India

Former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti and sitting MLA Ram Chandra Yadav were arrested on Sunday morning, even as a defiant VHP plans to go ahead with its proposed yatra in this temple town.

Ousted senior Chinese politician Bo Xilai admitted to shaming his country and poorly handling a defection attempt by his former police chief after he told Bo his wife had committed murder, but Bo denied trying to protect her from the accusation.

The anti black magic and superstition ordinance has been promulgated in Maharashtra, four days after the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune.

Pakistani troops again violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC), opening unprovoked fire on Indian army posts in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, a defence spokesman said. Firing was retaliated.

Lewis Hamilton came up with a scintillating run in the dying minutes of qualification to take his fourth successive pole for the Mercedes.

Media persons on Saturday held a sit-in protest in Ahmedabad condemning the gangrape of a photojournalist in Mumbai and demanded speedy justice for the victim.

The P A Sangma-led National People s Party (NPP) on Saturday celebrated their first anniversary in Meghalaya with the party's flag unfurled in several parts of the Garo Hills region and in the state capital.

Karan Kundra is making his Bollywood debut with Vikram Bhatt's 'Horror Story'.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed a one-man Commission of Inquiry by Justice (retired) R C Gandhi to probe the Kishtwar communal clashes on August 9 in which three persons died and dozens others were injured.

Banga Beats' hopes of reaching the semi-finals suffered a major blow after being hammered 1-4 by hosts Pune Pistons in a crucial tie.

The ruling Congress party candidates were racing ahead of their rival JDS in Mandya and Bangalore rural Lok Sabha constituencies in the August 21 bypolls as counting of votes was taken up on Saturday.

Formula One drivers sought reassurance from tyre supplier Pirelli after Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso suffered punctures in second practice.

Kapil Sibal said the US authorities had informed that content of Internet traffic could be accessed only through court orders.

The Indian team, who had qualified as sixth seed, will face heavyweights Koreans, the top seed, in the title match on Sunday.

6 men had raped a 23-year-old girl in Delhi on December 16, 2012. Weeks after the incident, the girl succumbed to her injuries.

A 26-year-old woman allegedly murdered her two daughters before setting herself ablaze in Bilaipur village in Agra. Sudama Devi set her two daughters Nisha (4) and Karishma (2) on fire and thereafter killed herself on Wednesday night, police said.