New Delhi: NPCIL has sought to reassure a group of scientists who had raised concerns over the safety of Kudankulam nuclear power project (KNPP), saying all equipment installed there has undergone multi-stage quality checks.Sixty...
Chennai: As part of crime-prevention activities, over 600 persons were rounded up on Saturday night, police said Sunday.This included 428 persons booked under suspicion,while 160 motorists were held for drunken driving, a police...
New Delhi: India's Congress party is debating holding a general election in November, six months ahead of schedule, senior party leaders said, reflecting an internal discussion over whether to pull the plug on the shaky ruling...
Kolkata: With the Trinamool Congress government stepping into the third year of its rule, it is facing its biggest challenge in the multi-crore chit fund scam which has hit lakhs of people across the state.The bubble burst of the...
Beijing: India is ready to write a new chapter of its relationship with China and the two countries should align their positions in many areas despite differences, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on the eve of...
New Delhi: A magistrate has drawn flak from a Delhi court for summoning the chiefs of Air Force and Army as defence witness in a cheque bounce case, saying it was done "mechanically" and "without applying mind".District and...
Karachi: Cricketer turned politician Imran Khan has held the chief of Mutthaida Qaumi Movement (MQM) directly responsible for the killing of a senior leader of his party in the city."I hold Altaf Hussain directly responsible for...
Baghdad: A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the...
Jammu: The BSF is all geared up and alert to foil any infiltration bid by militants from across the Indo-Pak border, said a senior BSF officer."We will not allow infiltration to take place...BSF troops are alert to foil it," IG...
Hyderabad: Senior CPI leader A B Bardhan Saturday took exception to some CPI (M) leaders' reported remarks over his party's policies and programmes.Noting that the CPI (M) leaders claimed that his party had no programme or...
Coimbatore/Chennai: A day after Tamil Nadu Police exposed a betting racket on IPL matches with the arrest of six bookies and recovery of Rs 14 lakh in Chennai, three persons allegedly involved in it were held from various parts...
Beijing: On the eve of Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India, China Saturday said it is difficult for the two nations to restore mutual trust without resolving border dispute though mistrust could gradually be reduced with good...
New Delhi: The three cricketers arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal were interrogated together for the first time by police which said the case is still "open-ended".Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan...
New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday dismissed the bail plea of one of the accused in Rs 10-crore railway bribery case in which former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew was also arrested, saying that granting his relief...
Raipur: Eight villagers, including suspected Naxals and a securityman of elite Cobra battalion, were killed in a gun-battle between security forces and the ultras in Maoist-affected Bijapur district in southern Chhattisagrh....
Seoul: North Korea Saturday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defence ministry said. US and South Korean forces had been on heightened alert for a...
Baghdad: Violence in Iraq Saturday killed eight people including a police officer, his wife and two children, and gunmen also kidnapped five police officers, officials said. Gunmen broke into the home of the administrator for the...
Bangalore: Ahead of the final play-off between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers of Bangalore (RCB) at the Chinnaswamy stadium here, a minor fire broke out in the mobile generator stationed near gate number nine of the...
Islamabad: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today extended by 14 days former President Pervez Musharraf's judicial remand over the detention of judges during the 2007 emergency.Judge Syed Kausar Abbas Zaidi of the anti-terrorism...
Bangalore: Largely keeping away "tainted" MLAs, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today expanded his Ministry with the induction of 28 Ministers.But the exercise -- five days after he was sworn-in alone -- has set off...
Mumbai: Mumbai crime branch sleuths have seized a laptop and some other articles from a room in a luxury hotel here which was occupied by India speedster S Sreesanth before his arrest on the charge of spot-fixing IPL matches,...
Srinagar: A Junior Commissioned Officer was killed while a soldier was injured as Army today foiled an infiltration bid by militants in Macchil sector along the Line of Control in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.Troops of 56...
Lahore: A Pakistani judge investigating the murder of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh has appealed to Indian nationals having information about the matter to file written submissions with relevant documents within seven...
