Pune, Nov 21 (IANS) Sixth-seeded and 237th-ranked Rika Fujiwara of Japan defeated 189th-ranked and third-seeded Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to lift the $50,000 NECC-ITF Women's tennis trophy here ...

Bhopal, Nov 20 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh police Friday ordered an inquiry into the circumstances that led to three prisoners of Central Jail escaping from police custody, an official said. The prisoners escaped ...

Bhopal, Nov 15 (IANS) Nine people were booked for abetment of suicide after the bodies of a property dealer and his five-year-old son were found Saturday in a farmhouse in this Madhya ...

By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh/Amritsar, Oct 25 (IANS) In June 1984, when then prime minister Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to storm the Golden Temple complex, home to the holiest Sikh shrine ...

By Jaideep Sarin Ambala (Haryana), Oct 4 (IANS) Thanks to a divided and demoralized opposition, Haryana's ruling Congress is confident of retaining power in the Oct 13 assembly elections and break a ...

Bhopal, Sep 28 (IANS) A 50-year-old activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) died here Monday after a gun went off accidentally, police said. Naresh Motwani was cleaning the gun when it went ...

By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana Chandigarh, Sep 27 (IANS) Jails in Punjab have become a hub of "anti-national activities" with Khalistani prisoners speaking over mobile phones to contacts outside who are ...

Ahmedabad, Sep 19 (IANS) The Nanavati Commission probing the 2002 riots in Gujarat Saturday asked the staff of Chief Minister Narendra Modi to provide details of their phone conversations with ministers ...

Bhopal, Sep 2 (IANS) Congress workers held demonstrations in various places across Madhya Pradesh Wednesday to protest the baton charge on All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Digvijay Singh. Protests were held ...

By Jaideep Sarin and Parminder Singh Bariana Chandigarh, Aug 23 (IANS) While warnings by farmers and experts over the years that Punjab's groundwater level is falling dangerously low has been strengthened recently by ...

New Delhi, Aug.20 (ANI): There are very few books that try to understand the process and stages through which terrorism has spread in various parts of the world .We don't have materials ...

By Jaideep Sarin and Alkesh Sharma Chandigarh, Aug 2 (IANS) Bollywood's newest trend to go in for turbaned and bearded heroes is to the liking of Sikh religious leaders, who feel it ...

By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, July 18 (IANS) Creating the twin of an Indian village in faraway Canada might seem improbable even for the Punjabis, who are known all over the world as a ...

Bhopal, July 12 (IANS) A gang selling fake gold biscuits to unsuspecting customers was busted with the arrest of five people here Sunday, police said. The modus operandi of the gang was simple. ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) Over a billion people in the world are suffering from hunger and poverty and the global economic crisis has plunged nearly 100 million into extreme ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) Convincing her father to let her go to school has paid dividends for a teenaged Indian girl from a tribal area of Orissa. She ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) It can be termed as the new 'G' order of the world where the presence of various nations spells out their international political and ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 10 (IANS) India is hopeful that the issue of climate change will move forward with the G8 countries, the group of the world's most developed nations, ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The outreach meeting of the G8, the grouping of the world's most wealthy and industrialized countries, with the world's emerging economies G5, Thursday outlined ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Trade protectionist policies of some countries, especially in the times of global economic crisis, have been given a thumbs down by the joint declaration of ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The G8 or the world's most wealthy and developed countries have remained non-committal on setting targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, a demand ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Prime MInister Manmohan Singh briefly met with US President Barack Obama during the outreach meeting of G8 and G5 leaders at their summit here ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Pakistan has got the support from the G8, the group of world's eight most wealthy and industrialised countries, for its fight against terrorism. "The G8 ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Brazil has asked G5 countries to explore the possibility of using their own currency to settle trading accounts amongst themselves. The suggestion was made by ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The G8 declaration on counter terrorism Thursday called for increased coordination among countries to check the abuse of internet by terrorist organisations for propaganda. "Special ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Ground security for the G8-G5 summit in this town and its surrounding areas has been put on top priority with the Italian government hosting ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) The Italian media seems to be enjoying the "eccentricities" of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. There has been talk in the media that Gaddafi, who is ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 9 (IANS) Leaders of the world's wealthiest countries gathered for the G8-G5 summit may not have the time to go sightseeing but their hosts have ensured ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 8 (IANS) Agriculture and food security need to be placed at the "core of the international agenda", Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said after the G5 ...

By Jaideep Sarin L'Aquila (Italy), July 8 (IANS) Agriculture and food security need to be placed at the "core of the international agenda", Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said after the G5 ...