Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif on Thursday released from a British jail after completing half of his one-year sentence for his role in a spot-fixing scandal.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Tuesday offered to mediate between the government and the Maoists to bring lasting solution to the Naxal problem.

Ending the 11-day-old suspense over fate of the abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, held hostage by the Naxals since April 21, the Maoists on Tuesday evening said they will release him on May 3.

The boat tragedy has brought into focus the syndicates of mafias which is ruling the waterways of Assam.
Disclosing that hundreds of boats operating in Western Assam’s district do not have fitness certificate, security sources said that boat, which capsized on Monday, did not have any life saving equipment like lifeboats or life jackets. People were sitting on the roof of the ferry, carrying mainly local farmers and their families when it was trapped in a storm close to the India-Bangladesh border.

Search operations are on for more than a hundred people who are still missing after a crowded steamer carrying more than 300 passengers sank in the Brahmaputra river in Assam on Monday after being caught in a severe storm.

In a late Monday evening twist to the hostage crisis involving Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, mediators nominated by the Chhattisgarh government and Maoists reached a consensus on four major issues, raising hope for the early release of the IAS officer who has been in Naxal captivity since April 21.

An Australian billionaire on Monday said he will build a high-tech replica of the Titanic at a Chinese shipyard and its maiden voyage in late 2016 will be from England to New York, just like its namesake planned.

In the backdrop of the menace posed by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, India on Sunday said it was determined to work with Seychelles to ensure a secure environment for the benefit of the two countries.

Amid emotional scenes, five-year-old Indian boy Ariful Sheikh on Sunday returned home in Murshidabad district after spending a year in a Bangladesh jail along with his grandparents after being sentenced to two months in prison for trespassing.

Three days after being freed by Maoists, Orissa MLA Jhina Hikaka Sunday said the ultras are likely to release a fresh audio message which could clear the air over his possible resignation as a legislator.