India

Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has said he committed a "mistake" by allotting land to self proclaimed godman Asaram, who is facing rape charges, during his tenure as the Chief Minister and demanded that the BJP government cancel the lease.

Andhra Pradesh ministers from Telangana, party MPs and MLAs from the region held a meeting to discuss the future course of action on the entire Telangana issue.

Diphu: An 11-year old girl was raped and abandoned by her attacker assuming her to be dead in central Assam's Karbi Anglong district, police sources said on Sunday.

Amala Paul will be sharing screen space for the first time with Fahad Fazil in 'Oru Indian Pranaya Kadha'.

There is a yawning gap between desires and the means to get these translated into reality in government affairs. Officials may wish to do a lot, but they cannot implement them, President Pranab Mukherjee said in Ghatal on Sunday.

Speeding up legal proceedings in the photojournalist's gangrape case that triggered nationwide outrage, Mumbai police is all set file a charge sheet against five accused in a couple of days.

Priyanka Chopra and her mother Dr Madhu Chopra were seen at a Ganesh mandal in Mumbai recently.

Putting a rest to the rumours of their split, Konkona and Ranvir were spotted together at pub in Mumbai recently.

Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez sealed victory for Spain, beating Sergiy Stakhovsky and Denys Molchanov in the doubles for an unassailable 3-0 lead.

Melo and Soares defeated the German pair Brands and Emmrich 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to leave the five-match series poised 2-1 in favour of the hosts.

The state government made it clear before the Commission that 9 out of the 47 documents had been destroyed by it in 'routine course'.

Chennai: In yet another pro-people welfare measure, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will launch a scheme on Sunday to provide mineral water for Rs ten a litre.

Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will visit poll-bound Rajasthan in September to attend foundation-laying ceremonies of various projects and address political rallies.

"We killed Sushmita Banerjee because she is an Indian spy," the group's spokesman Qari Hamza told a news organisation.

A judicial probe ordered into the Aug 9 communal clashes in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town is set to begin on Saturday, a source said.

At least seven members of a family on Saturday drowned in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district when a car in which they were travelling in turned turtle and fell in to the Gangnahar canal in Meerut, police said.