Bodies of girl, man found hanging from tree in Delhi
A 21-year-old factory worker and a 14-year-old girl were found hanging from a tree in New Delhi on Sunday, police said. Roshan alias Suraj and the teenaged girl – whose name was withheld due to legal reasons – were found hanging in Bonta Park in Maurice Nagar of north Delhi around 9.30... read more »
Modi takes poll battle to Rahul’s Amethi, to campaign for Smriti Iran...
Amethi: BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will break an unwritten code of Indian politics – of keeping off a political rival’s turf – when he will campaign in the Gandhi pocket borough of Amethi on Monday. Modi will address a rally in Gauriganj in favour of BJP’s... read more »
M6 earthquake jolts Tokyo vicinity, injuring at least 16
A strong earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.0 jolted central Tokyo on Monday morning. The quake, which struck around 5:18 a.m., measured lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the Otemachi business district in central Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward, the Japan Meteorological Agency... read more »
13 people killed in bridge, house collapse in China
At least 13 people were killed when an illegal bridge under construction collapsed in southern China and a residential complex caved in east China, officials said today. Eleven people were killed when a bridge under construction collapsed in south China’s Guangdong Province. The stone-arch... read more »
British envoy visits Nagpur to ‘experience’ Indian elections
Nagpur – British High Commissioner Sir James David Bevan today visited Nagpur to witness the polling process in Naxal-hit Vidarbha region during the first phase of Lok Sabha... read more »
N. Modi in Maharashtra: Rakes up death of YC leader to attack Sonia
Taking the battle to late Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh’s home turf of Latur on Wednesday, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi raked up the alleged murder of Youth Congress... read more »
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP, Kejriwal vote in Delhi
Congress president Sonia Gandhi voted in New Delhi on Thursday in the Lok Sabha election. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal also voted in... read more »
R. Chandrasekaran named new Nasscom chairman
Bangalore – Software services industry lobby group Nasscom has named US-based Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.’s R. Chandrasekaran as its new chairman for the 2014-15 financial... read more »
Jet Airways, Etihad Airways officials meet Sebi officials
Mumbai – Representatives of Jet Airways and Etihad Airways today met Sebi officials and sought an early clearance to their Rs 2,060-crore deal from the capital market watchdog. The meeting took... read more »