Goa minister son to be probed
Panaji, July 16: The Goa police chief on Friday did not rule out questioning the state home minister’s son in connection with investigations into the drug mafia’s nexus with senior policemen and polit
Pakistan pipes down after war of words
Pakistan appears to have piped down on Saturday after two days of acrimony with India with its leaders saying it wanted continuation of the bilateral dialogue and is serious about normalisation of Ind
Cyprus bans vuvuzelas
Nicosia, July 17: Cyprus has banned the use of vuvuzelas in all sports stadiums, terming it as a "dangerous object".
The plastic trumpets, made famous in South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup,
Maoists blast school building
Armed Maoists have blasted a state-run school in East Champaran district of Bihar, police said on Saturday.
Over 50 ultras raided the Sinheshwar Seminari High School at Patahi in Pakridayal sub-divi
Spain bids for Paul the octopus
Madrid, July 17: The city aquarium in Madrid has launched an audacious bid to bring the "star" of the 2010 FIFA World Cup - Paul the octopus - to the Spanish capital with a "name your price" offer. Th
Probe initiated into VIP treatment to PM's 'adviser'
A high-level inquiry has been initiated into how a man pretending to be an adviser to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh and uncannily with the same name was provided security and other facilities
Omar meets Chidambaram to discuss Kashmir situation
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mr Omar Abdullah, on Saturday met the Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, here to discuss the volatile situation in the troubled state and the "way forward" to br
Manufacturing industries log double-digit growth in Q1: CII
ew Delhi, July 17: Majority of the country's manufacturing industries registered double-digit growth in the first quarter of this fiscal, a survey conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CI
K’taka Opp continues protest
The Karnataka Assembly on Thursday passed six bills amidst slogan shouting and tearing of copies of bills and other legislative papers by the protesting Congress and Janata Dal-Secular legislators who have been stationed inside the assembly premises for the fourth day demanding a CBI probe into illegal mining.
Suspected Maoists kill 3 in West Bengal
Suspected Maoists killed three people, including a worker of West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), in separate incidents across the state, police said on Friday.
The incident