India

Blaming opponents of the anti-superstition bill for the killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said organisations behind such acts should be be isolated and their activities stopped.

A man was shot dead allegedly by four persons allegedly over an old rivalry in Kotwali area, police said in Bareilly on Thursday. Satish Kashyap (45) was shot dead by four motorcycle-borne men at the bus stand when he was returning along with his brother...

'Spring Breakers' star James Franco is all set to host his own TV show 'James Franco Presents'.

Claude Debussy's works were influenced by Richard Wagner, Aleksandr Borodin and Modest Mussorgsky.

As many as 60 people were booked on Thursday and two arrested a day after a police team, lead by a Deputy Superintendent of Police, was attacked by alleged liquor smugglers in Hapur's Pilkhuwa area. The police claimed that DSP Amit Nagar, excise inspector...

The statement from the family said Manning's intentions were good and he believed he was acting in the best interest of the US.

The woman appeared to be in her early 30s and may have been killed two-three days ago, police said.

In remarks that could stoke a controversy, senior Congress leader and Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Wednesday alleged "match-fixing" over Samajwadi party government's ban on VHP's yatra from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.

Poonia rubbished allegations that she had lobbied for the prestigious Khel Ratna award, saying she was only raising her voice against the "injustice" meted out to her.

Hitting out at BJP for stalling Parliament over missing coal block allocation files, Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Wednesday said government was making efforts to trace them and they will be found.

Some political outfits have sought a ban on the film contending that it portrays LTTE cadres as terrorists.

A shoulder injury late in 2011 and a resultant surgery in early 2012, hit Somdev's career graph badly.

The fishermen from Nagapattinam, Karaikal and Akkaraipettai had put out to sea on July 30 when they were arrested by Sri Lankan Naval personnel.

A policeman died after allegedly shooting himself from his service weapon in Ramgaon area, police sources said at Bahraich on Wednesday.

After the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) refused to shelve its plans to perform an "84 kosi parikrama" or 84-km procession in Ayodhya, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday heightened security there and sealed boundaries in six adjoining districts, offic...

Japan will dramatically raise its warning about the severity of a toxic water leak at the Fukushima nuclear plant, its nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday, its most serious action since the plant was destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.