Did Arun Jaitley Invite Rahul Gandhi For His Daughter's Wedding Today?
NEW DELHI -- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's meeting with Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today sparking speculation about whether their interaction had to do with a wedding invite or to push for...
View ArticleChhota Rajan Lodged In Tihar Jail
NEW DELHI -- Security has been stepped up in and around Jail number 2 of Tihar prison where underworld don Chhota Rajan was lodged yesterday after being remanded in a 14 -day judicial custody. "The...
View ArticleWhoa! Google Makes Delhi Student Rs 1.27 Crore Job Offer
Chetan Kakkar, who hails from Delhi Technological University (DTU), has landed a dream job at Google with a stunning starting salary of $1,90,000 (Rs 1.27 crore approximately), setting a new record for...
View ArticleEight In Ten Indian Children Reported To Being Hit By Teachers: Oxford Study
Nearly eight out of ten eight-year-old children in India, who were interviewed for a study on corporal punishment, said they had been hit, and nine out of ten reporting that they had seen someone else...
View ArticleAhead Of PM Modi's Visit, Malaysia Points To Terrorist Threats
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia has tightened security in capital Kuala Lumpur amid reports of an "imminent terrorist threat" ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit for the 27th Asean Summit....
View ArticleSaradha Scam-Accused Madan Mitra Remanded To Judicial Custody
KOLKATA -- Trinamool Congress leader and former West Bengal minister Madan Mitra, whose bail was cancelled by the Calcutta High Court today, surrendered before the Additional Chief Judicial...
View ArticleSheena Bora Case: Peter Mukerjea Joins Other Accused In Court
All of the accused in the April 2012 Sheena Bora murder case were produced before a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here on Friday, including Indrani Mukerjea's husband, Peter Mukerjea, who...
View ArticleNitish Kumar Starts New Innings As Chief Minister Of Bihar
Often called the 'Chanakya' of Bihar politics, Nitish Kumar, whose solid developmental work in Bihar was intrumental in delivering him the state for a third straight term, was on Friday sworn in as...
View ArticleBJP Warns Rahul From Using Words Like 'Chamcha', 'Sycophants'
NEW DELHI -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday lashed out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his '56-inch chest' and 'lackeys' remark and warned the latter not to use such words....
View ArticleChanakya Of Bihar Politics, Nitish Kumar Bags Third Consecutive Term As Chief...
PATNA -- Nitish Kumar, often referred to as Chanakya of Bihar politics, lived up to the moniker when he surprisingly joined hands with arch rival RJD boss Lalu Prasad to script a third consecutive term...
View ArticlePeter Mukerjea Charged With Murder: Reports
Media tycoon Peter Mukerjea, who was arrested on Thursday, has been charged with murder in the Sheena Bora case according to NDTV. He's also been accused of attempted murder, kidnapping and criminal...
View Article19 Year-Old Engineering Student Hangs Himself In Hyderabad Following Ragging...
HYDERABAD -- A 19-year-old student, who was studying in an engineering college in Chennai and came home on Diwali, hanged himself at his house in Nizampet area here alleging "ragging" by one of his...
View ArticleModi's Gold Scheme Has Only Drawn 400 Grams Out Of Potential 20,000 Tonnes
A gold deposit scheme launched amid fanfare by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi two weeks ago has so far attracted only 400 grams, an industry official told Reuters on Thursday, out of a national...
View ArticleGunmen Shouting "God Is Great" Attack Luxury Hotel In Mali, Take 170 Hostages
BAMAKO, Mali - Men shouting "God is great" and armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed into the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali's capital Friday morning and seized 170 hostages. The U.S. Embassy in...
View ArticleLalu's Debutante Sons Get Six Ministries In Nitish Kumar Government
NEW DELHI -- Tej Pratap Yadav faced an embarrassing situation today when he had to repeat his oath after mispronouncing two words at the swearing in ceremony of ministers in Nitish Kumar's new...
View ArticleGunmen Kill 18 At Mali hotel, 20 Indians Evacuated
BAMAKO -- Armed Islamic extremists today stormed a deluxe hotel here locking in 170 people, killing at least 18 of them, while 20 captured Indians were evacuated without any harm. Nine hours after the...
View ArticleSheena Bora Murder: Charges Against My Father Are Outrageous, says Peter...
Mumbai -- Rahul Mukerjea, son of former media baron Peter Mukerjea, today said that charges against his father in the Sheena Bora murder case were "outrageous". "Charges against him (Peter) are...
View ArticleDon't Return Awards, Address Issues Of Intolerance Instead, Says Kareena Kapoor
RAIPUR -- Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan has disapproved of the trend of writers and filmmakers returning their awards to protest “growing intolerance in the country” and advised them to instead...
View ArticleIndian Tricolour Hoisted Upside Down During Modi-Abe Photo-Op
KUALA LUMPUR -- In an embarrassment for India, the tricolour was seen hoisted upside down during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo-op with Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe before bilateral talks on...
View ArticleAmitabh Bachchan Donates 'Silsila' Jacket To Construction Worker
MUMBAI -- Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has donated his Silsila(1981) jacket to a construction worker, in a bid to extend his support for the cause of distributing clothes to needy people in winters. The...
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