India
Manpreet to lead India's strong junior hockey world cup squad
Hockey India announced a strong 18-member junior men's squad for the upcoming FIH Junior Men's World Cup to be held at Delhi from December 5 to 15.
Don't starve Bengal, Mamata tells centre
Pressing her demand for "restructuring" debts incurred during the erstwhile Left Front regime in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday told the central government not to "starve" her state.
Nokia Lumia 525 unveiled: 4-inch display, 1GB RAM, 5MP camera
Unlike the Lumia 520 that includes 512MB RAM, the Lumia 525 has 1GB of RAM onboard.
EC to hand out photo voters' slips to check bogus polling
To ensure that only genuine voters get to exercise their franchise on polling day, the Election Commission will for the first time be handing out photo voters' slips to electors ahead of the December 4 vote, the move expected to be more effective in check...
Suspended RJD MLC, brother booked for illegal sale of liquor
An FIR was registered on Tuesday against suspended RJD Legislator Nawal Kishore Yadav in connection with illegal sale of liquor from his sweets shop, police said.
Delhi polls: 129 candidates have criminal cases against them, BJP tops chart
Congress has 15 out of 70 candidates with a criminal background, BSP has 14 out of 67 and AAP has 5 out of 70 candidates.
Working with same director raises expectations: Tashu Kaushik
Tashu will soon work with Rajesh, with whom she had earlier worked in Malayalam romantic-drama 'Annum Innum Ennum'.
Want to choose my films carefully: Yami Gautam
Yami Gautam says she wants to be careful while choosing films so that she does not let down her audience.
TN: Welfare Minister, 55 AIADMK workers booked in assault case
Tamil Nadu Social Welfare Minister B Valarmathi and 55 AIADMK workers, including an MLA, have been booked for allegedly damaging property and assaulting a DMK activist while campaigning for the December 4 Yercaud byelection, police said on Tuesday.
'Total Siyapaa' trailer: Ali Zafar, Yami return with a rom-com
Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher have been cast as a couple in romantic comedy 'Total Siyapaa'.
TN CM Jayalalithaa writes to PM on power woes
She has blamed BHEL for a fire in a plant that affected production.
Mumbai: 3 autorickshaw drivers arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl
The minor was offered a lift by a rickshaw driver she knew, who took the rickshaw to a secluded place and raped her along with 2 of his friends.
Angelina Jolie buys heart shaped island for Brad Pitt?
Jolie has reportedly splurged 12 million pounds on purchasing a heart shaped island for her fiance Brad Pitt.
Aarushi-Hemraj murder: Talwars 'hurt, anguished' over their conviction
In a statement, the Talwar couple said, "We refuse to be defeated and will continue to fight for justice."
Sri Lankan court orders release of 15 Tamil Nadu fishermen
Fifteen Tamil Nadu fishermen, arrested by Sri Lankan Naval personnel on October 19, were ordered to be released on Monday by a court in Jaffna in the island nation.
Quake of 6.6 magnitude strikes South Atlantic
A quake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck the South Atlantic southeast of Britain's Falkland Islands on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said.