A French museum on Thursday paid over $1 million for English writer Charlotte Brontë’s unpublished manuscript at an auction in London.

The just available results to elections to 133 civic bodies elections across Maharashtra should serve as an eye-opener to political parties that have positioned themselves on the Lokpal issue in a certain way only to appease the Anna Hazare campaign, believing this will yield them an electoral dividend.

A 18-year-old student of Delhi University has told the police that she was raped for around a year by her 21-year-old boyfriend who had befriended her through a social networking website. The victim told the police that the accused had promised to marry her but he refused to keep his promise. A complaint in this

The Parliament on Wednesday passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (special provisions) Second Bill, giving a breather to people living in unauthorised colonies in Delhi. The Bill has sought to maintain a status quo in regard to these areas up to December 2014. The Lok Sabha has already passed the Bill.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh has issued defamation notices of `1 crore each to a Hindi daily and a private television news channel here for carrying, what he claimed, baseless reports accusing him of playing a role in

The Opposition Congress here on Wednesday decided to move no-trust motion against the Raman Singh government, which enjoys a wafer thin majority in the Chhattisgarh Assembly, during the Winter Session of the House beginning on Thursday.

Inflation slightly moderated to 9.11 per cent in November, down from 9.73 per cent the previous month, but markets were disappointed, and went into the red zone.

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday unwittingly lent his name to Bihar’s latest political wrangling with the Opposition parties accusing the state government of thwarting his show on Tuesday. The government’s frequent inability to control large crowds was behind the Opposition parties’ anger.

At least 56 persons died while 120 others fell ill after consuming spurious liquor at hooch dens on Tuesday night at Sangrampur village at Mograhat in South 24-Parganas. It is feared the death toll will go up.

The CBI on Wednesday conducted searches at the residential premises of Congress MLA Malkhan Singh in Jodhpur in connection with its probe related to Bhanwari Devi missing case. According to sources, searches were also