India
LG aims 10 pc smartphone market share, to invest Rs 80 crore by 2014
LG will launch around 30 new models at low and high price range by the end of 2014.
Naal: Tractor-trolley overturns after being hit by a truck, 4 killed
Four persons were killed on the spot and three others got injured when a tractor-trolley in which they were travelling in overturned after being hit by a truck at Naal in Bikaner district the police said on Thursday.
Two including a retired Income Tax employee run over by train
A sixty-six-year-old retired Income Tax employee was on Thursday run over by a train, a Government Railway Police(GRP) official said. Roshan Lal was run over at 11: 00 am by the train at Kalyan Nagar manned crossing, GRP Station House Officer(SHO) Mahesh...
Egypt: Justice Mansour to head army-backed interim govt
The name of Adly Mahmoud Mansour - head of Egypt's High Constitutional Court - was announced by army chief Gen Abdel Fattah Sisi.
My contemporaries are doing great in Bollywood: Madhuri
Even after her marriage with US-based Dr Shriram Nene in 1999, Madhuri continued to act in films.
Curbs on media coverage of 'accountability' panel's work
It said the proceedings before the Accountability Commission would be held back from going to media without the prior permission of the panel.
Morsi refuses to quit, offers consensus govt as military deadline ends
Beleaguered Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday refused to quit and offered a consensus government to end a standoff with the powerful military, as the 48-hour deadline for him to meet people's demands expired with both sides pledging to sacrif...
Mixed day for Indians at Asian Athletics Championships
Shot putter Karhana and long jumper Mayookha won a bronze each as India began their campaign on a mixed note on a rain-marred opening day.
Have achieved my target at Wimbledon: Li Na
The 2011 French Open champion was beaten 6-7(5), 6-4, 2-6 Tuesday on the Centre Court.
Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan play a prank on Sonakshi Sinha
Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan and Sonakshi Sinha will soon be seen in 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara'.
Edward Snowden's father praises son in an open letter
Edward Snowden has not been seen publicly in more than a week after arriving at a Russian airport from Hong Kong, where he had been in hiding.
Didn't accept 'Lootera' initially: Ranveer Singh
Actor Ranveer Singh says he wasn't initially convinced with his character in Vikramaditya Motwane's 'Lootera' and had denied to star in the movie. It was after he sat down with Motwane for script readings he grew confident that he can play the role of a c...
Doctor, wife arrested for torturing domestic help
A doctor and his wife were arrested in Lucknow on Tuesday for assaulting and torturing their domestic help, police said. The couple were arrested from Metro City in Mahanagar after the 20-year-old domestic help, Lalita, escaped from their house and lodged...
Congress hits out at Nitish govt over rise in police atrocities
Days after bailing out the Nitish Kumar government, Congress in Bihar on Tuesday hit out at the JD(U) government for the spurt in cases of police atrocities. "The tremendous rise in cases of police atrocities in recent days has made police in Bihar peopl...
Angry with in-laws over dowry, man drowns wife, son
In a shocking incident, a man allegedly pushed his wife and son into a village well in Bihar's Jamui district on Tuesday over dowry, leading to their deaths, police sources said.
Parimarjan Negi wins Continental Chess Open title in Washington
Negi won the Continental Chess Association Open title, his third of the season, after pipping his nearest rival Bindi Cheng by 1.5 points.