Four sent to jail for kidnapping boy
byGurgaon, July 3 (IANS) Three taxi drivers and a TV channel’s cameraman were Wednesday sent to judicial custody on charges of kidnapping a Border…
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Lahiri fires 62 to take lead at Eagleburg Open
byBangalore, July 3 (IANS) Local favourite Anirban Lahiri, after enduring a poor first round, bounced back with a vengeance with an awesome 10-under-62 to…
CBI underplaying Lashkar role in Ishrat case: BJP
byNew Delhi, July 3 (IANS) On a day when the CBI said the Ishrat Jahan shootout in Gujarat was staged, the BJP Wednesday blamed…
Jammu and Kashmir to get Rs.710 crore for rural roads
byNew Delhi: The union cabinet today gave a special sanction of Rs.710 crore to build roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)…
Chinese labourer wins $2 million with lotteries
byBeijing: Luck really smiled on a construction worker in China’s Fujian province when he pocketed over 14 million yuan (over $2 million) of combined…
Smartphones to be Congress’ poll weapon
byPanaji, July 3 (IANS) Ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, one of the biggest political weapons of tghe Congress will be smartphones. If…
Pakistan drop Malik, recall Afridi
byKarachi, July 3 (IANS) Pakistan Wednesday dropped Shoaib Malik and recalled veteran all-rounder Shahid Afridi along with Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shahzad for the…
SC asks Uttarakhand to file affidavit on rescue work
byNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today directed the Uttarakhand government to file an affidavit stating that rescue and relief work were over and those…
President Mukherjee to present National Youth Awards
byNew Delhi, July 3 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will Thursday confer the National Youth Awards for the year 2011-12 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, an official…
Government details steps to insulate CBI from politics
byNew Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The appointment of the CBI director by a collegium that includes the prime minister is among the steps taken…