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Maoist rebels killed at least 15 members of India's security forces and one civilian on Tuesday in a massive attack in the restive Chhattisgarh state, less than a month before the country holds elections, police said.

India has to cut its Iranian oil imports by nearly two-thirds from the first quarter after the United States asked it to hold the shipments at end-2013 levels, in keeping with the nuclear deal easing sanctions on Tehran, Indian government sources said.

Maoist rebels ambushed paramilitary soldiers in a brazen daytime attack on their camp in central India on Tuesday, killing 20 troops in their largest attack in almost a year, police said.

New Delhi, March 10 : India and the African countries should mull forming a working group to explore healthcare cooperation, stakeholders and experts said here Monday.

Washington, March 10: The new Indian ambassador to the US, S. Jaishankar, Monday formally presented his credentials to President Barack Obama at his oval office at the White House.

Initial inspections of Bangladesh garment factories organized after the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex have found safety problems including overloaded ceilings, exposed cables and locked fire escapes, an industry-backed group said on Monday.

In A shocking incident, three persons murdered one of their friends for just Rs 120 on Sunday night.

Indian investigators on Monday filed charges in the first of several cases relating to a multi-billion-dollar coal scandal, officials said.

New Delhi, March 9 : India Sunday condoled the death of Afghanistan's First Vice President Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, describing him as a close friend of India.

A Chinese relative of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, center, cries as she is escorted by a woman while leaving a hotel room for relatives or friends of passengers aboard the missing airplane, in Beijing, China Sunday, March 9, 2014.

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi's former chief minister, travels in a jeep during a road show before the 2014 general elections in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 8, 2014.

Indian laborers dig a coal depot in Meghalaya, India. For six years in a row, India's monopoly coal producer has missed its production targets.

Mumbai, March 9: Actor-filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar will contest the Lok Sabha election from Mumbai North-West as a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena candidate.

One Indian worker was killed in an accident during construction of a nuclear submarine, a defence statement said Sunday, the latest in a string of deadly mishaps to hit the navy.

In this Feb. 16, 2014 photo, Indians suffering from leprosy wait outside a food distribution hall at a leper colony in New Delhi, India.

SkyBlu, one half of the American electro-pop band LMFAO, says that he will play all his new singles when he performs in Mumbai tonight at The Lalit Mumbai If you have ever swung your hips and stomped your feet to Party Rock Anthem and Sexy And I Know It, then it's time to put on your party shoes and head to The Lalit Hotel in Andheri East tonight.

Chennai, March 8 : Vennira Aadai Nirmala, who made her debut in Tamil cinema along with now Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, will be one of the star campaigners for the AIADMK in the Lok Sabha polls.

Premature deaths of their fathers has also propelled some yuvarajs into frontline positions, but in the Congress they cannot get to the top as the slot is pre-booked.

New Delhi, March 7 - Two Italian anti-piracy marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen two years ago filed a petition against Indian authorities permitting that country's NIA anti-terrorism police to probe the case, judicial sources told ANSA on Friday.

Seoul, March 8 : South Korea, almost a quarter of whose population of 50 million are Buddhists, has received a sapling of the sacred Bodhi Tree from India's Bodh Gaya town, a fulfilment of an offer Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made to South Korean President Park Geun-hye, as a special gesture of India's friendship and goodwill, when she ... (more)