The two families of fishermen Valentine and Ajeesh Pink, killed in the Italian Enrica Lexie shooting, accepted the `2 crore compensation, by demand draft, from the Italian government here on Tuesday —

Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Jhina Hikaka on Monday completed 30 days in the Maoist captivity, even as no concrete information was received from the rebel camps about his release.

When Isro launches Risat-1 (radar imaging satellite) into polar orbit, at an altitude of 480 km, from Sriharikota at 5.45 am Thursday, Tamil Nadu will have a special reason to cheer.

An Indian parliamentary delegation on Saturday asked Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to speed up reconciliation with the Tamil minority in the island “with a sense of urgency” and take steps to

The state Crime Investigation Department on Saturday arrested the man it has been hunting for a long time, M.

A 24-year old Indian student from Orissa, pursuing a management degree in Boston University, was shot and killed near his campus by an unidentified assailant.

The Indian Union Muslim League and the Congress engaged in a full-blown war of words on Saturday over the fifth ministerial berth accorded to the League. IUML general secretary K.P.A.

India’s strategic strength has been boosted significantly following the launch of Agni-V, a missile which has the capability to inflict “unacceptable damage” deep inside enemy territory, says Dr V.S.

Indian scientists and engineers are now looking forward to Agni-VI, the next missile in the series that could well possess double the target range.

Kerala’s 100 per cent literacy myth has been busted. About 2.2 lakh persons belonging to Scheduled Castes in the state are illiterate. This comes up to 9.5 per cent of the dalit population.