Student's body found in Kolkata
Kolkata, Feb 10: The body of a student from a premier school in Kolkata was recovered from Dhakuria lake in the city's south on Friday morning. Read Full Story

One dead, one injured in goods train accident in Goa
Panaji, Feb 10 : One person was killed and another was injured when they leapt off a truck being ferried on a goods train near Pernem railway station in north Goa, 45 km from here. Read Full Story

One dead, one injured in goods train accident in Goa
Panaji, Feb 10 : One person was killed and another was injured when they leapt off a truck being ferried on a goods train near Pernem railway station in north Goa, 45 km from here. Read Full Story

Police cracks down on Srinagar eve-teasers
Srinagar, Feb 10 : Acting on a spate of complaints, the Jammu and Kashmir Police are cracking down on eve teasers in down town area of Srinagar. Read Full Story

Bombay HC upholds death penalty of 2003 blast convicts
Mumbai, Feb 10 : The Bombay High Court on Friday upheld the death sentence of three Lashkar-e-Taiba men convicted by a special POTA court earlier for the 2003 twin blasts in Mumbai that had killed 52 people and injured many. Read Full Story

Congress downplays Khurshid's remarks
New Delhi, Feb 10 : A day after the Election Commission censured Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid for announcing a sub quota for minorities ahead of Uttar Pradesh polls, the Congress Friday downplayed another of his controversial remarks on the Batla House shootout. Read Full Story

Ahead of meet with GJM, Mamata rejects Bengal's division
Siliguri, Feb 10 : Ahead of a meeting with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), which has threatened to re-start the Gorkhaland campaign, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said she wants a unified state and does not support those who want to divide the plains and the hills. Read Full Story

Factory fire in northern India kills 9
HARIDWAR, INDIA : At least nine people were killed on early Thursday morning when a fire broke out at a factory in northern India, local media reported on Friday. Several others were injured. Read Full Story

High court does not allow minor to live with boyfriend
New Delhi, Feb 10 : The Delhi High Court Friday denied permission to a Class 9 girl to live with her boyfriend, a student of Class 12 of the school she was in, and handed over her custody to her parents. Read Full Story

Witch hunting: Villagers set woman ablaze
Guwahati, Feb 10 : In a case of witch hunting, a 45-year-old tribal woman was burnt alive by villagers in upper Assam's Sivsagar district on Friday. At least 24 people have been arrested for the crime, police said. Read Full Story

Bengal bars media conference at the assembly, CPI-M objects
Kolkata, Feb 10 : The West Bengal assembly Friday barred press conferences at the media centre in the assembly premises when the house is not in session, drawing protests from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M). Read Full Story

Kashmiri students on 'mission' to know India meet Chidambaram
New Delhi, Feb 10 : A group of Kashmiri students, mostly from the families affected by militant violence, who are on a pan-India "know the country" tour, Friday met Home Minister P. Chidambaram here to share the experiences of their life-time trip. Read Full Story

Maldives envoy assures safety of Indians
By Naveen Kapoor, New Delhi, Feb 10 : High Commissioner of the Republic of Maldives to India Abdul Azeez Yoosuf has said that situation in Maldives has not reached the point that there should be any worry about the safety of Indians. Read Full Story

13/7 Mumbai blasts: Police remand of three extended
Mumbai, Feb 10 : A Mumbai court Friday extended the police custody of three accused in the July 13 serial blasts case that killed 27 people and injured over 125, a lawyer said. Read Full Story

'Poll panel raid on priest creating communal tension'
Panaji, Feb 10 : Even as the Congress has accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of inciting communalism in Goa, poll officials here have said that they only stuck to official guidelines when they raided a Catholic priest Tuesday, following an anonymous call. Read Full Story

Will make Delhi slum-free, says Dikshit
New Delhi, Feb 10 : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday said the city government will try to make the capital slum free at the earliest. Read Full Story

Death for three confirmed in 2003 Mumbai blasts case
Mumbai, Feb 10 : The Bombay High Court Friday upheld the death sentence of three people, including a woman, convicted for the 2003 Mumbai twin-bomb blasts that killed 52 people. Read Full Story

