India

The two-day bandh call given by the pro-United Andhra Pradesh groups against the Cabinet's nod for draft bill for bifurcation of the state has evoked a mixed response in the coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions on the second day on Saturday.

There is a shortage of six lakh teachers in the country and initiatives are being taken to fill the gap as the focus is to provide quality education, Union Human Resource Development Minister M M Pallam Raju on Saturday said.

Using the script to justify pestering and stalking of women in films will never be accepted.

District Sainik Board on Saturday celebrated Flag Day, with hundreds of people gathering to commemorate bravery and supreme sacrifices of the soldiers and to collect fund from people for the welfare of armed forces personnel in Noida.

The money sought would be in addition to the $930 million in damages that juries decided Samsung owes Apple.

A panel of eight governors on Friday concluded its two-day deliberations on issues relating to tribal areas covered under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution.

The apex court panel had indicted Justice Ganguly for "unwelcome behaviour" and "conduct of sexual nature" towards a law intern.

Zuma said that Mandela's body will lie in state at government buildings in Pretoria from December 11, until the burial.

Jagdish Tytler has been allowed to visit Turkey to attend a meeting of the International Kurash Association (IKA) and the ninth world Kurash senior championship.

Salman was arrested on charges of rash and negligent driving and later released on bail of Rs 950.

A 57-year-old chief engineer allegedly hanged himself in his official quarter after facing problems at work, the police said on Friday.

With the exit and opinion polls predicting the BJP having an edge over Congress in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh said the surveys are correct but his party will win more seats than what is being predicted.

BSP MP Dhananjay Singh, arrested along with his wife Jagriti Singh in connection with the murder of their maid, has moved a Delhi court seeking interim bail for attending the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.

Looks like Salman Khan is turning a crusader of sorts in younger brother Sohail Khan's next film 'Jai Ho'.

An ex-army man was on Friday shot dead by unidentified people in Kotwali area, police said in Etah. Viresh (55) was shot dead by unidentified people while he was going to get milk from Shyamnagar locality on Friday morning, they said.

Repolling will be held in eight booths in Rajasthan on Friday following complaints filed by District Returning Officer after December 1 Assembly polls.  The booths are in Khetari, Alwar, Rajgarh-Laxmangarh, Nasirabad, Jhalawar, Jhotwara and Sirohi constit...