Chennai, March 24: The DMK succession war surfaced yet again with Union minister M.K. Alagiri once more declaring he would not bow to any leader except his father, chief minister M. Karunanidhi.

Mumbai, March 24: At a time when Maharashtra is encouraging more women to join the police force, it is shocking that women constables are not even given arms training like their male counterparts. This came to light when a woman bureaucrat insisted on armed female security personnel. It was only after a few reminders to the Mumbai police that she was provided a woman constable.

London, March 24: Al Qaeda is laying deadly “booby traps” by equipping its female suicide bombers with explosive breast implants that are impossible to detect at airport security checkpoints, the British intelligence agency MI5 has claimed.

Bhubaneswar, March 24: At least three security personnel were killed and 10 others injured, four of them critically, in a fierce gunbattle with Maoists somewhere inside the dense Ambajiri forest in Orissa’s Gajapati district early on Wednesday morning.

Large crowds on Kolkata’s Park Street watch firefighters battle a huge blaze Tuesday afternoon in the British-era eight-storey Stephen Court mansion, housing many offices, commercial establishments and residential flats. The iconic Flury’s confectionery/tea room is on the ground floor. At least 10

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s R. Vinay Kumar (right) celebrates the dismissal of Chennai Super Kings’ Suresh Raina during their IPL-3 match at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday. Royal Challengers Robin Uthappa’s 68 off 38 balls took his team to a competitive 171 for 8. CSK could manage only 135 for 7. Royal Challengers won by 36 runs. PHOTO: R. Samuel

New Delhi, March 23: With the Planning Commission moderating the 11th Plan (2007-11) growth target to average 8.1 per cent from the earlier projected target of nine per cent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday cautioned that even if the country regained faster growth momentum, “it should not be taken for granted” in the backdrop of existing global challenges.

New Delhi, March 23: Non-compliance with environmental norms has led the environment ministry-appointed Expert Apparisal Committee of River Valley Projects (EACRVP) to call for a halt to all work on the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) and its feeder Indira Sagar Project (ISP).

New Delhi, March 23: The US government has not yet decided whether it will provide Indian investigators direct access to David Coleman Headley, a conspirator in the 26/11 terror strike on Mumbai.

Ranchi/Gaya, March 23: Maoists killed two persons in Jharkhand and blew up railway tracks in four eastern states on Tuesday just hours after they targeted the Rajdhani Express, blasting a rail line in Bihar. Hundreds of passengers had a miraculous escape after 10 coaches of the Rajdhani derailed.