NEW DELHI: Americans will finally get a taste of the famous Indian Alphonso mangoes after a gap of 18-years, as the first batch of the fruit is ready to be shipped to the US following necessary regulatory clearances.

JAIPUR: Observing that their public kiss was "highly sexually erotic", a city court has issued an arrest warrant against Hollywood actor Richard Gere and summoned actress Shilpa Shetty for appearance on May 5.

BEIJING: China urged India on Thursday to promote peace and stability in Asia after New Delhi tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile.

NEW DELHI: Having learnt a bitter lesson following the violence at Nandigram in West Bengal, the Indian government last week yielded to political pressure and decided to keep the State governments out of acquiring land for setting up special economic zones (SEZs), while limiting such zones to a maximum of 5,000 hectares.

ALLAHABAD: Giving relief to Muslims, a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed a single judge's controversial judgment denying minority status to them in Uttar Pradesh.

LUCKNOW: The BJP's controversial CD came to haunt the party as FIRs were filed against party chief Rajnath Singh and others on the orders of the Election Commission for circulating "inflammatory campaign material" against Muslims ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

NEW DELHI: Avtar Grewal, 32, a Canada-based NRI, has been arrested here on the basis of a US police international warrant for the murder of his wife, Navneet Kaur (31) in Phoenix, Arizona. The CBI detained him at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday night as he was trying to flee to India.

NEW DELHI: Concerned over the decrease in the number of Indian students going to America for higher studies, the US has said it has plans to increase the number of visas for them and also speed up the process.

NEW DELHI: In a shocking revelation, the Government of India has said it has no information in its records about the contribution of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose to India's freedom struggle.

NEW DELHI: The controversies surrounding the celeb union Elizabeth Hurley Arun Nayar are yet to die down.