An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 rattled Los Angeles area on Sunday. There were no immediate reports of any casualties.
The U.S. Geological Survey has said that the epicentre of the earthquake was near the community of Lennox, about 10 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles and it was measured 8.4 miles deep.
Residents across a wide [...]

Prakash Mehra, Bollywood filmmaker passed away on Sunday morning after a prolonged illness. He was 69 years old. Mehra of pneumonia and multiple organ failure at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.
Mehra ventured into filmmaking with 1968 Shashi Kapoor starrrer “Haseena Maan Jayegi” followed by the 1971 hit “Mela”, which had Feroz Khan and Sanjay Khan [...]

Punjab Human Rights Organisation (PHRO), a non-government organization has on Saturday demanded a probe by an independent investigating agency into the election-related violence cases registered in Bathinda against various Akali leaders.
PHRO submitted a two-page “fact-finding report”, of the inquiry conducted by the NGO, to the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, today which states, “The official machinery [...]

Tha Congress Party has won eight Lok Sabha seats out of thirteen in Punjab. Akali-Dal (SAD) has won only four seats and BJP gets only one seat. The Congress has scored victory in Patiala, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Anandpur Sahib, Fatehgarh Sahib, Sangrur and Ludhiana. While SAD has won in Bathinda, Faridkot, Khadoor Sahib and Ferozepur. [...]

UPA President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister addressed the press at 10 Janpath as it became clear that UPA and the Congress on its own had made spectacular gains in these elections. Sonia put at rest all speculation by stating firmly that Manmohan Singh would be the Prime Minister.
Gandhi said the people of India always [...]

The Congress in Haryana is leading in nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats two hours after the counting for the parliamentary elections began Saturday. The Congress is leading in Gurgaon, Rohtak, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Ambala, Karnal, Sonepat and Faridabad.
Former chief minister Bhajan Lal of the newly floated Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) was leading in [...]