An Indian student was attacked and beaten till he fell unconscious by a gang in Melbourne's Central Business District in broad daylight. According to a news channel, Rajat Tyagi, a trainee pilot, was confronted as he left his apartment in Flinders Street on Sunday morning by five men. Tyagi, who hails from Delhi, said the gang surrounded him and beat him till he fell unconscious. Rajat hopes that the incident was captured on CCTV. He said he has heard no more from the police.
Can India really succeed when it leaves some of its underprivileged so far behind that they simply do not matter, asks Aseem Chhabra
Infy, L&T key movers while auto stocks dropped
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a stunning entry into the top 10 list of Twitter users with a vast following, rocketing to the #2 spot.
The White House on Wednesday released its annual collection of some of the most interesting photographs of President Barack Obama and his family.
For the fifth day in succession, a united opposition led by the Congress party on Friday created turmoil in Rajya Sabha demanding a reply from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on forcible religious conversions, leading to two adjournments before lunch.
'Public dissent is the highest public duty and I will continue to speak out,' says Harsh Mander.
In 2009, the count of such filings stood at 1.47 million. "Bankruptcy filings in the federal courts rose 8 per cent in calendar year 2010... Total filings remain at a five-year high," Administrative Office of the US Courts said in a statement on Tuesday.
Even as the September quarter performance was subdued, analysts expect the second half to be better on higher prices, output.
Take a look at some of the most striking images from the contest, and see a full gallery on Smithsonian's website.
Markets ended lower on Monday as investors turned cautious and booked profits ahead of the RBI monetary policy.
Markets ended flat amid a volatile trading session on Monday led by engineering major Larsen & Toubro.
The protesters claimed that the visiting leader has no right to talk about border issue.
US stocks rose more than 1% on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 coming less than 2% below its record peak set last month.
'How much fashion she used to do.' 'Now all gone in the water!' 'All good things have to come to an end.' 'And all bad things have come to an end.'
The Nifty regained the 6000k mark to end at 6,009, up 48 points.
Are you being too quick to jump to conclusions? Let's take a step back and take stock, says Prakash Iyer.
Sensex witnessed the biggest single day gain since May 2009 in absolute terms.
The NSE Nifty ended at 6075, up 13 points, thanks to strength in the oil, IT and realty stocks.
'I've answered all those people who are tweeting nonsense about Varnika Kundu and trying to shame her.' 'Shame her for what? For being a young girl at a party with friends? For enjoying herself?' 'I think it is ridiculous for somebody to say that she should not be out at night.' 'Why should a girl not step out at night?' 'What does that mean?' 'Does it mean that something happens to the boys at night and they change into monsters?' 'If so, then the problem lies with the boys, not with the girls.' 'Please keep your sons at home at night.' 'Why are you telling girls where to go and what to do?'
The markets took a breather after the stupendous gains of the past fortnight that catapulted the Sensex past the 20K mark in the previous session.
US markets jumped on Monday, taking the S&P 500 to its highest in four months. The Dow added 1.3% to 10,754. Nasdaq jumped 1.7% to 2,356.
One person was killed and 14 others were injured on Saturday as security forces opened fire on stone-pelting protestors who had taken out a funeral procession, defying the curfew in Anantnag town of south Kashmir. With this, the toll in the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir valley, since June 11, rose to 97. Thousands of residents of Nathpora in Khanabal and adjoining areas in Anantnag defied curfew.
'We eat first, they later; we sit on chairs and they on the floor; we call them by their names and they address us by titles,' writes Tripti Lahiri, author of Maid in India.
The Nifty ended at 5486, up 14 points. The market breadth was positive. Out of 3055 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1847 advancing stocks as against 1080 declines.
'As Rai spoke, in an unbelievably dead pan, almost off-the-cuff tone, about helping plan the murder of two youngsters, drugging them with vodka and whiskey spiked with dava (medicine), smothering one, dragging a body in rigor mortis out of a car, burning a corpse, destroying evidence, and so on, it felt like he was discussing nothing more surprising than the intricacies of the weather.'
Her book is less of a Hindutva-loving diatribe against the Dynasty than its detractors suggest, but it is still hard to agree with much of what she writes, says Vir Sanghvi on Tavleen Singh's latest book.
Maruti is trying to move up the segment by focusing on premium cars, SUVs and even trucks.
The overall breadth was positive as 1,593 stocks advanced while 1,295 stocks declined.
Australian Mark Webber escaped serious injury when his Red Bull flipped into the air and landed upside down in a dramatic crash at the European Grand Prix on Sunday.
An objective observer can indeed see the improvement in all the social parameters in Brazil, but for the citizen the state of infrastructure, public transport, education and health is dissatisfying. Some of that pent-up frustration has led to the current protest, says B S Prakash
The muted CPI inflation print at 5% earlier this week, followed by a similar WPI number released Wednesday, seems to have spurred India's central bank into action, is how the economists are reading into Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan's 25 basis point cut in repo rate.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix in a McLaren one-two with team mate Jenson Button on Sunday.
The Iron Man 2 star is all set to star in an English and Hindi advertising campaign for PETA to help sterilise stray dogs in India.
A series of coordinated bomb and gun attacks by a radical Islamist sect targeting police stations and the headquarters of Nigeria's secret police in northern city of Kano on Saturday killed nearly 150 people and injured several others, including Indians.
Mines Minister B K Handique said that his ministry is not in favour of any further equity dilution in the navratna PSU.
The overall market breadth was marginally positive as 1,422 stocks advanced while 1,310 stocks declined.
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