Two Dutch tourists have alleged that they were repeatedly raped and robbed of their money and passports by two men posing as tourist guides.
A case of rape has been registered against two accused, Yasir Altaf and Omar Baktoo, both residents of Kashmir. Yasin has been arrested, who has reportedly c

Delhi unit of the BJP on Saturday organised “chakka jam” across the city to protest the fuel price hike. The Left parties also staged protest against the decision.
The BJP staged “chakka jam” at various places across the city, with party leaders leading the protest. BJP national general secretary Dharmendra Pradhan, national s

The Indian women’s hockey team rallied late in the second half to hold world number four and hosts Germany to a 3-3 draw in their opening match of the four-nation tournament at Essen on Thursday.

India get ready to head off on another sojourn in the Emerald Isles with the team still looking for an ideal new-ball partner for spearhead Zaheer Khan. The selectors have once again put their faith in Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and Ishant Sharma for the longer format.

Yuvraj Singh was recalled to the team that will tour Sri Lanka for three Test matches from the middle of July after he sat out the South Africa series with a ligament injury and the just-concluded Asia Cup campaign in Dambulla. Suresh Raina makes the grade as a member of the 16 for the first time, having earlier come to cover for injured colleagues.

A year back, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee had promised to deliver the venues by December 31, 2009 but after innumerable delays June 30, 2010, was finally set as D-Day.

Sourabh Narang, best known for directing horror film Vaastu Shastra, on Saturday died of stomach cancer in Sri Lanka. He was 37.

Asking people not to lose heart at the onset of a weak monsoon, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said the country may receive excess rainfall this year and September could be the wettest month of the season.

The Army Chief, General V.K. Singh, has said that “all those who ask for a dilution of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act do so for narrow political gains”.
The move to dilute the AFSPA, incidentally, is to be taken up by the Union Cabinet shortly.

In yet another attempt to control high food inflation, hovering at 16.9 per cent, the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on food on Friday decided to release 5 million tonnes of wheat over the next 10 months under the open market sale scheme. However, the draft Food Security Bill, which aims to provide a fixed quantity of food grain at