India
Nitish condemns Bodh Gaya blasts, seeks CISF security for temple
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday strongly condemned the serial blasts in and around Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya and demanded deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to protect the world famous Buddhist shrine.
MP govt flouted green norms in starting ecotourism?
Close to 100 development works carried out by the Madhya Pradesh Ecotourism Development Board at a cost of over Rs 7 crore have come under the scrutiny of the Accountant General's office for flouting green norms.
Security beefed up at Mahavir temple in Patna following Bodh Gaya blasts
Security was today beefed up at the Mahavir Temple near Patna railway junction in the wake of the serial blasts in Bodh Gaya.
IIFA 2013: 'Barfi' bags best film, Ranbir best actor
'Barfi' scooped top honours at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, at a ceremony in Macau.
Nine skeletons found near Homeopathic college, police suspect murder
Goa Police on Saturday found as many as nine human skeletons buried in a pit near a Homeopathic college in Shiroda village, raising suspicion of mass murders. "We were informed about skeletons by a local who called up the control room. Initially, two skel...
Paresh Rawal is every actor's dream to work with: Amit Sadh
Paresh Rawal in a political thriller titled '10 Janpath'.
Jairam announces special package for rural development
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday announced a special package of Rs.4,130 crore for rural development in Bihar.
IIFA 2013: Bollywood vamps, villains come alive in Macau
The ceremony also witnessed the distribution of IIFA technical awards, in which director Anurag Basu's 'Barfi!' led the race.
BSP to hold Brahmin Maha Sammelan on July 7
Aimed at wooing Brahmin voters ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Bahujan Samaj Party will organise a Maha Sammelan in Lucknow on Sunday.
EU threatens to suspend two agreements with US over spy reports
The European Union is threatening to suspend two agreements granting the United States access to European financial and travel data unless Washington shows it is respecting EU rules on data privacy, EU officials said on Friday.
Bus helper flees after raping 16-year-old
A 16-year-old girl who fled her home after a tiff with her parents was raped by a helper of the bus which she had boarded, police said on Friday.
Venus Williams to miss TeamTennis with bad back
Venus has pulled out of World TeamTennis matches next week because of the back injury that kept her out of Wimbledon.
HC asks CBI to probe missing land documents besides land scam
The Jharkhand High Court on Friday asked the CBI, which is investigating the land scam in Deogarh district, to also probe complaints of missing land documents besides the scam itself.
MP bar council to stay away from judicial work on July 8
The State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh decided to boycott judicial work on July 8 on Friday in protest against the alleged murder of the Leader of Opposition in the Ujjain Municipal Corporation (UMC) and Ujjain Advocates' Association president Prem Kumar...
UP govt tightens security for Ramzan, Sawan
The Uttar Pradesh government has directed district magistrates and police chiefs to take the steps necessary for maintaining peace and order during the coming holy months of 'Ramzan' and 'Sawan'.
India to meet poverty reduction goal by 2015: UN Report
Despite widespread poverty in the country, India is on track to meet the United Nations' Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of poverty reduction by 2015, a UN report said on Friday. "...although poverty remains widespread in India, progress has been substa...
