India

Patna, Oct 22: In probably the first case of same sex marriage in Bihar, two girls ran away from their homes in Patna to get married to each other, a police official said on Monday. The father of one of the girl's had lodged a case of kidnapping against the other girl's family. Reema and Akansha (names changed) were married and living as a couple when police found them at a hotel in Sasaram in

New Delhi, Oct 22: RJD chief Lalu Prasad (in pic) and JD(U) leader Jagdish Sharma disqualified from Lok Sabha after being convicted in fodder scam case. Lalu Prasad and Jagdish Sharma were Tuesday disqualified from the Lok Sabha following their conviction in the fodder scam, a Lok Sabha Secretariat official said. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, an MP from Bihar's Saran district, and

Jammu, Oct 22: Pakistan troops resorted to heavy shelling at Indian positions in RS Pura sector of the international border in Jammu district late on Monday night. A senior paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) officer told IANS that Pakistan troops used 82 millimetre mortars and other heavy weaponry to target their positions in Nikkowal and Abdullian areas of RS Pura sector late on Monday

New Delhi, Oct 22: A day after his disqualification from the Rajya Sabha, Congress leader Rashid Masood on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and four years sentence in a corruption case. Justice Hima Kohli issued notice to the CBI and sought its response by November 13, on Mr. Masood’s appeal. Mr. Masood’s counsel H.R. Khan Suhail also sought suspension of his client’s

Mumbai, Oct 22: The Rupee continued to fall for third trading day on Tuesday, slipping 22 paise to 61.74 per dollar on sustained demand for the U.S. currency from importers and banks amidst its higher value overseas in spite of good foreign capital inflows. The rupee resumed lower at 61.71 per dollar as against the last closing level of 61.52 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market. It

Chennai, Oct 22: India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) Tuesday generated 160 MW power at its first unit in Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said a senior official. "Unit 1 synchronisation with the power grid was done at 2.45 a.m. on Tuesday, generating 75 MW of power. We then increased the power output to 160 MW and maintained that for around

New Delhi, Oct 22: Civil Aviation Ministry is hopeful of completing the process of privatising six major airports, including those at Chennai and Kolkata, within a time-frame and ahead of the 2014 general elections. The Ministry's move to hand over these airports, developed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), through public- private partnership in the next 2-3 months to private parties

New Delhi, Oct 21: Convicted Congress leader Rashid Masood today became the first MP to lose his seat after the Supreme Court struck down a provision that protects a convicted lawmaker from disqualification on the ground of pendency of appeal in higher courts. 66-year-old Masood was held guilty in a case of corruption and other offences in September. His conviction was the first after the Supreme

New Delhi, Oct 21: Environmentalist Sunita Narain suffered critical injuries on Sunday after a speeding car hit her from behind while she was riding a bicycle in the national capital, police said. 52-year-old Narain, the director of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and resident of South Delhi's Green Park area, was heading towards Lodhi Garden area on a bicycle when an unidentified car hit

New Delhi, Oct 20: Kashmir is an integral part of India and no one should raise a question on that, said External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. Rejecting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's demand for US intervention in resolving the Kashmir issue, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said India will not accept this as the matter is a bilateral one agreed to between the two