The bodies of two Pakistani terrorists gunned down in Noida encounter on the eve of Republic Day will be preserved in view of the ongoing probe by police and intelligence agencies, a senior police office said on Monday.
Preeti Singh, daughter in-law of former Madhya Pradesh minister late Shivpratap Singh did not commit suicide but was allegedly shot dead at her residence in Guna, police said on Saturday.
About 14 kg of heroin being smuggled from Pakistan in the trans-border Samjhauta Express were seized and four passengers of the train arrested for allegedly carrying the contraband, having a street value of Rs 70 crore, officials said here on Tuesday.
Captain Kumar Sangakkara led from the front with a gutsy half-century that saw Punjab get the better of Mumbai by six wickets in Mohali on Friday.
In preparation for his early release next Monday, following a presidential pardon, the offers are rolling in for Zaidi who has won the adulation of millions in the Arab world, The Guardian reported.
In an attempt to kickstart the process of setting up National Security Guard hubs in the country in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday discussed the matter with Army and NSG Chiefs. During the hour-long meeting, Chidambaram sought assistance from the army to operationalise the hubs in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad in the first phase, Home Ministry sources said.
Oil sector officers, who brought the country to a grinding halt, by going on strike for nearly three days, will appeal to their respective management to reinstate the employees sacked by the companies.
The state-of-the-art D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, which had earned praise from all and sundry during the first Indian Premier League in 2008, is set to host the seventh and final ODI between India and Australia in November. The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), the hosts of the November 11 day/night clash, on Friday evening decided to conduct the last ODI of the series at this venue because of its capacity of 50,000.
Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher could come out of retirement to drive for Ferrari next year if the FIA (International Automobile Federation) governing body allows the team to run a third car. The 40-year-old Schumacher, who retired in 2006, cancelled plans for a temporary return to the sport earlier this month because of fitness concerns.
The solution required operators to accept, in the interim, the industry regulator's recommendation suggesting a major increase in subscriber numbers for service providers to qualify for additional allocation of spectrum, the radio frequencies that enable wireless communications.
Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy made his first appearance for the club on Monday since he was sidelined with a serious knee injury in November and underwent surgery.
Controversial Australian umpire Darrell Hair has resigned from the International Cricket Council (ICC) elite umpires panel, an ICC spokesman said on Friday.
Slumdog Milliionaire on screen couple Dev Patel and Freida Pinto could not keep their real romance under wraps for long as they were spotted kissing during a dinner date in Israel.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani, chairman of the hardline faction of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, on Tuesday demanded the immediate withdrawal of security forces from the Kashmir Valley. Addressing a mammoth gathering of over 1,00,000 people at Srinagar's Tourists Reception Centre Grounds along with fellow leaders Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Shabbir Shah and Yasin Malik, Geelani laid down its immediate demand: The withdrawal of security forces.
'What the Pakistan army lacks is not resources, but will. It needs a clarifying message that the support of terror will directly hit its interests rather than those of the over-burdened citizens of Pakistan.'
Sabahuddin and Fahim Ansari, who are in the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad's custody, have revealed that the attacks were delayed because of fears that the operation had been compromised by Ansari's arrest and confessions, and also, because the terrorists could not procure enough weapons in time.
Pakistan clinched a second consolation victory in the fifth and final one-day international against Sri Lanka on Sunday but the hosts still won the series 3-2.
India, who beat Syria 1-0 in the final of the tournament in 2007, are placed in Group A along with Lebanon and Palestine, who replaced Thailand after the South East Asian country refused to send their national 'A' team. Syria, Kyrgyzstan and Sri Lanka make up Group B.
President Pratibha Patil has asked Indian Institutes of Technology to address the problems of rural areas by producing cutting-edge solutions for them.
Dr Singh, whose Congress party heads the United Progressive Alliance coalition at the Centre, spoke of a multi-party model where parties with varying national reach and many with a very limited sub-national reach form a coalition at the national level. He also spoke of pulls and pressures and various challenges on account of river water sharing, natural resources and fiscal federalism.