Mamata announces projects for north Bengal
Siliguri, Feb 10 : While stressing on tea, tourism and cottage industry, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced several projects for the development of several districts in north Bengal. Read Full Story

Maoists kill four BSF officers in Malkangiri, Odisha
Bhubhneshwar, Feb 10 : Maoists today killed four Border Security Force (BSF) officers, including a commanding officer, in an IED blast in Odisha's Malkangiri District. Read Full Story

Army chief age row unfortunate: BJP
New Delhi, Feb 10: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday questioned the "silence" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the row over the age of army chief General V.K. Singh, calling it unfortunate. Read Full Story

Delhi Metro chief inspects ongoing work
New Delhi, Feb 10 : Delhi Metro Rail Corporation(DMRC) managing director Mangu Singh Friday inspected the ongoing tunnel and boring work on a 3-km underground corridor between the Central Secretariat and Mandi House, which is part of the phase 3 project. Read Full Story

'Samajwadi Party will get full majority in UP'
New Delhi, Feb 10 : Ahead of the second phase of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh said Friday the party will get a majority in the 403-member house. Read Full Story

Cash-for-vote: Police likely to file another charge sheet
New Delhi, Feb 10: Delhi Police Friday told a court hearing the cash-for-vote case that they are likely to file another charge sheet soon. Read Full Story

Digvijay Singh backs Khurshid on sub-quota remarks
Varanasi, Feb 10 : Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Friday supported Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid over his promises to create a nine percent sub-quota for backward minorities. Read Full Story

Montek Singh predicts dip in industrial production in Q3
New Delhi, Feb 10 : The Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, on Friday predicted a dip in industrial production in the third quarter. Read Full Story

Halder meets chief of NDFB anti-talk faction
Guwahati, Feb 10: The central government's proposed peace process with the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) appears to be headed in the right direction. Read Full Story

Protest after woman's audacious abduction
New Delhi, Feb 10: More than 100 people blocked streets and raised slogans Friday after a 25-year-old woman was kidnapped from a crowded area here, witnesses said. Read Full Story

Four BSF officers killed in Maoist blast
Bhubaneswar, Feb 10 : Four Border Security Force (BSF) officers were killed and two others critically injured when Maoists blew up their vehicle in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said. Read Full Story

Court summons Haryana minister on charges of poll fraud
Gurgaon, Feb 10 : A district court here has summoned Haryana's Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Subhash Kataria and some of his relatives on charges of playing fraud in the 2009 assembly elections, a petitioner said Friday. The minister, however, said he was yet to get any summons. Read Full Story

70,000 faithful throng Hazratbal shrine
Srinagar, Feb 10: More than 70,000 people offered congregational prayers at the Hazratbal Shrine here on the last Friday of the 10-day long Milad-e-Nabi festivities. Read Full Story

Kashmir education minister resigns
Jammu, Feb 10 : Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed Friday quit after police indicted him for the use of unfair means by his son in the Class 10 Board examination in 2009. Read Full Story

Delhi to get more Metro feeder buses
New Delhi, Feb 10 : The capital is likely to get more Metro feeder buses with the urban development ministry proposing “augmenting” of the service. Read Full Story

Sunny, pleasant Friday in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 10 : It was a pleasant, sunny day in the capital Friday as Delhiites soaked up the bright winter sun and light gusts of chilly wind kept the temperatures below the season's average. Read Full Story

Hamilton says he's in a good place for the 2012 F1 title
London, Feb.10 : McLaren racer Lewis Hamilton has said that he is "in a good place" mentally to win the Formula One title for 2012. Read Full Story

Security stepped up near Indo-Nepal border ahead of second phase of Uttar Pradesh polls
Sunauli/Maharajganj, Feb 10 : With Uttar Pradesh entering the second phase of assembly polls tomorrow, security has been stepped up along the India-Nepal border to avoid any untoward incident. Read Full Story

Activists slam EU-India Free Trade Agreement
New Delhi, Feb 10 : Activists from several NGOs Friday accused the European Union (EU) of using India to bail out itself from its current economic crisis and protested the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) currently under negotiation between the two. Read Full Story

