Maharashtra's minorities commission on Saturday called for the arrest of Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy for his 'extreme xenophobic right-wing thoughts' expressed in a newspaper article.

The Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad, now investigating the July 13 Mumbai triple blasts, has detained a Kashmiri man from Pune whose identity card was allegedly found at Kabutarkhana in Dadar after the bomb went off there.

Coming together on the issue of providing free housing to Mumbai’s displaced mill workers, Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackery and his estranged cousin, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, on Thursday participated in a protest march.

The Indian rupee was down by 12 paise at Rs 44.20 per US dollar in early trade today on fresh dollar demand from banks and importers in view of the recovery of the dollar in overseas markets.

Volatility was witnessed in early trade on the domestic bourses today, with the BSE benchmark Sensex regaining positive terrain after slipping into the red for a brief period following a firm start.

The Indian rupee appreciated by 20 paise to Rs 43.98 per dollar in early trade on the Interbank foreign exchange on Wednesday on the back of the dollar weakness against the euro and other Asian currencies and a higher opening in the stock market.

State cooperative minister Harshvardhan Patil and his wife had a close shave with death in the early hours of Sunday, after a tempo that was driving on the wrong side of the road collided head on with

Union minister and senior Congress leader Srikant Jena on Sunday said the Orissa government should immediately order CBI probe into the multi-crore mining scam in the state to probe its “honesty.”

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is in London for a week-long visit to primarily attend the 57th Commonwealth parliamentary conference.

Pakistan will not accept the supremacy of any country in South Asia, the country’s new foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Sunday, contending that neither the US nor China or India could downpl