A 20-year-old aspiring actor- cum-model was arrested in the national capital for allegedly murdering a young woman IT professional a week ago after she refused to heed to his demand for money.

With the Delhi Metro expanding its wings beyond Delhi, the CISF will require additional 4,500 personnel to guard the new operations of the mass rapid transport system.

Two city schools have been closed for a week from Monday after a student each from the educational institution tested positive for swine flu.

Delhi Metro has delayed the inauguration of the Yamuna Bank-Noida line by a month.

Terror alerts and swine flu scare did not dampen the spirit of Mumbaikars as they welcomed the elephant headed-god.

A five-year old boy here survived a 40-feet fall from a multi-storeyed building with minor scratches.

The arrests came soon after tribals demanded the arrest of those involved in the activity.

Rajib Boy from Kolkata is 16-year-old and a talented footballer, recently selected after a national scouting contest to attend a Manchester United Football Club training camp.

Tulika Tripathi is the managing director of a global talents solutions company, Hudson Asia.

India and Israel have signed a far-reaching agreement on homeland security where the two countries will collaborate on policing, forensics, counter-terrorism, etc. Israel's ambassador Alon Ushpiz spoke with Indrani Bagchi about shared concerns, PM Modi — and justice in the 2012 attack on an Israeli diplomat:

New York-based writer Akhil Sharma 's novel Family Life has received rave reviews. The autobiographical book traces the journey of a family that moves to the US from India, its eldest son suddenly suffering a freak accident.

An unwanted child, a street urchin, a knife-wielding gang member and a child labourer — Basu Rai endured the vicissitudes of fate. But after his rescue and rehab, he dedicated his life to saving other street children.

At just 13 years, Malavath Poorna from Telangana has become the youngest female climber in the world to scale Mount Everest. Speaking with Rohit E David, Poorna discussed how she has emerged from a family of agricultural labourers to become a mountaineer, the difficulties she faced while navigating Mount Everest, the one thought that kept her going — and how she wants to climb many more mountains now.

As India debates environmental health versus economic growth, Rachel Kyte, vice-president and special envoy for climate change at the World Bank Group, feels it is vital to think beyond basic GDP.

A recent Intelligence Bureau (IB) report has claimed that some well-known NGOs are working to stall economic development at the behest of their foreign donors. Activists and rights groups have been up in arms ever since the report was leaked.

Arif Jamal is a Pakistani journalist and South Asia expert based in America.

The refugee question in the Indian subcontinent dates back to 1947 when India was partitioned. A horrifying feature of the birth of free India – and Pakistan – was the large mass of refugees who were forced to relocate in the most adverse conditions and amidst brutal violence.

Author and advertising authority headed the Titanium Lions jury at 2014's Cannes International Advertising Festival.

The responsibility of lighting up the country today rests on Piyush Goyal’s shoulders. Just a month into his new job, the minister for power, coal and renewable energy has set an electric pace to energize the sector.

One month after the horrific Badaun gang rape exposed how gravely at risk women and minors lacking domestic toilets are.

Alexandre de Juniac, chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM, which on June 24 launched a €500 million aircraft upgrade project called BEST AND BEYOND with the inaugural flight of an advanced Boeing 777 on the Paris-New York route, says flyers from India can look forward to top-of-the-line seats by the end of 2016.

CEO of the ICC World Cup 2015 John Harnden spoke with Amin Ali about ensuring excitement in cricket's mega-tournament, clamping down on racism, managing 'minnows' matches — and how Australia is sizing up India as a rival for the trophy.

The Centre will push for key reforms including the provision of incentivising civic agencies for good work & making officials concerned accountable for illegal construction or unauthorized development under their jurisdiction.

There's a fundamental mismatch between India's energy resources and the needs of its people and companies for energy.

Singapore is one of India's closest partners in Asia. In his first visit to meet PM Narendra Modi after the formation of the NDA government, K Shanmugam, Singapore's foreign minister, tells Indrani Bagchi they would build some of India's new smart cities and involve themselves in skill development programmes in India.

The scent of 'black money' is in the air again. At the Supreme Court's order, Modi sarkar has set up a Special Investigation Team to look into cases of illegal outflow of money to foreign havens.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti is seen as the power behind the new PDP-BJP government in Jammu & Kashmir.

Singapore has appointed Brigadier General Ravinder Singh as its next army chief, the first Sikh in nearly 30 years to be given the force's baton.

Strongly condemning the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Federation of Indian Christians Organisations of North America appealed to Islamabad to bring the perpetrators of the "dastardly" crime to justice.

Two elderly Sikhs were shot at by unidentified assailants in Sacramento in US, leaving one dead and the other in critical condition, triggering panic in the neighbourhood having a sizeable Sikh population.

An octogenarian Hindu religious leader, head of a Hindu ashram, one of the largest temples in the US, has been convicted of molesting two young girls.

Absconding Indian godman Prakashanand Saraswati, also known as Shree Swamiji, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined USD 10,000.

A team of Indian-American scientists has developed a smart tracking system, which could very well provide an honourable alternative to the radio tags.

An Indian-origin woman and her mother were sentenced to three years in prison by a South African court, which found them guilty of arranging a fake certificate of marriage to inherit property of their landlord, who died of poisoning.

24-year-old Tosha Thakkar was last seen alive on March 9 in Sydney. Her alleged attacker, Daniel Stani-Reginald, has been denied bail.

An NRI dentist, once the face of Oral B toothpaste and appears on a British TV show, has been accused of seducing a patient on the couch of his dental clinic and marital home, a disciplinary hearing was told.

According to a report in the local daily, Kema Rajandran was told by a Parth-based modelling agency that her work chances were "limited" in the country because she was not Caucasian.

The Indians, who were safely brought to a hotel in Tokyo from various rehabilitation centres in Sendai, have left for India.

Several dentists from India and other non-EU countries have been caught in bureaucratic wrangles between professional governing bodies in Britain, a leading migrants campaign group said today.

A five-year-old Indian boy has become a millionaire overnight after winning a lottery at a national bond draw here.

Police in Australia's Victoria state today inducted its first officer from Sikh community who will wear a newly designed police turban, a media report said today.

A Seattle-based housing society will pay over $110,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged the society discriminated against Indians and African-Americans seeking to rent apartments in the complex.

A Canadian court has sentenced an Indian-origin man to life in prison for murdering his pregnant wife in 2006.

The royal wedding cake is set to have a Gujarati connection. It has emerged that Prince William and Kate Middleton have chosen a cake company run by a Gujarati in Leicestershire.

A group of Indian professionals in Singapore has produced a film, 'Mausams', which captures the tensed personal moments and challenges of working a city.

Had it not been for the encouragement of her Gujarati husband Kishore Patel, Fiona Cairns may have never made the leap from graphic design to luxury baking.

Indian teachers are most sought after in Singapore schools with increasing number of teachers being recruited to teach not only Indian languages but also other subjects.

The driver applied the emergency brakes after spotting around 20 people, including women sitting on a track, and some of them even walking with their luggage on the tracks.