Calcutta turns city of joy for Christmas
Kolkata : In Bow Barracks, central Kolkata’s famous heritage address inhabited by Christians and Anglo-Indians, residents are brewing wine, baking cakes, decking up ceilings…
Vajpayee turns 88 on Christmas
New Delhi : Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who turns 88 on Christmas Day, remains one of India’s most popular and charismatic political…
Hazare threatens to fast in jail if venue not given
Ralegaon Siddhi (Maharashtra) : Anna Hazare Friday threatened to protest in jail if he was not given a venue for his fast from Dec…
Babbar Khalsa terrorists nabbed in Delhi
New Delhi : Two suspected Babbar Khalsa International terrorists have been arrested from Delhi and Punjab, police said Friday. According to sources, the two…
Cold wave grip in Punjab
Chandigarh : The minimum temperatures dropped sharply in various parts of Punjab and Haryana Friday with Amritsar recording a low of 0.4 degrees Celsius,…
Leh in deep freeze at minus 18
Srinagar : With clear night skies across the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region Friday, the minimum temperature continued to dip with Leh town…
Objections to Hazare’s fast at Azad Maidan
Mumbai : Maharashtra’s sports ministry Friday raised objections over Anna Hazare’s hunger strike at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan, saying the ground was reserved for sports…
Lokpal bill best possible, says government
New Delhi : The government Thursday said its Lokpal bill was “the best” possible and trashed as mere politics the opposition to it from…
Drama in court: Man held for ‘threat’ to Raja’s ex-aide
New Delhi : A man sitting in a Delhi court hearing the 2G scam case was Thursday ordered to be taken into custody after…
Abhishek Bachchan visits Ajmer Sharif
Jaipur : Abhishek Bachchan, on a promotional tour for his upcoming film “Players”, took time off to visit the shrine of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin…