina Kaif has denied reports that she is engaged to actor Ranbir...
View Article30% Lawyers In The Country Are Fake, Says Bar Council Chairman
CHENNAI—30% of lawyers in the country are fake, possessing 'fraudulent' law degrees or non-practising persons, and are degrading the profession, Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has...
View ArticleSalman Khan's Tweets Bring Yakub Memon's Death Sentence Into Mainstream...
Actor Salman Khan has joined the growing chorus of voices opposing the death sentence awarded to Yakub Memon, brother of 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Tiger Memon. A number of journalists, activists and...
View ArticleWhat? A Gujarati Repairman Has Invented An Air Conditioned Sofa
A repairman from Gujarat has successfully designed 'an AC sofa' which can be used even at outdoor events and consumes less electricity than the tower air-conditioners. Gandhinagar resident Dashrath...
View ArticleGurdaspur Attack: 7 Killed In Deadly Strike On Punjab Police Station
A Punjab Police SP (detective) was among seven killed in a daring attack on a police station in the state's northern border town of Gurdaspur on Monday morning. Indian army commandos joined the Punjab...
View ArticleHave A Message For Aliens? Russian Billionaire To Offer $1 Million Prize For...
LONDON—Yuri Milner, the Russian billionaire who is funding the USD 100 million search for aliens, is offering USD 1 million prize money to craft the best message to send to an extraterrestrial...
View ArticleChina Stocks Suffer Biggest One-Day Loss Since 2007
SHANGHAI - Chinese shares tumbled more than 8 percent on Monday amid renewed fears about the outlook for the world's No. 2 economy, reviving the spectre of a full-blown market crash that prompted...
View ArticleBombay High Court To Hear Salman Khan's Appeal Against Conviction From July 30
MUMBAI -- The Bombay High Court today said it will hear the appeal filed by Bollywood actor Salman Khan against the five-year sentence awarded to him in the 2002 hit-and-run case from July 30 on a...
View ArticleKarnataka Lokayukta Son Arrested For Extortion Racket
Karnataka's anti-corruption watchdog, or Lokayukta, long held as the model anti-corruption ombudsman, had a shattering fall from grace after Ashwin Rao, the son of the Lokayukta chief, Bhaskar Rao, was...
View ArticleYakub Memon Death Penalty: Mercy Petition Hearing To Continue In Supreme...
NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court on Monday said it would resume the hearing of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon's mercy petition tomorrow morning. The apex court was hearing Yakub Abdul Razak...
View ArticleMy Tweet Was The Mere Frustration Of A Helpless Citizen Of Mumbai: Neha Dhupia
Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia, who came under fire for criticising the government in her tweets, today said she had no intention to "demean or personally attack anyone". Dhupia, 34, had taken to...
View ArticleSensex Dives 500 points On China Stock Crash, Weak Domestic Corporate Earnings
NEW DELHI: India's key market indices had a precipitous fall on the back of a sharp decline in China's stock markets, weak Q1 results by companies and worries that the government may impose restriction...
View ArticleLalu Calls Bihar Bandh To Compel Modi Government For Caste Data
PATNA -- As the poll battle for Bihar intensifies, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today called for a state-wide shutdown to press for the release of caste-census data, which he alleged,...
View ArticleED Seeks Non Bailable Warrant Against Lalit Modi After Summons Gets No Response
MUMBAI -- The Enforcement Directorate today moved a special court here seeking issuance of a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against former IPL chief Lalit Modi in a case of alleged money laundering...
View ArticleGurdaspur Attack: All Three Terrorists Killed; Pakistan Government Condemns...
All three terrorists who stormed a police station complex in Dina Nagar in Punjab on Monday have been killed, Punjab Police chief Sumedh Singh Saini told reporters. The total tally of those who died in...
View ArticleFormer President APJ Abdul Kalam Dies At 83
Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam died in Shillong on Monday evening of a suspected cardiac arrest. He collapsed during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management and was rushed to Bethany...
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