Hyderabad, April 23 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a young woman here ended her life by taking a lethal injection after a quarrel with her brother over the TV remote. The incident took place Tuesday at their house in Machabollaram at Alwal here Tuesday, police said. Twenty-year-old Madhu Priya, working [...]

Jammu, April 23 (IANS) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday reiterated the demand for setting up a rail coach factory in Jammu and Kashmir for economic development of the region and fighting unemployment in the state. Addressing a meeting of the industrial advisory committee here, Abdullah said: “The setting up of [...]

Mumbai: In a first of its kind record, Indian spiritual guru Shri Rajendra Maharaj has found a mention in Guinness World Records for getting the maximum number of comments — a whopping 15.62 million — on a Facebook status. The uniqueness of the record is that all comments are e-chanting [...]

Bangalore, April 23 (IANS) After a spell of summer showers, it rained sixes and fours at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium here Tuesday evening under a cloudy sky as Royal Challengers Bangalore’s explosive opener Chris Gayle scored the Indian Premier League’s fastest century in 30 balls and highest score of 175 [...]

New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday sent Pradeep, the second accused in a five-year-old girl’s rape and torture case, to four days of police custody. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg also issued a production warrant against prime accused Manoj Kumar for Wednesday after police said they needed [...]

Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) Five constables and a Station House Officer (SHO) were Tuesday suspended for torturing five youths they had detained Monday evening at Muzaffarnagar, officials said. The policemen were suspended for allegedly beating up the youths in custody at Mansoorpur police station. They also tried to force the [...]

Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Welcoming batting legend Sachin Tendulkar to the club of 40, former India skipper and Mumbai Indians mentor Anil Kumble Tuesday said a win over Kolkata Knight Riders Wednesday will be the best way to celebrate April 24 – the maestro’s birthday. “I welcome Sachin to the [...]

New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The five-year-old Delhi rape survivor is recovering, doctors said Tuesday while the second accused in the case was sent to four days of police custody as protests demanding the resignation of Delhi Police chief continued in the national capital. “The girl is recovering as expected. [...]

Washington, April 23 (IANS) Facing the death penalty on charges of using a weapon of mass destruction, the surviving Boston bombings suspect has claimed that his older brother, not any international terrorist group, masterminded the deadly attack, according to a media report. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, who has been hospitalised with [...]

New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Emphasising that New Delhi and Beijing had “differing perceptions” of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India Tuesday said it has asked China to maintain status quo that existed before the April 15 incursion by Chinese troops in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in [...]