China government accused Google Inc. on Thursday of spreading pornography after Chinese Internet users were temporarily unable to gain access to the U.S. search giant’s main Web site or China-based service.
A spokesman of foreign ministry said, “We have found that the English version of google.com has spread lots of pornographic and vulgar content, which is [...]

India’s federal Cabinet has on Thursday said that it has appointed Nandan Nilekani as the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India. The authority will help implement a scheme to assign a unique identification number to every Indian. It will also own and operate the database and maintain it.
Mr. Nilekani will have the rank [...]

Ajit Pandey, who acted as a gangster’s aide in the Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire”, has been arrested for extortion charges by Crime Branch in Mumbai. Pandey has been accused of threatening Pramod Kapoor, the owner of a film production company.
Posing as a relative of Chhota Shakeel-Irfan Husry (a fictitious character)-he told Kapoor that the [...]

Delhi Police has on Monday filed a 620 pages chargesheet against five youths arrested in connection with the murder of TV journalist Soumya Viswanathan. All the five persons – Ravi Kapoor, Ajay Sethi, Amit Shukla, Baljit Malik and Ajay Kumar – have also been booked under Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA).
The chargesheet filed [...]

Bhopal: Tomorrow there will a strike in SBI. State Bank of Indore’s branches across the country will protest against a proposal to merge the bank with the State Bank of India.
All-India State Bank of Indore Officers Coordination Committee General Secretary J P Jhanwar said, ”Our committee and the Employees Coordination Committee sent strike notices to [...]

Kochi, Kerala: K V Thomas, Union Minister of State for Agriculture has been admitted to a private hospital today after he complained of physical discomfort.
Mr Thomas was admitted to the hospital this morning after he developed a slight fever and was vomiting due to exhaustion. The Minister is expected to be discharged from the hospital [...]