Ferozepur (Punjab), Nov 7(ANI): Alert patrolling personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF), deployed along the India-Pakistan border, seized counterfeit currency notes worth Rs. 900,000, said Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of BSF ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 7 (IANS) Four people, including a former government official, have been arrested in Orissa for allegedly acquiring and selling government land worth Rs.1,000 crore, police said Saturday. The four are said ...

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Friday clarified that an MoU signed with the Bihar government on training teachers and government officers was approved by the ...

Ranchi, Nov 4 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda's residence here was sealed Wednesday amid allegations that he had amassed illegal assets worth crores. Efforts are also on to find out ...

Chandigarh, Nov 4 (IANS) The palatial residences of Haryana's governor and chief minister in Chandigarh have been refurbished with new energy-efficient lighting worth nearly Rs.23 lakh that has brought down electricity bills ...

Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Atul Gupta Tuesday tendered an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court for allegedly violating its specific orders not to go ahead with ...

New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Bowing to the popular demand and after a Delhi High Court ruling, which they have contested, the Supreme Court judges, led by Chief Justice of India K.G. ...

New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) With easy access to funds, rising domestic demand and a revival of industrial production, planned investment of corporate India soared 52 percent in the second quarter over ...

Jalandhar (Punjab), Oct 28 (IANS) Two people were arrested and at least 5 kg of heroin, worth Rs.25 crore in the international market, was seized from them in this Punjab city, police ...

Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Under assault from Maoists, the West Bengal government Sunday said it would spend Rs.7.5 crore to beef up security in and around 30 police stations across three rebel-dominated ...

Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Under assault from Maoists, the West Bengal government Sunday said it would spend Rs 7.5 crores to revamp security in and around 30 police stations across three ...

Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) DCM Shriram, a major player in the fertiliser and chemicals business, Thursday reported a 5.6 percent increase in its earnings before income, depreciation and tax at Rs.80.31 crore ...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) At least 20 kg of hashish worth Rs.20 lakh (Rs.2 million) concealed in a consignment of religious books bound for Canada was seized at the Indira Gandhi ...

New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) French energy major Areva Wednesday signed an energy procurement and construction (EPC) alliance agreement worth Rs.900 crore with the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Co for turnkey design ...

Patiala, Oct 19 (IANS) The Punjab police have arrested seven people here and recovered stolen gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs.7.3 million from their possession, an official said here Sunday. "Police have ...

New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Unidentified men looted jewellery and cash worth Rs.50 lakh (Rs.5 million) from a house in the national capital on Diwali night Saturday, police said Sunday. Businessman Praveen Kumar's ...

Ranchi, Oct 17 (IANS) A laptop and CD belonging to an arrested scientist who is alleged to be a top ranking Maoist contain videos and newspaper clippings of Jharkhand inspector Francis Induwar ...

Mumbai/Kolkata/Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Undeterred by the skyrocketing price of the yellow metal, Indian cities witnessed a gold rush Thursday on the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras. In Mumbai, where gold is going at ...

Kannur (Kerala) Oct 15 (IANS) Six people were arrested here for their alleged involvement in credit card frauds, the police said Thursday. Five of the arrested men are from Mumbai and the other ...

Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) Infrastructure development firm Subhash Projects has bagged an order worth Rs.211.95 crore from Uttar Pradesh for setting up a sewage network in Kanpur on a turnkey basis, the ...

Noida, Oct 13 (IANS) Business worth Rs.750 crore was generated at the four-day handicrafts exposition near Greater Noida that ended Tuesday, according to the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH). "Despite recessionary ...

Patna, Oct 11 (IANS) More than 10 armed men Sunday looted cash and valuables worth Rs.2 lakh from passengers on a train in Jamui district of Bihar, police said. The passengers were ...

Bangalore, Oct 10 (IANS) A 23-year-old Bangalore-based disc jockey (DJ) was arrested on charges of peddling drugs, police here said Saturday. Nishchit Lalwani was arrested by sleuths of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) ...

New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) In a daring, daylight dacoity, eight armed men Friday barged into the house of a businessman in northeast Delhi, and fled with cash and jewllery worth Rs.2 ...

Bhopal, Oct 8 (IANS) Spurious 'ghee' (clarified butter) worth Rs.7.5 crore was sized from Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh, officials said Thursday. A joint team of the district administration and state's food and ...

Bangalore, Oct 6 (IANS) Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tuesday strongly objected to the state human rights commission chief's comments that the state government has failed to provide immediate ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 5 (IANS) Nearly 5,000 tribals on a protest for over two years at a rubber estate in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district demanding land, Monday called off their stir following assurance from ...

By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Oct 2 (IANS) Chandigarh may claim to be the cleanest city in India but an ambitious multi-million rupee plan of local authorities to make it still cleaner with imported ...

Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) Bollywood star Salman Khan went out of his way and gifted a branded bag worth Rs.250,000 to his "Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna" co-star Kareena Kapoor. Kareena and Salman ...

Kolkata, Sep 30 (IANS) Chhatradhar Mahato, the arrested chief of a Maoist-backed body in West Bengal's Lalgarh, has an insurance policy worth Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) and he recently bought a house ...