Pro-Gaddafi forces push rebels into chaotic retreat

Pro-Gaddafi forces push rebels into chaotic retreat
Japan: Nuke agency says radiation high outside 20-km zone
Who will contest against Jagan from Kadapa?
India beat Pakistan, enter World Cup final
Gajar ka shorba, phirni served at PM's dinner
Aman ka chakka works, Gilani invites PM to Pak
Passengers rank Kolkata airport above Heathrow
Your heartbeat could recharge your iPod
Rahul Gandhi watches slog overs from non-VIP stand
Pakistan begin on a firm footing
Woman gets alimony 28 years after divorce
Libya's Gaddafi free to live in Uganda
Shiney Ahuja gets seven years jail for raping his domestic help
At Mohali: Pakistan lose their 9th wicket; Manmohan-Gilani meet over dinner
Rohinton Mistry shortlisted for Booker prize
ICC apologises for insult to tri-colour
12-year-old on school trip delivers baby
Prince Harry joins expedition to North Pole
India Vs Pak: Game on at Mohali, a billion hearts pound
Jailhouse rocks for semi-final
No tickets? Just charter a flight!
A Victim, Her Picture and Facebook
17 murders in Gujarat temples, Ashrams in 5 years
Tension after bullets fired at Hindu temple in Oz

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Forces loyal to Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi advanced rapidly on Wednesday, seizing towns they ceded just days ago after intense allied airstrikes and hounding rebel fighters into a chaotic retreat.

Japan: Nuke agency says radiation high outside 20-km zone

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U.N. nuclear agency officials say that readings outside the exclusion zone of the Japan nuclear disaster shows radiation exceeding recommended evacuation levels by the agency.

Who will contest against Jagan from Kadapa?

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The ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh is desperately looking for a suitable candidate to take on its former leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and his mother Vijayalakshmi in the two forthcoming by-elections.

India beat Pakistan, enter World Cup final

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A billion people can exhale. India have won their cricket World Cup semi final match against arch-rivals Pakistan by 29 runs. Misbah Ul Haq was the last man out on the last but one ball of the Pakistan innings.

Gajar ka shorba, phirni served at PM's dinner

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From stuffed meat to ghosht palak sag to shahi idly -- it was a lavish spread of north and south Indian cuisine Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid out for his guest from Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani here tonight.

Aman ka chakka works, Gilani invites PM to Pak

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The Pakistan vs India match was living upto the hype, with lots of tense moments. But at the same stadium in Mohali, it was a relaxed sideshow of diplomacy that unfolded as the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan first watched the match, then talked, and then ate together.

Passengers rank Kolkata airport above Heathrow

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Kolkata airport surpasses London's Heathrow airport which languishes at 99th place in a confidential international table that informs the aviation industry about passenger opinions, a media report said today.

Your heartbeat could recharge your iPod

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Out jogging and your iPod has run out of battery? Well, don't worry, your heart could soon be powering your iPod and your mobile phone too.

Rahul Gandhi watches slog overs from non-VIP stand

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Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi took the spectators in the general stand by surprise by sitting there during the fag end of the Indian innings in the cricket World Cup semifinal against Pakistan.

Pakistan begin on a firm footing

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Pakistan begin their chase well after bowling out India for 260 in the semi final match of the World Cup at Mohali.

Woman gets alimony 28 years after divorce

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Nearly three decades after her divorce, a Delhi woman has been able to secure maintenance for herself and her son from her former husband in a court here.

Libya's Gaddafi free to live in Uganda

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The spokesman for Uganda's president has said that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is welcome to live in Uganda.

Shiney Ahuja gets seven years jail for raping his domestic help

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Actor Shiney Ahuja has been convicted by a Mumbai court for raping his domestic help. He has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The actor broke down after the judge pronounced him guilty; his wife, Anupam, knelt on the floor to console him.

At Mohali: Pakistan lose their 9th wicket; Manmohan-Gilani meet over dinner

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On the day that they were playing one of their most crucial matches, some Men in Blue who had a point to prove came good. Ashish Nehra, much reviled a few matches ago, had Umar Gul leg before wicket to grab his second wicket and bring Pakistan to 208 for 9. A few balls before that, Wahab Riaz, the man who played a stellar role taking 5 wickets to restrict India, was the 8th Pakistan wicket to fall. He too fell to Ashish Nehra with Sachin Tendulkar taking the catch.

Rohinton Mistry shortlisted for Booker prize

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Indian-origin novelist Rohinton Mistry is among 13 authors shortlisted for the prestigious USD 96,070 Man Booker International Prize, where strangely British thriller writer John Le Carre withdrew his name.

ICC apologises for insult to tri-colour

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has apologised to India for insult to the tri-colour at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali today.

12-year-old on school trip delivers baby

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A 12 year-old Dutch girl, who did not realise she was pregnant, delivered a baby girl when she was on a school trip. "Neither the girl nor her family had realised she was pregnant, and there were no external signs to show it," the Telegraph quoted a spokesperson for health services as saying. The girl was from Groningen in the north of the Netherlands.

Prince Harry joins expedition to North Pole

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Britain's Prince Harry hit the slopes on Tuesday - far above the Arctic Circle. Days after hosting his brother's bachelor party, the 26-year-old prince joined wounded soldiers training in Norway for a charity hike to the North Pole. The third in line to the British throne plans to train for three days before accompanying the team on the first five days of their four-week expedition.

India Vs Pak: Game on at Mohali, a billion hearts pound

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India Vs Pak: The national anthems, a pantheon of leaders and celebrities from both sides of the border, and a toss that India has won to choose to bat first against Pakistan in the second semi-final of the cricket World Cup.

Jailhouse rocks for semi-final

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On a day the whole nation will be glued to the idiot box and special screens, the under-trials at the Arthur Road prison, too, will not feel left out of the cricket frenzy. They will be rooting and cheering for their teams during the big clash today, as all the television sets installed in jail barracks will air the match live. However, the sole convict of the 26/11 terror attack on the city, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab, the only Pakistani within the jail who was included in the National Census, cannot see the match.

No tickets? Just charter a flight!

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With no air tickets available for Chandigarh, demand for chartered aircraft has gone sky-high.

A Victim, Her Picture and Facebook

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The truth, said Chrissy Criscitiello, is that she never gave a moment's thought to the deal she was making when she posted pictures on Facebook. "They're of me and my friends when we go out," Ms. Criscitiello said. "My son's graduation. My husband's family reunion. A vacation we went on to Lake Wallenpaupack.

17 murders in Gujarat temples, Ashrams in 5 years

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There have been 17 murders and over 900 cases of theft and robbery in temples and ashrams across Gujarat in the past five years, Minister of State for Home Praful Patel said today.