India
Uttarakhand floods: SSB academy in Garhwal damaged
Floods and heavy rains have damaged the training academy of paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in Srinagar in Garhwal. The academy, according to its Director S Badhopadhyay, has incurred a damage of Rs 100 crore due to the current rains and all the tr...
Brazilian President salutes protests as more and more people take to the streets
President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the country.
Huawei says has it 'has no plans to acquire Nokia'
The denial came from Huawei's vice president for external affairs, Bill Plummer.
Google challenges US surveillance court on free speech grounds
Google's move comes after other tech companies released limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive.
Republican-led US House passes bill restricting abortion
The legislation passed in 228-196 vote with a few Republicans dissenting and little Democratic support.
Dozens arrested in Turkey, silent protester goes viral
Riot police used teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of people who had gathered in and around the government quarter of Kizilay.
Man gets 7-year rigourous imprisonment for raping woman
A local court has sentenced a man to seven-years rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping a woman last year.
Monsoon mayhem: Harbhajan Singh praises ITBP's work in helping pilgrims
India cricketer Harbhajan Singh, who is on a pilgrimage but stuck due to incessant rains, on Tuesday lauded the efforts of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police's (ITBP) for helping rain-hit pilgrims, here.
HTC Desire 200 unveiled: 3.5-inch display, 1GHz processor, 5MP camera
The HTC Desire 200 has an internal storage of 4GB. The phone has an expansion card slot that supports a microSD card up to 32GB.
Police arrest four Naxals during encounter in Sukma
Four ultras were arrested following a gun battle with policemen in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Sukma district.
DSP murder: Raja Bhaiya agrees to undergo lie-detection test
Former UP minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya today gave his consent for a lie-detection test in connection with the murder case of Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq.
Kim Kardashian: Never want to get pregnant again
Kim Kardashian, who recently gave birth to a baby girl, reveals that she does not want to go through pregnancy again.
Decks cleared for civil terminal in Taj city
Ending years of uncertainty, union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has cleared a civil aviation terminal at the Kheria Air Force Base in this Taj city, raising hopes of increased tourist traffic, a senior tourism industry official said. Once it is func...
Priyanka Chopra is my competition, says Pakistani actress Meera
Actress Meera says that in Bollywood, Priyanka Chopra is her competition.
Siddaramaiah offers to hold dialogue with Naxals
Offering an olive branch, the new Congress government in Karnataka on Tuesday appealed to Naxals to come forward to hold a dialogue with it and said it would welcome their surrender.
The Wolf Of Wall Street: Martin Scorsese, Leonardo back together again!
Leonardo Di Caprio plays stock broker Jordan Belfort who duped investors of millions of dollars in a scam in 1998.