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Mumbai: Popat Shinde, the prime accused in the case where Additional District Collector Yashwant Sonawane was burnt alive, today succumbed to burn injuries sustained during the attack on the official a week ago. Shinde died at a state-run hospital while undergoing treatment for burn injuries, hospital authorities said. "Shinde died this afternoon. After conducting post […]

New Delhi: Will PMK be a part of the DMK-Congress coalition in Tamil Nadu? Confusion prevails on the issue a day after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi announced that the S Ramadoss-led party will fight the assembly elections along with the ruling DMK and other coalition partners in the state. However, PMK chief Ramadoss […]

Lahore: Pakistani actress Veena Malik has broken off her engagement with fiance Faisal Akbar Khan following her much-publicised stint on the fourth season of Indian reality show `Bigg Boss`. Veena has confirmed that her engagement with the New York based Pakistani businessman is over. "I called up Faisal and told him that I can no […]

New Delhi: Defence Minister A K Antony today said "nothing sensitive was compromised" from the secret file on medium-multirole combat aircraft (M-MRCA) that was found on a roadside here and the suspended process to finalise the multi-billion dollar deal will be restarted. The file related to the offsets clause in the M-MRCA deal had gone […]

New Delhi: An RSS functionary, accused in Ajmer blast case, on Monday moved a Delhi court seeking registration of an FIR against CBI and Tehelka magazine for making public right-wing activist Swami Aseemanand`s confessional statement. Devendra Gupta, against whom a charge sheet has been filed by the Rajasthan`s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), moved the application before […]

Mumbai: An Air India plane, carrying about 300 stranded passengers from strife-torn Egypt, landed at the CST Airport here this afternoon. The Boeing 747-800 was flown to Cairo yesterday as a special measure to airlift the Indians stranded there amidst nationwide unrest against the Egyptian government. Air India has also decided to send its Mumbai-Jeddah […]

New Delhi: Carrying forward its probe into the 2G spectrum scam, the CBI has asked the DoT to provide on "top priority" information about the financial transactions and tripartite agreements between various banks and the 122 telecom companies allotted licences in 2008. In a letter written to the Department of Telecom (DoT), the CBI said […]

London: A bad taste in music can really ruin a relationship, say researchers. A new study has revealed that music actually predicts sexual attraction – in fact, music functions as a "badge" that people use to not only judge others, but at the same time, to express their own ideas. For their study, the researchers […]

London: It seems that writing love letters is a thing of the past, for a new study has revealed that people are more likely to send a text message or post `Facebook` message than penning the traditional mail. According to the study, based on a survey, only nine per cent of the respondents had ever […]

London: Can`t quit smoking? Blame the faulty wiring in your brain, say scientists. A team at the Scripps Research Institute have discovered a brain pathway which they say, if not functioning correctly, can lead to an uncontrollable desire to smoke, the `Daily Mail` reported. The fault lies in a receptor protein that is normally activated […]

(image) Mysore: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today claimed there was a conspiracy to eliminate him by taking recourse to "black magic" after efforts to use it to unseat him from power failed. In remarks that are bound to raise the political heat in the state further, Yeddyurappa said, "Those who indulged in black […]

Mumbai: A major fire has broken out on Indian naval ship INS Vindhyagiri, which was involved in a collision with a merchant vessel, at the naval dockyard here today. The ship is listing and unconfirmed reports said it was sinking. A defence spokesperson said they are awaiting further details. A dozen tankers are engaged in […]

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here and is understood to have raised the issue of Indian fishermen being killed allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy. Karunanidhi, who arrived here yesterday on a three-day visit, met Singh at his 7, Race Course Road residence and is believed […]

New Delhi: Onions imported from Pakistan at the height of the supply crisis are attracting fewer customers here due to their "different" taste, resulting in large stocks of the vegetable lying unsold in the market. "There is little response for Pakistani onions, which have been put up for open auction, from local customers," sources in […]

Mumbai: Actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan is all set to go to Berlin as a member of the international jury for the 11-day film festival beginning there next month. He says he accepted the invitation to become member of the jury of Berlin International Film Festival as he could not refuse the offer for the fourth time. […]