Roerich row: Russia seeks Indian government's intervention
Russia has accused the Himachal Pradesh government of ‘behaving in a rude and uncivilised manner’ over the working of the trust that manages late Russian painter Nicholas Roerich's multi-crore-rupee e
SC dismisses plea against Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh
The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition challenging the appointment of Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh as the next chief of army staff.
Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh will succeed General V.K. Singh as the army c
Suzlon's arm bags orders worth $387 million in two months
India's wind turbine manufacturing major Suzlon Energy on Monday said its group subsidiary REpower Systems has bagged cumulative orders worth $387 million across Europe over a two-month period, exclud
From bullets to ballot, Syria prepares for polls
Amid a shaky truce and presence of UN monitors, Syria is bracing to hold its first multi-party parliamentary elections in five years next month that hopes to provide space for a nascent political oppo
Sensex closes 277 points down in choppy trade
Indian equities markets closed lower on Monday with a benchmark index falling 277.16 points. Realty, banking and telecom stocks were among the worst losers.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of t
Woman gangraped, dies in Ranchi hospital
A middle-aged woman, who was gangraped and beaten up by her assaulters, died in a hospital in Jharkhand capital on Monday, police said.
According to police, the woman took an auto-rickshaw on Sunday
Abhishek Manu Singhvi's resignation statement
Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Monday resigned as party spokesperson and chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on law and justice in the wake of a controversial CD that allegedly feat
Self-proclaimed 'God' sets himself ablaze in Russia
A man in Russia, proclaiming to be ‘God’, set himself ablaze and landed in hospital in a critical condition with 70 per cent burns, RIA Novosti reported.
A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect, the
'Dirty Picture' TV premiere stalled despite cuts, Bollywood furious
The much-anticipated television premiere of Vidya Balan starrer The Dirty Picture was stalled at the last moment Sunday, despite 59 cuts in the film to make it suitable for television viewing. While f
Abducted Chhattisgarh collector traceless
Chhattisgarh police were Sunday yet to find a clue about Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, a day after he was abducted from a forested area at gun-point by Maoists while he was interacting wit