UK PM asked to discuss Kohinoor return to India
Keith Vaz, the Indian-origin British MP, wants the Koh-i-noor diamond to be returned to India and asks Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, to discuss the issue of its return during his visit to India ne
US to encourage India, Pakistan dialogue to combat terror
The United States says it would continue to encourage India and Pakistan to talk and see them cooperate to combat terrorism, but it was ultimately for them to decide the pace of their dialogue.
"We c
US to grow 4 pc, unemployment to stay at 9 pc
Washington, July 24: Battling the worst recession in decades, the US government expects unemployment to stay at or above 9 percent until 2012 even as the economy grows by at least 4 percent in 2011 an
Most embarrassing work mishaps revealed
Women with their skirts stuck in their pants and men calling their boss "mum" or "dad" are among the most embarrassing social mishaps at work, reveals a study.
In a survey involving more than 3,000 w
Two killed in train-car collision in US
Two people were killed and as many injured when a Chicago-bound passenger train struck a car in the US, police said.
The train hit the car in northwest Indiana, they said.
Two persons including dri
MiG 27 crashes in West Bengal, two pilots dead
A MiG 27 fighter aircraft crashed in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Saturday morning, killing the two pilots onboard, a defence official said.
The aircraft crashed in Moinaguri village in Jalpa
No ‘fixed time’ for ministers to be at work?
It is not mandatory for ministers to attend office “at a fixed time”, the Cabinet Secretariat has told a right to information (RTI) activist. Dev Ashish Bhattacharya had in an RTI application asked whether it was “compulsory for each minister to attend his office?”.
12 students injured as school bus overturns
At least 12 students were injured, three critically, when their school bus overturned in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district on Saturday, police said.
The speeding bus, carrying 30-35 students of the DPM
Sohrabuddin case: Amit Shah has resigned, says Narendra Modi
The Gujarat minister of state for home, Mr Amit Shah, who continues to be a hunted man for his alleged role in the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a staged shootout, has resigned, the Chief Mini
Injured UP minister recovering well
Uttar Pradesh minister, Mr Nand Gopal Gupta, alias Nandi, who was critically injured in a bomb blast in Allahabad, has been removed from life support system as his condition is better, an official sai