Youth in the city throng electronics shops to buy cheaper and feature-rich mobile phones imported from China, South Korea
One killed after protestors targeted an Army convoy in Jammu; eight members of the Amarnath shrine board resign.
BEL eyes opportunities for nuclear deal
Expecting the nuclear deal with US to go through, India's largest defence electronic company Bharat Electronic Ltd (BEL) is looking at tapping the lucrative business potential in the atomic energy sector.
JKLF chief on hunger strike admitted to hospital
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammad Yasin Malik, who is on an indefinite hunger strike, was admitted today to a hospital after his condition deteriorated.
BEL eyes opportunities for nuclear deal
Expecting the nuclear deal with US to go through, India's largest defence electronic company Bharat Electronic Ltd (BEL) is looking at tapping the lucrative business potential in the atomic energy sector.
JKLF chief on hunger strike admitted to hospital
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammad Yasin Malik, who is on an indefinite hunger strike, was admitted today to a hospital after his condition deteriorated.
Youth in the city throng electronics shops to buy cheaper and feature-rich mobile phones imported from China, South Korea.
An ‘Indianised' Bible with references to the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Manusmriti and drawings of a turbaned Joseph and sari clad Mother Mary with baby Jesus in her arms, is making waves in Kerala.
People belonging to two communities clashed over a love marriage in Vijaywada, leading the police to use batons to disperse them.
The devotees were back yesterday at the Naina Devi temple, undeterred by the deaths of 145 people in a stampede a day earlier.
Where were Surat's timer chips bought?
Former Black Cat Commando says there may be many answers in Surat’s failed blasts.
'Indianised' Bible with references to the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Manusmriti and drawings of a turbaned Joseph and sari clad Mother Mary with baby Jesus in her arms, is making waves in Kerala.
Nirali Someshwar speaks about her relationship with Ishmeet Singh.
Terming the Kabul embassy bombing as an attack on Indo-Afghan friendship, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today declared that it would not deter New Delhi from continuing its reconstruction of the war-torn country and announced a fresh assistance worth 450 mn USD (Rs 1901 crore) in addition to 750 mn USD (Rs 31659 crore) already committed by India.
BJP to boycott CNN-IBN for not airing sting
BJP to boycott CNN-IBN for not airing sting
The BJP yesterday declared that it would boycott CNN-IBN and its affiliated channels for not telecasting a sting they had conducted on the cash-for-votes controversy.
Singing sensation Ishmeet Singh’s body was consigned to the flames yesterday as tens of thousands of mourners braved a stampede-like situation to bid farewell to the Voice of India.
HRD minister admitted to AIIMS with multiple health problems.
A five-year-old boy died yesterday under mysterious circumstances in the premises of Asaram Bapu’s Ashram School.
'I thought he was joking'
'I thought he was joking'
Voice of India Chhote Ustaad contestant recalls how Ishmeet Singh cried for help while he was drowning at the deep end of the pool at Maldives resort.
Orissa’s bachelor Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday refused to accept ruling BJD’s badge from a girl at a rally jointly organised by the youth and students wings of the party.
Why have we not telecast the story so far? Quite simply, we have chosen not to telecast the story yet because we did not feel that the story was complete.
While Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss tries to crack down on tobacco consumption, his own Cabinet colleague, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, is still chewing on the idea.
Fast-paced life, leaves no room for sex
Fast-paced life, leaves no room for sex
The parents of 28-year-old Sandeep Kumar (name changed) are upset, as even after two years of marriage of his son they haven't become grandparents.
Two alligators who were washed away in flood from the Tata Zoological Park in Jamshedpur last month are back into their enclosure, much to the relief of the zoo officials.
The national capital has earned the dubious distinction of having the second highest number of missing children in the country.
Ishmeet Singh was on a promotional tour to the island.
As the Department of Posts plans to provide e-enabled services in all post offices across the country, the telegram would probably become history.
Not only did Ashwin Patel lose his father and both his children in the Ahmedabad blasts, he has had to suffer the terrible agony of his father Purushottam being labelled a suicide bomber.
Blast victim insisted on a shave and a haircut in hospital, as PM and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi were visiting.
15 Pakistani troops cross into Indian territory and open fire, killing an Indian jawan; Indian forces return fire and reportedly kill four.
One more live bomb was defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) in Varacha area of Surat yesterday, a senior police official said.
Live bombs found in Surat
Live bombs found in Surat
Two live bombs were found today in residential areas of Surat, creating panic.
I will speak in a few days, says Somnath Chatterjee
I will speak in a few days, says Somnath Chatterjee
I will speak after a few days. I leave it to the people (to judge),” Lok Sabha Speaker Somanth Chatterjee has said, breaking his silence after his expulsion from the CPI(M) for refusing to quit his post.
