Devi Dutt

KANPUR: At least three persons including two local Samajwadi Party leaders, were killed in a police firing incident at Konch police station in Jalaun district on Sunday.

In a sparsely green landscape, the hill adjoining Noona village stands out for its lush, dense canopy. It's a Himalayan oak forest grown and nurtured by villagers over several decades.

Singer Anup Ghoshal, who offered balm to bruised souls with 'Tujhse naraz nahi zindagi' from Shekhar Kapur's Masoom and was the voice behind Satyajit Ray's iconic Goopy Gyne, passed away in Kolkata on Friday. He was 78. Brought up in a musical family, Ghoshal taught at Rabindra Bharati and wrote Ganer Bhubane, a book on Indian music. CM Mamata Banerjee described his demise as a huge loss. The Nazrulgeeti expert had also joined the political world and was elected an MLA of the governing TMC in 2011.

As Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast against Lokpal Bill entered eight day on Tuesday, those sitting on fast in the city remained determined like their Gandhian leader.

A motorcycle being driven on the wrong side of the road crashed into another two-wheeler near the house of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Sector 1 on Monday night, killing two persons and injuring one.

Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor, India’s first woman photographer Homai Vyarawalla, tribal artist Jivya Soma Mhase, actors Kajol and Irrfan Khan, Chhau dance exponent Makar Dhwaj Darogha and Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia were among those who were conferred the Padma awards on Friday.

A CBI special court on Thursday sentenced 10 people, including the manager of a public sector bank, to jail terms in two cases of bank loan fraud.

BANGALORE: It isn't toxic history, but an "experimental" chapter in an English textbook introduced by the directorate of textbooks in Karnataka could prove to be sticky.

Anna Hazare's historic win at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi turned out to be a perfect Sunday gift for the Lucknowites.

As social activist Anna Hazare began his indefinite fast on Sunday, his supporters in Lucknow cheered him loudly.

Three senior management members of a private school in the city were booked for abetment to suicide on Monday after the school's watchman-supervisor ended his life.

GHAZIABAD: Munish Dalal, now in the Ghaziabad jail for allegedly demanding a dowry of Rs 12 lakh from Nisha Sharma's family, has claimed that his wedding was called off because Sharma's former suitor, Navneet, created a ruckus during the ceremony.

Auckland has a huge Indian population but the die-hard fans are hoping that the Men in Blue don't end up playing the World Cup knock-out game here.

A recently resurfaced video from Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai, hosted by Farooq Sheikh, has brought back memories of late actor Sunil Dutt recalling how he proposed to Nargis. Dutt shared that he once offered to drop her in his Fiat at Marine Drive, and during the drive, he gathered the courage to express his feelings.

LUCKNOW: Two Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders and a nominated corporator were shot dead within the Konch police station premises in Jalaun district.

Housewives, children, students, and state government officials in Lucknow remained on their toes on the fifth day of Anna Hazare's movement against corruption.

LUCKNOW: The Ghoshal family was waiting for a phone call from their only son Lt Dipendra Ghoshal on his birthday on September 15. He had promised to call. The telephone rang on the due date and the excited family members picked up the phone.

Legendary musician R D Burman, whose cabaret tunes still reverberate at pubs and discotheques, actually hated composing such songs and even believed that the genre was just a "passing fad", says a new book.

Various incidents have shown the increased threat that common citizens and even VVIPs have come under in recent months.

Archaeologists have found that over 1,000 years ago in Garhwal, Himalayas, villagers communicated with each other using fire and smoke