Hooch kills 13 in Odisha, 25 admitted in hospital
Thirteen people died and at least 25 were battling for life after consuming spurious liquor in Odisha's Cuttack district, police said on Wednesday.
The victims fell ill after consuming moonshine they
How TV cameras captured BJP ministers watching porn
Allowing TV channels to cover the legislature proceedings from the visitors' gallery cost the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka dear, as their video cameras caught its two ministers
All 29 kidnapped Chinese in Sudan freed
All 29 Chinese nationals abducted by rebels in Sudan in January have been released after 11 days in captivity, Xinhua reported.
The Chinese were held Jan 28 after gunmen from the Sudan People's Liber
Speaker bars sleazegate ministers from assembly
Three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers who quit on Wednesday over viewing porn in the assembly on Tuesday were barred from taking part in the house proceedings till a panel gives its findings on their
26 killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident
At least 26 people from a marriage party were killed on Tuesday evening when an overloaded mini-bus collided head-on with a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district, 120 km from here, polic
Dhoni relieved after India's first ODI win overseas since June
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday heaved a sigh of relief after the World Champions won their first One-day International since June last year.
India defeated Sri Lanka by four wickets
Fighting chance for India's tigers: Poaching declines
In cheering news for wildlife conservationists, tiger poaching dropped nearly 60 percent in 2011 as compared to the previous year, though it continues to pose a major threat to the survival of the big
Mumbai attack: Supreme Court debunks Kasab claim
The Supreme Court on Wednesday debunked Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab's contention that he was not a part of the overarching conspiracy of waging war against the Ind
Pakistani PM files appeal in contempt of court
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the order to summon him in a contempt of court case, a media report said.
The prime minister's cou
A royal scratch that would cost her $29,800
That's a scratch that will cost her dear, and she feared much more. But a woman in China is 'relieved' she would have to pay only 188,000 yuan ($29,800) for a tiny-winy scratch her car caused to a Rol