Coming out in strong support of Kiran Bedi, Team Anna on Monday said a case of misappropriation of funds has been lodged against the activist not for fraud and cheating but for fighting for a strong Lokpal Bill.

India's finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Nepal will help strengthen bilateral ties and further expand trade and economic activities.

Being the first Indian actress to have made it big in international cinema, Freida Pinto, whose career is on a roll post ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, says she is glad to have cut through the stereotypical way Indians have been portrayed in Hollywood so far.

Chief minister Mayawati on Sunday made fun of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying his trips to Uttar Pradesh showed that his party was scared of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi, UP chief minister Mayawati on Sunday said that he was indulging in “theatrics” during rallies instead of attending Parliament as Congressmen were getting nightmares of ‘elephant’, her party's poll symbol, driving them away from the state.

Three bombs exploded in the southern port city of Basra on Thursday, killing 19 people and wounding at least 65, security and medical officials said, updating an earlier toll.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh of branding poor farmers as Maoists for protesting forcible acquisition og their lands.

Former captain Ricky Ponting says he’ll quit test cricket before he's dropped from the Australian team, but is not considering retirement at the moment.

The killing of top Maoist leader Kishenji raised a controversy today with his supporters and some political parties alleging he was eliminated in a fake encounter, a charge denied by CRPF which said it was a "clean" operation.

CBI on Thursday filed its second status report in the nurse Bhanwari Devi disappearance case, claiming it had made some significant developments in the case in which sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna is a key suspect.