The government will give state fuel retailers Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion) to partly compensate them for losses on LPG and kerosene by March 31.
It's the easiest thing to give people money, but the risk perception has changed, says Rajiv Lall, Managing Director, IDFC.
The retail arm of the Mukesh Ambani-led group had almost halted its expansion plans as a credit crunch roiled markets across the globe forcing companies to withhold new projects. The company also froze fresh recruitment.
Some time in mid-March, Dr Reddy's Laboratories will reach a new landmark: Its sales in India will cross the Rs 1,000-crore mark.
Seven-times winner Lance Armstrong will make a Tour de France comeback next year, his spokesman told Reuters on Monday. The 37-year-old rider announced in September he was coming out of retirement for the 2009 season.
Former Wimbledon champion Michael Stich will return to the tour a decade after retiring to play doubles at the German Open in Hamburg next week, the 40-year-old said on Friday. The Hamburg native, who reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 2, will join up with 21-year-old German Mischa Zverev.
The International Cricket Council barred the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua from hosting international matches for at least 12 months until extensive remedial work is carried out and it passes an inspection by the game's apex body. The stadium hosted the second Test between England and the West Indies this February but the match was abandoned after just 10 balls because of an unfit outfield.
Yet another inter-state dispute involving Tamil Nadu and its neighbouring states appear to be brewing with local body officials and erstwhile zamindars of three villages in Theni district accusing Kerala of 'encroaching' on a site, believed to have been visited by Lord Rama, and converting it into a tourist spot.
In two separate filings, both the companies said a meeting of the board of directors will be held on March 2, to consider and recommend the amalgamation of Reliance Petroleum and Reliance Industries, the country's most valued firm in terms of market capitalisation.
Half the 35 accused Pakistani nationals who figure in the 26/11 chargesheet and wanted by the Mumbai police have Abu as a name. The 11,280 page chargesheet filed by the Mumbai Police before a local court on Wednesday showed that the names of 18 of these accused began with Abu, who are perceived to be faceless persons.
(Excerpts from former BJP vice-president Yashwant Sinha's letter to party President Rajnath Singh)
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday summoned the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) vice chairman for demolishing part of Sahara City on Wednesday night. A division bench of the court comprising Justice Devi Prasad Singh and Justice Balkrishna Narain summoned the Vice Chairman Ram Bhadur on a petition of Sahara India Commercial Corporation Limited.
After spending six days in the hospital, Amitabh Bachchan was discharged on Friday morning. Dressed in white pathani suit and dark glasses, Bachchan came out of the hospital door to wave at the journalists and fans who had assembled there. He was accompanied by his son, Abhishek Bachchan. The latter drove Bachchan in his Lexus car.
West Indies captain Chris Gayle has been named captain of Stanford Superstars, which will face England in the 20-million-dollar Stanford Twenty20 match on November 1. The left-hand opening batsman will have Antigua and Barbuda captain Sylvester Joseph as his deputy.
More than 6,000 centres with headcounts of 10-100 have downed shutters across the country.
Jamaat-ud-Dawah, the frontal organisation of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, which is blamed for the Mumbai attacks, has written to the United Nations claiming that it was not associated with the Al-Qaeda and Taliban and that the Security Council's sanctions on it were 'unjustified'.
With the Lok Sabha polls drawing near, the Congress Working Committee meeting here on Thursday is expected to finalise the strategy to take on the challenges from the Left and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Going to the Parliamentary polls for the first time after sharing power at the Centre, the Congress is likely to give finishing touches to its poll manifesto as also decide on the campaign theme.
Driven by their dream to start their own venture, they almost scandalised their families when they launched a company Tachyon in 2000, right after college with a paltry investment of Rs 400,000.
It was Formula One's own version of the ugly duckling maturing into a graceful swan as Force India shed its backmarker's tag to rub shoulders with the F1 bigwigs in what was nothing less then a heady fairytale season for the Silverstone-based outfit.
The investment by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) in Indian equities has touched the two billion dollar-mark (nearly Rs 10,000 crore) so far this year, which includes a record single day net purchase of Rs 4,085 crore (Rs 40.85 billion).
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