India

Amid reports of rampant illegal mining in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Thursday set up a committee consisting of senior government officials to take effective steps to check it.

The 31-year-old Bindra scripted history when he clinched the gold medal in his pet event - 10-metre men's air rifle - at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

In the men's sprint qualifying round Amarjit Nagi, Amrit Singh and Alan Baby finished a poor 22nd, 23rd and 25th, respectively in a field of 28 cyclists.

"There was a news report recently of a young man of North Eastern origin being fatally assaulted in an incident which was reported to be of road rage," the court said.

On screen siblings Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra revealed the faces on the poster of 'Dil Dhadakne Do' on Twitter.

Abhishek Sharma-directed remake of Basu Chatterjee's film 'Shaukeen' will release in the first week of November.

Irked over alleged forcing of a Muslim to break his Ramzan fast by some Shiv Sena MPs at Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi, a radical outfit in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday asked the Sena activists to offer apologies.

Salmanwill be seen promoting his film 'Kick' on the show, will make the ever serious ACP Pradyuman shake a leg with him.

Raghavendra Rathore has styled the suave look of Pakistani actor Fawad Afzal Khan in his upcoming debut Disney drama 'Khoobsurat'.

India, by the virtue of being the previous hosts, will lead the Commonwealth Games 2014 opening ceremony parade around Celtic Park on Wednesday night.

Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott warmed up for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow by capturing gold in the men's javelin at the Janusz Sidlo Memorial meet.

With water level rising in several Odisha rivers following incessant rains and a forecast of more rains due to a depression, the state government reviewed preparedness to deal with possible flood.

The US International Trade Commission (USITC) on Tuesday approved the anti-dumping and countervailing duties investigations against imports of certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China.

"Tihar Food Court" in west Delhi, a rehabilitation effort kicked off by the Tihar prison, opened in the first week of July.

A day after bypolls were held for three Assembly seats in Uttarakhand, repoll was ordered on Tuesday at a booth of Dharchula constituency from where Chief Minister Harish Rawat is contesting.

Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Ram Naik was on Tuesday sworn-in as the 27th Governor of Uttar Pradesh at a ceremony held in Raj Bhawan in Lucknow.