'Will surely hoist tricolour in Srinagar'
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday maintained that its activists will unfurl the national flag at Srinagar's Lal Chowk on Republic Day on Wednesday even though a large number of pa
Brit teen's murder planned on Facebook
London: A 15-year-old schoolboy in Britain was killed in a merciless attack with samurai swords and machetes that was apparently planned on social networking website Facebook.
Sofyen Belamouadden was
Sehwag, Sangakkara in UN AIDS campaign
United Nations: Rivals of the field, Indian cricket opener Virender Sehwag and Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara are batting together against a common enemy in a United Nations-backed campaign to fig
Mobiles go off in Kashmir ahead R'Day
Srinagar: Mobile phone connectivity was suspended across the Kashmir Valley ahead of the Republic Day celebrations on Wednesday due to security reasons, official sources said.
The move comes to avoid
Indonesian Prez for $15bn deals in India
In a big boost to New Delhi’s “Look East” policy, India and Indonesia are set to ink around three dozen agreements, including an extradition treaty, and seal business deals worth $15 billion after the leaders of the two countries hold talks here Tuesday.
Sensex falls on profit booking
Mumbai: A benchmark index for an Indian equities market on Tuesday slipped from its intra-day highs as stocks first rose after only a 25 basis points hike in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Indi
SP student leader kidnaps girl
A student leader owing allegiance to the Samajwadi Party here on Monday kidnapped a girl at gunpoint after assaulting her family members with the help of his armed supporters, the police said. Prasanjeet Gautam, along with his 16 armed supporters barged into the house of Surendra Sharma in Vaishali colony and abducted his
Judicial probe into Sabarimala stampede
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has announced a judicial inquiry into the January 14 Sabarimala stampede. A Kerala High Court judge will look into the tragedy that left 102 pilgrims dead.
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Attacker's father defends 'unstable' son
Varanasi: S.K. Sharma, father of the youth who on Tuesday attacked murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar's father Rajesh Talwar outside a court in Ghaziabad, has said his son 'should not be treated as a cr
Music beyond boundaries
Describing singer Lata Mangeshkar as a “Vishwa Ratna”, Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan has said her soulful music transcends geographical and linguistic boundaries.