Amidst demand for action against the VHP leader Praveen Togadia for allegedly making provocative speeches, the Centre has asked the Maharashtra government to probe the charges and book the Hindu outfit leader if he is found to be violating laws.

Actress and DMK leader Khushboo today escaped unhurt when some unidentified persons threw stones and footwear at her while she was coming out of a hotel here, the police said.

Karnataka government was today directed by the Supreme Court to release 2.44 TMC Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu whose plea for 12 TMC water was refused.

Singer Chris Brown was accompanied by his girlfriend Rihanna as he showed up for the regular probation status update hearing.

Three persons were killed tonight while several others injured after a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed near the international airport here, officials said.

Finance ministry today said CSO’s economic growth projection of 5 per cent for the current fiscal is below expectations and the government will continue efforts to revive the economy.

Amidst continuing speculation that elements backed by the security establishment are working to delay Pakistan’s general election, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf today said there could be “no room for any delay” in holding the polls.

In the first expansion of his ministry after coming to power, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav today inducted 12 new ministers, including Vinod Kumar Singh who was dropped after he allegedly manhandled the chief medical officer in Gonda.

India’s economic growth rate this fiscal is estimated to be sharply lower at 5 per cent, lowest in a decade, on account of poor performance of manufacturing, agriculture and services sector.

Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner fell faster during his historic skydive in October 2012 than originally believed — 1.25 times the speed of sound, it has emerged.