India

UN adopts global treaty to ban nuclear weapons; India refuses to attend talks

India and eight other countries, including Pakistan, US and China, skipped the negotiations that would legally ban atomic weapons.

Jul 8, 2017

Hand 'em over: Narendra Modi meets Theresa May, urges extradition of Vijay Mallya-like runaways

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya is sought by India after his doomed airline Kingfisher defaulted on several bank loans amounting to nearly Rs 9,000 crore.

Jul 8, 2017

Junaid Khan lynching case: Main accused arrested in Maharashtra's Dhule district

Junaid Khan, a 15-year-old Muslim boy, was stabbed to death by a mob in a Mathura-bound train in Haryana's Ballabhgarh in June after an argument over train seats.

Jul 8, 2017

Jaguar Land Rover sales rise 11% to 51,591 units in June

The Jaguar brand posted record retail sales of 15,343 units in June, up 16.4 per cent, driven by continued strong sales of the F-PACE.

Jul 8, 2017

A team of Chennai-based techies are tracking missing children; 100 rescued so far

The team has gathered identities of nearly three lakh missing children from various websites and are using face recognition to track them down. Even if one does not have the photo of the missing kid, a photograph of a sibling can be used for the search.

Jul 8, 2017

Actress kidnap case: Why Kerala Women's Commission registered case against Dileep, Aju Varghese and Salim Kumar?

A case has been registered based on the complaint by Women in Cinema Collective (WCC).

Jul 8, 2017

Mamata Banerjee hits out at Centre for 'non-cooperative attitude' as WB BJP demands President's rule

Police also detained three BJP leaders from the Centre, including Meenakshi Lekhi, when they were on way to visit riot-hit Basirhat. The government will also order a judicial inquiry into the riots.

Jul 8, 2017

Communal clashes in West Bengal over 'objectionable' Facebook post, Centre rushes paramilitary troops [VIDEO]

Fresh communal clashes erupted in Basirhat, after a 17-year-old boy shared an 'objectional' Facebook post. As many as four companies comprising 400 troops paramilitary troops of the Border Security Force were rushed to the North 24 Parganas in West Bengal to bring the situation under control.

Jul 8, 2017

Bad carma: Tata Motors to drive Nano out of domestic market

In future, the Tata Nano will be targeted at specific export markets depending on demand, company says.

Jul 8, 2017

Sikkim standoff: China issues 'safety alert' to citizens travelling to India

The alert came a day after PM Modi met Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Germany's Hamburg and assured him that India would fully cooperate with China over the conflict between the two countries in Doklam in the Sikkim sector.

Jul 8, 2017

India Inc Vs Investments: Capital expenditure growth hits 25-year low

The investment drought is being led by domestic private sector companies, in complete contrast to their behaviour in the past.

Jul 8, 2017

6 men thrashed by 'gau rakshaks' for allegedly carrying buffaloes in Delhi

Six people were thrashed by a mob for allegedly carrying buffalo calves in outer Delhi's Baba Haridas Nagar late on Friday. Delhi Police have filed a FIR and are currently investigating the matter.

Jul 8, 2017

ED conducts raids at Misa Bharti's properties in benami land deal case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at three different places owned by RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti in connection with an over Rs 1,000-crore benami (proxy) land deals case.

Jul 8, 2017

Is there casting couch in Malayalam? Actor Sreenivasan says never heard of it before

Sreenivasan responded to the question while attending the press meet as part of his latest movie Ayaal Sassi.

Jul 8, 2017

SpiceJet uncertain about shattered window of Delhi-Mumbai IndiGo flight that injured five

A statement from IndiGo airlines says that the blast was from an aircraft of Spicejet which was arriving to park at the allocated bay.

Jul 8, 2017