Aussie CWG delegate on `Cinderella hunt'
A pair of 200-year-old embroidered Mughal slippers belonging to an Indian "princess" has set an Australian delegate to the Commonwealth Games on a Cinderella hunt in India.
Nirmohi Akhara wants Kalam, Deoband in talks
Lucknow, Oct. 13: Nirmohi Akhara, a key party in the Ayodhya legal battle, wants the former president, Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, spiritual gurus Baba Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as well as the leadin
Afghan victim turns her nose up at Taliban
London, Oct. 13: The young Afghan woman whose nose was chopped off by her husband and who later went on to become the poster girl of Taliban oppression has now got a new nose, thanks to surgery in the
Row over Indian funding in Ghana
Accra (Ghana), Oct. 13: The Indian government’s funding for the construction of a presidential palace in the Ghanaian capital has caused a row with a former Ghana president commending New Delhi and th
Maoists backtrack on peace
Kathmandu, Oct. 13: With just seven months left for the new Constitution deadline to expire, Nepal’s Opposition Maoist party on Wednesday backtracked on its pledge, refusing to let go of its rebel arm
Sandler dresses in drag
Actor Adam Sandler was pictured dressing in a drag for his new film Jack and Jill.
David goes in for therapy
Actor-director David Arquette has revealed he has been seeking therapy following his split from wife Courteney Cox. “Let me get to the story. I’ve been going to therapy. I’m trying to grow up.
CWG badminton: Jwala, Ashwini win gold
New Delhi: India's Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa upset top-seeded Singapore's Yao Lei and Sari Shinta Mulia 21-16, 21-19 to win gold in badminton women's doubles at the Commonwealth Games here on T
Saina clinches gold in CWG badminton
India’s Saina Nehwal won gold in the women’s singles badminton event at the Commonwealth Games, defeating Malaysia's Mew Choo Wong 19-21, 23-21, 21-13 in a cliff-hanger here on Thursday.
Police inspector jailed for raping minor
A police inspector, accused of raping his colleague's 16-year-old daughter, surrendered on Thursday before a city court after evading arrest for over a month. N.C.H.