The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Maharashtra government’s plea against the Bombay High Court’s order directing a CBI probe into the death of six people in police firing during the 1992 Mumbai riots.

New Delhi, July 30: The logjam in parliament over rising prices continued for the fourth day Friday with a united opposition adamantly protesting and demanding a discussion followed by voting on the i

London, July 30: At a time when one in five 16-24 year olds in Britain are unemployed, the government has decided to scrap the default retirement age of 65 years from October. This means employers can

Washington, July 30: Noting that 12 percent of India's over 1.2 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, the US has asked donors to make targeted investments in India's water and sanit

Toronto, July 30: With Apple's iPhone 4 threatening to topple it from its top perch in North America and even President Barrack Obama admitting on a TV show Thursday that using BlackBerry is "no fun"

Colombo, July 30: Sri Lanka were 19 for no loss in the second innings at lunch, after bowling out India for 707 in the first innings, on the final day of the second cricket Test here Friday.

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At least 13 people were injured on Friday as residents protesting the expansion plans of the Bokaro Steel Plant in Jharkhand clashed with security personnel, the police said.

The ruling Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh on Friday suffered a major setback with its state unit chief D. Srinivas losing the assembly byelection.

The government is ready to talk to different Kashmiri groups on the prevailing situation in the Valley as there is no harm “in meeting our own people”, home minister P. Chidambaram said on Friday.

The second cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka ended in a draw with the hosts declaring their second innings at 129 for three on the final day at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground here on Friday.