Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Adhering to a court directive, the West Bengal government Saturday said it would submit a status report to the judiciary Nov 23 on alleged disruption caused to educational ...

Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IANS) Chandigarh police Saturday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of drug smugglers after arresting two men and recovering contraband from their possession. According to police, they laid a ...

Ludhiana, Nov 21 (IANS) It was a big surprise for a businessman based in this Punjab city Saturday when he found packets of contraband mixed with a consignment of goods from New ...

Manali, Nov 21 (IANS) All the nine retrieved bodies that were buried in the snow near the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district were brought to the base camp Saturday evening, ...

Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday announced the setting up of a museum here in memory of the victims of last year's Mumbai terror attacks. Launching three new ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Coming to the rescue of a Class 1 student, a city court Saturday asked a school to allow her to appear in the examination despite her father's ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) With more and more people across the world getting interested in Tibet, especially in the current political scenario, this is the right time to research Tibetan history ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Pulling up the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for failing to ensure that all teachers' posts in government-run schools are filled up despite ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Five highway robbers who lured victims by offering them a ride late at night, have been arrested, a Delhi Police officer said Saturday. Monu Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Monu, ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Not many would know that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is an honorary professor at Delhi University. On Saturday, however, not only did he reveal the ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Former union law minister Ram Jethmalani Saturday kicked up a row at an international conference on terrorism, asking if Islam's jehadi doctrine does not virtually render ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Active partnership between New Delhi and Beijing and mutual sensitivity to each others' concerns is necessary for stability, security and prosperity in the shared spaces in their ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Delhi Police have arrested a domestic help for looting cash worth Rs.350,000 from a house in Vasant Vihar, south Delhi on the night of Nov 19, ...

Sabarimala (Kerala), Nov 21 (IANS) The annual Sabarimala pilgrimage season has just begun and the pickpockets already seem to be having a field day among the throng of devotees. Police have received ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) K.G. Balakrishnan Saturday endorsed a suggestion for joint international probes into acts of terrorism and trial of terrorists by a supranational ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Two vegetable traders were shot by bike-borne assailants in northwest Delhi Saturday. One of them died, triggering a protest by about 150 traders. The two traders identified as ...

Varanasi, Nov 21 (IANS) Agitated over the death of a student, several groups of college students fought a battle with the police here. They targeted public property and damaged a number of ...

Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IANS) The Domestic Violence Act, which aims to shield the rights of women, is being misused by some to harass their in-laws and extort money from their husbands, an ...

Panaji, Nov 21 (IANS) The Goa home department will write to the director general of police (DGP) seeking a report on the controversy created by senior police officers partying on board ...

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 ...

Lucknow, Nov 21 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested two men with fake passports, visas and several other forged documents, officials said Saturday. "Mohammad Hasan and Maqsood Alim, both residents ...

Amethi, Nov 21 (IANS) A police jeep escorting Priyanka Gandhi's cavalcade here Saturday lost control and hit a green Qualis that is said to be Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's favourite ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Saturday described Manmohan Singh as a "clean politician" and said he was hopeful the prime minister would do whatever ...

By Syed Zarir Hussain Guwahati, Nov 21 (IANS) The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has come up with some startling revelations about the politician-militant-bureaucrat-contractor nexus in Assam with government funds to the ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday left for a four-day visit to the US as the first state guest of President Barack Obama. His visit will seek ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) CIA director Leon E. Panetta arrived in the Indian capital to hold discussions with security experts including National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan on issues like cooperation ...

Hyderabad, Nov 21 (IANS) Believe it or not - the authorities in Andhra Pradesh have issued a ration card in the name of Mahatma Gandhi along with his picture! What is more shocking ...

By Gayatri Makhijani Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) They remember his little gestures - a cake one day, a dress on another. They wish their father, assistant sub-inspector Tukaram Omble, hadn't been so brave ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said India is looking forward to building on the strategic dialogue with the US and seeking greater cooperation in areas such ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 21 (IANS) The authorities Saturday deployed additional security forces in an Orissa town after two people were killed when tribal activists attacked a police station in the area Friday, an ...