Prime accused in the solar scam Biju Radhakrishnan on Tuesday admitted to killing his wife Reshmi. It is learnt that Biju told police that he committed the murder by giving poison-laced liquor to Reshmi. Sources in the crime branch probing the murder...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's belated bid to soothe the family of a murdered gang-rape victim in North 24 Parganas Monday turned sour when she lost her cool after facing noisy protests from villagers. Banerjee rebuked protestors...

Cape Town : Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalised for over a week, continues to get better in a Pretoria hospital, President Jacob Zuma said Sunday. The revered ex-leader remained in a serious condition as he recovered...

New Delhi : A Delhi court Monday sent suspended Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila, arrested in connection with the IPL spot fixing scam, to three days' police custody for interrogation. Sending Chandila to police custody, Additional Sessions Judge...

Mumbai : The rupee today plunged by 56 paise, or almost 1 per cent, to trade at 58.43 against the dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market due to renewed dollar demand from importers and appreciation of the US currency overseas....

Rome: Indian author Gurcharan Das will lead a debate in Rome next month on his country and its relations with Italy, inspired by his recent book 'India Grows at Night'. Harvard-educated Das will kick off the debate July 1 at Rome's ancient Temple...

New Delhi : International students who have come to study at Delhi University have hailed the transition to the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), saying it helps meet global standards of education and bring DU at par with global varsities. ...

Panaji: Smoking cigarettes is not the only way to contract cancer. If one believes the Goa Forest Department, eating frog meat can also get you a date with cancer. Around this time of the year poachers, with a torch in one hand and a bag in the other,...

London: A cascade of errors and uncertainty about the law on abortion contributed largely to the tragic death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar at an Irish hospital last year, according to an official enquiry report. The report by Health Service Executive...

Chennai : India's atomic power plant operator, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has again shifted the commissioning of the first unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) to the next month, instead of end June. According...

London : Indian-born Amol Rajan has been appointed editor of the London morning daily The Independent, making him Fleet Street's first non-white editor, the newspaper reported Monday. Rajan, 29, was previously the daily's comment editor. Oliver...