The grandson of a prominent spiritual leader was killed and 10 others were injured when a bomb blast ripped through a religious gathering in Pakistan's southern Sindh province on Wednesday, the police said.
A businessman, who rashly drove his Mercedes Benz and injured five pedestrians before escaping from the spot and subsequently sent his driver to take blame on him, was on Tuesday arrested, the police said.
The infighting within the Samajwadi Party cadre came to the fore today when Sarita Singh, wife of SP Member of Legislative Assembly Abhay Singh, lodged a first information report against another party MLA Mitrasen Yadav, and 10 others for allegedly trying to grab a prime piece of land in the heart of the city.
A man carrying a 9 kg tumour, like an albatross hanging from the left neck and chest wall, for the last 30 years had the affliction removed after successful surgery at the premier Calcutta Medical Research Institute.
The Himachal Pradesh government is understood to have cancelled the land lease of yoga teacher Ramdev's Patanjali Yogpeeth sanctioned by the previous Bhararatiya Janata Party regime.
As many as 30 people have succumbed to the deadly swine flu virus in the past two months across the state, while 99 others tested positive for the disease, health officials said on Tuesday.
Three private detectives, arrested for allegedly attempting to retrieve call detail records of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley, were on Tuesday remanded in three days police custody by a Delhi court.
Bharatiya Janata Party chief Rajnath Singh on Tuesday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored comprehensive probe into the chopper deal to bring the guilty to book saying 'criminal cases are not solved through debates but by swift action'.
In the thick of allegations of the Rs 3,600 crore scam in the deal of 12 helicopters to India, Italian company Finmeccanica on Monday said it is ready to cooperate with authorities here to clarify the matter.
A Gujarat court on Monday ordered Zakia Jafri, wife of ex-Congress Member of Parliament Ehsan Jafri who was killed during the 2002 post-Godhra riots, to challenge the Special Investigation Team closure report giving clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others by April 15.
Social activist Teesta Setalvad on Monday claimed there is 'strong' evidence against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, whom the Special Investigation Team has given a clean chit in the post-Godhra riot case, in a complaint filed by Zakia Jafri, wife of slain ex-Congress Member of Parliament Ehsan Jafri.
Stepping up pressure on India, Maldives on Monday pressed for facilitation of the arrest of former President Mohamed Nasheed against whom a fresh court warrant was issued on the sixth day of his stay at the Indian high commission in Male.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Sunday said that a Comptroller Auditor General inquiry should be conducted into expenditure made during Maha Kumbh Mela at Allahabad.
With the Congress leadership under pressure over allegation against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien in connection with the Suryanelli gangrape case, a party member of Parliament in the state has kicked up a row by making insulting comments on the rape victim.
Alleged middleman Guido Haschke had 'cleaned up' all the documents from his computer that related to the VVIP chopper deal in which kickbacks were allegedly involved with Italian investigators saying the details could open a 'Pandora's box'.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has engaged a lawyer in Italy to represent India's case with the Italian government and the local courts to find out the role of Indians in the alleged kickbacks in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP helicopter deal.
In a fresh attack on the Delhi police, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has sought the prime minister's intervention to ensure better policing in Delhi, complaining that the force has failed to deliver on its promise to improve women's safety after the December 16 gangrape incident.
It is not possible for Karnataka to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu 'for now' as the state is facing drought and acute drinking water scarcity, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Sunday.
In a bid to ensure free and fair elections and curb the use of money power, the Election Commission has disqualified as many as 2,171 candidates for failing to furnish details of expenditure incurred while contesting Parliamentary and assembly polls.
The meteor that streaked across the Russian skies on Friday, injuring around 1,200 people, exploded with a force 30 times greater than the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists say.
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