India
Odisha: Niranjan Pujari named as BJD candidate for Speaker
BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Saturday proposed the name of former minister Niranjan Pujari for the post of Speaker of the 15th Odisha Legislative Assembly.
Padmini Kolhapure to make her TV debut in 'Ekk Nayi Pehchaan'
Padmini will be playing a central role in the popular show which has her contemporary actress Poonam Dhillon in the lead.
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes northern Greece
An earthquake beneath the sea shook northern Greece on Saturday, and at least one person was reported to be injured, police said.
2,869 villages declared scarcity hit in Rajasthan
The Government of Rajasthan on Friday declared 2,869 villages in 21 districts as scarcity hit in view of Rabi crop-2014 assessment in the state, an official said in Jaipur.
Amarinder condemns notice to MLAs, seeks Bajwa's resignation
Senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh on Friday condemned the issue of disciplinary notices to two party MLAs for seeking resignation of state unit chief Partap Singh Bajwa, terming the action as "desperate" attempts to "silence the popular sentiment" in...
10 Kashmiri students expelled from Meerut University, guilty of misconduct
Ten Kashmiri students caught in a row over cheering for Pakistan cricket team have been expelled by a private university in Meerut after they were found guilty of misconduct and damaging property while suspension of 57 other Kashmiri students was revoked.
Nico Rosberg set to stay at Mercedes
Rosberg, son of 1982 world champion Keke, joined Mercedes from Williams in 2010.
Two 'hardcore Maoists' arrested in Aurangabad
Two alleged hardcore Maoists were arrested from Bihar's Aurangabad district in a joint operation of Bihar Police and CPRF on Friday.
US lawmakers hail Modi's victory, call for greater Indo-US ties
Hailing the "historic victory" of Narendra Modi in general elections, several influential American lawmakers have called for rejuvenating ties with India as they invited the Prime Minister-designate to the US.
Beyonce, Jay-Z to perform at Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's wedding
The couple are being paid around $2 million to perform on the duo's wedding.
Public Wi-Fi in urban areas part of DoT action plan for Modi government
The DoT has mentioned "Wi-Fi facilities in public places in urban areas and commercial centres" in its agenda for the new regime.
Pakistan becomes first foreign country to use China's GPS
China's Beidou navigation system is a competitor to US' Global Position System.
NASA unveils Earth Day 'global selfie' mosaic of 36,000 pictures
The 3.2-gigapixel zoomable mosaic shows the tens of thousands of selected pictures arranged to look like Earth.
Google to put advertisements on refrigerators, car dashboards, watches?
Google mentioned the plan while defending its reluctance to disclose revenue generated by mobile devices.
UN Security Council committee blacklists Nigeria's Boko Haram
Boko Haram kidnapped more than 250 school-girls in Chibok on April 14 and has threatened to sell them into slavery.
JD(U) rules out alliance after RJD extends support
Bihar's ruling JD(U) Thursday welcomed the support extended by Lalu Prasad's RJD to the new state government led by Jitan Ram Manjhi, but ruled out any chance of an alliance with it.
