New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) A sudden heavy downpour accompanied by crackling thunder took Delhiites unawares Monday night. The heavy spell of rain, that lasted about 40 minutes, was the first this ...

Actress Sandya is busy with a lot of movies these days. The actress, who has done movies in all the south Indian languages, is looking forward to her upcoming film, Apthamitra. She ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): A man who crashed his vehicle into two cars in an inebriated state took off all his clothes and lied down on the road, saying it was ...

Chandigarh, Nov 7 (IANS) A traffic jam on the busy Ambala-Chandigarh highway Saturday held up a minister of state in Haryana from reaching the Raj Bhawan to take oath of office. Sukhbir Kataria, ...

Konda Krishnamraju is planning a film "Traffic Jam' under the banner of Aditya Productions; which is under the direction of versatile director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, who had to his credit several ...

London, Nov 1 (ANI): Paris Hilton's glamorous Halloween party ended in a fiasco after her security guards refused to let in hundreds of her VIP guests. The 28-year-old socialite, dressed as Dorothy ...

Panaji/Mumbai, Oct 18 (IANS) The Goa police Sunday formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe a low-intensity blast in South Goa that killed two activists of a right-wing Hindu group ...

Panaji, Oct 18 (IANS) Sanatan Sanstha, a right wing Hindu organization whose members police allege carried out a blast which killed two people in Goa Friday night, claims to "spread the science ...

Panaji, Oct 17 (IANS) Two activists of a Hindu group were killed in Goa when explosives being ferried in their scooter went off in a traffic jam, police said Saturday. The group ...

Panaji, Oct 17 (IANS) Two activists of a Hindu group were killed in Goa when explosives being transported in their scooter went off in a traffic jam, police said Saturday. Elsewhere in the ...

Panaji, Oct 17 (IANS) Two activists of a Hindu group were killed in Goa when explosives being transported in their scooter went off in a traffic jam, police said Saturday. Elsewhere in the ...

Agra, Oct 1 (IANS) In a swift operation Agra police rescued Bahujan Samaj Party corporator Mahendra Singh from abductors near Nunihai industrial estate in Agra, officials said Thursday. Mahendra Singh was abducted ...

By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) It's 8.45 a.m. and the clock is ticking fast. Hundreds of employees of the Ministry of Home Affairs at North Block are sweating and ...

Ghaziabad, Sep 5 (IANS) About two dozen people including three policemen were injured and many vehicles set ablaze and damaged here Saturday when people protesting the government's move to evict them from ...

New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Delhiites woke up Sunday to heavy rains lashing the national capital bringing welcome relief with a dip in temperature. The weatherman said more heavy thundershowers are expected ...

Varanasi, Aug 23 (IANS) An assistant commissioner of the Central Excise Department was shot dead in Varanasi Sunday evening, police informed. The officer, Nandeshwar Singh, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne men in ...

Islamabad, Aug.22 (ANI): Things can be sorted out with amazing ease in Pakistan by just making a call to the higher authorities, but yes, for raising a storm in the country's ...

Lucknow, July 29 (IANS) A tame elephant trampled a 20-year-old man to death and injured four others in an Uttar Pradesh village Wednesday, police said. The elephant attacked the jeep in which the ...

Chandigarh, July 23 (IANS) Police in this union territory are going all out to help senior citizens driving on the city roads. Senior citizens will be given unique stickers for police to identify ...

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) It has been quite a battle for Anita Manchanda and thousands of other commuters who had to pass near the site of the Delhi Metro accident in ...

Mumbai, July 4 (ANI): Heavy monsoon downpour flooded streets and disrupted life in Mumbai on Saturday, as pedestrians waded through filthy knee-deep water facing lots of difficulty in commuting. Many commuters were stranded ...

Q. Do you like rainy season? A. Yes, I love rainy season. Q. What's the one thing which you love about this season? A. I love the whole nature where the trees become green, ...

Tehran, June 15 (DPA) With clashes continuing Sunday night on the streets in Tehran, Iran's opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi plans to make a speech to Iranians in the capital's Azadi (Freedom) square. Eyewitnesses ...

By Alex Verghese Just a few days ago, the same street in Central Tehran where my taxi had to slow down due to joyful opposition supporters, had now turned into an obstacle race ...

Washington, June 10 (IANS) Sick of spending countless hours in traffic jams? Frustrated with those jams which have no apparent cause -- no accident or stalled vehicles? A team of Massachusetts Institute ...

Washington, June 9 (ANI): A researcher at the University of Alberta (U of A) in Canada has devised a new theoretical approach to studying phantom traffic jams. Normally a traffic tie-up happens when ...

Chennai, April 24 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Vijaykant, angry over action by Election Commission officials, caused a traffic snarl for more than two hours on an arterial road in Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri district Friday, ...

Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) Thanks to the ongoing tussle between the producers and multiplex owners, Bollywood is bleeding, says filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt. "We (the film industry) are bleeding. This strike is affecting the ...

The public at Juhu Scheme junction got a dekko of Shreyas Talpade as a traffic controller the other day. And no, it wasn't a role that he was playing for a ...

Hyderabad, April 11 (IANS) Three women students were killed and five others injured Saturday when they were run over by a speeding bus near the port city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Police ...