Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Suresh Kalmadi on Thursday slammed the BCCI for not sending teams to the Asian Games in China, saying the Cricket Board is not interested because the multi-sport event offers no
Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy are just one step away from winning back-to-back French Open men's doubles title after they stormed into the final with a straight set victory over Julian Knowle
India has demanded expansion in both permanent and non-permanent seats of the UN Security Council, saying increasing the membership only in the non-permanent category or any of its other variants does not constitute reform of
The CBI will quiz Noida policemen who were involved in the probe into the Aarushi- Hemraj double-murder case that had led to the arrest of the teenager's dentist father Rajesh Talwar, with an agency official
A Court of Inquiry into the Mangalore air crash was set up by the government on Thursday with former Vice Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale, as its head.The Court of Inquiry
The 11th edition of the IIFA Weekend began here on Thursday with the host country Sri Lanka rolling out the red carpet for Bollywood actors who are participating in the extravaganza despite calls to boycott
Former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has been appointed as Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission. 65-year-old Balakrishnan, who retired on May 12, will be the sixth chairperson of the Commission and
A top army official on Thursday faced allegations of misconduct with an officer's wife which were being investigated but the army said he has not been asked to resign. 59-year-old Lt General A K Nanda,
Employees of a private company engaged by ICICI Bank to refill money in Bangalore ATMs routinely fed Rs 100 notes into compartments meant for Rs 500 and pocketed the difference, says a report in Mid
Criticism for romanticising Naxalism notwithstanding, Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy has justified the armed resistance by Maoists and dared the authorities to arrest her for supporting their cause. While claiming that she does not
JMM president Shibu Soren on Thursday said he would make an attempt to form an alternative government in Jharkhand, even as his estranged ally BJP demanded mid-term polls if any alliance failed to stake claim
For the first time in 20 years, police have recovered two solar-activated missiles, capable of hitting their target within four kilometers, in Kupwara district, police said on Thursday. The recovery was made on Tuesday near
A dust haze engulfed the city skyline on Thursday even as Delhiites continued to reel under hot conditions with minimum temperature climbing to 34.7 degree Celsius, highest in the last 15 years in the month
India has the most inefficient bureaucracy in Asia and redtape is much worse than in China, says a survey. In the ranking of 12 countries, India has been named as having the most inefficient bureaucracy
Medical students at Safdarjung hospital on Wednesday called off their three-day-long hunger strike after the hospital administration promised to look into their demands at the earliest. The stir, by the medical students to protest alleged
West Bengal Police and commandos of the elite special action force (SAF) have arrested four suspected members of the People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) in connection with the May 28 attack on the Gyaneshwari
Shee Sanatan Hindu Mandir, the new Hindu temple at Wembley, finally opened on Monday following 14 years of construction. The temple is believed to have cost more than 16 million pounds (about Rs 109 crore).
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has lashed out at the Centre for trying to stop his party from celebrating the anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at his fort in Raigadh. “The Mughals could not stop
Buoyed by the remarkable showing of her party in the civic elections in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded immediate Assembly elections, saying that Left Front major CPI(M) has lost all
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has joined an international network for the return of priceless artifacts taken away during British rule, including the Kohinoor diamond and the Sultanganj Buddha. ASI Director-General Gautam Sengupta said
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