Bhubaneswar, Nov 21 (IANS) Orissa's vigilance department has filed five criminal cases against firms and people allegedly involved in illegal mining in the state, an official said Saturday. "The cases were filed against ...

Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Samajwadi Party activists protested the attacks on their state chief Abu Asim Azmi by pelting stones at state transport buses in Thane district, police said. A mob of ...

New Delhi/Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) The intense leadership tussle in the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka seems headed for resolution with Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and the ...

Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) Sudha Murthy, wife of Infosys' Technologies co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, sold two million shares of her holding in the IT bellwether for over Rs.430 crore (Rs.4.3 billion/$91.5 million), ...

Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) Sudha Murthy, wife of Infosys Technologies co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, sold 1.6 million shares of her holding in the IT bellwether for over Rs.430 crore (Rs.4.3 billion/$91.5 million), ...

Islamabad, Nov 5 (IANS) Taliban leader and radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah has been wounded and has been surrounded by security forces, a minister has said. North West Frontier Province Minister Bashir Ahmed ...

New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today reviewed the safety measures in railway operations with the entire Railway Board here today. In the meeting, she categorically stated that ...

Zurich, Sep 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Roman Polanski’s legal defense team is burning the midnight oil for his release from jail and to fight against a possible extradition to US as well. His ...

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) In one of its biggest steps yet to empower women in public life, the Indian government has decided to reserve 50 percent seats for women in ...

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) In one of its biggest steps yet to empower women in public life, the Indian government has decided to reserve 50 percent of seats in 252,000 ...

Pune, Aug 10 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Monday decided to close down all schools, colleges, cinema halls and malls in the Pune-Pimpri-Chinchwad area in an attempt to arrest the spread of swine ...

Pune, Aug 10 (IANS) In a drastic measure to curb the swine flu pandemic that has already killed three people in this city, the Maharashtra government Monday decided to shut down schools ...

Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi's attempt to buy a flat took a curious turn Sunday with a Mumbai social worker accusing him and director Mahesh Bhatt of "fomenting communal ...

Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) The prosecution in the Mumbai terror attacks trial Wednesday sought the special court's permission to examine three US witnesses via video-conferencing. In an application before Special Judge M.L. Tahilyani, ...

Islamabad, July 4 (IANS) The military operation in northwest Pakistan is not against any tribal group but targets the Taliban led by Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said, ...

Dhaka, June 23 (IANS) Some key members of banned Islamist militant organisation Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) are now staying in Pakistan for taking military training, an official said. A senior official of ...

Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor Saturday became the latest official to be removed in the aftermath of the 26/11 attacks. He will be replaced by D. Shivanandan, ...

Colombo, June 1 (DPA) Brushing aside sweeping allegations of widespread killings of civilians in the final stage of their campaign to crush Tamil rebels, Sri Lankan officials said Monday they will press ...

Colombo, May 28 (DPA) DNA tests carried out on the bodies believed to be of Tamil rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and his son have matched, a military spokesman said Thursday. Army medical experts ...

Peshawar, May 8 (ANI): Militants have destroyed a second shrine in Peshawar, weeks after destroying the Rehman Baba shrine. Police said the Sheikh Omar Baba shrine was completely destroyed on Friday morning. The attackers ...

Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) The trial in the Mumbai terrorist attack will gain momentum Monday when the first witness is expected to give evidence against Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab. The first witness is ...

Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) A special court here Wednesday adjourned ruling on the medical reports pertaining to the age of Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab till May 2 (Saturday). The accused ...

Jerusalem, Apr. 18 (ANI): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that his country is in favour of a dialogue with the West over the nuclear stand-off. He said he would soon give ...

Kurukshetra, April 7 (IANS) The Haryana police Tuesday registered a case for violation of code of conduct against Congress MP and millionaire industrialist Naveen Jindal in this Haryana town following orders of ...

Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist captured alive in the 26/11 attack, Monday expressed a desire to meet his advocate Anjali Waghmare as the special ...

Mumbai, Mar 31 (IANS) Court-appointed lawyer Anjali Waghmare will represent Pakistani Ajmal Amir Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case, Maharashtra Home Minister Jayant Patil said Tuesday, hours after the Shiv ...

Toronto, March 27 (IANS) Financial and energy shares propelled Canadian markets to cross the important 9,000-mark for the first time in two months. After sinking to the lowest level since 2004 early ...

Bangalore, March 26 (IANS) The police in Karnataka are gearing up to ensure a free and fair poll in two phases next month, the state's police chief said Thursday. Polling in 28 parliamentary ...

London, Feb.28 (ANI): England and Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney is desperate to get his hands on some silverware at the Wembley football stadium. Rooney is aiming to fulfill a boyhood dream ...

Hyderabad, Feb 26 (IANS) The government-appointed directors of Satyam Computers met here Thursday but did not issue a statement on their discussions and decisions, a practice they had followed after their last ...