Railway police are on high alert in Karnataka in the wake of threats by suspected terror groups operating from Mysore to carry out blasts on some trains plying from here on the eve of Independence day, a top Railway official said.

Noting the country is passing through a transitional phase, Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju on Monday said social activist Anna Hazare and Yoga Guru Ramdev's crusade against corruption is nothing but an empty gas.

Several cameramen and newspaper photographers, who were present at Azad Maidan to cover the protests alleged atrocities against Muslims in Assam and Burma, ended up becoming the targets of rioters.

Yuvraj Singh will return to international cricket early in September, having been named in India’s Twenty-20 squad for the home series against New Zealand as well as the World T-20 championship next m

One hundred and fifty-five govindas were injured during the Gokulashtami celebrations in the city on Friday, according to the BMC.

Twenty two-year-old watchman Sajjad Moghul, who has been arrested for the murder of advocate Pallavi Purkayastha, had stalked her for over a fortnight, before he entered into her house using her flat

At least 40 people were on Saturday killed and 20 others injured when an overcrowded bus veered off the road and fell into a gorge near Rajera, 8 kms from the district headquarter of Chamba.

Philippine authorities scrambled to provide food and other emergency provisions on Saturday to more than two million people affected by widespread flooding, as the death toll rose to 66, officials said.

Maharashtra rural development minister Jayant Patil gave his deposition before the Adarsh inquiry commission on Thursday.

Uttar Pradesh PWD minister and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's uncle Shivpal Yadav on Friday in a surprise U-turn blamed the media for publishing his off the record talks.