The family of the Indian housemaid whose hand was chopped off by her employer in Saudi Arabia was staring at an uncertain future due to financial problems even though the Tamil Nadu government had announced a relief of Rs.10 lakh for her, her family said....
An unseasonal shower failed to dampen the inauguration of the 46th edition of the International Film Festival of India, which opened in Goa Friday, even as a couple of FTII students staged a minor protest during the ceremony, before being escorted out of the venue....
He studied to be an engineer but ended up embracing politics. And in a state where many politicians are detested, Nitish Kumar - who took oath on Friday as Bihar's chief minister - is widely recognized as a rare icon of simplicity and honesty....
Former Gujarat Police chief R.B. Sreekumar, who had locked horns with then chief minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots, has asked the Anandiben Patel government to make public the inquiry commission report on the violence....
A third body has been recovered from the apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis raided by police over the terrorist attacks in the French capital on November 13, prosecutors said on Friday. ...
The influential Roman Catholic Church in Goa on Friday said it was "closely following" the case of the mysterious death of activist and ex-priest Bismarque Dias, now being probed by the Goa Police Crime Branch....
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala in a post on his Facebook page has denied media reports that he has complained against state Congress unit chief V.M. Sudheeran to party president Sonia Gandhi. ...
A Special CBI court on Friday sent former media tycoon Peter Mukerjea to the CBI custody till Monday for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of his step-daughter Sheena Bora. ...
There are 20 Indians in the five-star hotel in Mali's capital Bamako where gunmen on Friday took 170 people hostage, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said. ...
A Mumbai magistrate on Friday extended the judicial custody of the three prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case till December 3. ...
