Disciplining your child by slapping may actually work if it is accompanied by love and affection as it doesn’t result in antisocial behaviour, a new US study has claimed.

A police team today visited former President Pervez Musharraf’s farmhouse, declared a “sub-jail” by authorities, and questioned him about the detention of more than 60 judges during the emergency of 2007.

Virender Sehwag making a comeback from injury has not helped Delhi Daredevils one bit in their disastrous IPL campaign and skipper Mahela Jayawardene feels that having the senior opener back in the side does not put an end to all their problems.

R&B singer Rihanna is facing pregnancy rumours after she cancelled four tour dates due to mystery illness.

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit today underwent surgery at a city hospital for sinus problem and is stable.

Finance minister P. Chidambaram today rejected suggestions that India is imposing restrictions on investments and said the country’s economy is opening up in a gradual manner.

Former telecom minister A. Raja, who has been accused in the JPC draft report of having misled the Prime Minister on 2G spectrum issue, today maintained he had done everything in consultation with Manmohan Singh and would send a detailed note in his defence to the panel next week.

A 26-year-old BCA student was shot dead by an unidentified man when he resisted the latter’s bid to eve tease his woman companion, the police said on Thursday.

An extraordinary 34-carat “Princie” diamond from the mines of Golconda in South India, once owned by the world’s richest man — the last Nizam of Hyderabad — has sold for a record $39 million at an auc

Actress Anna Friel has started drinking an unusual tea made of curry leaves to preserve the natural colour of her hair. The 36-year-old actress, who has seven-year-old daughter Gracie from her relationship with David Thewlis, felt sick after finding grey hairs, so she researched natural methods for preserving her brunette locks and discovered the unusual brew, reported Contactmusic.