Pulled up for failing to bring to justice the alleged prime perpetrators of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts including Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday filed an affidavit in the special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities court listing the steps taken by the agency to bring back the absconding accused to face the trial in the case.
A Delhi court on Thursday directed the officials concerned of Delhi University, Indira Gandhi National Open University and the Tihar Jail to make arrangements for December 16 gang rape accused Vinay Sharma to write his BA first year exams from prison premises.
The former information commissioner, who is known for his pro-transparency orders in several high-profile cases, said the proposed changes "seriously undermine" the autonomy of information commissions.
Plunging backs are making rather frequent rounds on the Bollywood social scene!
A teenage girl from Delhi, who is pursuing law degree from an all-women university in Haryana's Sonepat district, was allegedly abducted from near the varsity campus by four men and then gangraped, the police said in Chadigarh on Saturday.
The lead actors try to explain why the television soap is a success.
Manchester United missed the chance to make significant inroads into Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League after stumbling to a 1-1 draw against Newcastle United at Old Trafford on Saturday.
A Pakistan-born US teenager on Friday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and offering assistance to a woman called "Jihad Jane" who was planning to wage a jihad in Europe.
Shameem Akthar, Yogacharya with the Sivananda Yoga takes the veil off five myths that seek to dent yoga's halo.
Captain Alastair Cook registered his third successive hundred of the series as England ended Day 2 in the third Test against India on were 216 for 1 after the home side was dismissed for 316.
Closure of tanneries pulls down domestic finished leather exports and local price of raw-skin.
Learn from your successes more than your failures remarked Ashok Soota at an event held in Bangalore.
Foreign private equity funds are likely to exit completely or partially the financial services space in the near-term as part of profit-booking, but will stay invested to cash in from the long-term growth story.
Indian and global carriers are offering limited period discounted fares to attract flyers from New Delhi on the occasion of the 68th Independence Day.
India has strongly taken up the demand for banning Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, which a group linked to the Christian Orthodox Church has described as 'extremist', with the Russian authorities, Indian Ambassador to Russia Ajai Malhotra said.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday alleged the United Progressive Alliance government's credibility has gone down and internal politics of the alliance adversely affected India's foreign policy as evidenced by India's "failure" to sign a transit treaty with Bangladesh.
Asserting that sovereign debt and banking stress in Europe are the most serious risks to the global economy, the United States on Wednesday said European leaders must escalate their efforts to address the economic challenges faced by the region.
Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao will, however, not touch the policy rate or the repo, rate at which RBI lends to banks, on October 30 when he unveils the half-yearly monetary policy because headline inflation continues to be elevated at 7-7.5 per cent, the agency said.
India-born Dharun Ravi, convicted of hate crime for spying on his gay roommate and sentenced to 30 days in jail, could end up spending only 20 days behind bars due to prison regulations in New Jersey that give credit to inmates for good behaviour.
India-born Dharun Ravi, convicted of hate crime for spying on his gay roommate and sentenced to 30 days in jail, could end up spending only 20 days behind bars due to prison regulations in New Jersey that give credit to inmates for good behaviour.
Crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka unit appeared to worsen on Friday with former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa insisting on a February 27 ultimatum for his reinstatement and party president Nitin Gadkari ruling out replacing incumbent Sadananda Gowda. Yeddyurappa, who was forced to resign more than six months ago after a Lokayukta report indicted him on illegal mining, made it clear to the party chief that he was in no mood to wait any longer.
The actress talks about her comeback film, Vikram Bhatt's Dangerous Ishhq.
The actress talks about her comeback film, Vikram Bhatt's Dangerous Ishhq.
Joleon Lescott's 62nd-minute goal and a brilliant late save by goalkeeper Joe Hart sent Manchester City back to the top of the Premier League with a tense 1-0 win at Aston Villa Sunday.
Alberto Contador's Saxo Bank-Sungard team could be thrown out of cycling's World Tour after the Spaniard was given a two-year doping ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Friday.
In an industry that was once known for its courteous men, slanging matches and fist fights have become the order of the day. The SRK-Shirish Kunder incident happens to be the latest one in the long list of Bollywood scuffles.
Indian-American Ghazala Hashmi, a former community college professor, created history by becoming the first Muslim woman to be elected to the Virginia State Senate.
Karnataka high court on Monday adjourned to November 2 the bail applications filed by former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, remanded to judicial custody, in corruption cases against him.
Indian pugilists Lalitha Prasad Polipalli (48kg), Manish Kaushik (52kg) and Sandeep Kumar (57kg) continued their winning run, reaching the quarter-finals in the second AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Monday.
From 100% tax deductions for contributions to PM-CARES fund to extending the due date for linking Aadhar and PAN card, the government has provided various tax relief and extensions in deadlines for statutory compliances, says Homi Mistry.
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Disgraced Pakistan pacer Mohammad Aamir has got some much-needed support from Indian batting great Rahul Dravid, who feels it would be "great" if the youngster manages to make a comeback after serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing.
Police on Friday detained a teenage boy who purportedly sent the Harkat-ul-Jihadi-Islami email claiming responsibility for Wednesday's blast outside the Delhi high court from a cyber cafe in Kishtwar, police said.
The jury summons that changed her life forever was in the mail too. She might not have opened it and did not reply to it; she was not eligible for jury duty, being a non-citizen. It resulted in an arrest warrant and a sequence of events ultimately resulting in her death.
'Given that he would have a good understanding of how many jobs the economy can create at the moment, was Modi hailing the modest pakoda-seller to infuse some charm in self-employment?' asks Udit Misra.
Refusing to give up his efforts to make Home Minister P Chidambaram a co-accused in 2G scam, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said he will move the Supreme Court within a month to challenge a Delhi court's order rejecting his plea as he has a "very, very strong case".
Occupy Wall Street protests have a distinct desi flavour that goes beyond the belief in militant non-violence.
In an interview with Malvika Joshi and Somasroy Chakraborty, Madan Menon, RBS' chief executive for Singapore and Southeast Asia and head of global banking and markets in India, shares the bank's plans.
Supreme Court lawyer and Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan was attacked on Wednesday evening for his remarks on Kashmir. Police have identified two right-wing groups behind the incident.
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