Forty-year-old Pramod Chaurasiya, owner of an electronics shop on Mubarakpur Road, became the 12th person to be killed in the blast outside the Delhi high court on Wednesday. He died early on Thursday at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
Attacking the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday sought a chance for the party to rule Uttar Pradesh, promising to change the state in the next ten years when people from outside will flock there for jobs.
In their bid to stand out, the rich and famous sometimes end up flashing far too much flesh. Here, we bring you some of the biggest fashion faux pas this year!
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has sought information on the row over the allotment of a prime plot of land to Adarsh co-operative housing society but it has now emerged that the members include his late mother-in-law Bhagwati Manoharlal Sharma. Chavan was unavailable for comment. The name of Sharma, who died in July, appears in the official list submitted by the society whose beneficiaries include former services chiefs, politicians and bureaucrats.
After his faux pas in the inaugural show on Sunday, slip of tongue seems to be continuing for Commonwealth Games Organising Committee.
Glamour Magazine has come out with its annual list of the femme fatales who make the biggest fashion faux pas!
The Sri Lankan cartoon faux pas has revived the slackening pan-Tamil mood in Tamil Nadu, says N Sathiya Moorthy
In a mass email alert to the community members, Sikh Coalition, an advocacy group, told them that they should be ready for additional screening at all the airports. "Sikhs should now expect to be secondarily screened 100 per cent of the time at American airports, even after passing through so-called Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) machines," it said.
Union Fertilizer Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam strongman MK Alagiri is keen to return to Tamil Nadu politics. He may do so by relinquishing his Union minister position by mid December to campaign for DMK in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu for the assembly elections in 2011.
Easies showcased their new line at Lakme Fashion Week on Day Two.
In recent years, excise duty collections had always played truant to the expectations.
A gaffe by Congress Parliamentary Party's secretariat on the schedule of CPP meeting left party chief Sonia Gandhi the sole invitee to a cancelled meeting in Parliament on Friday morning.
Defending champion Pankaj Advani and veteran Geet Sethi reigned supreme at the green baize to enter the semi-finals in the Point-format of IBSF World Billiards Championship in Pune on Sunday.
According to a first of its kind report on 'Ascertaining size of corruption in India with respect to money laundering', an individual spent over Rs 2,000 as a cost of corruption in 2009, which is 260 per cent higher than the amount borne by a citizen ten years back.
Passed by the Congress the sweeping financial overhaul legislation is considered to be a major legislative and political victory for the US President, whose poll numbers have experienced a downward slide this year.
In a major relief to Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Supreme court on Thursday set aside the Patna High court decision against the acquittal of the RJD chief and his wife in the disproportionate assets case, filed against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Defender Maicon produced an astonishing goal out of the blue to set Brazil on their way to a 2-1 win over a stubborn North Korea and spare their blushes after a shockingly bad first-half performance Tuesday.
There was a time when everyone thought that cheaper products are what India was looking at. And though these theories were not erroneous but they have been replaced with the passing sands of time today.
Various estimates of the extra cost to the government for an improved food security Bill are doing the rounds, but many agree the Union government's proposed food subsidy bill would double.
Priyanka Chopra and Sofia Vergera were caught in a similar moment at the Golden Globes this year
Experts from a dating website have put together a list of faux pas of online dating, so read on if you want to meet with success.
At a time when professionals charge hefty sitting fees, the government-appointed directors who worked long-hours to revive crisis-hit Maytas Infra worked for free.
'Lateral entrants', a term coined for non-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers, are in for tough days ahead in the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the wake of recent wrangling in the BJP, followed by the exit of senior leaders like Jaswant Singh and L K Advani's aide Sudheendra Kulkarni, the party has decided to clip the feathers of 'lateral' entrants. It literally implies that the members, who are non-swayamsevaks, will no more be able to enjoy power and clout.
The Kerry Lugar bill that would give a whooping US $ 7.5 billion non-military aid to Pakistan, which US President Barack Obama last week termed as a "down payment" and "investment" into America's future, would be introduced in the US Senate on Thursday.
Formula One approved a new scoring system on Friday with points extended to the top 10 drivers in a record-equalling 19-race 2010 season that will start and finish in the Middle East.
Celebrities make a splash at the launch of Splash Autumn/Winter collection launch.
A R Rahman will be the second Indian artiste to perform at the UN General Assembly after M S Subbulakshmi.
A trial run is already underway in Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express and our aim is to provide the Internet facility in certain premium trains including Rajdhani and Shatabdi, said a senior Railways ministry official. Besides Internet, a plan is also afoot to introduce onboard audio and video entertainment system for passengers during the train journey.
A senior police officer told rediff.com that the mishap occurred when the driver lost control of the bus, which was on its way to Udhampur from Katra.
A crucial meeting of the Congress Working Committee, the highest decision making body of the party, began on Thursday on issues relating to firming up of alliances, finalising the manifesto and coining the winning strategy for the Lok Sabha polls. This is the first meeting in the recent past in which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would not participate as he has recently undergone a coronary by-pass surgery.
Striker Tushar Khandekar pumped in two late goals as defending champions India routed Japan 5-1 to finish a lowly fifth in the seven-nation Asia Cup hockey tournament in Kuantan (Malaysia) on Friday.
New Union minister L Murugan's declaration of Kongu Nadu as his native place, instead of Tamil Nadu, may be part of a grand BJP strategy to create new states out of existing ones, particularly those that have anti-BJP governments, mulls N Sathiya Moorthy.
BITS-Pilani, and HP Labs India invite applications for PhD fellowship for research in Information and Communication Technologies.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil on Saturday kicked off a row when he said "such small incidents happen" with reference to terror attacks in Mumbai.
Going on a date tonight? Well, make sure that you don't treat the waiter at the restaurant badly, for a new study has found that clicking fingers at a matre d' is the biggest first date faux pas.
In photos: Friends Jacqueline Fernandez & Shraddha Kapoor join the Raabta team at a special screening.
Infosys is likely to report strong revenue growth in the fourth quarter of FY19 on the back of momentum in the big deal space.
Spin wizards Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne on Thursday ended their brief war of words after patching up at the unveiling ceremony of the 'Warne-Muralitharan Trophy' and described the entire saga as 'miscommunication'.
A McKinsey & Company report also said organised retail was expected to grow from the current 5 per cent to 14-18 per cent of the total retail market in 2015. It added that retail in India could be profitable but not with 'cut and paste' global formats. The greatest challenge would be to maintain the organisation's focus on profitability while cultivating flexibility.
Lok Jan Shakti chief Ram Vilas Paswan said that he does not see the possibility of the alliance fighting the next elections as a combined force throughout the country and feels it is too early to name Manmohan Singh as the Prime Ministerial candidate. He said that it was possible to have a pre-poll alliance in some states, but not in every state.
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