New Delhi, Sept. 1: Unapologetic about using the term saffron terror that infuriated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), home minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said he used the words to convey the m

The wife and son of an abducted Bihar government official on Tuesday asked Maoist guerrillas to release him from capitivity as he was innocent and pro-poor.

Manoj Kumar Singh, the block development

The troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered 18 hand-grenades from the fields of Rampur village in Punjab's Ferozepur district, bordering Pakistan, officials said here on Tuesday.

"We re

The Russian embassy in the Belarusian capital of Minsk was attacked with fire bombs by unidentified attackers late on Monday but there were no casualties, an official said on Tuesday.

"At around 10.5

Justice R.H. Shukla of the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday quashed the first information report (FIR) filed by the state police against its own Additional Director General of Police Kuldip Sharma in a 2

The environment minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, on Tuesday said the elephant would soon be declared a national heritage animal in order to step up measures for its protection.

"We will soon declare elep

A benchmark index for Indian equities on Tuesday closed 50 points lower than its previous close, recouping some of its intra-day losses.

The sleepy Moonshi Mohallah of Faisalabad suddenly gained global attention as alleged British match-fixer Mazhar Majeed's roots are in this textile city.

Mazhar was arrested by London Metropolitan o

London, Aug. 31: Taliban guerrillas are taking advantage of the large-scale misery caused by the devastating floods in Pakistan by attempting to enlist 50,000 new fighters in return for food and medic

Beijing, Aug. 30: Beijing has urged parents to register the birth of their second child before November 1 — if they don’t, they will be liable to pay fines, a media report said on Monday.

China’s fa