Ulfa's bomb-making unit busted; 2 held
Security forces have busted a bomb-making unit of the banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and arrested two people in this connection at the Assam-Meghalaya border, police said Monday.
White paper on black money tabled in Lok Sabha
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday tabled in the Lok Sabha a white paper on the government's strategy on bringing back black money stashed away abroad.
After demands from the opposition for an
Aarushi case: Hearing adjourned till Tuesday
A trial court here has adjourned till Tuesday the hearing in the 2008 twin murders of teenager Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic help, Hemraj.
While the Central Bureau of Investigation opposed
Lokpal bill to be tabled Monday
The Lokpal bill is likely to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Monday as it is listed in the scheduled business for the day.
Even though there is no consensus on the bill as yet, the bill has been adde
Tamil prisoners on hunger strike in Sri Lanka
A total of 234 Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, most of them former Tamil Tiger rebels, are on a hunger strike the past five days here, said officials on Monday.
Inmates of three prisons, located in Col
WI coach hails Samuels, seniors for maturity
The West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson says he is pleased with the manner in which the senior players have stepped up in order to compensate for the inexperienced members of the unit.
He was speakin
City vendor to speak at Rio meet
A 26-year-old vegetable vendor, Salma, who fights for the rights of the city’s street vendors and has been jailed many times, has been invited to an international conference in Brazil to speak about I
Experts welcome SIDBI fund for service sector start-ups
The creation by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) of a Rs.500 crore fund for small and medium enterprise (SME) startups in the service and retail sectors would give a major boost
Was at the wrong place at wrong time: Parnell
Pune Warriors' South African fast bowler Wayne Parnell claimed on Monday that he doesn't do drugs and was at the wrong place at the wrong time when the Mumbai police raided a rave party in the Oakwood
Baby's head accidentally torn off during delivery in Brazil
A team of doctors in Brazil accidentally tore off a baby's head as the mother struggled to give birth in a hospital. The headless body remained inside the mother and had to be removed through surgery,