Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin is now in the Capital to get her Indian visa extended since the validity of the travel document expires in August.
Taslima, who has been in and out of the country after she was dramatically bundled out of West Bengal in November 2007 in the wake of protests by radical Muslim groups, arrived from London in the early hours of Sunday and was immediately whisked away to a safe location.

India and Pakistan on Tuesday resolved the issue relating to the initial filling of Baglihar dam in Jammu and Kashmir with the neighbouring country deciding not to raise the matter further.

Japanese auto major Nissan Motor Company on Tuesday said it may partner Ashok Leyland for launching a global compact car in India.
“Compact car is a segment in which we want to compete. We are in the conceptual phase. We are still talking to a number of potential partners,” Nissan Motor Company Senior Vice-President, Mr Andrew Palmer, said.

Hosts India bagged three gold, five silver and five bronze medals with the women making a clean sweep in the discus throw event in the rain-interrupted first leg of the Asian Grand Prix at Shiv Chhatrapati sports complex here on Tuesday.

Captain Tillakaratne Dilshan cracked an unbeaten 60 to lead Sri Lanka to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in a rain-curtailed one-dayer in the tri-nation series here on Tuesday.

Olympic Council of Asia secretary general Randhir Singh on Tuesday lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India for its decision not to send Indian teams to the Asian Games in China.

A letter written by Winston Churchill reveals that he was afraid of women who were campaigning for voting rights in early twentieth century.

Pop princess Britney Spears has beat off competition from all fellow celebrities to become the first person to have 5 million followers on the social networking website Twitter.

More than 12 years after she died in a car crash in Paris, a leading defence lawyer has alleged that Princess Diana was murdered over her plan to expose UK’s arms dealers.

In a blow to tenants, the Supreme Court has ruled that landlord is the “best judge of his need” and entitled to take possession of his premises for bonafide personal reasons though not as a ploy to ev