Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Shiv Sena activists Friday vandalised the offices of the IBN-Lokmat television channel in north-east Mumbai and in Pune and assaulted journalists, to protest the alleged misquoting of ...

Panaji, Nov 20 (IANS) The Congress Friday discussed the issue of banning right-wing Hindu outfit Sanatan Sanstha, some of whose members have been arrested in connection with the Diwali-eve blast in Goa. Speaking ...

Mumbai, Nov 20 (IANS) Suspected Shiv Sena activists Friday ransacked the offices of the IBN-Lokmat television channel in north-east Mumbai and in Pune and assaulted journalists. Armed with sticks and bats, a ...

Mumbai, Nov 20 (ANI): The Maharashtra Government on Friday ordered an inquiry into the violation of human rights of three undertrial prisoners by the state police. State Home Minister R R Patil ordered ...

New Delhi, Nov.20 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights today urged Home Minister P. Chidambaram to order an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the killing of ...

Srinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Leaders of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference are divided on the efficacy of the "quiet" talks with the central government. The executive ...

Dhaka, Nov 20 (IANS) Bangladesh is determined to nab six former army officers linked to the assassination of founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who are believed to be living in foreign ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The cabinet meeting Thursday did not discuss the government's sugarcane pricing policy, which has come under attack from opposition parties and farmers. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika ...

Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) Embarrassed after the criticism from various quarters, the Maharashtra government Thursday evening shifted a platoon of police - entrusted with guarding the Hotel Taj Mahal Palace & Tower ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The government Thursday discussed the issue of allocation of third generation (3G) spectrum as well vacation of airwaves by the defence ministry for commercial use, but ...

New Delhi, Nov.19 (ANI): Home Minister P. Chidambaram administered the National Integration Pledge to the officers and staff of the Ministry of Home Affairs in connection with the Quami Ekta Week ...

Agartala/Aizawl, Nov 19 (IANS) The central and Tripura governments have asked Mizoram to resolve the long-standing deadlock on the repatriation of 35,000 Reang refugees to the state, Tripura Chief Minister Manik ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday angrily refused to answer a question from the media about the outcome of a meeting of the Group of Ministers on ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Faced with a protest by farmers and almost all opposition parties over sugarcane pricing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday held an emergency meeting on the issue ...

Dhaka, Nov 18 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has beefed up security and asked cadres of ruling Awami League not to organise processions as the country awaits the verdict Thursday in the ...

Aizawl/Agartala, Nov 17 (IANS) The Mizoram government has issued shoot-at-sight orders to control violent mobs in the southern part of the state after over 355 houses of Reang tribals were set ...

Panaji, Nov 16 (IANS) What's the difference between going to a casino and going to a temple, a church, or even a fishing trip? According to Goa's top cop - none whatsoever! "Offshore ...

Aizawl/Agartala, Nov 16 (IANS) Paramilitary forces were deployed as tension prevailed in southern Mizoram and northern Tripura Monday after over 300 houses of Reang tribals were set ablaze following the gunning ...

Kasargode (Kerala), Nov 15 (IANS) An Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) activist was killed Sunday as police opened fire to disperse a rioting mob in Kerala's Kasaragod district. The deceased has been ...

Kochi, Nov 15 (IANS) A senior intelligence official in Kerala Sunday confirmed that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) suspect Tahawwur Hussain Rana visited Kochi last November and stayed in the city for two days. The top ...

Aizawl/Agartala, Nov 15 (IANS) Mobs have set fire to over 225 huts of Reang tribals in Mizoram, displacing several thousand people as tension escalated following the gunning down of a Mizo ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Cultural programmes, NGOs taking street children on a trip to the zoo and distributing warm clothes, an award ceremony to encourage talented kids - Children's Day ...

Panaji, Nov 14 (IANS) The Goa government has ordered an enquiry into the controversial party organised by four superintendents of police and other senior police officials aboard an offshore casino vessel. ...

New Delhi, Nov. 14 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil met children at her official residence in New Delhi on Saturday on the occasion of the 120th birth anniversary of India's first Prime ...

New Delhi, Nov. 14 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil met children at her official residence in New Delhi on Saturday on the occasion of the 120th birth anniversary of India's first Prime ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The probe to find out Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) suspect David Coleman Headley's role in planning the Mumbai terror attacks took off after Indian intelligence officials obtained "good ...

Panaji, Nov 14 (IANS) The entire Goa Police top brass was treated to a belly dance performed by a scantily clad Russian dance troupe at a newly inaugurated police station in the ...

Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Nov 14 (ANI): The Police are involving villagers in the fight against the Maoists, through village defence committees. The Committee members, including village heads, have been tasked with the responsibility ...

By Ritu Sharma New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Armoured vehicles, surveillance radars, handheld imagers, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), biometrics and software solutions... those are the buzzwords as India revamps its homeland security ...

Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 13 (ANI): Two Malay-Indian siblings have obtained their Malaysian citizenship after remaining state-less for more that 30 years. After their 30-year-long struggle, a Malaysian High Court on Thursday declared that ...