The IAF on Thursday said it will deploy its commando units to defend its helicopters and men on board in Naxal-infested areas, but made it clear that they would not carry out any "rambo-style" operation
One passenger was killed and 22 others were injured, including one seriously, when an engine and six bogies of the Amrapali Express jumped off the tracks near Pasraha station in Bihar's Khagaria district Wednesday night.
As government contemplates use of air power against Maoists, Home Minister P Chidambaram favoured the Indian Air Force firing on naxals while the Air Chief P V Naik said the rules of engagement in such
The Supreme Court on Wednesday faced searching questions from the Delhi High Court for maintaining the stand that the resolution passed by the judges of the top judiciary for declaration of assets was not binding.
A plan by Khalistani and Kashmiri militants to assassinate the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi during his visit to the UK in 1985 was foiled by Britain's internal intelligence agency MI5. "Good intelligence, combined with
The Maharashtra government has declared complete shutdown of all shops and shopping malls in the states on October 13 in order to ensure a high turnout of voters. On October 13, the state will witness
Typhoons in Phillipines and Vietnam and floods in south India over the past week have provided a timely "wake-up call" for world leaders to push through a new climate deal in December in Copenhagen, an
US and Indian troops will this month stage their biggest joint manoeuvres, including live fire exercises, as the two nuclear powers build up military ties, a senior US officer said on Tuesday.Lieutenant General Benjamin Mixon,
Rubbishing the chances of a repeat of the 1962 Sino-Indian war which China won, Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said the Army was "capable of defending" Indian territory and ward off any aggression."The Indian Army
The toll in the rain and flood fury in Karnataka has climbed to 212 with six more bodies being recovered, officials said on Wednesday. Four bodies were recovered from Kaduwad near Karwar in Uttara Kannada
Air India on Tuesday suspended Commander Ranbir Arora and Flight Purser Amit Khanna after an enquiry panel held them guilty of playing a major role in the mid-air scuffle that led an air hostess of
Maoists beheaded Jharkhand police inspector Francis Induwar who had been kidnapped by the ultras a week back reportedly demanding release of three arrested Naxalites including Kobad Ghandy in exchange for the officer, an act termed
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday regretted that the food processing sector was subject to "multiple levies" and said there is an urgent need to rationalise tax structure to replicate the success of the IT
In further embarrassment to the Mayawati government, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed initiation of contempt proceedings against the U P Chief Secretary for "flagrant" violation of its orders to stop construction work of statues
The blame game has started on who is responsible for PT Usha's ill-treatment in Bhopal with Sports Minister MS Gill on Tuesday giving a clean chit to the Sports Authority of India and the Madhya
Two persons were killed and nine others injured when a parcel containing fireworks exploded soon after it was offloaded from a passenger train at Sholavandan station, 30 kms from Madurai on Tuesday. The blast occurred
The Delhi government is considering to raise bus fares in the capital after Diwali bya whopping 150 pc in some slabs, says a media report. Likewise, Delhi Metro is also considering hike in its fares.sometime
Seeking to play down reports about incursions by Chinese troops into Indian territory, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna termed them as "exaggerated" and said the India-China border was one the most "peaceful and tranquil"'."Whenever
Though the flood situation in Andhra Pradesh showed marked improvement, the death toll in the deluge today shot up to 55 with 17 more fatalities reported from the affected districts overnight. The situation showed signs
The largest non-carbonaceous plant fossils, 140 times bigger than today's algae species, have been discovered in western Rajasthan, opening a new window for understanding evolution of life on earth.A team of researchers from the University
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