Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday a final decision over allowing commercial introduction of Bt brinjal in the country would be taken in 10 days, as he faced more protests over the controversial
Nalini, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, dreams of being a social worker if she is released from Vellore Central Prison where she has been lodged for the last 19 years. Nalini,
The local battalion commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Basharat Saleem escaped after a 14-hour long gunbattle with security forces near Khanday Filling Station in Sopore, North Kashmir on Sunday morning. Police had got information that Basharat would
Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were sprinkled off the coast of South Africa on Saturday morning - more than six decades after his death.An early morning service in a harbour in the eastern city of Durban on
India is willing to back efforts to seek peace with Taliban to stabilise Afghanistan, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said, indicating a softening of stand towards a group known to be close to Pakistan. “We
Rajendra K Pachauri, chairman of the UN panel on Climate Change, took two months to correct the report about melting Himalayan glaciers despite being informed before last year's Copenhagen Summit, a media report claimed today,
After targeting Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan for his remarks supporting the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the IPL, the Shiv Sena dragged in Aamir Khan, calling the duo "2 Idiots"."In real life, Aamir and
Goa Tourism Department on Saturday rubbished media reports that Goa Government will ban bikinis on the beaches in view of spate of crimes against women in the holiday destination. "There are no moves to ban
Rejecting Law Commission's recommendation for setting up of four Supreme Court regional benches, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday said he did not favour the "disintegration" of the apex court. 'I am
Facing an unprecedented increase in the number of student visa-seekers from north India, Britain has temporarily suspended accepting such applications as it suspects that there may be attempts to abuse the system. The UK Border
Over 100 members of a local outfit on Saturday damaged vehicles and property at a cinema hall in Jaipur to protest alleged "misrepresentation" of Rajputs in Salman Khan- starrer 'Veer', after which 22 of them
Japanese auto major Honda will recall 8,532 units of its sedan 'City' in India because of a defective power window switch. The company's decision is part of a global recall initiative that it announced on Friday.
Defending champion and top seed Serena Williams powered to her fifth Australian Open title and 12th Grand Slam when she beat a brave Justine Henin 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 on Saturday. Williams took a tight first
Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said talks between India and Pakistan can resume only when our neighbouring country takes action against those involved in Mumbai attacks. "Indian stand is
Trying to warm up to his long-time bete noire Mayawati, rebel SP leader Amar Singh on Saturday said the BSP supremo has proved herself against all odds and he can understand her "pain" when she
At least 10 pilgrims were drowned and 30 others went missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in Godavari river in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. The country-made boat ferrying over 70 persons
A woman driving allegedly under the influence of alcohol rammed her car into a police jeep and a bike, leaving an assistant sub-inspector and the biker dead and four constables seriously injured early Saturday morning.
Top brass of Congress, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party president Sonia Gandhi, was tonight understood to have finalized the composition of a committee to look into the mechanism for formation of Telangana and
The man who allegedly raped a nine-year-old Russian at a beach in Goa earlier this week has been arrested in Mumbai. Aman Bhardwaj was found in Chembur on Friday evening, hours after his alleged accomplice
Haldiram Bhujiawala proprietor Prabhu Shankar Agarwal was on Friday in Kolkata sentenced to life imprisonment along with four others by a fast track court for conspiring to kill a tea stall owner whose shop came
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