Seven troopers were injured on Monday when their convoy was fired at by guerrillas in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said. A police official told IANS here, "A CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) convoy going from Srinagar to Jammu was fired at by militants at Semthan near Bijbehara town in Anantnag district today (Monday). "Seven ...
US President Barack Obama called the shooting rampage in the Californian city of San Bernardino "an act of terrorism" and warned that the terror threat has evolved into a new phase. "This was an act of terrorism, designed to kill innocent people," Xinhua quoted Obama as saying on Sunday in his third Oval Office address during his seven-year presiden...
Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader A.B. Bardhan was in critical condition after suffering a paralytic stroke here on Monday, hospital authorities said. The 93-year-old leader was found unconscious around 8 a.m. at the CPI headquarters Ajoy Bhavan where he lived. He was rushed to the G.B. Pant Hospital by CPI colleagues. "Bardhanji has suffered a paralyti...
Life in flood-hit Chennai was slowly limping back to normalcy on Monday, with shops opening up and a massive clean up initiated in areas where the water levels have receded....
Partial air and train services resumed here on Sunday after days of disruption but intermittent rains added to the misery of a city reeling under the impact of unprecedented rains and floods....
An attempt by some youths to take out a rally here to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition was foiled here on Sunday, police said....
From January 1, odd numbered private vehicles will ply on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in Delhi and even numbered cars on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, it was announced on Sunday. ...
Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday appealed to the processed food industry to ensure supply of milk, food and bottled water for residents of rain-hit Chennai, an official here said....
VHP leader Praveen Togadia on Sunday expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would ensure a grand Ram Mandir is built in Ayodhaya as decided by the BJP national executive and promised in the Lok Sabha elections....
A day after Hindu Ezhava leader V. Natesan launched his political party in Kerala, the ruling Congress and the opposition CPI-M on Sunday criticised him for allegedly promoting the cause of the BJP and RSS....
