Seoul,  In boost to their strategic ties, India and South Korea today decided to enhance cooperation in sectors like shipbuilding, electronics, defence production, infrastructure and energy, besides outlining mutual interest in areas of nuclear energy and cyber security.In the eighth Joint Commission Meeting, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and herRead More

Guwahati,  Opposition parties, including the AGP, CPM and NCP, today demanded a special relief package from the Centre for the people affected in the serial attacks by NDFB(S) militants and retaliatory violence in Assam.At a meeting organised by the Asom Gana Parishad, the group criticised both Central and state governmentsRead More

Kolkata,  The CBI today interrogated TMC youth leader Shankudev Ponda and TMC minority cell leader Aniruddin Siddique for their alleged involvement in the Saradha chit-fund scam at the Salt Lake CGO complex.Siddique was the original owner of Urdu weekly “Kolom (Pen)”, which was sold to Saradha Group at an exorbitantRead More

Bengaluru,  Investigators are probing possible role of banned outfit SIMI in the terror attack outside a restaurant that left a woman dead and three others injured on Sunday. The NIA and police are exploring different angles.The government has announced measures to beef up security, particularly in crowded areas such asRead More

New Delhi, After tasting success in the General Elections and assembly polls in several states, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plans to ride the ‘Modi wave’ in the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls as well, says sources. The BJP has prepared a blueprint for Delhi polls seeking to ride on PrimeRead More

MUMBAI: Taking a swipe at the Centre following release of a tape claiming Dawood Ibrahim’s presence in Karachi, the Shiv Sena on Monday dared the government to undertake an operation to capture the evasive underworld don just as US forces eliminated terror leader Osama Bin Laden. The Sena, a constituentRead More

New Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday appealed to all state governments to install CCTV cameras in mega cities at the earliest in the wake of a low intensity blast in Bengaluru. “I appeal to all state governments to install CCTV cameras in all mega cities at the earliest…so thatRead More

Ahmedabad: Demanding a ban on Aamir Khan-starrer ‘PK’ for hurting Hindu sentiments, Bajrang Dal activists today attacked two theatres in the city opposing screening of the Bollywood film. At least 20 members of the right-wing organisation, led by city unit chief Jwalit Mehta, targeted City Gold and Shiv theatres onRead More

Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh today imposed restrictions on civilian movement along the border with Assam following launch of counter-insurgency operations by Army and paramilitary forces against NDFB(S) militants, who massacred over 70 adivasis on December 23. An official communique said in view of the operations being carried out at the interRead More

NEW DELHI: Seven persons accused of disrupting the 1997 MCD elections by tearing ballot papers and rioting at various polling booths here have been acquitted by a Delhi court after the complainant and other prosecution witnesses failed to identify them. Metropolitan Magistrate Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan absolved Delhi residents Asif Namberdar,Read More