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PIX: People across country celebrate Diwali with pomp

Colourful lights decked up buildings and diyas (earthen lamps) dotted houses as people across the country celebrated Diwali with great enthusiasm on Thursday. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Public trust thrown in waste bin: SC on illegal construction in Corbett

Observing that the "public trust doctrine" has been thrown into the waste bin, the Supreme Court pulled up former Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat and a former divisional forest officer on......

Four quakes rock Nepal, one of 6.2 intensity; north India feels tremors

Four earthquakes, the strongest being of magnitude 6.2, jolted Nepal in quick succession with tremors reverberating through parts of north India including Delhi-NCR, the National Centre for......

Man vs wild: Night curfew in 25 U'khand villages as tiger kills 2 in 3 days

A 75-year-old man was mauled to death by a tiger in Rikhnikhal block of Uttarakhand's Pauri district in the second such incident in the area in three days, alarming authorities who clamped a night......

U'khand minister sacked ahead of polls, expelled from BJP

Ahead of the Uttarakhand assembly polls, minister Harak Singh Rawat was on Sunday dismissed from the state cabinet and expelled from the primary membership of the Bharatiya Janata Party for six......

TVS buys UK's iconic Norton in an all-cash deal

Founded by James Lansdowne Norton in Birmingham (in 1898), Norton Motorcycles is among the most popular British motorcycle brands of all time. TVS Motor Company on Friday announced the acquisition......

Kolkata's aam aadmi declares war on garbage

A lot can happen over coffee. Mudar Patherya and a couple of friends met one late September afternoon at Barista on Lansdowne Road, one of the more pleasant parts of south Kolkata, for what......

Greek assets sell off after 'No' vote

Greek shares listed on the US market took a hit on Monday, with one bank's shares down 15 per cent, after Greek voters rejected bailout austerity conditions and raised concerns about a possible......

Tanvi The Great Review: Overdose Of Sentimentality

The film lurches from one melodramatic situation to another, for nearly 160 minutes, before culminating in an ending that embodies Director Anupam Kher's personal philosophy: Kuch bhi ho sakta......

Keane hat-trick gives Ireland 5-0 win

A Robbie Keane hat-trick secured Ireland's first win in a troubled Euro 2008 qualifying campaign as they beat San Marino 5-0 on Wednesday in their last match at Lansdowne Road before it closes for......

Irish rejoice at return of Keane

"He's back!" screamed Irish headlines on Friday, barely needing to name him.Roy Keane's return to the national side, one of the most eagerly-awaited events in Irish soccer history, did not......

Full-strength Brazil to take on Ireland

World champions Brazil plan to field a virtually full-strength side in their friendly international against Ireland on Wednesday.Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said he would start the clash with the......

Ireland beat Croatia 1-0

Tottenham striker Robbie Keane has extended his Irish goal scoring record with his 24th strike for his country as Ireland beat Croatia 1-0 in a friendly international in Dublin.The hosts needed......

Women's World Cup: US forward Wambach slams ref, escapes punishment

United States striker Abby Wambach has escaped with nothing more than a warning from FIFA after she said a referee at the women’s World Cup had targeted two of her team mates on the verge of......