India
UP DGP tells officials to ensure peace during festival season
Azamgarh: Uttar Pradesh DGP Devraj Nagar on Wednesday issued directions to concerned officials to ensure law and order during the coming festival season in the state.
Malala Yousafzai tipped for top European peace prize
A European Member of Parliament tipped Malala for the Sakhorav peace prize for championing women's rights to education.
Six-year-old Flipkart raises $160 million in latest funding drive
Flipkart offers products across 17 categories and has more than 1 million unique visitors every day, according to the company statement.
Long power cuts cripple normal life in Agra
The residents of Taj city Agra are facing problems due to severe power outages of six to eight hours every day. This has been happening since September 15 due to the installation of a transformer at the Peeli Pokhar sub-station. The work would continue ti...
Aishwarya opts for banking Aaradhya's stem cells
Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan says that becoming a mother has been a blessing for her.
Chemical weapons watchdog to send more inspectors to Syria
Syria has been given until November to destroy production facilities and weapons-filling equipment.
CRPF recovers 3 kg explosives in West Bengal
The CRPF troopers of 50th Battalion along with police have recovered 3 kg explosives - including two detonators fixed in two tiffin boxes
Fossilised birds found in wall of 177-year-old school
The fossilised remains were found during renovation of La Martiniere for Boys School in Kolkata.
Sabine Lisicki, Kimiko Date-Krumm advance at Japan Open
Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki beat Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 7-5, 7-6 (1) to reach the second round on Tuesday.
I'm glad Woody Allen took a stand against anti-smoking warning: Shoojit
Woody Allen won't release his latest work 'Blue Jasmine' in India, objecting to anti-smoking warnings being inserted into his film.
Sloane Stephens to join John Isner on US Hopman Cup team
Sloane Stephens will join former champion John Isner on the US team for the 2014 Hopman Cup.
SC refuses to modify its earlier order on Aadhaar card
The apex court has, however, agreed to give an urgent hearing to Centre on the issue.
Delhi gangrape: Lawyers of 2 convicts withdraw from case owing to 'interference in work'
Appearing for Mukesh, advocate VK Anand informed that the court the convict's family members are interfering in his work.
Becoming a mother has been a blessing: Aishwarya Rai
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan today said that becoming a mother has been a blessing for her.
Chal Guru Ho Ja Shuru: Hemant Pandey to play the lead in film on Asaram Bapu
Directed by Manoj Sharma, the film stars Hemant Pandey, Chandrachur Singh, Sanjay Mishra and Manoj Pahwa.
RBI trims short-term rate as rupee pressure eases
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday cut a key overnight interest rate, further dialling back an emergency measure it had imposed in mid-July in order to defend the embattled rupee that had tightened market liquidity and pushed up borrowing costs.
