A benchmark index for Indian equities markets on Thursday closed 358 points higher as traders bought stocks which were battered over the past few days.

Former communications minister A. Raja and two of his aides were sent to five-day custody by a CBI special court on Thursday, a day after they were arrested in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.

India must put in place a structure of regulatory policies that will prevent "potentially damaging behaviour" but not restore the "licence permit raj" in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here on Thursday.

Union home minister P. Chidambaram arrived here on Thursday to take stock of the security situation and political developments in Jammu and Kashmir.

Next time you chat away for hours on your mobile phone, think about the grave health risks from the emitted radiation. It causes loss of memory, lack of concentration, digestive and sleep disturbances, says a government panel on hazards posed by electromagnetic radiation.

Two pilots were killed when a defence helicopter crashed into a thickly-populated residential area of this city on Wednesday morning, police said.

Telecom giant Bharti Airtel on Tuesday reported a 41 per cent decline in its net income for the quarter ended December 2010, which stood at Rs.1,303.3 crore as against Rs.2,194.9 crore during the same

At least 5 labourers, including a woman, were killed when an under-construction building collapsed here Wednesday, police said. Around 15 labourers are feared trapped under the debris.

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Clint Eastwood says he would be tempted to come out of acting retirement only if he gets to play James Bond on screen.

Water flowing from the North Atlantic Ocean into the Arctic Ocean is at its warmest level for more than 2,000 years.