India
Bal Thackeray's sons locked in legal row over property
A little over a year after the death of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, his sons Uddhav and Jaidev are locked in a legal row over property worth crores left behind by the party patriarch.
Speaker directs government to launch probe into environmental clearance issue
Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal on Monday directed the state government to conduct a probe into allegations about the casual manner in which mandatory environmental clearance is being sought for sand mining in rivers by government agenci...
Now, a theme song for TV show 'India's Got Talent'
Composed and sung by the music band Agnee, #IGTTwitterConcert highlights the show's key theme.
Burglar lynched after he kills house owner in Palamu
One person was killed by a burglar, who was later lynched in Pachmo village in Palamu district, police said.
Congress MLA, five others booked for alleged land grabbing
A local Congress MLA and his five supporters were on Monday booked for allegedly grabbing a land in Kotwali area of Bareilly. Congress MLA from Swar Tanda seat of Rampur, Naved Kazim Ali, was among six persons booked on Monday on complaint filed by Teej A...
61st Senior National Kabaddi Championship to begin today
The 61st Senior National Kabaddi Championship will begin in Patna from Tuesday at the Patliputra Sports Complex stadium. Altogether 32 teams (16 men and 16 women) are taking part in the four-day championship.
Ekta Kapoor's session interrupted at Jaipur Literature Festival
As soon as Ekta's session began, around 10-12 protesters barged in and started shouting "Ekta wapis jao".
85 richest people as wealthy as world's poorest half: Study
World's richest 85 people control as much wealth as the poorest half global population put together, says a study.
SC ask NCST to look into ST status of Meghalaya CM
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes to verify the authenticity of Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma's ST status which was challenged by political rivals.
Aamir Khan's 'PK' to be released on Christmas
'PK' stars Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Irani and Sanjay Dutt in prominent roles.
WB: Damayanti Sen to investigate Madhyamgram rape and murder case
The court directed that Sen should be free from pressure from all quarters while conducting this investigation.
Aflatoon Aurat, Do Ladke Dono Kadke, Sipahi Ki Sajni: 115 totally hilarious film titles of all time
We salute the creative person who clearly went overboard naming these 115 films.
2 boys slit 23-year-old woman's throat, set her ablaze after gangrape; arrested
The body of the girl, who had gone missing since December 30, was found half burnt in Radi jungle on the instance of the accused.
Javed Akhtar gives Jaipur Literature Festival a miss
Bollywood lyricist-scriptwriter Javed Akhtar who was to attend the annual Jaipur Literature Festival on Sunday gave it a miss. The 69-year-old lyricist was scheduled to participate in a session titled "Urdu Mein Hindustan" in conversation with popular Hin...
No let-up in cold, Mount Abu freezes at 0.4 degree Celsius
There was no let-up in cold on Sunday with icy winds sweeping relentlessly across Rajasthan even as Mount Abu touched almost freezing point of 0.4 degree Celsius.
Global smartphone users to touch 1.75 billion in 2014: Report
Mobile phone users are fast switching over to smartphones as devices become more affordable and 3G and 4G networks advance, says a report.