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National News
Brothers, sisters celebrate the bond of love on Rakhi
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Sisters tied colourful rakhis on the wrists of their brothers, prayed for their long life, and got some beautiful gifts and money in return as the festival... More
Spotlight on experimental, new age works at India Art Summit
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Video art, interactive projects and sound installations -- the second edition of the India Art Summit here promises the best in innovative, experimental, d... More
Sensex slips after early rise
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets slipped after rising almost 143 points soon after the opening bell Wednesday, and was ruling just 11.58 points up, ... More
Patnaik demands revision of royalty on non-coal minerals
Bhubaneswar, Aug 5 (IANS) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has demanded immediate revision of the royalty on non-coal minerals as the central government has not made any revis... More
'Suicide is coward's job', says Uttar Pradesh youth longing for death
Lucknow, Aug 5 (IANS) Amit Jain, a youth in Uttar Pradesh who once aspired to become a globetrotter, has been confined to a room for the last 20 years due to a severe spinal injur... More
I wasn't uncomfortable doing intimate scenes: Prachi Desai
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) After playing Farhan Akhtar's petite wife in 'Rock On!', Prachi Desai has now teamed up with Tusshar Kapoor in 'Life Partner' and she had to shoot some intima... More
Canadian markets cross 11,000 mark first time in 2009
Toronto, Aug 5 (IANS) Canadian markets crossed the 11,000-point mark Tuesday for the first time in 2009.
The last time the composite index on the Toronto... More
Bharat Ratna for Dilip Kumar: Bollywood rallies support
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Indian film fraternity is trying to seek 100,000 solidarity comments on a social networking website to urge the government to confer the prestigious Bh... More
Punjab man murdered in Italy
Derabassi (Punjab), Aug 5 (IANS) A 27-year-old youth of this Punjab town has allegedly been murdered by some unknown assailants in Italy last week, the deceased's family members s... More
Thousands pay last respects to Subhas Chakraborty
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IANS) The city virtually came to a standstill as a mass of people Tuesday evening joined the funeral procession of West Bengal minister Subhas Chakraborty, one of ... More
Ticketless passenger alleges she was stripped, railways denies
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IANS) A ticketless passenger accused a woman ticket checker of stripping her, leading to a mob fury at the bustling Sealdah station here. But an official inquiry f... More
Three merchant navy personnel killed in road accident
Bhopal, Aug 4 (IANS) Three merchant navy personnel, who had come to Madhya Pradesh's Indore town to attend a marriage ceremony, died in a road accident in Bhanwarkuan area of the ... More
Lok Sabha passes 'historic' right to education bill
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Tuesday passed what Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal termed 'historic' legislation providing for free and compulsory education... More
RGV says hanging dummy dead bodies was to get noticed
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Perhaps Ram Gopal Varma doesn't need to get noticed any more after he created panic by getting dummy dead bodies hung at 15 locations in Mumbai. And the un... More
Andhra cop's last rites performed, probe into death ordered
Hyderabad, Aug 4 (IANS) The last rites of a police constable who died under mysterious circumstances while serving as an 'orderly' at the house of a senior police officer's daught... More |
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