Construction work slow at 8 new IIT campuses: Panel Students of eight new IITs will have to wait longer to shift to new campuses as none of them have made "real" progress despite the June deadline. ...  
03:43 PM, Mar 10, 2013

Kunda murders: CBI yet to question Raja Bhaiya In spite of being named in an FIR for murder and conspiracy, why is the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) still not questioning former UP Minister Raja Bhaiya over the killing of the Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq and two others? A team of the investigative agency is in Kunda probing the killings. ...  
10:37 AM, Mar 10, 2013

Girl student kidnapped, angry villagers block highway A 21-year-old female student going to coaching on Saturday was kidnapped by a group of men travelling in a car here. The girl Situ Shah, a resident of Badalpur, was riding her scooty to her coaching class when the abductors came in a car near Durai and forced her away. ...  
12:07 AM, Mar 10, 2013

Army plans to create close-to-real battlefield situation for training Seeking to provide a close-to-real battlefield situation for its troops to train, the Indian Army is working on a Rs 40-crore plan towards modernising infrastructure at two of its main field firing ranges in Pokharan in Rajasthan and Babina in Madhya Pradesh. ...  
06:43 AM, Mar 08, 2013

Key political risks to watch in India India's slowest economic growth in a decade could be even worse than anticipated, as preliminary data released in February showed the economy appears to have grown 5.0 per cent in the fiscal year that ends this month - lower than both the RBI and finance minister's forecasts - underscoring the urgent need for reforms to boost growth. ...  
12:15 PM, Mar 07, 2013

IKEA goes local; expects to open stores in India in 4 to 5 years Without a willingness to lug cheap flat-pack wardrobes home and wrestle with self-assembly, there would be no IKEA, but in Asia, where the locals have other ideas, the Swedish furniture giant thinks it still has a bright future. ...  
10:51 AM, Mar 07, 2013

Mourning Venezuelans parade Chavez's coffin, prepare for vote Weeping and shouting, a sea of Hugo Chavez's supporters paraded his coffin through the streets of Caracas on Wednesday in an emotional outpouring that could help his deputy win an election and keep his self-styled socialist revolution alive. ...  
06:00 AM, Mar 07, 2013

Oprah Winfrey to deliver commencement address at Harvard

Oprah Winfrey is headed to Harvard to deliver the commencement address. The school announced the news on the Harvard Gazette Website. Oprah's speech on May 30 will mark the 362nd graduation ceremony at the Ivy League Institution. ...
07:30 PM, Mar 06, 2013

Hugo Chavez loses his battle with cancer, dies at 58

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lost his battle with cancer, silencing the leading voice of the Latin American left and plunging his divided oil-rich nation into an uncertain future. ...
08:09 AM, Mar 06, 2013

Sardar, Ritu to get Rs 1 lakh from HI for winning AHF awards Sardar and Ritu won the awards during the mid-term Congress of the AHF held in Kuala Lumpur on last Saturday. ...  
05:08 PM, Mar 05, 2013

Protest over student's death turns violent in Ghaziabad Students protesting the death of a second year BCA student went on a rampage at their private institute, smashing window panes of five cars besides blocking an arterial road in Ghaziabad. ...  
03:06 AM, Mar 05, 2013

Aspiring scriptwriter held for murder He was aspiring to be a script writer for movies, tried to implement one and landed in jail for murder. An alumni of the prestigious Pune Film Institute, Shanti Deep Verma (31), was apprehended on Saturday from UP's Bahriach for allegedly murdering an aspiring actor Sumit Tiwari (21) at his rented flat in east Delhi's Mandawli area 11 days ago for Rs two lakh. ...  
07:52 PM, Mar 04, 2013

Uttar Pradesh: DSP killed in clashes between villagers and police

A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) was killed during clashes between villagers and police in Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya's constituency Kunda. A gram pradhan and his brother also died during the gunfire exchange. ...
11:17 PM, Mar 03, 2013

Seven arrested for forcing women into flesh trade Seven people, including five women, have been arrested for allegedly luring "gullible" women in Karnataka into prostitution by promising them jobs in the national capital. ...  
08:14 PM, Mar 03, 2013

Aaradhya will decide her career: Abhishek Bachchan
by IANS
Abhishek, married to actress Aishwarya Rai, has a daughter named Aaradhya. She turned one in November 2012. ...  
12:07 PM, Mar 03, 2013

UP: DSP killed in clashes in Raja Bhaiya's constituency A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) was killed during clashes between villagers and police in Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya's constituency Kunda. A gram pradhan and his brother also died during the gunfire exchange. ...  
08:29 AM, Mar 03, 2013

A pragmatic Budget given the tough economic realities: Meera Sanyal on Budget 2013 Is the Income Tax surcharge on the super-rich the right way? Meera Sanyal, Country Executive India, Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS Group), joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...  
06:10 PM, Mar 01, 2013

Govt allows FIs to raise Rs 50,000 cr via tax-free bonds To encourage investment in the infrastructure sector, some financial institutions have been allowed to raise about Rs 50,000 crore from tax-free bonds in 2013-14. ...  
02:18 PM, Feb 28, 2013

100 Years of Indian Cinema: Homosexuality in films As we celebrate 100 years of cinema, we go back in time to see how the pioneers treated homosexuality on celluloid. ...  
08:20 AM, Feb 27, 2013

Benedict to become 'pope emeritus' after resignation Two pontiffs, both wearing white, both called "pope" and living a few yards from one another, with the same key aide serving them. ...  
06:01 AM, Feb 27, 2013