ndian authorities on Sunday forced a US plane carrying Marines to land in Mumbai after a confusion about its call sign, but later allowed it to resume its journey, a US Embassy official said.
The Bangkok-bound plane was diverted while in Indian airspace, said the official, who didn’t want to be named because he wasn’t authorized [...]
he victims suffocated due to toxic fumes which engulfed the lift of the 14-storey building in which they were returning after dousing fire, Thane Chief Fire Officer Vijay Vaidya said.
After they successfully doused the fire on the terrace of the building, they got trapped in the lift and choked in the fumes that may have [...]
blaze erupted in a fireworks warehouse in southern India, killing at least 30 people and injuring 10 others ahead of a major Hindu festival.
The victims in Friday night’s explosion were mainly traders buying fireworks in bulk as millions of Hindus prepared to celebrate Deepavali, the festival of lights, the Press Trust of India news [...]
t a time when the Centre wants to go the whole hog against the Maoists, Mamata Banerjee stepped up pressure on the government to withdraw central forces from trouble-torn Lalgarh.
After a meeting of the core group of Trinamool Congress on Wednesday evening, the Trinamool Congress chief raised the demand again, claiming that CPM was [...]
After a brief lull in attacks on Indians in Australia, three members of the community were “brutally bashed” by a group of around 70
youth while playing here.
26-year-old Sukhdip Singh, his brother Gurdeep Singh and uncle Mukhtair Singh were attacked by the group when they were playing pool in the eastern suburb of Epping on Saturday.
Source [...]
Calicut: From pride to shock in just 48 hours, the owner of Olive restaurant in Kozhikode might have been over the moon when AICC General SecretaryRahul Gandhi stepped in to have a meal and cup of tea, but soon after he left, the
CPM-ruled local panchayat ordered the tea shop closed allegedly because of its unhygienic [...]
olls have opened in three Indian states in what is the first major test for the country’s political parties after the general elections in April.
Voting is being held in the states of Maharashtra, Haryana and tiny Arunachal Pradesh in the north-east.
Security is tight in Maharashtra, which faced Maoist violence last week.
The elections will be the [...]
The Indian government has agreed on a new tactic to fight Maoists who are operating in several states.
Officials say state police are to take the lead in co-ordinating operations against the Maoists, while central forces are only to lend assistance.
The decision came hours after at least 17 policemen were killed in a battle with [...]
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would visit Andhra Pradesh today to undertake an aerial survey of the flood affected areas and to review the flood situation with the state government.
Singh, who will be accompanied by Chief Minister K Rosaiah, would arrive Vijayawada Airport at around 1430 hours and proceed for an [...]
Kanpur, An FIR has been lodged against five persons including a police constable for allegedly kicking a pregnant Dalit woman which resulted in the death of her unborn twins, police said here today.
The incident took place two days ago at Ghatampur area of the city when policeman Ram Milan arrived to solve [...]
