Jayalalithaa convicted in DA case, gets 4 years in jail, Rs 100 cr fine; to step down as Tamil Nadu CM
Bangalore: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was on Saturday sentenced to four years in jail in an 18-year-old corruption case and fined a staggering Rs 100 crore by a special court whose verdict unseats her from the post and could send her to political exile for 10 years. The first conviction of a sitting Chief Minister in a corruption case, which has triggered speculation as to whom she chooses to succeed her, comes as a massive blow to
Indias MOM enters Maritain Orbit; ISRO shows US, Europe, Russia how to do it in the first attempt
New Delhi: India on Wednesday created space history by becoming the first country in the world to enter Mars' orbit in its debut attempt. A beaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wearing a red jacket symbolic of the Red Planet, described it as "a
Man was mauled to death by white tiger after leaping into its enclosure at Delhi zoo
New Delhi: In a spine-chilling incident, a 20-year-old youth was today mauled to death by a white tiger when he fell into its enclosure at the Delhi Zoo. Video footage of the horrific incident caught on mobile phone cameras by visitors showed that Vi
Rs 600 crore from NRIs, others for Guru Gobind Singh's birthplace
Patna: Hundreds of NRIs and businessmen from across India will contribute a whopping Rs600 crore to develop the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th guru of the Sikhs, on the lines of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, ahead of the guru's 350th birt
WHO alarmed as Ebola affects medics; 6 Indians from Liberia isolated at Delhi airport
New Delhi: Six Indian nationals who arrived at Delhi airport on Tuesday morning from Liberia, have been isolated and taken for further tests. The Delhi and Mumbai international airports have been put on alert as 112 Indian passengers are arriving fro
Miffed with Pakistans Hurriyat meetings, India calls off talks
New Delhi: India called off the Foreign Secretary level talks scheduled between the two countries on August 25 in Islamabad on Monday after Pak High Commissioner Abdul Basit's decision to meet separatist leaders from Kashmir at Delhi. The moderate Hu
Top 5 richest Indians have half of nation's billionaire wealth
New Delhi: The top five Indian billionaires led by Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani collectively control USD 85.5 billion (about Rs 5,23,897 crore) in personal wealth, accounting for nearly half of the country's total billionaire weal
India asks Abuja hospital to return Indian docs' passports
New Delhi: India has asked the Nigerian branch of an Indian hospital to return the passport of four Indian doctors who claim to have been forced to stay on in the Ebola-hit country against their wishes. Making it clear that this is not a diplomatic i
India doctors claim they are being forced to treat Ebola patients in Nigeria
New Delhi: The Indian High Commission in Nigeria is in touch with the four Indian doctors, who claim they are being forced to treat Ebola patients against their will, and their hospital so that both sides arrive at an amicable solution. The doctors c
