The spokesperson of the Maoist-backed People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) Manoj Mahato was arrested by the police on Friday morning, the PCPA alleged. The police and the state government, however, denied it.

A passenger travelling in Down Howrah-New Delhi Express was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Friday morning. The deceased, Prakash Gupta, 52, was a resident of Palam in New Delhi and was coming to the city to meet his relatives. The police suspects that the businessman fell victim to the machinations of a

The Gandhi clan is first and foremost, when it comes to the Congress, more so when some one from the family is getting re-elected to lead the party, that too for a record fourth time. For the sake of the Gandhi family, anybody and everybody in the party will make any sacrifice. And altering one’s schedule is a minor favour that the party can expect from the die-hard loyalists of the family.

Facing criticism from various quarters for tardy preparations, besides allegations of corruption, the Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday expressed confidence about the event being a great success. The assertions came with exactly 30 days to go for the Games and several projects remaining incomplete.

Upset at being given staff postings instead of command postings, two top Army lieutenant-generals have petitioned the Armed Forces Tribunal and have challenged the decision of the ministry of defence (MoD) in this regard. The two generals are the second-highest ranking officers in their respective commands where they are currently

After pleas for early clearance to the long-pending Navi Mumbai airport project, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said he would personally look into the issue to resolve the matter at the earliest.

Sonia Gandhi on Friday created history on being re-elected Congress president for a record fourth term after remaining in the top post for 12 long years. She is the fifth member of the Gandhi-Nehru family to lead the party once again. She vowed to keep the party flag always flying high.

Sunborne Energy, a utility scale solar power producer working towards providing low-cost utility solar energy, has signed an MoU with Gujarat to build a 15 MW solar PV project in Gujarat.

The International Cricket Council chief executive and ACSU chief both refused to confirm if the Metropolitan police had informed them about the reported recovery of cash from Pakistani players linking them to a British businessman.

Cricket legend and IAF honorary Group Captain Sachin Tendulkar may be scared of flying in fighter aircraft but he will, nevertheless, fly in a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force in due course. This was announced shortly after the batting maestro was formally conferred the rank of honorary Group Captain in the IAF at