India

Another batch of 627 pilgrims, on Monday left for the cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas amidst tight security.

An advice to take her ailing neighbour to a doctor cost a woman of West Singhbhum district her life as she was branded witch and allegedly killed by locals.

Rajesh Kumar Sharma aspired to be an engineer but had to leave his studies due to financial constraints.

Sharad Yadav is likely to lead a delegation of 'Janata Parivar' outfits like SP, JDS, INLD besides RJD and his party to meet the Election Commission.

"Unless you instill the philosophy of trusteeship, it is impossible to merely expect from the corporates to do anything towards social responsibility

"My friendship with Nawaz Sharif goes back a long way. I met him in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) during his wilderness years. He told me 'Neither we can take Kashmir from you, nor you can give Kashmir (to us)

An Indian school bus carrying Nepalese children was allegedly set ablaze by a section of protesting Naxalites along the Indo-Nepal border, police said.

A man has been jailed for 10 years for kidnapping and raping a 21-year-old girl after forcibly marrying her by a Delhi court.

Monojit Lahiri salutes the memory of Bengal’s evergreen legend on his 35th death anniversary.

During the hearing, the bench asked the Centre about the rationale behind providing life imprisonment till the death.

A special 2G court on Thursday dismissed separate pleas filed by two telecom firms, which were chargesheeted in the 2002 additional spectrum allocation case challenging its jurisdiction to deal with the matter

According to the original provision in the Bill, builders could register with the regulator only if the project was on land exceeding 1000 sq metre.

The book, however, claims that its contents were in accordance with the syllabus of National Council of Education Research and Training.

"Across the board, not only politicians, but farmers across the country are also against the bill. The government has no other option except to withdraw it," he said

Patra said Thungan was considered a close confidante of Indira Gandhi. "If Congress needs to do something, it is introspection," he said. He alleged Congress, which is responsible for some of the biggest scams of the country, has stalled Parliament.