No woman candidate: Goa BJP says sorry
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday publicly apologised for not fielding a single woman candidate for the forthcoming March 3 polls in Goa.
Replying to a question from a woman mediaperson here
Five Indians held in Ghana
Five Indians and 31 other foreigners were arrested in Ghana for flouting investment laws, the authorities said.
The other foreigners arrested include 28 Chinese, two Filipinos, and one Bangladeshi. T
Olympic qualifiers: Indian men thrash Italy 8-1, women beat Canada 4-1
Indian men's hockey team thrashed Italy 8-1 while the women churned out a much improved performance to beat Canada 4-1 in their second match of the 2012 London Olympics qualifiers at the Major Dhyan C
Lamborghini driver killed in crash
A young realtor driving a Lamborghini was killed when his sports car hit a cyclist and crashed into a bus stop railing in south Delhi early on Sunday, police said. The cyclist was injured.
Anukool Ri
Sea Killing: Italian ship owners agree to cooperate in probe, says Kerala Police
The owners of an Italian ship, whose security crew shot dead two Indian fishermen, have agreed to cooperate with the inquiry, Kerala Police said on Saturday.
Kochi Police Commissioner M.R. Ajith Kuma
China to surpass India as top gold consumer
China is set to surpass India as the world's top gold consumer this year, the World Gold Council (WGC) predicted.
The demand for gold in China, the world's largest producer, rose by 20 per cent to 76
Mitsubishi to invest $888 mn in Peru copper mine
Mitsubishi Corporation plans to invest as much as 70 billion yen ($888 million) to acquire an 18.1 per cent stake in a copper mine in southern Peru, Japanese financial daily Nikkei reported on Friday.
Kashmir to blast stream's way blocked by avalanche
The state government on Saturday decided to seek the army's help to survey and subsequently blast through a Kashmir stream blocked by an avalanche that resulted in a glacial lake, threatening the live
PC inaugurates NSG hub, Mamata skips event
The security of the country is a shared responsibility and the central government did not pursue any discriminatory attitude towards the state governments run by other parties, union home minister P. Chidambaram said on Saturday here at the inauguration of the National Security Guard (NSG) hub.
Didi desires to daub Kolkata in white and blue
India's famed 'pink city' Jaipur will now have a rival in blue-and-white Kolkata, with the eastern metropolis' parks, road railings, flyovers, taxis and even tree trunks being repainted in the new col