In a damage control exercise after an article on its defence ministry's website created an uproar in Tamil Nadu, the Sri Lankan government Friday tendered an "unqualified apology" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and state Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa. "An article titled 'How meaningful are Jayalalitha's love letters to Narendra Modi?' had appeared on our
A nine-year-old girl was raped by a juvenile staying near her house in New Delhi, police said Friday. The girl was playing outside her home at Chandani Mahal area in central Delhi when she was lured away by the accused. He took the girl to his home and raped her Thursday evening, police said. Hearing
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said Korean and Taiwanese entrepreneurs are keen to invest in manufacture of computer hardware and electronics in the state. "In a significant development, Korean and Taiwanese entrepreneurs are showing interest in investing in manufacture of computer hardware and electronics in West Bengal," Banerjee posted on her official
The Delhi High Court Friday issued notices to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and the Delhi government on a plea filed by Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul. The petition was filed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the party's vice-president Rahul against the summons issued to them for allegedly cheating and misappropriating funds of
Three militants of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) faction that is opposed to any talks were killed Friday in a blast in Assam's Goalpara district, police said. The three militants were taking shelter in a farmer's house in Mongrey village. A bomb went off in the morning, killing the three on the
President Pranab Mukherjee Friday congratulated sportspersons who won medals at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Thursday. The president congratulated Lalita, Bijneesh Bajrang, Sakshi Malik, Satyavrat Kadian, Santoshi Matsa, Navjot Kaur and Swati Singh for the "impressive accomplishment" in their respective disciplines and gave his "best wishes for future success". In separate letters, Mukherjee
Maharashtra's 36th district Palghar was craved out of India's most populous district Thane Friday here. A formal function heralding the new district will be attended by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan later in the day even as scores of hoardings announcing the creation of Palghar were set up at various locations. The proposal for
Five workers were reportedly killed in a factory explosion in Raipur – the capital city of Chhattisgarh, late on Thursday evening, the police informed. The explosion took place in Navabharat Fuse Factory on the outskirts of Raipur – merely five kilometers away from the state capital. The exact cause of the blast is yet to
Delhi Police has approached its Kolkata counterparts for the custody of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Arshad Khan who had provided contact numbers of Pakistan-based terrorist handlers to arrested LeT operative Abdul Subhan. Police said Subhan came in touch with his Pakistan-based LeT handlers Javed Baluchi and Ajam Cheema with some phone numbers provided by Arshad,
The Supreme Court Thursday appointed Justice (retd.) S.B. Sinha as one-man commission to inquire into the 2006 fire tragedy at a consumer exhibition in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut that left 64 people dead and hundreds injured. A bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice V. Gopala Gowda asked Justice Sinha to submit the report by