Rs.33 lakh looted from bank van
At least six car-borne robbers on Saturday looted Rs.33 lakh from a cash van of Axis Bank when its employees were about to load money into an ATM machine in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut city, police said.
United Nations to observe Earth Hour
The UN will observe Earth Hour on Saturday by turning off the lights for one hour at its facilities around the world.
The world body, headquartered in New York, will join scores of other landmarks ar
Obama's envoy to India gets Senate nod
A day after the US expressed concern over non-confirmation of President Barack Obama's new ambassador to India due to election year politics, the Senate approved career diplomat Nancy Powell's appoint
Fai's Kashmir lobby was front for Pakistani intelligence: US
Kashmiri separatist Ghulam Nabi Fai, who has been sentenced to two years in prison for concealing his links to Pakistan's spy agency, operated his lobbying outfit as a 'front for Pakistani intelligenc
Policeman killed in east delhi road accident
A 43-year-old Delhi police head constable was killed after his motorcycle was hit by a vehicle in east Delhi while returning home after duty, the police said on Friday.
17 Indians held with fake passports in Nepal
Over 100 people, including 17 Indians, have been arrested in Nepal for using fake passports, a media report said on Saturday.
The Department of Immigration arrested 118 people in the last two months,
Italy behind Italians, what about jailed Keralites abroad?
Since February, three Italian ministers have come to express solidarity with two of their marines who are cooling their heels in a prison here after shooting dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala c
EC stops vote counting in Jharkhand, Uttarakhand Rajya Sabha polls
Concerned over reports of money being used in the Rajya Sabha polls from Jharkhand and Uttarakhand, the Election Commission on Friday asked the returning officers of the two assemblies not to start co
Punjab minister gets five years jail for daughter's death
A senior minister in Punjab's Parkash Singh Badal government was on Friday held guilty by a court here for conspiracy in the death of her own daughter in April 2000 and sentenced to five years rigorou
90 percent of Kerala homes have telephone
Almost 90 percent of households in Kerala have telephone connections (land line or mobile) in 2011, a staggering rise over the 19.1 percent in 2001, according to the house listing and housing Census c