A dalit boy, whose marriage to a higher caste girl triggered anti-dalit violence in three villages of Dharmapuri district in November last, was found dead along a railway track in that town on Thursday, a day after she said she would never go back to him and would stay with her mother.

Rising for the first time in three days, the Bombay Stock E benchmark Sensex today closed over 233 points higher as funds resumed buying at prevailing low levels mainly in IT sector stocks, amid firm global cues.

Bajaj Auto, the world’s largest three-wheeler maker, expects to launch its four-wheeled passenger carrier RE60 by end of the current financial year.

Extending gains for the fifth straight session, gold prices today rose by Rs 30 to Rs 26,830 per 10 grams in the national capital on increased buying by stockists and investoRs on the back of rising demand amid a firming global trend.

Senior Egyptian jurist Adly Mahmoud Mansour has suddenly found himself in the spotlight as the civilian face of the Army-backed interim government following dramatic ouster of the Arab country’s first democratically elected President Mohammed Morsi.

A day after Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a court in Ahmedabad that it is probing the role of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers in Ishrat Jahan case, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said those guilty of carrying out the alleged fake encounter should be punished.

There is no need for changing the present collegium system of appointing judges to the higher judiciary nor the impeachment provisions in the Constitution, says Chief Justice of India designate Justic

Researchers have designed the world’s first ‘Terminator-style’ contact lens that would allow wearers to zoom in and zoom out.

No more painful root canals?
Scientists are close to developing a new and effective way to treat tooth decay that fully restores the tooth rather than requiring it to be filled, capped or extracted.

Choreographer Wade Robson has alleged that Michael Jackson would go at length to avoid getting caught sexually abusing children and even had an alarm installed outside his bedroom.