In the wake of a Maoist threat to its trains and the Union home ministry issuing an alert to it, the Railways has decided to increase the security measures for its trains, particularly those that run through Naxal-affected states.

Indian-origin Tory peer Lord Raj Bagri has given up his seat in the House of Lords in order to keep his non-domiciled tax status.

The CBI has recommended the defence ministry to blacklist six firms, including four foreign companies dealing in arms supply, following its probe into the graft charges involving former director-general of Ordnance Factories, Kolkata.

The Congress has decided to contest all the 403 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, sending a clear message to the ruling BSP, SP and the BJP that it is prepared to face them singly or collectively.

Senior RSS leader Suresh Soni, who is the Sangh’s political observer in the BJP, is likely to be replaced by one of his colleagues.
Sources disclosed the suggestion to replace Mr Soni, the RSS joint general secretary, came up during a recent meeting between senior RSS leaders. The issue was also discussed with the BJP’s top brass, sources said, adding that Mr Soni’s colleague Madan Das Devi could replace him soon. RSS general secretary Bhaiya Ji Joshi m

Hearing the interim bail plea of “tainted” former tourism minister Mickky Pacheco, the district sessions court at Margao said on Wednesday that the Goa police could take him into custody for questioning whenever he was discharged from hospital.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi, already receiving flak for poor management during the monsoon season, on Wednesday claimed that more than 1,700 samples of water supplied by the Delhi Jal Board was unfit for drinking.

A family was held hostage on gunpoint at their Anand Vihar residence by five unidentified dacoits, who took away cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees on Wednesday.
The incident took place at house number 201 in AGCR enclave in Anand Vihar where Dr Chandra Prakash Gupta, 80, lives with his wife Lalita Gupta, 75. They have two s

Frauds will now have a tougher time fooling banks. The Credit Information Bureau (CIBIL) has for the first time in India created a database of frauds and banks can check the credentials of new customers against this database before dealing with them.

A 29-year-old software engineer and a Haryana-based jeweller were killed while another man was injured in separate incidents when they resisted robbery attempts by unidentified gangs of criminals on a prowl in the city.