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An official at the Pakistan high commission in Colombo allegedly planned strikes on American and Israeli consulates in south India, reports Vicky Nanjappa/ Rediff.com aheed Hussain -- a resident of Kandy, Sri Lanka, who was arrested a week before the twin explosions aboard a train at Chennai's Central railway station on May 1 -- has made startling ... (more)

Seven-year-old girl, her baby sister and her grandmother are killed and their belongings torched by an angry mob in Pakistan over a 'blasphemous' Facebook post.

New Delhi, July 28 : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh confirmed here on Monday that those Chinese herdsmen who had entered the Indian territory in Ladakh last week have withdrawn from the position.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered filing of an FIR against Trinamool Congress MP-cum-actor Tapas Pal for his controversial comments against women and directed that the CID investigate the matter.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits India this week as Washington tries to revitalize ties it sees as a counterbalance to China's rising power, but rapid progress is unlikely, despite the reformist reputation of India's new leader.

More than 150 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who languished on an Australian customs vessel for weeks have been temporarily brought to a detention center on Australia's mainland where their identities will be determined by Indian officials, a government minister said Monday.

Kathmandu, Jul 27: A parliamentary panel in Nepal on Sunday asked the government to sign as soon as possible a "Power Trade Agreement" with India under which New Delhi has proposed 100 percent Indian investment or joint ventures with Indian entities in the Himalayan country's power sector.

CHANDIGARH: Scientists in Karnal have successfully cloned a male calf from the frozen semen of a Murrah bull which died 10 years ago.

Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has received a letter purportedly threatening a terror attack in the metropolis to "take revenge for Gaza" attacks, following which an alert has been sounded in Mumbai.

Twenty people were arrested as curfew and shoot-at-sight orders on Sunday remained in force in the city hit by clashes between two communities over a land dispute.

Hyderabad, July 27 : Asserting that the Narendra Modi government has done commendable work since it assumed office two months ago, union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Sunday said it was trying to put the country's economy back on rails.

The incident occurred near CISF underpass in Indirapuram. Dinesh Negi, 35, a resident of Vasundhara area was going to his Noida office on a motorcycle.

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India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing criticism for remaining silent about incidents deemed anti-Muslim in the past week, underscoring fears that his Hindu nationalist followers will upset religious relations in the multi-faith nation.

Stating that militants attempt to enter into Jammu and Kashmir before the onset of winter, General Officer Commanding of 16 Corps Lt Gen KH Singh on Saturday claimed there are "150 to 200 militants" staged in various camps on the other side of the border in a bid to infiltrate into this side "In South of Pir Panchal 150 to 200 militants are staged ... (more)

A land dispute triggered a violent clash between two communities in northern India on Saturday, leaving two people dead and a dozen injured.

Moradabad, July 26: Moradabad District Magistrate Deepak Agarwal met Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party leader Laxmikant Bajpai while a protest was on outside his residence over a demand for a case to be filed against police officials who had misbehaved with party MLAs during the recent violence in the Kanth area.

On the 15th anniversary of the Kargil War, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said the government will soon finalise the site for construction of a "grand" national war memorial.

India is of the view that the Trade Facilitation Agreement must be implemented only as part of a single undertaking.

Ashiq had surgery on Monday, where two dental surgeons and two assisting surgeons removed the 232 "denticles" from his lower right jaw.