New Delhi: Sreesanth and the two other arrested Rajasthan Royal(RR) players have "confessed" to spot- fixing in IPL matches, the Delhi Police claimed Friday even as the role of more players whose names have cropped up during...
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will address a rally here Saturday in connection with the culmination of the Kerala Yatra, led by Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Ramesh Chennithala.Senior...
Tehran: Iran hanged two convicted spies Sunday, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran prosecutor's office announced.Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that the two-finger test on a rape victim violates her right to privacy, and asked the government to provide better medical procedures to confirm sexual assault.A bench of Justices B S...
Mumbai: Even as cases of financial fraud are dotting cyber space across the world, Indians seem more forthcoming in giving out their personal information for personalised services and simplification of finance management than...
Mumbai: Observing that painting nude images prima facie amounted to an offence, the Bombay High Court has refused to quash a criminal complaint against an artist who painted nude and derogatory pictures of his estranged wife in...
Paris: David Beckham produced an emotional Parc des Princes farewell as Ligue 1 champions Paris St Germain beat bottom club Stade Brest 3-1 on a memorable night on Saturday.Sweden striker Ibrahimovic took his league tally this...
Damascus: About 50 to 60 people were injured when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.Washington County director of...
Damascus: A car bomb exploded in a northern district of the Syrian capital today killing at least three people and wounding five others, state television reported.The state broadcaster said the bomb was placed in a car in the...
Etah (UP): An undertrial, who was admitted in a hospital after he was allegedly tortured in police custody, succumbed to his injuries, according to the family.One police sub-inspector has been suspended and a case registered in...
New Delhi: Congress Saturday night named Santiuse Kujur as its candidate for the second Rajya Sabha seat in Assam for which biennial elections would be held this month-end.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has already filed his...
Moscow: Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an evacuation slide.The Emergencies Ministry...
Fairfield (US): Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor...
Seoul: North Korea Saturday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defence ministry said.US and South Korean forces had been on heightened alert for a...
Mumbai: In fresh trouble for pacer Sreesanth, Mumbai Police's crime branch may book him in a spot fixing case registered by it and seek his custodial interrogation, Joint Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy said Saturday. Roy said...
Kathmandu: Mountaineering officials say 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, have successfully scaled Mount Everest from Nepal's side of the mountain. Tilak Padney of Nepal's Mountaineering Department says 35 foreigners...
Mumbai: Two-time world professional billiards champion Pankaj Advani squandered a 5-3 lead to go down 9-10 to world No 21 Stephen Lee of England in a pulsating final of the Rs 22-lakh prize money RKG-Khar Gymkhana Snooker...
Dharamsala: Kings XI Punjab produced an all-round show as they ended their Pepsi Indian Premier League campaign on a winning note with a 50-run humiliation of Mumbai Indians here Saturday. Riding on fine half centuries from Azhar...
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President Ramesh Chennithala is likely to join the Congress-led UDF government headed by Oommen Chandy which has sailed into its third year in office.According to Congress and...
Bangalore: Protests broke out in parts of Karnataka today as supporters of Congress leaders who failed to get berth in Cabinet expansion effected by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah gave vent to their anger.In the district...
Kolkata: In the backdrop of the chit fund scam, the State Bank of India Saturday said Reserve Bank of India or Securities and Exchange Board of India should take up major campaigns to create awareness among investors being lured...
New Delhi: India will convey its concerns over the recent Chinese incursion in Ladakh sector at the highest level Sunday when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holds talks with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang, who is arriving here...
Kavaratti: Lakshadweep: Five persons, including two children, died as a private boat sunk in Lakshadweep sea on Saturday morning. A woman and two children are believed to be among the dead.The accident occurred near Kadamat...
Paris: France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political debate.Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to travel to Washington in a few months at the invitation of US President Barack Obama.Obama's invitation to Singh was delivered by US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns...
New Delhi: In a swift operation, CBI Friday night arrested its own Superintendent of Police, who was heading the Coalgate probe team, an inspector and two others for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 7 lakh from a businessman...
