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National News
Is 16 right age for girl to consent to sex, questions court
Lucknow, Aug 2 (IANS) Can a 16-year-old girl be considered 'mentally and physically fit' to give consent for sex? A judge of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ques... More
Delhi, satellite towns record 17 percent jump in new jobs
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Shrugging off recession worries, the national capital region (NCR) has recorded a 17.1 percent surge in jobs creation in the first four months of this fisc... More
Bollywood makes turbans, beards appealing to Sikh youth
Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) Bollywood's newest trend to go in for turbaned and bearded heroes is to the liking of Sikh religious leaders, who feel it is helping popularise the look a... More
Sad for Yahoo, gain for Microsoft (Comment)
A sad day for Yahoo! That's the consensus -- a rare one -- across both global technology and investor communities. Yahoo stock dropped 10 percent, Microsoft rose one percent. For ... More
26/11 hurt: Pakistan's Shahvar Ali brings out peace anthem
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Even as the governments of Pakistan and India still debate if they should talk to each other, Pakistani musician Shahvar Ali has come up with a peace album 'N... More
Southern star Nitin unsure of Bollywood after 'Agyaat'
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) He might be a heartthrob down south, but actor Nitin Reddy, who is set to make his Bollywood debut with Ram Gopal Varma's thriller 'Agyaat', says he is not... More
Bhave is first airport regulator chief
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Yashwant S. Bhave Saturday took over as the first chairperson of the newly constituted Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), a watchdog that will ... More
Unique 'feet' of formerly paralysed man
Lucknow, Aug 1 (IANS) It's a unique 'feet', no doubt. A formerly paralysed man in a Uttar Pradesh village is set to enter the record books for being able to lift bricks with his t... More
BCCI not at loggerheads with ICC on anti-doping norms: Manohar
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is not in confrontation with International Cricket Council (ICC) on the issue of players' reservation over the... More
Maoists attack coalmine, burn two trucks in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Aug 1 (IANS) Maoist rebels set two trucks ablaze and attacked a Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) mine, while enforcing a 48-hour strike in Jharkhand, police said Saturday.
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Bhullar, Muniyappa set Brunei course ablaze
Bandar Seri Begawan, Aug 1 (IANS) Riding high after last week's title win in Indonesia, Gaganjeet Bhullar shot a brilliant seven-under 64 to zoom to tied third and within two shot... More
Emraan magnifying personal problems: BJP
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday criticised film star Emraan Hashmi, who has been denied a residence in a Mumbai colony, and said he was wrong in ... More
RJD ex-MP jailed for 5 years in fodder scam case
Ranchi, Aug 1 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday sentenced R.K. Rana, a former MP of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), to five years in jail in a ... More
Pakistan given enough evidence to prosecute Hafiz Saeed: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) India maintained Saturday it had given enough evidence to Pakistan to prosecute Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11... More
Strong Indian challenge for Asian Youth chess
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Indian chess is on an all-time high with its players tasting success regularly at the international events, and they will be eyeing a rich haul of medals a... More |
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