India
Senior photojournalist Gajanan Ghurye found dead, suicide suspected
Apparently upset over his nagging health problems, a senior freelance photojournalist allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Central Mumbai, said the police.
Snowden suspected of covering his digital trail by deleting electronic logs
The US government's efforts to determine which highly classified materials whistleblower Edward Snowden took from the National Security Agency have been frustrated by Snowden's sophisticated efforts to cover his digital trail by deleting or bypassing elec...
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6: Rithvik Dhanjani, Lauren Gottlieb, Punit Pathak turn judges
While Lauren plays Madhuri Dixit, Punit step into Remo D'Souza's role, Rithvik poses as Karan Johar.
Asaram's disciples to be questioned in sexual assault case
A 16-year-old girl had made a complaint on Tuesday accusing the godman of sexually assaulting her at his ashram in Rajasthan.
Central excise sleuths crack fraud in Jharsuguda, recover Rs 2 crore
Conducting a major raid in Odisha, central excise sleuths on Friday claimed to have cracked a fraud allegedly by a private company at Jharsuguda and collected Rs 2 crore from it to avoid arrest.
Five new IIITs start functioning from this academic session under PPP mode
Five new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) have started functioning from the current academic session. The institutes at Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, Kota in Rajasthan, Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, Guwahati and Vadodara have been set up...
Unfit Sardar Singh ruled out of Asia Cup opener against Oman
Though Sardar has almost recovered from the viral fever, coach Oltmans is no mood to risk his best player against lowly Oman.
Iraq invites Indian firms to invest in infra, agro and health sectors
Iraq, on Friday, invited Indian firms to invest in sectors like infrastructure, agriculture and healthcare to help re-build the war-ravaged country.
Rupee posts biggest single-day gain in nearly a year
The rupee rose 2.1 per cent on Friday, its biggest jump in nearly a year, as equities posted strong gains for a second session.
One killed, 35 injured in major fire at HPCL refinery in Visakhapatnam
Initial reports from the site suggested that the fire accident occurred due to blasting of cooling tower due to short circuit.
Telangana issue: TDP for JPC, expresses anguish over Andhra bifurcation
TDP on Friday demanded in Rajya Sabha that a Joint Parliamentary Committee be set up to look into Telangana issue and expressed anguish over the impact of the decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.
Food bill to be taken up in Lok Sabha on Monday: Kamal Nath
Food Security Bill, which could not be taken up despite being listed in Lok Sabha'a agenda since Monday, will not be part of business on Saturday as members want to go out of station.
After Bihar, Jharkhand to appeal for special status
Jharkhand on Friday expressed disappointment with union Planning Minister Rajeev Shukla's statement in the Rajya Sabha a day ago that there was no move to grant special status to the state.
Narendra Modi to address conference in Tiruchirappalli on Sept 26
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will address a Yuva Morcha Conference at Tiruchirappally in Tamil Nadu next month, state BJP unit said on Friday.
Yahoo shares climb after report of beating Google in US Web traffic
Shares of Yahoo climbed 3 per cent to $27.85 and Google also gained $3.20 reach $872.53 in afternoon trading.
UP: 25-year-old kidnapped by ex-girlfriend after he refuses to marry her
The boy worked as tailor in Delhi four years ago where he and the girl became friends which later turned into a relationship.