No faith in Army inquiry: Captain Sumit Kohli's mother
The mother of a decorated captain who allegedly committed suicide in 2006 in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday demanded an independent probe into the death saying she has "no faith in an Army inquiry" whi
UP farmers call indefinite fast from Monday
Upset over politicians’ bid to use them to serve their own political ends, agitating farmers of western Uttar Pradesh have decided to go on indefinite fast with effect from Monday morning, demanding h
Spain is world leader in organ transplants
Spain conducted over 4,000 transplants in 2009, making it the world leader in the field of organ transplants.
This has been declared in the 2010 edition of the EU's newsletter Transplant, which will
Tiger cub found among toys in Bangkok airport
A two-month-old tiger cub was found sedated and hidden among stuffed toys inside a woman's luggage at the Bangkok airport, wildlife officials said.
Wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic said the
One Qaeda Canada plot suspect said to be Indian
An Al Qaeda-linked terror plot was unearthed by Canadian security agencies Wedn-esday, with one of the suspects reportedly hailing from India. Under what is curiously called “Operation Samosa,’’ the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested two suspects on Wednesday.
Plane crash lands in California airport
At least 15 people suffered minor injuries when a Jet Blue passenger aircraft crash landed at the Sacramento international airport in California on Thursday, officials said.
A Jet Blue spokesman said
Jnaneshwari sabotage: Key accused killed in gun battle
Pro-Maoist leader Umakanta Mahato, a prime suspect in the Jnaneshwari Express sabotage case, was killed in a gun battle with joint security forces in West Bengal's West Midnapore district early on Fri
Supreme Court gives nod for selecting CWG hockey teams
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Indian Olympic Association and Hockey India to select and field the men's and women's hockey teams for the Commonwealth Games to be held in October.
3 freeze to death inside refrigerator in Sudan
Three people in Port Sudan city froze to death in a refrigerating facility which charged $2 per hour for sitting inside it.
A few local businessmen have set up big refrigerators as "cool-down facilit
Chinese envoy visits South Block
Amid reports that an Indian Army general was denied a visa to visit China, the country's envoy Zhang Yan visited South Block on Friday afternoon to meet officials of the ministry of external affairs,