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Afghan national arrested with gold worth Rs 40 lakh

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 25, 2013

An Afghan national has been arrested by customs officials for allegedly smuggling into the country gold valued at about Rs 40 lakh at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi.

Delhi remains under grip of severe heat

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 25, 2013

The national capital continued to remain in the grip of severe heat despite the mercury coming down slightly from the 45-degree mark today.

Three Delhi restaurants among Asia's best

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 25, 2013

Three of the capital's tony eateries are among a list of 101 Best Restaurants in Asia 2013.

Spot-fixing scandal: New law to be enacted soon

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 25, 2013

In the wake of shocking allegations of spot-fixing in IPL, a new standalone law to deal with such "dishonest practices" in all kinds of sports will be enacted soon.

Another hot day ahead for Delhi

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 25, 2013

There was no respite from the searing heat in Delhi with the minimum temperature shooting up four notches above the average at 30.5 degrees Celsius early on Saturday. The Met Office has forecast another sizzling day ahead for the capital.

Police officer alleges corruption during Mamata Banerjee's term as Railways Minister

Reported by Monideepa Banerjie; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Saturday May 25, 2013

An Indian Police Service or IPS officer in Kolkata, Nazrul Islam, has sent a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs on May 10, alleging corrupt practices in the ministry in 2010 when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was Railways Minister.

Navy Board of Inquiry starts probe into sexual harassment

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 25, 2013

A Naval Board of Inquiry on Friday started probe into the charges made by the wife of a senior Navy officer that she was being forced by her husband into getting "sexually involved" with his colleagues in New Delhi.

Two students killed in Delhi road accident

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 24, 2013

Two Bachelor in Computer Application (BCA) students were killed after the car they were travelling in collided against an electric pole in New Delhi, police said in New Delhi on Friday.

Montek Singh Ahluwalia mentions lost Aadhaar card during function, gets one in an hour

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013

A casual mention of a lost Aadhaar card in public saw government machinery go in an overdrive and its holder got a duplicate card in less than an hour.

Tamil Nadu to press for its due share of water from Cauvery river

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013

With the Centre convening the first meeting of the Supervisory Committee over the implementation of the final award of the Cauvery Disputes Tribunal, Tamil Nadu government today said it will press for its due share of water from the river as stipulat...

RK Mathur appointed as Defence Secretary

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013

Senior IAS officer Radha Krishna Mathur was today appointed Defence Secretary to succeed Shashikant Sharma who has taken over as Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

US Secretary of State John Kerry to visit India in June

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013

America's top diplomat John Kerry will embark on his maiden India visit as the Secretary of State to hold 4th Indo-US Strategic Dialogue on June 24.

US hints at renewed Iranian sanctions waiver for India

Reuters | Friday May 24, 2013

India has made "tremendous progress" in reducing oil imports from Iran, a senior U.S. government official said on Friday, in a sign the South Asian nation is likely to get a third waiver from sanctions imposed by Washington against Tehran's nuclear p...

Gurunath Meiyappan: A king-size Chennai super doosra

Written by Soumitra Bose | Saturday May 25, 2013

He is a prominent face in the Chennai Super Kings camp. Many in the CSK camp even see him as a good luck charm. Thirty-eight-year-old Gurunath Meiyappan has virtually been the face of the former Indian Premier League champions. A man who almost alway...

Water supply to Delhi restored after breach in Ganga canal is fixed

Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2013

Uttar Pradesh has fixed the breach in upper Ganga canal and restored water supply to Delhi, which will ease water shortage in various areas of East and South Delhi.