Firing between Indian and Pakistani troops across the Line of Control stopped early today after 16 hours. The body of a soldier from the Rajput Regiment, who was killed in the incident, was recovered.
Tamil Nadu police yesterday claimed to have foiled plots to plant bombs across the state, in Chennai and Tirunelveli, before August 15, and arrested one person with Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and a timer.
Hoax SMS puts Pune police in a spot
Hoax SMS puts Pune police in a spot
A hoax SMS doing the rounds in Pune "warned" people to keep away from crowded and busy areas following the serial blasts at Ahmedabad.
HUJI has become a gang of contract killers
HUJI has become a gang of contract killers
Lack of a federal investigation agency could be one of the reasons for the series of blasts across India.
Ward in Civil Hospital bombed
Ward in Civil Hospital bombed
Please tell the Ahmedabad police to help us.
Nine low intensity blasts at seven places shock IT hub. Two killed, 12 injured.
Even as a team of anti-terror experts from Mumbai are heading to assist the local police in Bangalore, questions are being raised whether yesterday’s blasts was a Red Herring.
Shivraj Patil chairs high-level meet on blasts
Shivraj Patil chairs high-level meet on blasts
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in the wake of serial blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
Police conducted raids and detained a number of persons in connection with the serial blasts that rocked this city killing at least 38 people and injuring 90.
Dabbawalas fear business losses
Dabbawalas fear business losses
After the bomb blasts earlier in Jaipur, Malegaon and now in Ahmedabad using the tiffins, Mumbai's Jevan Dabba Wahatuk Mandal fear their business will be affected.
Lack of a federal investigation agency could be one of the reasons for the series of blasts across India.
Ahmedabad serial blasts toll rises to 38
The toll in the serial blasts that rocked this Gujarat city climbed to 38 today and is expected to rise further, police said.
5 hurt in Jharkhand blast
Ahmedabad serial blasts toll rises to 38
The toll in the serial blasts that rocked this Gujarat city climbed to 38 today and is expected to rise further, police said.
5 hurt in Jharkhand blast
Five persons were injured in a bomb blast near a bus-stand in this city of Jharkhand today, police said.
Hospitals not spared, 2 bombs go off
Hospitals not spared, 2 bombs go off
The perpetrators of the string of bomb blasts in Ahmedabad struck with such impunity that even hospitals where the blast victims were being rushed for treatment were targetted.
PM to ‘ripe old’ Advani: change your astrologerPrime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday launched a sharp broadside against BJP leader L K Advani, referring to his age, the Babri Masjid demolition and the Gujarat riots.
With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh comfortably winning the trust vote yesterday, the talk of an early cabinet reshuffle is being spoken about in political circles.
Five jailed MPs who were brought from various parts of in India to Delhi to take part in the trust vote in parliament and were supposed to spend the nights at Tihar Jail seem to have given prison officials the slip.
BJP not keen on defeating UPA
BJP not keen on defeating UPA
The saffron party feels Mayawati has out-grown its prime ministerial candidate L K Advani in the last few days.
The CPI (M) is likely to take strict disciplinary action against Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee after he “defied” the party direction to step down as the presiding officer of the lower house, party sources said yesterday.
Civil society organisations in Gujarat called for a bandh demanding CBI probe into the death of two boys from Asaram Bapu’s ashram.
THE Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Mumbai yesterday arrested key suspect in the bombing of US Centre in Kolkata.
Shiv Sena activists, who argue that the Taj Mahal was built on the site of a Shiva temple, attempted to perform Hindu rituals at the monument yesterday afternoon but the police prevented them from entering it.
Deal ya no deal?We ask a cross-section of people from across the country what they make of the make-or-break nuclear deal
Indian parliament league Manoranjan ke baap ka baap
Indian parliament league Manoranjan ke baap ka baap
Viral Shah takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the entertainment value of trust vote politics and finds it wins over the original IPL any day
MNS activists attack college over fees
MNS activists attack college over fees
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists attacked MIT college in Aurangabad after the management refused to roll down hiked fees.
I have faith in PM: Rahul
Rahul Gandhi continuing his speech post lunch said that we should be more concerned about how we would impact the world rather than the world impacting us.
Scribes protesting outside Asaram ashram detained
Scribes protesting outside Asaram ashram detained
About 100 media persons who took out a protest rally against the attack on journalists by supporters of religious guru Asaram Bapu yesterday
In view of the lifestyles in urban areas where working women have little time for her children, a Delhi court has said that a minor child cannot always be handed over to his or her mother in a custody dispute.
The Goa police has registered an offence against Sports Authority of Goa's coach for molesting an upcoming young cricketer.
Undertrials escape after drugging policemenLok Two criminals, lodged in Madhya Pradesh’s Badwani jail escaped after drugging the three policemen who were taking them to Aurangabad for court appearance .
