Gold prices slipped from nearly four-month high by losing Rs 475 to Rs 28,725 per 10 grams in the national capital Thursday on profit selling by stockists at prevailing higher levels amid a weak global trend.

Wary of US’s “Asia Pivot” strategy, China kept an eye on secretary of state John Kerry’s first visit to Pakistan as the state media noted that the Obama administration has adopted a “milder” approach on issues like terrorism and drone strikes to improve bilateral ties.

UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav Thursday defended the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal claiming that action was taken against her for demolishing the wall of a mosque without consulting seniors and not for preventing illegal sand mining.

CBI may give a clean chit to former UP minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya in the murder of Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq as it has not found any anomaly in the lie detector test conducted on him.

Nearly 13,000 women have been raped in the last eight years in Assam, official sources said.

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Thursday said that he does not expect the Opposition to go against the creation of Telangana state during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

The BCCI probe panel on the Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting charges — struck down as “illegal” — was set up in violation of its own rules, the Bombay high court said, adding a prima faci

The sessions court on Wednesday sentenced six persons to life imprisonment in connection with the murder case of matka-king Suresh Bhagat, which includes his wife and son.

Monica Bellucci might have switched from modelling to film in recent years, but insists she hasn’t quit the fashion world for good and now only takes jobs for fun.

Amid intense speculation that BCCI president-in-exile N.