India
Indian Coast Guard discovers drums floating on sea fifty kilometres from Mumbai
The Coast guard and local police were able to retrieve the drums and investigation revealed that they contained a hydrocarbon product which is highly inflammable. A further probe is underway.
Communal incidents on rise in 2015, UP tops the list, syas Home Ministry
According to Home Ministry data, there were 330 incidents of communal violence between January and June, 2015 in comparison to 252 in the first six months of 2014. Altogether 51 people have lost their lives and 1,092 others injured in communal violence so...
Indian Bureau of Mines files appeals against order of single judge over mining scheme licences
Counters were received after pronouncement of judgments, these were not considered and taken into account before passing the orders, senior Central Government Standing Counsel Rabu Manohar submitted.
Classmates gangrape girl in Gurgaon
The girl narrated the incident to her mother who then lodged a complaint with the police. The two accused were produced before the District Judicial Court today and then sent to juvenile home, police said.
J&K: Pakistan violates ceasefire at RS Pura sector, no casualties reported
According to official figures, this is the 200th ceasefire violation by Pakistan this year alone.
Historic land swap between India, Bangladesh, exchange 162 enclaves, over 51,000 people benefit
Both governments have worked together to facilitate trouble-free movement of these residents before the stipulated date of November 30, 2015.
DGCA removes AS Soman as Air India flight safety chief
The pilot had cited bad weather as the reason for the incident, they said. The regulator had sought flight monitoring data for the period between May 23 and June 25, 2015 from the airline's safety head to carry out its investigation into the incident
Flap of Cathay Pacific aircraft comes off while landing in Delhi, DGCA initiates probe
There was a scare at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital as the flap of an aircraft came off while it was landing.
Yakub Memon is a wrong poster boy for anti–death penalty campaign
Our judiciary is robust and gave every available opportunity to Yakub Memon to plead his case.
Two-thirds of rural families used firewood for cooking: Report
At all India level, firewood and chips were used by more than two-third (67.35) of rural households, followed by LPG
Malaysia says debris found in Indian Ocean 'looks certain' of MH370
Oceanographers said vast, rotating currents sweeping the southern Indian Ocean could have deposited wreckage from MH370 thousands of kilometres from where the plane is thought to have crashed.
Irresponsible statements by Congress leaders a cause of concern: Arun Jaitley
He said mainstream national parties are expected to react in a responsible manner and are not expected to show the country as a divided house.
Bihar government declares 'Manjhi - The Mountain Man' movie tax-free
The Siddiqui-starrer movie, directed by Ketan Mehta, is a biopic on Manjhi, a resident of Gehlaur village in Atri block of Gaya district of Bihar. It was released on July 17.
Bihar government names college, science city after Kalam
Paying rich tributes to 'People's President' APJ Abdul Kalam on the occasion of his last rites, the Bihar government on Thursday named Agriculture College at Kishanganj and the proposed science city after him.
Security beefed up after Yakub Memon's hanging, police keeping an eye on any inflammatory messages online
Yakub Memon, the lone convict to be sentenced to death in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, was hanged to death in the Nagpur Central Prison on Thursday morning.