Maoists set ablaze mobile tower equipment, truck in Odisha
Bhubaneswar : Maoists Tuesday set ablaze the equipment of a mobile phone tower and a truck in Odisha in two separate incidents, police said….
Equity central to global deal on climate change: Natarajan
Durban : India is open to discussion on a new legally binding climate change treaty but the principle of equity — the right of…
Dev Anand was a stylish man with impeccable manners: Vyjanthimala
Mumbai : Yesteryears’ actress Vyjanthimala remembers Dev Anand as an educated and cultured co-star with whom she gave all time hit “Jewel Thief”. She…
A Tibetan charity settles Indian slum children
Dharamsala : They are from the slums here, mostly children of migrant labourers from Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Around 57 young ones are getting a…
Punjab village headman booked for slapping woman
Chandigarh : A village headman in Punjab’s Muktsar district was Tuesday booked for assaulting a woman teacher as she tried to reach ruling Shiromani…
For charity, all roads lead to KBC winner’s house
Patna : A woman wants Rs.20 lakh for her daughter’s wedding, a man wants another Rs.20 lakh to meet an emergency, a priest wants…
Growth slows in US service sector
New York : The service sector, which accounts for more than 75 percent of US economic activity, expanded last month at the slowest pace…
‘ISI not in Pakistan government control’
Washington : Mansoor Ijaz, the man who stirred Pakistan’s ‘memogate’, has alleged that Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), especially its ‘S’ or strategic…
Radioactive water from Japan n-plant leaks into Pacific
Tokyo : Radioactive water from the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant may have leaked into the Pacific Ocean, the plant operator has said. The…
BJP accuses Mayawati’s brother of money laundering
Lucknow : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday alleged large-scale money laundering by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s younger brother Anand Kumar, whose assets…