The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi and 17 others on a petition challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict discharging them of criminal conspiracy in the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992. Besides the two, union minister Uma Bharti and Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh
Nearly 350 Indians were evacuated from Yemen's southern port city of Aden late on Tuesday, sources said. Those evacuated included, 220 men, 101 women and 28 children. They were taken to the Indian Navy ship INS Sumitra. Defence ministry sources said that the ship left Yemen late on Tuesday night. The evacuated
By Apurva Bhatt Soon you can use internet through wi-fi at Chattrapati Shivaji Terminus station. The Wi-Fi facility is to be provided at 75 A1 category stations within a period of 12 months. On trial basis, the facility is to be launched 10 stations as part of pilot project. A senior CR officials said, "The
Former World No.1 Tiger Woods has dropped out of the top 100 rankings for the first time in nearly 20 years. Woods, who hasn't played since he withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open on February 6, slipped to no. 104 in the official rankings released on Sunday. The last time he was
International Cricket Council (ICC) president Mustafa Kamal has said the game's governing body denied him his right to give the winner's trophy at the post-match presentation ceremony of the World Cup final here on Sunday. The winner's trophy was handed over by ICC chairman N Srinivasan of India, despite the ICC's amendment of
Makers of cooking-based reality TV show “MasterChef India 4” are set to roll out a truly grand finale on April 12. "Tanu Weds Manu Returns" stars like Kangana Ranaut and R. Madhavan, as well as Raghu Ram will come to inject enthusiasm among contestants and root for their favourite. "While Raghu will be
In a dramatic twist in the retrial of Bollywood actor Salman Khan's 2002 hit-and-run case, his driver Ashok Singh on Monday told a court here that it was he who drove the killer vehicle, but the prosecution appeared unconvinced by the confession. The 43-year-old Ashok Singh told the court of Additional Sessions Judge
People in India and Ukraine spend just over 13 hours a week cooking, compared to the international average of less than six and a half hours each week, a study revealed on Monday. They are followed by South Africa, where its citizens, on an average spend nine and a half hours on culinary
The fury of unseasonal rain in different states of north and east India since Sunday evening has left at least seven people dead and damaged standing crops in thousands of hectares, officials said on Monday. In Bihar, at least five people, including two children and a woman, were killed on Monday when they
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is likely to attend a farmers' rally here on April 19, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh said on Monday. To be addressed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the rally to protest the Bharatiya Janata Party's failure to implement its poll promises will be "attended by all senior leaders