The anti-Naxal squad of the Gadchiroli police has arrested a dreaded Naxal commander who was in several gun battles with the police and has many murder and other serious offences registered against hi

India can “continue with all works” related to the Kishenganga hydro-electric project in Jammu and Kashmir except any permanent work on the riverbed that may inhibit restoration of the river’s full fl

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of trying to run a parallel government through the governor’s office, even as the state BJP passed a resolution seeking recall of Go

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell below the psychological 16,000-mark in early trade on Monday, losing 272.09 points amid a major sell off across the board and a weak trend in Asian markets.

Global stock markets were hit by a tsunami of selling as investors fled from the equity and commodities markets around the world and sought safe haven in the strong dollar after the US Fed on Wednesday warned of a slowdown in the US economy. The Fed also failed to pump money directly into the limp US economy

Four workers were charred to death and 12 others received serious burn injuries when a fire broke out in a textile company at Dombivali on Thursday morning. Binayak Textiles in the industrial township of Dombivali processes cloth and employs 200 workers. At the time of the incident, there were 67 workers working in the night shift.

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell by nearly 205 points in opening trade on Friday, in tandem with a weakening trend on other Asian bourses amid global recession worries.

Amid growing public resistance to nuclear power projects, India has sought new test reports from the French nuclear authority on safety issues raised in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan before finalising orders for reactors from France’s atomic energy giant Areva.

Senior Congress leaders Shankersinh Vaghela and Arjun Modhavadia on Tuesday ended their three-day fast, saying it had exposed the “hypocrisy” and the “dark side” of chief minister Narendra Modi’s Sadbhavana mission.

Youth Congress workers, school students and leaders of various communities visited the fast venue of Gujarat Congress leaders Shankersinh Vaghela and Arjun Modhvadia on the final day of their three-day protest.