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CBI on Thursday filed a progress report on its probe in the 2004 fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan and three others, the hearing on which is scheduled for Friday. "As directed by the court during last hearing, investigating officer of CBI on Thursday fi...

The Uttar Pradesh government has sought withdrawal of cases against three youths arrested for allegedly engaging in anti-national activities. Rampur additional district magistrate (ADM) Sayyid Nizamuddin on Thursday said that the procedure has been starte...

Kindle Paperwhite will be available only in Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi-plus-3G models priced at Rs 10,999 and Rs 13,999, respectively.

A father-son duo died after their bike was hit by a speeding truck in Bhadohi, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday at Ghosia Bazar and the deceased have been identified as Jagpat (55) and his son Jatashankar (25), they said.

In an audacious attack on a Patna-bound train, about 150 armed Maoists on Thursday shot dead a Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawan and injured two others including the train guard after forcibly stopping it in a forested area in Bihar.

The VHP will undertake a 19-day march from August 25 in Uttar Pradesh to pressure the UPA into passing a bill in Parliament for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

A 48-year-old jawan posted on sentry duty at the Naval base here allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with a self-loading rifle (SLR).

(Reuters) - Greek workers staged a nationwide strike on Thursday, forcing hospitals to work on emergency staff and disrupting transport, in protest against the "sudden death" of state broadcaster ERT, switched off in the middle of the night by the governm...

(Reuters) - A violent storm swept across the upper Midwest on Wednesday and headed toward the U.S. East Coast, spawning several tornadoes as well as damaging hail and high winds, but skirted Chicago without doing major damage.

Though hashtags haven't worked on Facebook until now, many people were using them anyway.

Ghaziabad Development Authority has submitted to the state government details of land deals by three former UP ministers in connection with a probe into land allotment during BSP regime.

Jayalalithaa announced a grant of Rs 5 crore for a building to be constructed by the Cancer Institute.

Online classifieds players Quikr and Olx are finding good traction for their business from semi urban and rural areas.

The mortal remains of former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Vidya Charan Shukla were today consigned to flames at his farmhouse 'Radheshyam Bhawan' here with full state honours. His grandson Vinayak Pandey lit the funeral pyre as per tradition....

Three men were shot and injured in separate incidents during in Palamau district headquarters town of Medininagar, the police said on Wednesday. Three bike-borne men opened fire near Dr Rajendra Prasad roundabout in the town, injuring one Lalu Pandey on W...

Two persons died in road accident on Madhepura-Singheshwar road in Bihar's Madhepura district on Wednesday that sparked off a protest by local people who torched two vehicles, including a police jeep, a police officer said.