The British government has refused to consider returning the jewel in the British monarch's...

The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the Maharashtra government's plea against the Bombay High Court's order directing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of six people in police firing during the 1992 Mumbai...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will submit its interim report on the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case before the Supreme Court...

The world's population will increase inexorably, swelling from 6.89 billion to 9.49 billion, and India is expected to hit 1.75 billion becoming the largest country in the world by overtaking China by 2050, according to the Population Reference Bureau, a US body which supplies data to governments and institutions around the...

The logjam in parliament over rising prices continued for the fourth day Friday with a united opposition adamantly protesting and demanding a discussion followed by voting on the issue, which forced the adjournment of both houses till...

A teenager was critically injured when security forces fired at a protesting mob that defied curfew restrictions in the summer capital Srinagar...

The price rise issue stalled the Rajya Sabha for the fourth successive day Friday, forcing its adjournment till 12...

Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leader T. Harish Rao Friday set a record in Andhra Pradesh's electoral politics by retaining his Siddipet assembly seat in the by-elections by a margin of over 95,000...

A Mumbai man has been arrested here for duping nearly 25 wannabe TV and film actors of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of giving them roles in serials, movies and commercials of leading banners, police said...

Members of the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir are not too happy with Saifuddin Soz, leader of their ally Congress, for going public with government decisions on dealing with the turbulent situation in the Valley before the state cabinet formally announced...

Book: 'Go Fly High'; Author: Sandesh Mestry, Chandrashekhar Bhat and Om Dhumatkar; Publisher: MBMC Consulting Ltd; Price:...

S.Y. Quraishi Friday took over as India's new chief election commissioner (CEC), becoming the first Muslim in the country to occupy the...

Delhi saw a muggy morning Friday with the maximum humidity recorded at 92 percent. The day is likely to be hot with the maximum temperature forecast at 37 degrees Celsius but rains are expected in the...

At least four paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and 15 injured, four of them critically, in a powerful landmine explosion Friday in Holmari in Assam's Goalpara...

The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) is leading in 11 constituencies and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in one as the counting of votes in the by-elections to 12 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh's Telangana region began Friday...

Shoes and 'chappals' in hand, people stand barefoot in a queue waiting for hours for their turn to hit a 500-year-old tomb here. Believers say it wards off bad...

Bollywood's intense actor Ajay Devgn, who is said to be playing the character of Haji Mastan in the controversial film 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai', denies any direct resemblance to the late Mumbai underworld don but admits that he was a point of...

Parallel cinema is still struggling to find a place in India and even multiplexes have not been able to create space for it, says veteran actor-director Amol...

One is obsessed about food, the other about fashion. One doesn't mind showing her dirty feet and hates makeup, the other is glamorous. They are two young Bollywood sisters who seem as different as chalk from cheese, and yet, Rhea and Sonam Kapoor share not just clothes but also...

Deepika Padukone has kissed Saif Ali Khan on screen, but her new co-star Neil Nitin Mukesh was a virgin kisser on camera. The conservative actor had no choice but to succumb to a liplock for Yashraj Films' 'Lafange...

An evening of songs and remembrances was the highlight of the centenary celebrations of Mohun Bagan's historic IFA Shield triumph as the club saluted the footballers of that epic match by conferring on them posthumously its highest honour 'Mohun Bagan...

Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam late Thursday unveiled a mobile dialysis unit at Manipal Hospital in this tech hub to provide the facility at an ailing patient's...

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday launched a youth portal under the 'Bhagidari' initiative to connect young ideas for social change through the...

Apparently preparing for a revolt in the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh, party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Thursday night warned the leadership that he is running out of...

West Bengal Assembly Speaker H.A. Halim suffered from breathlessness and had to be administered oxygen in the house Thursday after agitated Trinamool Congress members blocked his way while he was going to his...

Goa and Punjab rode on second half strikes to begin their quarter final group A campaign at the 64th Santosh Trophy inter-state football competition with identical solitary goal wins here...

Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde has found a fan in former Goa chief minister and senior party leader Manohar...

Despite making a specific request, British Prime Minister David Cameron did not get to have a meeting with United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who is said to be 'out of...

Joining hands against terror sourced in Pakistan, India and Britain Thursday resolved to intensify their counter-terror cooperation and ramp up economic and cultural ties to a 'special'...

India Thursday reasserted that a 'meaningful dialogue' with Pakistan is only possible in an environment 'free of terror or threat of terror', two weeks after their talks collapsed...

The Delhi High Court Thursday held that a woman cannot book her in-laws under the Domestic Violence Act if the parents are not living with their son and his...

India and Britain have agreed to double their bilateral trade - currently at 8 billion pounds - by 2015, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced...

India and Britain Thursday decided to launch a new phase of the India-UK Education and Research Initiative, as they discussed prospects of further cooperation in the field of...

Breaking his silence on the recent talks between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday blamed Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi for mishandling the press conference and hoped that the two countries will be able to restore dialogue sooner than...

An understanding on cultural cooperation inked Thursday by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his British counterpart David Cameron will provide the framework for a significant expansion of the rich cultural exchanges between the two countries, an official statement...

India's Tintu Luka and Mayookha Johney's performance in the women's 800 metres and long jump events respectively stood out on the first day of the Asian All-Star Athletics Meet, a test event for the Commonwealth Games, at the remodelled Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here...

People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday locked the gates of the Civil Secretariat, which houses important offices of the Jammu and Kashmir Government, as a mark of protest against unrest in the...

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday said Pakistan should rein in terror outfits, as the existence of terror groups in Pakistan was not...

British Prime Minister David Cameron here on Thursday said that it was time for the United Kingdom to strengthen its special relationship with India and take it to a higher level, which would translate into economic benefits for both the countries in the coming...

India and the United Kingdom on Thursday agreed to set up an India-UK CEOs Forum and an India-UK Infrastructure Group besides working to double up bilateral trade in five...

India and United Kingdom on Thursday agreed to undertake specific initiatives in various areas including economy, trade, energy, and...

Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Thursday expressed a strong need for a new airport in Mumbai contending that a balance has to be maintained between the 'concerns of environment conservation with the exigencies of...

India and the United Kingdom on Thursday agreed to further intensify their cooperation in the area of counter-terrorism, as they consider terrorism to be the single biggest threat to the...

Bollywood actor John Abraham talked about his coming up film 'Aashayein' during a promotional event here on...

An appropriate mechanism is in place for redressing public grievances, the central government said Thursday, pointing out that 58,546 of the 59,678 complaints received have been forwarded to the concerned ministries and...

Three men died Thursday while cleaning a pond in a village in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district after inhaling a poisonous gas, an official statement...

In a bid to press the demand for the passage of Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha, women from different fields participated in a peaceful march here on...

A woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fourth floor of a shopping mall in Lucknow Thursday evening, police...

For the fourth time in the last 10 days, the opposition Friday disrupted the Goa assembly proceedings by demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged police-politician-drug mafia nexus in the...

Defending UK border agency's security norms, the visiting British Minister of State for Universities and Science David Willetts said here on Thursday that tight security was meant to ensure that Indian students will not get exploited in the United...