India
Super smog hits north China city; flights cancelled
Visibility shrank to less than half a football field and small-particle pollution soared to a record 40 times higher than an international safety standard in one northern Chinese city as the region entered its high-smog season.
Gujarat: Woman IPS officer gets threat call for searching Asaram's son
A senior woman IPS officer posted in Surat has allegedly received an anonymous call threatening to kill her if she continues to search for self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai, wanted in a sexual assault case lodged against the father-son duo...
Authorities to slap notice on manager of Asaram's Sikandra ashram for alleged encroachment
The Agra district administration has decided to slap a notice on the manager of self-styled godman Asaram's ashram in Sikandra for alleged encroachment on government land, an official said on Monday.
BJP leader's supporters protest after he failed to get ticket
Supporters of BJP leader, whose name did not figure in the first list of the party candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, on Sunday protested at the party's headquarters in Raipur, demanding a ticket for the leader.
India's Mars mission satellite mated with rocket, launch date revised
ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said the Rs 450 crore Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) will be delayed by a week.
Bhilai Steel Plant registers impressive growth
Raipur: Bhilai Steel Plant said on Sunday that it grew 1.5 percent, 0.6 percent and 2.9 percent in hot metal, crude steel and saleable steel production respectively from April to Sep 2013, over the corresponding period last year.
Illegal minigun factory busted, four arrested
Munger: An illegal minigun factory was busted on Sunday and four persons held with a haul of weapons in Bihar's Munger district, police said.
Sudarsan to sell sand art on canvas to help Phailin victims
Bhubaneswar: Internationally renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Sunday said he will sell some of his sand art on canvas to support victims of cyclone Phailin.
Car bomb, clashes kill over 30 near Syrian capital
Syrian rebels blew up an army checkpoint outside Damascus on Saturday and more than 30 combatants from both sides died in the blast and ensuing clashes, a monitoring group said.
Large asteroid not likely to hit Earth in 2032: NASA
A newly discovered 1,300-foot-wide asteroid that buzzed past Earth last month will likely return in 2032, but the chances that it will hit our planet are very slim - just 1 in 63,000 - NASA has said.
Toll in hooch tragedy climbs to 35; excise officials suspended
Thirteen people have died since last night after consuming spurious liquor, police said on Saturday.
JPMorgan in tentative $13 billion deal with US Justice Department
JPMorgan Chase ~~amp;amp; Co has reached a tentative $13 billion deal with the US Justice Department and other government agencies to settle investigations into bad mortgage loans the bank sold to investors before the financial crisis, a source familiar w...
6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off western Mexico coast
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the western coast of Mexico on Saturday
Post retirement, ex-coal secretary Parakh worked for firm that got coal block
Former Coal Secretary PC Parakh, who was named by the CBI in an FIR on a coal block allocated to Hindalco, had joined three private firms after retirement, raising questions over his role in one of the companies that's now under the scanner after getting...
Nawaz Sharif leaves for a 4-day-visit to US
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Saturday, left for a four-day visit to the US during which he is expected to discuss key bilateral issues, the drawdown in Afghanistan and Indo-Pak ties with President Barack Obama.
Tata Sky announces Everywhere TV smartphone app
Subscribers of Everywhere TV service will have to pay Rs 60 per month and can avail of 50 TV channels.
