The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Kerala Police and the state's mercantile marine department on a petition by the owners of Italian ship MT Enrica Lexie seeking a direction for its release

Subhashree Das, wife of Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, was released on Tuesday from a jail in Orissa after a court acquitted her in a 2003 shootout case for lack of evidence.

The government will roll out its IT and electronics manufacturing policy soon and hopes to announce the telecom policy in May, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal said on Tuesday.

"The IT and the ele

More than 300 children fell ill after eating lunch at a school in southwest China's Yunnan province, authorities said on Tuesday.

As many as 337 children of Zhenxiong county's Dingla Primary School w

At least seven people, including two children and an elderly man, were killed and over 30 injured as cyclonic storms accompanied by rains lashing several parts of Tripura since Friday left behind a tr

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Tuesday.

Teams:

Royal Challengers: Da

Prisoners in Uttar Pradesh may look forward to a less harsh summer with Jails Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiya ordering installation of coolers, fans and water-coolers for them, an offic

A court in Norwegian capital Oslo has said mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a shooting spree in July last year, was sane during at the time of his actions, and sane enough

A police constable was killed and another critically injured here early on Tuesday when a Mercedes driven at high speed hit the motorcycle they were riding during night patrol, police said.

Gurdeep S

With swine flu cases being reported from various parts of the country, the Delhi government on Tuesday said hospitals in the capital were prepared to deal with the virus.

"Delhi hospitals are well pr