Criticism for romanticising Naxalism notwithstanding, Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy has justified the armed resistance by Maoists and dared the authorities to arrest her for supporting their cause. While claiming that she does not
JMM president Shibu Soren on Thursday said he would make an attempt to form an alternative government in Jharkhand, even as his estranged ally BJP demanded mid-term polls if any alliance failed to stake claim
For the first time in 20 years, police have recovered two solar-activated missiles, capable of hitting their target within four kilometers, in Kupwara district, police said on Thursday. The recovery was made on Tuesday near
A dust haze engulfed the city skyline on Thursday even as Delhiites continued to reel under hot conditions with minimum temperature climbing to 34.7 degree Celsius, highest in the last 15 years in the month
India has the most inefficient bureaucracy in Asia and redtape is much worse than in China, says a survey. In the ranking of 12 countries, India has been named as having the most inefficient bureaucracy
Medical students at Safdarjung hospital on Wednesday called off their three-day-long hunger strike after the hospital administration promised to look into their demands at the earliest. The stir, by the medical students to protest alleged
West Bengal Police and commandos of the elite special action force (SAF) have arrested four suspected members of the People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) in connection with the May 28 attack on the Gyaneshwari
Shee Sanatan Hindu Mandir, the new Hindu temple at Wembley, finally opened on Monday following 14 years of construction. The temple is believed to have cost more than 16 million pounds (about Rs 109 crore).
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has lashed out at the Centre for trying to stop his party from celebrating the anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at his fort in Raigadh. “The Mughals could not stop
Buoyed by the remarkable showing of her party in the civic elections in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded immediate Assembly elections, saying that Left Front major CPI(M) has lost all
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has joined an international network for the return of priceless artifacts taken away during British rule, including the Kohinoor diamond and the Sultanganj Buddha. ASI Director-General Gautam Sengupta said
Tropical cyclone 'Phet' in the Arabian Sea is about 1100 km from Nalia in Kutch and is weakening as coastal areas of Gujarat received light to medium rainfall under its influence, Indian Meteorological Department officials
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress on Wednesday inflicted a crushing blow to the ruling Left front in the civic polls in West Bengal, capturing the prestigious Kolkata Municipal Corporation(KMC) and bagging 36 other municipalities in the
The government is veering around to expanding the role of the armed forces in the ongoing anti-Naxal operations, with a hard look even being taken at whether they should be "directly deployed'' in the fight
Paes-Dlouhy in French Open semisDefending champions Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy remained on course for a second successive French Open title by advancing to the semifinals of the men's double with a straight-set win on
Presenting his government's report on completion of first year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday vowed to fight terrorism "root and branch" and enforce the writ of the State in dealing with Naxalism and political
A day after Home Minister P Chidambaram said Maoists could be behind the attack on Jnaneswari Express, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she was not sure about the involvement of the Left-wing extremists.
It would be the second time in two years that Jharkhand would be brought under the central rule after President Pratibha Patil accepts the recommendation of the Union Cabinet. The Union Cabinet today recommended to
Apart from heaping “insults” on Indian security and intelligence personnel, the Canadian High Commission in India has been asking for details classified as “secret” from retired and serving defence personnel seeking visas, says a report
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld the POTA court verdict awarding death sentence to three convicts for the 2002 Akashardham terror attack, which claimed 32 lives. The division bench of Justices R M Doshit
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