India

Sri Paramhans ashram seer Mauni Mahraj was on Tuesday placed under house arrest along with his followers when he tried to leave for Ayodhya to take part in the VHP yatra, which has been banned by the UP government.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tueday wished Congress president Sonia Gandhi the best of health and at the same time said she should have been taken to the hospital in a well-equipped ambulance.

Poonam Pandey is appalled by talk that her provocative pictures on the internet are responsible for the increase in crimes against women.

As the producer of the recently released 'Madras Cafe', John has been able to give a befitting reply to his critics.

The gang posed as a CBI team and managed to get away with Rs 21.3 lakh during the fake raid.

"We decided not to go to the scheduled round of talks today (Monday) in protest of killing three Palestinian young men in Qalandya," said a PLO spokesperson.

Sindhu stole the show with a hard-fought win over World No.3 Juliane Schenk as Awadhe Warriors sailed into the semi-finals of the Indian Badminton League.

Exhorting its activists to work for strengthening secular fabric in Jammu and Kashmir, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, said the biggest message of the party was to spread "peace, amity and tranquility" in the region.

In a relief to actor Salman Khan, the Bombay High Court on Monday stayed proceedings against him in a magistrate's court on a private complaint seeking contempt action against him for posting court orders in cases against him on his website.

'Madras Cafe', which released Aug 23, is actor John's second project as a producer.

The recommendations for valuation and reserve price for the third round of spectrum auction would come "very shortly", regulator TRAI Chairman Rahul Khullar said on Monday.

Lewis Hamilton expects the Mercedes team to be more competitive in the Asian leg starting in Singapore on September 22.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in Islamabad on Monday on a day-long visit to discuss the frayed ties and seek release of Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Barader as a confidence building measure.

Thirty five Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested and four boats seized by Sri Lankan Navy on Monday while they were fishing between Talaimannar and Dhanushkodi in the Palk Strait, official sources said.

A rifleman accidentally shot himself dead while cleaning his service rifle at Kairang area in Manipur's Imphal East district, police sources said on Monday.

Kurtz reminisces his short stint with India and said a professional approach is key to any country's success in modern day hockey.