Quantcast
Browsing all 54559 articles
Browse latest View live

Actor rapes live-in partner, held

Vats and the complainant, who hails from Kolkata, have been living together in Andheri (West) since a year after she came to Mumbai to make a career in the film industry.

View Article


At home away from home, Syrian Kurd refugees long for statehood

Keyrings and umbrellas in the colours of the Kurdish flag are on sale at a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan, where thousands of Syrian Kurds who have fled war at home are enjoying the freedom to flaunt...

View Article


Farmhouse scam: UP Lokayukta records statements of 4 officers

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in August had entrusted the UP Lokayuktya with carrying out an enquiry into the alleged multi-crore Noida farmhouse scam.

View Article

BJP defends Narendra Modi over targeting Centre

Defending Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi for criticising the Centre during his poll campaign, BJP said had the UPA government not discriminated against Gujarat, the state would have progressed...

View Article

Prithviraj Chavan meets Sharad Pawar

Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan met NCP President Sharad Pawar, in the backdrop of talks of a reshuffle and expansion of the Congress-NCP Ministry.

View Article


Nicolas Sarkozy to face probe over illegal poll financing

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy would be heard this week over allegations of suspected illegal financing of his 2007 election campaign by L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, Xinhua reported.

View Article

Veteran journalist Sitaram passes away

Even after five decades of service and post-retirement, he continued his association with the print media by contributing to a leading English daily and language newspapers.

View Article

Woman hurls stone at Jharkhand CM's pilot car

Munda's car was at a safe distance and the driver of the pilot car managed to maintain the speed that avoided any pile-up of cars following it, the sources said.

View Article


If it's a US 'swing state,' Paul Ryan calls it home

He's sold hot dogs in Minnesota and spent summers in Colorado. His mother lives in Florida and Ohio looks just like his native Wisconsin. Whatever the swing state, Paul Ryan finds a way to call it home.

View Article


Fan arrested over alleged racist gesture at Chelsea

A man has been arrested over an allegation that a racist gesture was made to a player during last week's Capital One Cup match between Chelsea and Manchester United, London's Metropolitan police said.

View Article

India welcomes UNSC sanctions on Haqqani network

The UNSC, under India's presidency, has imposed global sanctions against the dreaded Pakistan-based Haqqani militant network and the group's chief of suicide operations.

View Article

FDI will help add new flavours to Indian luxury market: Anand Sharma

Quaint carpet designs from rural India may soon find a global market with the opening up of retail sector to foreign direct investment.

View Article

Obama, fresh from re-election, has little time to savour win

Americans chose to stick with a divided government in Washington by leaving the US Congress as it has been since the mid-term elections of 2010.

View Article


Man sets himself alight outside Turkish PM's office: Report

A man set himself alight outside the building housing the Turkish prime minister's office in Ankara on Monday but the fire was immediately extinguished by security staff, Turkish media reported.

View Article

Iran cool to re-elected Barack Obama and talk of talks

Iran reacted coolly to Barack Obama's re-election on Wednesday, as the head of its judiciary condemned the 'crimes' of US sanctions and indicated the president should not expect rapid new negotiations...

View Article


Former employee arrested for senior citizen's murder in Mumbai

Hailing from Rajsamand in Rajasthan, Girvarsingh Devda started working with the family's sugarcane juice centre in September, but left after a dispute.

View Article

Turkey conducts ground raid against Kurd militants in Northern Iraq: TV

Turkish ground forces carried out a two-day cross-border operation targeting Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Nov. 5-6, Turkish media reported.

View Article


Taylor Lautner is finding a new dawn after Twilight

Lautner's character finds new love, albeit unusual, and indulges his comic side as the story comes to an end.

View Article

Prima facie nexus in Aircel-Maxis deal involving Maran: Supreme Court

While stating that it had completed the domestic probes related to the deal, the CBI told the court that the overseas probe was being delayed due to the influence of the firm's Malaysia-based...

View Article

Heavy fog likely to hit IGI airport from December 10, says IMD

It was at a meeting held to review the fog preparedness at the north Indian airports that the aviation regulator DGCA was warned of the upcoming fog situation.

View Article
Browsing all 54559 articles
Browse latest View live