Piranhas rip apart Bolivian teen
An 18-year-old man is believed to have committed suicide by diving into a piranha-infested river in the Bolivian town of Rosario del Yata.
Police officials in the area said the man bled after the att
India Inc terms holding back FDI in retail 'highly regressive'
For the first time since Parliament's winter session began on November 22, both houses functioned normally and even took the critical question hour.
However, the government's decision to allow foreig
NRI medical student kills 'besotted' Sikh for trying to rape
In a case that has seen unattractive and raw human emotions at work, an NRI medical student ordered two 'gangster friends' to kill a 'besotted' Sikh television executive in revenge after he tried to r
Parliamentary committee adopts Lokpal Bill with some members dissenting
The Parliament Standing Committee has adopted the Lokpal Bill draft despite some dissent.
Sixteen notes of dissent were sent across along with the report during the final meeting on the Bill on Wedne
Parliament logjam over FDI ends after all-party meet
The deadlock in parliament over the government's decision to allow foreign investment in the retail sector ended on Wednesday after an all-party meeting passed a resolution to suspend the move till co
Kapil Sibal's Web censor plan under fire on social networks
India has asked operators of social media networks, including Facebook, Google and Yahoo to screen user content from the country and prevent any 'disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory' content from
54 dead, 150 hurt in Kabul shrine blast: health ministry
A total of 54 people were killed and 150 others wounded in a massive blast close to a Shiite shrine in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, the country's health ministry said.
"Fifty-four are dead a
After Sibal, Omar too feels some online content inflammatory
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he was against media censorship but the content on some social networking sites were 'dangerous and inflammatory'.
"I hate the idea of censorship but have see
Unmanned aircraft shot down over Iran belonged to CIA, official reveal
An unmanned drone allegedly shot down over Iran belonged to America's Central Intelligence Agency, the Washington Post has reported.
The aircraft, with stealth capabilities, was being used by the spy
Outrage over Kapil Sibal's Web monitoring plan
India has urged social network companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove offensive material, unleashing a storm of criticism from Internet users in the world's largest democracy compl