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13 acquitted of loot, arson during 2002 Guj riots

A city sessions court on Thursday acquitted 13 youths belonging to minority community from charges o...

Prez commutes death sentence of four prisoners

The death sentence of four prisoners, including a man convicted for rape and murder of a five-year-o...

Moving pictures encoded into gas inspires YouTube song

Films, which have been recorded on cinema reels, DVDs and tapes for long, are now been stored in gas...

Satish Soni takes charge of Southern Naval Command C-in-C

Vice Admiral Satish Soni on Thursday assumed office as the Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Southern...

Soni slams Team Anna for demolishing confidence of people

Ambika Soni also wondered whether such individuals can be called Team Anna, saying there is "great d...

Virgin Galactic set for rocket-powered test flights

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, a commercial six-passenger spacecraft is set to make its first rocke...

Sony lines up Xperia Go and Acro S

Further strengthening its Xperia range, Sony has lined up two new smartphones Xperia go and Xperia a...

British PM`s ex-spokesperson held for perjury

Andy Coulson, 44, was arrested in London over allegations of making false statements in 2010 at the ...

UK: Cameron`s ex-media chief held for perjury

Andy Coulson has been arrested on suspicion of committing perjury at the 2010 trial of Tommy Sherida...

Now, `dracula` lamp that runs on human blood

An American designer has come up with an eerie lamp which is powered by human blood.

Prisoner on Transit warrant issued against Jagan

Principal special court for CBI cases here issued the warrant and summons stating that it had taken ...

Sonia to lay out roadmap for action at June 4 CWC

The Congress party and the UPA government are battling a number of crises on political and economic ...

UK media waged vendetta against Cherie: Tony Blair

Former British prime minister Tony Blair said coverage of his family showed a fundamental problem wi...

Air Canada plane makes emergency landing

An Air Canada jet made an emergency landing after an engine shut down shortly after takeoff from Pea...

Sarabjit files fresh clemency appeal

Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh was convicted for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in 19...

US looking into Alabama prison sex abuse claims

Rape, sexual assault and harassment from male guards are a way of life for prisoners at an Alabama w...

S Africa: Nelson Mandela returns to home village

In February, Nelson Mandela was hospitalised for a test to determine the cause of a stomach ailment.

Jagan`s mother hits out at Sonia Gandhi for arrest

Late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy`s widow YS Vijayamma Sunday blamed Congress ...

Escaping from police custody, prisoner killed in accident

A prisoner, who had escaped from police custody and was fleeing in a car, was killed when a truck ra...

Mother fighting for justice for her daughter

A woman has been seeking justice for her nine-year old girl who lost vision in one eye after alleged...

WB govt takes initiative to release foreign prison

Languishing in West Bengal`s jails for months, Bangladeshi nationals and those from other countries ...

Pt Nehru remembered on 48th death anniversary

President Pratibha Patil, Ansari and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi paid floral tributes to Nehru at Sh...

150 climbers scale Everest including Prachanda`s s

The big rush to the Everest continued for the second day with a total of 150 climbers making it to t...

People defy ULFA bandh to attend Cong anniversary

Over 10,000 people braved a 12-hour ULFA bandh to attend the celebration of the Congress-led Tarun G...

Sonia confident of more outfits joining peace process

ULFA hardliners have called for a 12-hour bandh in the state in protest against the visit.

One killed in blast ahead of Sonia`s Assam visit

A day ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi`s visit to Assam, one person was killed in a bomb bla...

Three Indians died during UN peacekeeping ops to be honoured

Three Indian security personnel who laid down their lives during UN peacekeeping operations last yea...

`Chimps, orangutans have human-like personalities`

Chimpanzees and orangutans have personalities “like people”, a new study has claimed.

Maoist leader arrested in Uttar Pradesh

Another Maoist leader, Ajit Kole, was also arrested, Sonebhadra Superintendent of Police Sri Krishna...

Highly trained cops to be deployed at U`khand border

: To meet security challenges, well trained police personnel with ultra-modern equipments will be po...

Forest personnel released in Odisha

Residents of Gopinathpur village in the core area of Simlipal National Park took away the 12 demandi...

‘Bahrain to mull ways to improve rights record’

The UN Human Rights Council says in its highly-anticipated review of the Gulf kingdom`s record that ...

Prez polls: ‘RJD to support Sonia`s decision’

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav said his party would support UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi`s decision o...

UP govt increases personal accident insurance

In a sop to farmers, UP government on Wednesday increased the personal accident insurance scheme cov...

Chadar offered at Chisti Dargah on Sonia`s behalf

A holy chadar was presented on behalf of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at the Dargah of sufi saint Kh...

Sonia refuses red beacon for car

United Progressive Alliance chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi has refused the use of a...

Undertrial escapes, rearrested

An undertrial prisoner escaped from court premises in Rajasthan`s Rajsamand district.He was nabbed s...

US: `Soldier planned to bomb Texas eatery`

A Muslim soldier was stopped hours before completing assembly of a bomb that he planned to detonate ...

Sonia Gandhi assures help to pensioners

A group of elderly people and activists seeking enhancement of old-age pension has knocked the doors...

Sonia talks tough on corruption as UPA-2 completes 3 yrs

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday asked the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to...

Sonia assures help to pension activists

Sonia Gandhi assured activists demanding review of the old age pension scheme that she will refer it...

Over 200 Tamil prisoners stage protest in S Lanka

The inmates of three prisons located in the capital Colombo are demanding that they be charged for t...

Rajiv Gandhi remembered on death anniversary

The nation on Monday paid homage to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was killed in a suicide ...

Women varsity authorities to ensure safety of students

Bhukkal said that government had taken a serious view of the incident and decided to make special ar...

Debt, divorce added to Robert Kennedy Jr wife’s woes

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr’s estranged wife Mary Richardson hanged herself in a barn on her Westchest...

Delhi girl gangraped in Haryana`s all-women university

A law student of Bhagat Phool Singh Women`s University was abducted just outside the campus gate and...

Odisha shopkeeper’s son bags 154th rank in IIT-JEE

18-year-old son of a poor village shopkeeper, surprised all when his name appeared in the list of su...

Odisha shopkeeper’s son bags 154th rank in IIT-JEE

18-year-old son of a poor village shopkeeper, surprised all when his name appeared in the list of su...

Need for educating prisoners: Manmohan Singh

Noting that prisoners lack understanding of their rights, PM advocated the need for educating them.

Haryana police authority website launched

People in Haryana will now be able register their complaints against police personnel online.

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