CWG case: District judge adjourns hearing till Feb 21
New Delhi, Feb 10 : The Delhi district judge Friday adjourned, till Feb 21, hearing a corruption case in the 2010 Commonwealth Games referred to it from a special court after a lawyer for one of the accused doubted that his client would get a fair trial. Read Full Story

Kashmir education minister resigns over examgate
Jammu, Feb 10 : Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Sayed, whose son was involved in using unfair means for his Class 10 examinations, has resigned. Read Full Story

Baby Falak slightly better, next 48 hours crucial: Doctors
New Delhi, Feb 10 : After battling for survival for over three weeks at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, two-year old baby Falak's condition improved “marginally” Friday even as doctors at the hospital said the next 48 hours are crucial for the baby. Read Full Story

Death for three confirmed in 2003 Mumbai blasts case
Mumbai, Feb 10 : The Bombay High Court Friday upheld the death sentence of the three people, including a woman, convicted for the 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts. Read Full Story

Follow Nagaland's example for food security, northeast urged
Guwahati, Feb 10 : Northeastern states must follow the example of Nagaland - the only food sufficient state in the region - and increase food production to ensure food security for all, Meghalaya Governor R.S. Mooshahary said Friday. Read Full Story

Mild tremors in Uttarakhand
New Delhi/Dehradun, Feb 10 : A moderate earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale jolted parts of Uttarakhand and neighbouring Himachal Pradesh shortly after midnight, an official from the Met department said Friday. Read Full Story

London poet to make his acting debut in Tagore's play
Kolkata, Feb 10: London-born poet and translator William Radice, who has transliterated several literary works of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, is making his acting debut in 'Raja', a play by the Bard of Bengal. Read Full Story

Bird flu suspected in Meghalaya
Shillong, Feb 10: Fears of bird flu gripped Shillong Friday and Meghalaya state authorities sounded a general alert after a hundred pigeons were found dead in the state capital, an official said. Read Full Story

Stage set for second phase of Uttar Pradesh polls
Lucknow, Feb 10 : Polling for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 59 seats in 10 Districts would be held on Saturday. Read Full Story

Rahul Gandhi hails Congress contribution to Uttar Pradesh
Chandauli/Varanasi, Feb 10 : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has hailed his party's contribution to the overall development and progress of Uttar Pradesh, despite not being in power. Read Full Story

Mayawati slams Congress over minority reservation issue
Allahabad/ Kanpur, Feb 10 : Slamming the Congress party over the minority reservation issue, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has termed the move a political gimmick and asked people to be wary of the party. Read Full Story

Ex-Maldives president Nasheed suspects vice-president of being behind coup
Male, Feb.10 : Ex-Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has said he will be approaching the country's Supreme Court for justice following a coup, which he claims was engineered by then Vice-President Dr. Mohammed Waheed Hassan. Read Full Story

Maoists blow up BSF vehicle in Odisha, four killed
Bhubaneswar, Feb 10 : Maoists Friday blew up a vehicle of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said. Four security personnel, including a BSF commandant, were killed. Read Full Story

Night temperatures rise in Punjab and Haryana
Chandigarh, Feb 10: Night temperatures across Haryana and Punjab rose marginally Friday affording some relief to the people. In Chandigarh though, the minimum temperature was still two degrees below normal at 5.6 degrees Celsius. Read Full Story

Bihar dismisses five police officials for corruption
Patna, Feb 10 : Five police officials in Bihar's Gaya district have been dismissed from service for corruption, officials said Friday. Read Full Story

Uttar Pradesh to vote in second round Saturday
Lucknow, Feb 10 : The second round of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, whose outcome is bound to affect national politics, will take place Saturday, involving 1.97 crore voters in 59 constituencies. Read Full Story

Gorkha group to meet Mamata for honouring accord
Siliguri, Feb 10 : Amidst the rising political tempers in the hills of West Bengal, the pro-Gorkhaland Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership is all set to meet chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Feb 11 to demand swift implementation of the proposed hill administration. Read Full Story

Tremors felt in Himachal
Shimla, Feb 10 : Tremors were felt in parts of Himachal Pradesh early Friday after an earthquake of moderate intensity hit neighbouring Uttarakhand, an official said. Read Full Story

