All pervasive corruption behind repeated hooch tragedies: Former cops
Lure of more money leads liquor manufacturers to take to setting up spurious liquor distilleries, with the administration as well as politicians turning a blind eye - till a tragedy like the liquor de
Rough weather forces Russian Navy ships to seek shelter off Scotland
Battleships from a Russian Navy task force, headed for Syria, have sought shelter off the Scottish coast due to stormy weather.
The group includes an aircraft carrier and several support ships.
Russ
Fukushima radiation project to involve monkeys: report
A new project to assess radiation levels around Japan's stricken Fukushima will involve monkeys, Britain's The Telegraph has reported.
Scientists believe ground covered by the animals, fitted with se
No consensus at all-party meet on Lokpal
An all-party meeting tonight failed to reach consensus on Lokpal Bill with parties voicing divergent views on key elements like inclusion of PM and lower bureaucracy, even as Prime Minister Manmohan S
IAF Sukhoi jet crashes near Pune, pilots safe
A frontline Sukhoi jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Pune on Tuesday but pilots bailed out to safety, an officer said.
The crash of the Sukhoi-30 MKI combat jet occurred around 1.30pm.
Mullaiperiyar dam: SC dismisses Kerala's plea to lower water levels to 120 feet
The Supreme Court today dismissed Kerala's plea to lower water levels to 120 feet at the Mulaiperiyar dam.
Tensions between the two states remain high and the top court observed that both states are
Cabinet clears Judicial Accountability Bill, Whistleblowers' Bill and Citizens' Charter.
The Union Cabinet has cleared three critical anti-graft Bills - the Citizen's Charter Bill, the Judicial Accountability Bill and the Whistleblowers' protection Bill.
But a decision on the Food Securi
Seoul building design 'similarity' provokes 9/11 anger in US
A building design by a Dutch architectural firm has attracted criticism from Web readers in the United States.
Many feel the design, for a project in Seoul, South Korea, has an uncanny similarity wit
Inspection teams in Kolkata find fire and safety lapses in other hospitals too
Three days after a blaze in the city's AMRI hospital killed 93 people, a West Bengal government team on Monday inspected the institution's basement to check possible radiation from machines and other
Dam protesters try to enter Kerala, baton charged
Tension prevailed today on Tamil Nadu's borders with Kerala over the Mullaperiyar dam issue, with police baton charging over 4,000 people who tried to forcibly enter Kerala even as key UPA ally DMK at