Over 100 passengers travelling on the Sultanpur Express were robbed of their money and other valuables by dacoits in Rampur early Thursday, 290 km from here, police said. Over a dozen heavily-armed dacoits barged into the general coaches of the train moving from Sultanpur to Ahmedabad in Gujarat and robbed the passengers at gunpoint before...
Amid escalating violence that left one person dead and several others injured and the sweltering heat, nearly 40 percent turnout was recorded in the first four hours for the third phase of the West Bengal assembly elections involving 62 constituencies on Thursday. Twenty-two constituencies in Murshidabad, 17 in Nadia and 16 in Burdwan distri...
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Even as a fresh report on the "Panama Papers" alleged Amitabh Bachchan "participated" in board meetings of two off-shore companies "by telephone conference", the actor himself has said his name was "misused" and that nothing illegal has been attributed to him. The Indian Express reported on Thursday that...
Security forces on Thursday killed three militants in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district which officials said was still raging. The killings were reported in Patushai village, a senior police official told IANS here. One militant may still be hiding in the area, the official added. The Rashtriya Rifles and the Special Operations Gro...
Amid demands from various quarters to get the Kohinoor diamond back from the British, the Congress on Wednesday said that it was keen on getting Indian artefacts lying abroad to be brought back to the country....
The union government is likely to move the Supreme Court to expunge the comments made by the Uttarakhand High Court on President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday while hearing the case over imposition of central rule in the state....
A city court on Wednesday convicted now defunct Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya in a cheque bounce case. ...
Even as the government has chosen to remain tight-lipped on the price bargain related to purchase of Rafale fighter jets from France, the BJP on Wednesday announced on its official Facebook page that the deal has been finalised at $8.8 billion....
The Indian Navy on Wednesday announced grant of permanent commission to women officers on completion of seven years in service, adding that seven of its women officers who joined in 2008-09 will be accorded permanent commission....
Media in India continues to be under stress as the country figures low at 133 out of 180 nations in the latest press freedom index, an international watchdog said on Wednesday, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being "indifferent" to threats against scribes....
