Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 13 (IANS) India has witnessed a surge in rape cases, with their number increasing more than double from 2001 to 2014, said a report released here on Friday. The findings are part of…
Mumbai/New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday directed the CBI to consider the plea of arrested mafia don Rajendra S. Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan’s sisters, seeking to meet their brother “for performing…
Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) Maharashtra is planning to move the Supreme Court to challenge the lifting of the ban order on Nestle India’s Maggi noodles, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Girish Bapat said here on…
Brasilia, Nov 13 (IANS) German automaker Volkswagen was fined 50 million reais ($13.1 million) by the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) for modifying vehicles to falsely pass environmental regulations, the…
London: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his British counterpart David Cameron in London, England on Nov 12, 2015. (Photo: IANS/MEA) London, Nov 13 (IANS) India and Britain signed commercial deals worth 9.2 billion pounds ($14…
Washington, Nov 12 (IANS) Calling the Indian economy a bright spot “in an environment of increased uncertainty”, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday said India’s growth will benefit from recent policy reforms, a consequent…
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) India’s factory output growth decelerated sharply to 3.6 percent in September from 6.4 percent in the month before, even as the annual retail inflation for October moved up significantly to…
Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) employees will go on a day’s mass casual leave on November 19 to protest the government’s move to take away from the central bank some of…
Bengaluru, Nov 12 (IANS) Two security guards were arrested on Thursday on charges of gang-raping a 30-year-old woman at the Cubbon Park here on Wednesday night, police said. The accused were taken into custody on…
Mumbai: Absconding mafia don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan, who has been arrested in Indonesia. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) As underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan cools his…
The patient was left with no scars at all after an eight-hour facial reconstruction surgery. Photo: Daniel Borsuk. Toronto, Nov 12 (IANS) A team of doctors has conducted what they say is the first scar-free…
New York, Nov 12 (IANS) Two centuries after its invention, the ubiquitous stethoscope may be on the way out — a smaller device connected through an app to smartphones may replace the old Y-shaped instrument….
Chennai, Nov 11 (IANS) N.Rajendran, a former member of Rajya Sabha representing AIADMK and now a DMK leader in Tuticorin district was found dead with a bullet injury on Wednesday. According to police, Rajendran’s body…
Hyderabad, Nov 11 (IANS) Diwali, the festival of lights, was celebrated on Wednesday with gaiety and enthusiasm in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The skies lighted up with firecrackers while homes and shops were illuminated…
Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Samvat 2072, marking the start of the Hindu New Year, began on a positive note for Indian equities at a special trading session held on Wednesday. Held every year on Diwali…
Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi addresses during the annual press conference in New Delhi on Jan.3, 2014. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Wednesday said that radiation…
New Delhi/Dhaka, Nov 11 (IANS) Outlawed ULFA’s fugitive leader Golap Baruah alias Anup Chetia was on Wednesday handed over to India by Bangladesh, 18 years after his arrest — a move that is expected to…
London, Nov 11 (IANS) You might well be addicted to it, but quitting Facebook would actually make you happy, suggests a new study done by Denmark-based think tank Happiness Research Institute. The study, done in…
Johannesburg, Nov 11 (IANS) Remains of a 200-million-year-old dinosaur – believed to be the largest plant-eating creature ever found – were revealed at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The dinosaur remains, yet…
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Ex-servicemen on Tuesday escalated their protest against the notification on the implementation of ‘One Rank, One Pension’ (OROP) and took out a march from Jantar Mantar to Rashtrapati Bhavan, saying…