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Former IPL chief Lalit Modi has said he will reveal Bhnaratiya Janata Party leader Sudhanshu Mittal's "rags to riches story" in the coming days, and questioned Mittal's relations with alleged hawala operator Vivek Nagpal. "Wait 4 details…

The annual Amarnath Yatra started on Thursday as over 8,000 pilgrims left from two base camps in Kashmir for the Himalayan cave shrine. As many as 6,065 pilgrims left the Baltal base camp in Ganderbal district on Thursday morning, while…

Twenty five people were killed and nine injured after the bus they were travelling in collided with a truck coming from opposite direction in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district, police said on Thursday. Fifteen people died on the spot,…

Former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran is being questioned by the CBI in a case registered against him for using over 300 high data capacity BSNL telecom lines at his Boat House residence in Chennai, an official said. Central Bureau of…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the "Digital India Week" as part of the larger initiative to empower the people and extend services better with the use of information technology and its tools. The prime minister also…

A military hotline between the armed forces headquarters of India and China is expected to become operational soon, according to defence ministry officials in Beijing. Yang Yujun, spokesman for the ministry of defence, told visiting…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that there can be no compromise in a rape case in the name of promising wedlock. An apex court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said that any compromise promising wedlock between a rape accused and…

Companies supplying gas are now free to set their own tariffs with the Supreme Court on Wednesday turning down a plea by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) to regulate the prices of inter-city supplies. An apex court…

At least 14 people were killed in landslides in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills, an official said on Wednesday. Several landlsides were triggered in the area by incessant, heavy rainfall since late Tuesday. Darjeeling District Magistrate…

Former IPL chief Lalit Modi has said BJP MP Varun Gandhi met him in London "a few years ago" and offered to "settle everything" with Congress president Sonia Gandhi. "@varungandhi80 came to see me at my house a few years ago and said he…