India
Four get life imprisonment in a murder case
A district court here on Monday sentenced four persons to life imprisonment in connection with a murder case three years ago.
Three, among CMO, killed as car plunges into pond
Three persons, including a Chief Medical officer, were killed when a car fell into a pond in Puwaraka village here. Dr Akhlak, who was Chief Medical officer in Jalandhar in Punjab, along with his two relatives were on way to Saharanpur last night when the...
Paes-Stepanek proceed to the quarter-finals at Aegon International
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek proceeded to the quarter-finals winning 5-7, 7-6(5), 10-6 in one hour and 35 minutes against Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo.
CBI court reserve its order on Talwars' applications
A special CBI court, hearing the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, on Monday reserved its order on the pleas of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. Additional Sessions Judge Shyam Lal reserved the order for Tuesday.
Turkey could deploy army to quell protests
Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Monday the armed forces could be called up if needed to help quell popular protests that have swept Turkish cities in the last two weeks, the first time the possibility of a military role has been raised.
Putin, Obama face off over Syria; rebels get Saudi missiles
Rebels fought to halt an advance by President Bashar al-Assad's forces into northern Syria on Monday while U.S. President Barack Obama faced a showdown with Russia's Vladimir Putin over Obama's decision last week to arm the insurgents.
Modi likely to visit Ayodhya; to pray at disputed site
In a move having big political significance, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Ayodhya this week and will also offer prayer at the disputed site. Ashok Singhal, Praveen Togadia, Gorakhpur MP Yogi Aditya Nath and yoga guru Ramdev will...
Marussia give Tio Ellinas first F1 test
The 21-year-old Cypriot is now in his second season competing with Marussia Manor Racing in GP3 and currently leads the championship.
Father, son killed as bus rams into their motorbike
A man and his younger son died while his elder son seriously got injured when a bus allegedly rammed into their motorcycle at the Kidwai nagar area here, police said on Monday.
Now, a four-legged robot that runs like a cat
Swiss scientists have developed a four-legged cheetah-cub robot that runs like a cat and could be used for search and rescue missions.
19-year-old Army recruit ends life after lover refuses to marry him
A 19-year-old Army recruit allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at Bairagarh here, police said on Monday. The deceased, identified as Viplab hailing from West Bengal who had been recently recruited in armed services, ended his life at Bairagarh'...
Son of local SP leader booked on charges of rape, murder
An FIR has been lodged against son of a local SP leader and his aide on charges of rape and murder of a woman in Rajpura area, police said on Monday.
8 Tamil fishermen remanded to judicial custody in Sri Lanka
Fishermen were remanded to judicial custody till June 27 by a court in the island nation.
Mursi cuts Egypt's Syria ties, backs no-fly zone
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said he had cut all diplomatic ties with Damascus on Saturday and backed a no-fly zone over Syria, pitching the most populous Arab state more firmly against President Bashar al-Assad.
BJP slams JD(U)'s split from NDA as an insult to 2010 mandate
Stung by JD(U)'s decision to break away from NDA, BJP on Sunday slammed the erstwhile ally for insulting the landslide mandate given to the coaltion in the 2010 Assembly polls and called for a Bihar bandh on June 18 to protest against the 'deceit'.
JD(U), BJP had almost reached breaking point three years back
On June 12, 2010, Nitish Kumar cancelled a dinner with the BJP leaders miffed over a series of ads that showed him with Modi.
