About 500 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Tuesday held a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi to protest the recent hike in petrol prices. Police had to use water cannons to disperse the crowd.

New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath on Tuesday said that strong action should be taken against officials like Anil Verma, an Indian diplomat in London accused of assaulting

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for nearly two hours amid a growing buzz about an imminent reshuffle of the union council of ministers.

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Mumbai: A late buying spree helped a benchmark index of Indian equities market on Tuesday close 224 points higher.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which open

Los Angeles, Jan. 17: Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman wasn’t second time lucky. He lost out on the trophy for best original score-motion picture for Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, at the 68th Annual Golden

Sydney: Twelve hours before conceding the Ashes during the Boxing Day Test, Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke and teammate Phillip Hughes were spotted drinking in a Melbourne restaurant bar.

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Mumbai: A massive fire broke out in an oil storage depot of the public sector Indian Oil Corporation Limited in Navi Mumbai early on Tuesday, police said.

The fire alert was received by the police ar

New Delhi: India on Tuesday said domestic violence allegations against chief trade diplomat in Britain Anil Verma will be thoroughly investigated after he returns and action will be taken according to

New Delhi: Strongly defending Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas' appointment, the government on Monday told the Supreme Court that Thomas was an 'outstanding civil servant of impeccable

Mumbai: Reliance Communications, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, on Tuesday said it has raised $255 million (Rs.1,155 crore) through external commercial borrowings for partly re-fina