JKLF members clash with police in Srinagar
Srinagar, Feb 10: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) activists clashed with the police here Friday after they were prevented from taking out a protest march. Read Full Story

Runaway bride awarded for revolting against lack of loo
New Delhi, Feb 10 : She was a runaway bride, but she won an award of Rs.5 lakh for revolting against the lack of toilet at her in-laws' place. Read Full Story

Exam time: Another helpline for stressed students
New Delhi, Feb 10 : Students bogged down by exam stress and anxiety have some more help available -- a Delhi-based hospital's mental health helpline Friday announced special arrangements for students. Read Full Story

Cold weather continues in Mumbai
Mumbai, Feb 10 : Mumbai is experiencing unexpected cold weather for the past couple of days and the minimum temperature of the city recorded 10.6 degree Celsius mark on Friday morning. Read Full Story

Scholarship programme for MBA aspirants
Kolkata, Feb 10 : JRE School of Management on Friday announced scholarship opportunity for MBA aspirants for the PGDM course. Read Full Story

Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons meet in Kolkata
Kolkata, Feb 10 : Kolkata witnessed the inauguration of the first ever joint workshop of The Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS) with European Association for the Cardio-Thoracic (EACTS) from on Thursday. Read Full Story

Hope Modi will campaign in UP: Sushma
New Delhi, Feb 10 : Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said she hopes her Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) colleague Narendra Modi will campaign for the Uttar Pradesh elections amid reports that the Gujarat Chief Minister was "miffed" with the party's top brass. Read Full Story

Kolkata hosts annual flower show
Kolkata, Feb 10: No beauty can challenge the beauty of flower such is the creation of nature and that was proved on Thursday when Agri-Horticultural Society of India (AHSI) opened to all the "Annual Flower Show 2012" in Kolkata. Read Full Story

Rahul Bose inaugurates PVR multiplex
Howrah (West Bengal), Feb 9 : PVR Ltd, the leading retail entertainment company in India, launched its four screen multiplex at Avani Riverside mall, in Kolkata's twin city Howrah on Thursday. Read Full Story

No one cures Punjab's drug problem
By Jaideep Sarin, Chandigarh, Feb 10 : From leading politicians to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to the mini-parliament of Sikh religion, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), everyone expresses concern about the growing menace of drug abuse in Punjab. But the cure doesn't seem to be on their minds. Read Full Story

Objectionable matter: Yahoo plea for staying case refused
New Delhi, Feb 10 : The Delhi High Court Friday refused Yahoo India's plea for staying a trial court's proceedings against it for allegedly hosting objectionable content on its website and adjourned the case till Mar 1. Read Full Story

Tripura Left Front ministry to be expanded Sunday
Agartala, Feb 10: The Left Front ministry in Tripura will be expanded Sunday with the re-induction of former minister Sahid Chowdhury, an official said here Friday. Read Full Story

Grow fresh tomatoes, beans on your roof tops
London, Feb 10 : People in cities can grow enough of lettuce, beans and tomatoes for consumption by utilising roof tops of the building they stay in. Read Full Story

I had a miscarriage, fine now: Dimpy Mahajan
New Delhi, Feb 10 : There were reports last year that reality TV couple Rahul and Dimpy Mahajan were expecting their first child together. Dimpy confirmed the news, but informed that she suffered a miscarriage. Read Full Story

20 killed in Kashmir accident
Jammu, Feb 10 : At least 20 people were killed when a mini bus in which they were travelling fell from a hilly road into the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir Friday morning, police said. Read Full Story

Baby Falak showing signs of improvement: Doctors
New Delhi, Feb 10 : Abandoned at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for over three weeks, two-year-old battered baby Falak has been taken off the ventilator as her breathing problem is under control and showing signs of improvement, doctors attending on her said Friday. Read Full Story

20 feared dead in bus accident
Jammu, Feb 10 : At least 20 people were feared killed when a minibus in which they were travelling fell from a hilly road into the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir Friday morning, police said. Read Full Story

