CRPF on Friday recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) planted on roads to target security forces from Jharkhand and West Bengal. Official sources said one of the IEDs weighing 10 kg was recovered from West
Questioning rationale of sending the matter related to inclusion of caste in census to group of ministers (GOM), Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to give immediate orders
Disgraced former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, sentenced to 18-month prison term by a court in Chandigarh, in Ruchika molestation case, today again failed to get any relief as the Punjab and Haryana High Court adjourned
Resolving to counter the danger posed by the Maoists in the wake of the attack on a Mumbai-bound train in Jhargram, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said operations against the Naxals would be
Actor-politician Jaya Bachchan on Friday sprang a surprise on the Samajwadi Party by turning down an offer for renomination for Rajya Sabha, saying she wanted to stay away from politics for some time. SP Chief
The CBSE on Friday announced results for the Class X board exam, grades for which were accorded for the first time, as 89.28 per cent candidates cleared the test. Girls continued to outscore boys in
At least 65 passengers were killed and 150 injured when 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train derailed in West Midnapore district early on Friday. Five of these coaches were also hit by a speeding
The spokesperson of PCPA (People's Committee Against Police Atrocities) Asit Mahato on Friday denied any involvement in the train derailment near Jhargram in West Bengal. Mahato told PTI “We were in no way involved. This
Following is the chronology of Maoists' targeting trains in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar. Apr 22, 2006 - Maoists lay siege to a passenger train in Latehar for eight hours. May 2008 - Maoists lay
Mumbai : Anxious relatives of passengers in Howrah-Mumbai Express, which was targeted by Maoists today killing 65 persons, are desperately calling up helpline numbers here to know the status of their near and dear ones.
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the train derailment in West Midnapore appeared to be an act of sabotage but it was not yet clear whether explosives were used to blast the tracks. "It
New Delhi: Taking no chances, Railways on Friday decided not to run trains in Maoist-affected areas during night following today's accident near Jhargram in West Bengal in which over 70 passengers were killed. It decided
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said a "bomb blast" triggered by Maoists on the rail track caused the derailment of the Howrah-Kurla express train and that TNT explosives and Gelatine sticks were found at
TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao said there will be a "terrible war" for achieving separate Telangana after the Sri Krishna committee submitted its report to the Centre towards the end of this year. "In the
The war of words between Congress and Trinamool Congress continued unabated with WBPCC chief Pranab Mukherjee saying no party should make the "mistake" that CPI(M) had made by withdrawing support to the UPA-I government, as
The death toll in Jnaneswari Express derailment rose to 148 after some more bodies, trapped under the engine of the goods train which had rammed into the derailed coaches, were extricated by rescuers on Sunday
India and China on Thursday signed an agreement that will enable visa free travel for their airline staff, encouraging more contacts between the two neighbouring countries. An agreement on streamlining the visa formalities of airline
Asserting that the Kargil War should not be judged on basis of the Armed Forces Tribunal judgement on the Batalik sector controversy, former army chief Gen V P Malik on Thursday said Brigadier Devinder Singh
Three Italians were detained in Mumbai and Pune on Thursday morning after 24 cartridges were found from a room in a 5-star hotel near Indira Gandhi International airport where they were staying, police said. Twenty-four
An employee of Navyhas been arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan and police claimed to have recovered from him some "secret and sensitive" documents like photograph of Hindan Air Base and map of Meerut
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