India

An FIR has been registered against jailed former minister Amarmani Tripathi's son for allegedly abducting a contractor and trying to extort money from him, police said on Thursday.

The government on Wednesday assured the state Assembly that it would take up with the Centre the issue of a Jharkhand resident lodged in Lahore jail after a ruling MLA informed the House about it.

Wozniacki breezed through a second match in a row with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Klara Koukalova on Wednesday.

CBI on Wednesday said the lie-detection test of the five accused arrested in connection with the Badaun gangrape case did not find "any deviation" from their earlier claim of innocence.

Chief District Officer Gopal Parajuli confirmed that all 123 missing in the landslide were dead on the basis of data submitted by local people.

Top Pakistani players like Babar Waseem, Lala Abaidulla, Shafiq Ahmad Chisti and Akmal Shazad Dogar will be representing Lahore Lions in the tournament.

Rajesh Ranot, 46, and his wife Sheetal Ranot, 31, of Queens were arraigned in Queens Criminal Court.

Finmeccanica and its companies are involved in several ongoing defence projects in India running into thousands of crores of rupees.

Expressing concerns over "rising" crime rate in Rajasthan, senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot today said there has been an increase in the cases of crime against women during the BJP rule.

The Delhi Metro on Tuesday said it recorded the highest ridership of over 27 lakh commuters in a single day Aug 4, surpassing the previous record set July 21.

Shraddha Kapoor, Esha Gupta, Kangana Ranaut are all set to turn traditional brides for designers JJ Valaya, Jyotsna Tiwari and Suneet Varma respectively.

Palmer will be stepping into the title role in 'Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella' at the Broadway Theatre.

Madhur Bhandarkar has been chosen to receive the Raj Kapoor Smriti Award from the Maharashtra government for his contribution to Indian cinema.

Ahead of a rally where he will share the dais with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh on Tuesday said it would be "extremely wrong" to add "political connotation" to his attending the programme.

East Singhbhum district administration in Jharkhand on Monday sounded flood alert in view of the swelling Kharkhai and Swarnarekha rivers due to incessant rains for the past two days, officials said.

The facility is being offered to Roy for 10 days following a Supreme Court order last week so that he can hold negotiations for sale of his luxury hotels in New York and London.