Islamabad:  A Pakistani anti-terrorism court conducting the 2008 Mumbai attack trial today adjourned proceedings for a fortnight after the defence lawyers of seven suspects in the carnage failed to appear before the judge. The main defence lawyer, Khwaja Sultan, was unwell and the other lawyers did not appear before anti-terrorism court judge Shahid Rafique during  [ Read More ]

Bajaj Auto unveiled India’s latest ultra-low-cost car on Tuesday, a 200cc four-seater that looks set to compete with the Tata Nano for the title of the world’s cheapest auto. The group gave no price for the low-emission vehicle which will have a top speed of 70 kilometres an hour (43 miles an hour), but the  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  Oil companies decided will not hike petrol rate for 15 days. As  several companies thinking to hike the price from today night but after long discussion they has decided to post pone this for 15 days and after 15 days they will decide about hiking of petrol price. State-owned oil companies, as per  [ Read More ]

Hyderabad:  The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday cancelled the bail of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Y Srilakshmi in an illegal mining case. By January 6, Ms Srilakshmi has to go back to jail. She was arrested in December and got bail within 48 hours from the CBI court in the Obulapuram Mining Case.  [ Read More ]

Pune/New Delhi:  Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, who is suffering from a chest infection after he ended his fast for a strong lokpal Bill at the MMRDA Ground in Mumbai last Wednesday, has been advised by doctors to rest. Anna’s ill-health has put his team’s plans to campaign against the Congress in the upcoming assembly elections  [ Read More ]

Mumbai, Jan 1 (TruthDive): Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone has become the last contestant to be ousted from the reality show this season. Sunny’s eviction came just a week before the finale and she feels that people did not vote for her because she did not create much drama on the show. “I feel sad  [ Read More ]

Pune:  Veteran anti-graft activist Anna Hazare was admitted to a private hospital in Pune today for medical treatment on the advice of his doctors. The 74-year-old Gandhian, who had been down with a bout of viral infection over the last few days, is also suffering from severe chest congestion. His condition, in fact, had aggravated  [ Read More ]

Amritsar:  The New Year does not have seem to begun on a very good note for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he faced black flag demonstrations today at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The incident occurred early this morning when the PM, along with his wife Gursharan Kaur, was coming out of the temple after  [ Read More ]

NEW DELHI (AP) — A cyclone brought heavy rains and gale-force winds to India’s southeastern coast, killing at least 11 people, uprooting trees and damaging homes. The India Meteorological Department said Friday morning that Cyclone Thane was centered in the Indian Ocean, 22 miles (35 kilometers) southwest of the town of Pondicherry, also known as  [ Read More ]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Rajya Sabha broke up for recess on Thursday without voting on a bill to create a Lokpal before a deadline set by activist Anna Hazare, who has led a campaign for the measure using hunger strikes. The bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, was taken up  [ Read More ]