IAS officer slaps child for scratch on car
Chandigarh: A woman Indian Administrative Service officer here has been booked by the child rights panel for slapping a four-year-old girl who had accidentally caused an autorickshaw to scratch her ca
Trade unions begin march in Delhi against price rise
Members of eight major trade unions and national federations of workers on Wednesday began their march to Parliament House against price rise.
US gunman threatens hunger strike
Lahore: US official Raymond Davis, who shot dead two men here, has threatened that he would go on hunger strike if his demands, including an early decision on his diplomatic immunity, were not met, a
Hostage crises: Top Maoist brought to Bhubaneswar for talks
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government on Tuesday brought here a top Maoist to speed up the negotiation process for the release of a district collector and a junior engineer held hostage by Maoists since
'Pied Piper' to rid Sri Nagar of dogs
Srinagar: For the residents of Srinagar, who live in fear of the city's increasing stray dog population, and the authorities who keep wondering what to do to check this menace, a ray of hope comes in
Security beefed up ahead of Godhra train carnage verdict
Ahmedabad: Stringent security was in place on Tuesday, with a special fast track court here set to deliver its verdict on the fire in a train in Godhra town in which 59 people were burnt to death, tri
US group joins fight for 500 Indian workers
Washington: The American Civil Liberties Union has joined a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of over 500 guest workers brought from India by an American company to work in US shipyards after Hur
Hostage crises: Mediators meet top Maoist
Bhubaneswar: Two mediators on Tuesday met a top Maoist leader, who was brought to a jail here to speed up negotiations for the release of a district collector and a junior engineer held hostage by Ma
TN man dies, India readying Libya evacuation
New Delhi: With the protests in Libya cascading, the Indian government is readying a contingency plan to evacuate its nationals residing in the violence-torn country, even as an Indian was killed in a
Gaddafi scotches rumours of fleeing
Tripoli: Muammar Gaddafi said on Tuesday during a brief appearance on state television that he was "in Tripoli and not in Venezuela", scotching swirling rumours that the 68-year-old Libyan leader had