Whether it’s Harajuku where youngsters dress in a variety of funky styles experimenting from gothic to hi-tech, or creations of masters like Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo, the Japanese are the first

The big fat Indian wedding just got bigger as Delhi witnessed yet another lavish spread when a politician’s son got married recently and a chopper was the wedding gift.

The Pakistan government on Wednesday orchestrated the release of proclaimed US diplomat and alleged Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Raymond Davis by invoking the Islamic provision of diyat (blood money).

The CISF on Wednesday arrested a 56-year-old American national at the Indira Gandhi International Airport for allegedly carrying a live cartridge in his baggage. Police officers said Daniel Jon Starks, CEO of an American firm making cardiac equipment, was held at the baggage check. He was on his way to Dharamsala on a chartered

Attorney-general Goolam E. Vahanvati, who earlier explained in detail to the Supreme Court about his “four-line note” on the 2G issue in his capacity as solicitor-general, on Wednesday took strong exception to media reports quoting “CBI sources” that he had been “questioned” by the investigative agency.

The CPi(M)’s leadership has acted decisively against Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanan-dan, denying him a party nomination even at the risk of the Left losing a few seats in the crucial April 13 Assembly polls in the state. Controversial state party secretary Pinarayi Viajayan is also out of the fray.

Sadiq Batcha, a close associate of jailed former Union communications minister A. Raja, who was being questioned by the CBI in its investigation into the 2G spectrum allocation scam, was found dead at his residence here on Wednesday.

The Rajasthan government is taking serious note of the rising number of cases of teachers reporting to the schools in drunken condition. Education minister Bhanwar Lal Meghwal admitted that 18 such cases have been reported in the past two years.

In order to mitigate the problem of crop damage due to the over abundant population of Nilgai antelopes (blue bulls) and wild boars, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to allow the farmers to shoot down these animals.