School owner fined for storing liquor
The owner of a private school here has been arrested for illegally storing 780 foreign liquor bottles worth Rs 15 lakh in the school premises in Binola village.
Asaram Bapu's supporters attack journos
School owner fined for storing liquor
The owner of a private school here has been arrested for illegally storing 780 foreign liquor bottles worth Rs 15 lakh in the school premises in Binola village.
Asaram Bapu's supporters attack journos
Journalists were attacked and their equipment damaged today by supporters of Asaram Bapu during a bandh called to protest against the mysterious death of two boys studying in Ashram's Gurukul.
The inmates of Guwahati Central Jail, who wished to start life anew, wrote their examinations in a first-time experiment in Assam.
Prisoners in Assam sit for exams!
The inmates of Guwahati Central Jail, who wished to start life anew, wrote their examinations in a first-time experiment in Assam.
The police arrested Hemant Jain (27), a businessman and his paramour, Parvin Khan (23), for strangulating Hemant’s fomer partner Suraiya (55) in a hotel room at Hyderabad.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee yesterday came under renewed pressure from his party CPI (M) to quit the post.
Govt will win trust vote: PM
Govt will win trust vote: PM
Manmohan Singh today said that people understand the significance of the initiatives taken by it and endorse them.
A sports enthusiast was duped of around Rs 2.5 lakh by a website through which he booked tickets to travel to China to watch the Beijing Olympics.
Olympics enthusiast duped of Rs 2.5 lakh
A sports enthusiast was duped of around Rs 2.5 lakh by a website through which he booked tickets to travel to China to watch the Beijing Olympics.
The dentist was released from jail, ending a 50-day traumatic period when Noida police accused him of brutally killing his teenage daughter, Aarushi.
Eminent filmmaker Mrinal Sen was felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 10th edition of the Osian's Cinefest Film Festival 2008.
Indian govt didn’t help me
Indian govt didn’t help me
Asha Patil, who married a Pakistani national, returns home after losing her husband and baby.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government, reduced to a minority after losing the Left support over the India-US nuclear deal.
Mukesh Ambani meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Mukesh Ambani meets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today, seeking a windfall profit tax on the Reliance group's oil business.
Former chief justice no more
Former chief justice no more
Former chief justice of India, Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud died today due to a prolonged illness at a city hospital.
It may sound strange but it's true nevertheless. A bride and a groom were administered polio drops by health volunteers in a Bihar village.
Life term for parents who killed daughter
Life term for parents who killed daughter
Parents of Mehnaz Khan (18) were today sentenced to life for murdering their daughter and chopping her body into several pieces.
State will amend Police Act to enable women to apply for higher ranks; no physical tests with men.
Tribal girl chooses spouse in first-ever swayamvar
Tribal girl chooses spouse in first-ever swayamvar
A poverty-hit tribal girl accepted a youth as her groom yesterday at a gathering of about 15,000 people in a remote Chhattisgarh village at the first ever swayamvar in the state in decades.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee yesterday refused to speak out his mind on whether he will resign from the post after Left parties withdrew support to the UPA Government.
Government shows off IAEA text
Under the agreement, India will place its civilian nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards to facilitate full civil nuclear cooperation between India and members of IAEA.
Government shows off IAEA text
Under the agreement, India will place its civilian nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards to facilitate full civil nuclear cooperation between India and members of IAEA.
An Uttar Pradesh police team was left red-faced when their unattended patrol vehicle was stolen yesterday.
A Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) councillor from Uttar Pradesh and two accomplices were arrested for running an auto-lifting gang, the police said yesterday.
Amidst signs of warming up of ties between Congress, and Samajwadi Party, the BJP yesterday sought to reach out to Mayawati-led BSP which withdrew support to the UPA government
The government on Tuesday voiced confidence about securing a trust vote in the Lok Sabha despite the “designs” of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Couple, son held for stealing over 100 bikes
Couple, son held for stealing over 100 bikes
The Andhra Pradesh Police have arrested a couple and their son for the theft of over 100 bikes.
Following the suspected Taliban attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul yesterday, India rushed a high-level team there with an assertion that such "cowardly" acts of terror would not deter it from fulfilling its commitments to Afghanistan.
Indian prisoner in Pak to be repatriated
Prakash, 51, was freed from Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore on July 1 on the orders of the Interior Ministry after he completed his prison term.
Indian prisoner in Pak to be repatriated
Prakash, 51, was freed from Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore on July 1 on the orders of the Interior Ministry after he completed his prison term.
An Uttar Pradesh police team was left red-faced when their unattended patrol vehicle was stolen yesterday.
A Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) councillor from Uttar Pradesh and two accomplices were arrested for running an auto-lifting gang, the police said yesterday.
Amidst signs of warming up of ties between Congress, and Samajwadi Party, the BJP yesterday sought to reach out to Mayawati-led BSP which withdrew support to the UPA government
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