Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Tuesday that the government would ban online lottery 'Online lotto'. The necessary notification regarding the issue will be issued soon, she said. Describing...

India, China can take ties to new heights, says Li

New Delhi/Mumbai : Assuring Indian business more access to Chinese markets and also to narrow the wide trade gap, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Tuesday said China and India can take their ties to 'new heights of strategic growth'...

IPL scam reaches Bollywood, cricketers' questioning on

Mumbai/New Delhi : The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to ban remaining IPL matches while Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh Randhawa, a bookie and a hawala operator were arrested by Mumbai police in the spot fixing scam and...

SC says can't ban IPL, directs BCCI to take strict action

The Supreme Court has refused to ban IPL as a game and as a league, but has directed the one man commission appointed by the BCCI to look into IPL irregularities and submit its report within two weeks. The SC said that...

Chinese PM Li Keqiang vows to open up markets to India

NEW DELHI: Visiting Chinese PM Li Keqiang pledged on Tuesday to open up domestic markets to Indian businesses and narrow a gaping trade deficit between the two countries. 'As for Indian concerns over the trade deficit,...

Pappu Yadav released from jail

Patna : Four days after the court acquitted former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on charges of killing CPI-M leader Ajit Sarkar, he was formally released from jail here Tuesday, police officials said. Citing lack...

New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is being projected by a section within BJP as its Prime Ministerial candidate for the next general elections, today met senior party leader L K Advani and termed the meeting...

SC agrees to hear PIL to stay IPL matches due to spot-fixing

New Delhi : The Supreme Court today agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL seeking stay on all remaining matches of IPL in view of the spot-fixing scandal. A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Deepak Misra posted the...

India, China have wisdom to address bounday issue: Li

New Delhi : Chinese Premier Li Keqiang today said India and China have the 'wisdom' to find mutually acceptable solution to the boundary problem and the two countries have not shied away from addressing the vexed issue. ...

New Delhi : Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was today remembered on his 22nd death anniversary with leaders paying homage at his memorial here. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister...

Aarushi case: Rajesh Talwar claims he was asleep when killings took place

Ghaziabad: Dentist Rajesh Talwar on Monday claimed in the court that he was asleep on the fateful night when his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were murdered and internet activity recorded from his room might not...

'Two Andhra ministers charged in Jagan case quit'

Hyderabad : Two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh charged in the Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case have submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, sources said Monday. They...

New Delhi: The mercury is set to cross the 45 degrees Celsius mark in Delhi Monday, the hottest day of the season so far, the Met Office said. The heat wave conditions is likely to get worse in coming days. According to...

India, China vow to resolve border row, boost ties

New Delhi : India and China scripted a new chapter in their ties Monday as Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh candidly discussed their recent border row and decided to take steps for an early resolution...

Manmohan talks firm on border with Li

New Delhi : The festering boundary row figured prominently in talks between visiting Premier Li Keqiang and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here Sunday as the Chinese leader arrived in India on his maiden overseas tour...