Two school students die in Ranchi road accident
Ranchi, Feb 10: Two school students were killed and one injured when the bike they were riding hit a road divider in Ranchi Friday morning, police said. Read Full Story

Three Indian ministers resign after porn scandal
NEW DELHI, INDIA : Three ministers in southwestern India resigned on Wednesday after being accused of watching pornography during a debate in the state's assembly, local media reported on Thursday. Read Full Story

Typhoid outbreak in Himachal village
Shimla, Feb 10 : A village in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district has reported more than 15 typhoid patients, a health official said Friday. Read Full Story

Chilly morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 10 : Delhi braved icy winds Friday morning but the weather office forecast a warm and sunny day. The minimum temperature settled at 6.4 degrees Celsius, four notches below average. Read Full Story

British kids ignorant about birds?
London, Feb 10: A study about British children's knowledge of wild birds has revealed that they can name just three birds on an average. Read Full Story

Citizens for change: These Mumbaikars take political plunge
By Quaid Najmi, Mumbai, Feb 10 : Tired of a self-serving political class repeatedly letting down their beloved city and not content with just griping about it, a group of Mumbaikars is contesting the upcoming civic polls with a single agenda -- change. Read Full Story

BSP's Satish Misra charged with poll code violation
Lucknow, Feb 10: The Election Commission on Thursday charged Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) general secretary Satish Misra of violating the model code of conduct. Read Full Story

BJP defends Modi, questions timing of SIT report
New Delhi, Feb 9 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday questioned the timing of the special investigation team (SIT) on Gujarat riots, even as senior leaders advocated a clean chit for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots. Read Full Story

Four state-owned Delhi hospitals get accreditation
New Delhi, Feb 9: Four Delhi government hospitals have been granted accreditation by the National Accreditation Board on Health (NABH), Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia said Thursday. Read Full Story

Village headman shot dead in Kashmir
Srinagar, Feb 9 : Separatist guerrillas shot and killed a sarpanch (village headman) in south Kashmir's Kulgam district Thursday evening, police said. Read Full Story

Man gets life term for killing boy over loan
New Delhi, Feb 9 : A Delhi court has awarded life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.1 lakh on a man for killing a young boy in east Delhi for not repaying a petty loan of Rs.2,000. Read Full Story

Poll panel censures Khurshid for quota announcement
New Delhi, Feb 9 : In an embarrassment to the Congress during the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission Thursday censured Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his nine percent job quota promise to minorities and said that as a minister he had the responsibility of ensuring the model code of conduct in "letter and spirit". Read Full Story

Woman dumps new-born girl from moving vehicle
Dungarpur (Rajasthan), Feb 9 : Upset over the birth of a girl, a woman flung the baby out of an ambulance in Rajasthan when she was being taken to her house from a health centre after delivery, police said Thursday. The baby survived and is stable. Read Full Story

Smuggled liquor seized in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Feb 9 : A large stock of liquor, intended to be used to woo voters in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, was seized in Ghaziabad and two people were held, police said Thursday. Read Full Story

Jailed Malegaon blast accused allowed AC train travel
Mumbai, Feb 9 : The Bombay High Court Thursday allowed Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast in Maharashtra, to travel to Madhya Pradesh by a second class air-conditioned coach for a court hearing there March 13, her lawyer said. She is currently lodged in a Mumbai jail. Read Full Story

CWG case: Lawyer doubts fair trial, judge defers hearing
New Delhi, Feb 9 : A special CBI court hearing a corruption case related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games Thursday put off the proceedings till an order from the district judge after lawyer for an accused doubted he would get fair trial. Read Full Story

Naga women's body agitates in Manipur
Imphal, Feb 9 : The Naga Women's Union (NWU), Manipur, Thursday held a "public curfew" programme in all the four Naga dominated districts of Manipur demanding unconditional release of a top member of the NSCN-IM. Read Full Story

Antrix case against Devas' arbitration adjourned
Bangalore, Feb 9 : A local court Thursday adjourned the case of the Indian space agency's commercial arm, Antrix Corporation, seeking injunction against Devas Multimedia Services Ltd. proceeding in the International Court of Arbitration over its annulled S-band spectrum deal. Read Full Story