A manhunt was under way in Mumbai on Friday for four alleged members of the same Islamist group that attacked the city in 2008, amid warnings of a strike on foreign targets over Christmas and New Year

The City police on Thrusday claimed to have busted an international job racket with the arrest of two persons, including a Nepali, for allegedly trying to dupe 31 Nepal citizens on pretext of providin

An “unscheduled” visit of MNS chief Raj Thackeray at BJP’s Mumbai unit office on Monday has caused tension between the BJP and its “old” NDA alliance partner Shiv Sena. The Shiv Sena, it was learnt, was so miffed with the incident that it told the BJP that it will boycott the BJP-led NDA’s protest rally on corruption issue on December 22. However, the BJP on Tuesday claimed the issue has been sorted out and Shiv Sena will attend the protest rally. MNS and Shiv Sena are considered bitter rivals.

The probe into the email purportedly sent by banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) minutes after the Varanasi blast, appears to be heading nowhere with investigators finding it difficult to esta

The Intelligence Bureau is likely to handover several video footages of the alleged Pakistan “spy” Javed Abdul Gafoor Moojiwala (28) that they shot during his visits to the Pakistan high commission (P

The BJP will hold a massive public rally in Mumbai on January 16 to demand the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate the 2G Spectrum scam. The party’s observer for Maharashtra Mr Venkaiah Naidu made this announcement on Saturday, while he criticised the Congress for trying to sweep the issue under the carpet.

A day after the two NCP MLAs in the coalition Goa Cabinet refused to resign after the high command asked them to do so, the NCP sent down party general secretary Mr Prakash Binsale to Goa to settle the issue.

India’s 50-year-old research reactor Cirus, a symbol of growth of the country’s civil and strategic atomic programme, will be shut down permanently on December 31 as per the commitment made under the civil nuclear agreement with the US.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Saturday became the latest detractor of AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi for the latter’s alleged Hindu terror remark. Mr Modi, whom Rahul had called “an evil leader” and compared him with Mao Tse-tung, said that the Congress leader was responsible for the US’ support to Pakistan.

India Inc. and the banks breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday as not only did the Reserve Bank of India not increase any of its policy rates, it also produced a pleasant surprise in the form of a cut of one per cent in the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR), the amount that banks have to keep aside before lending. This means that borrowing will not get expensive. Rising interest rates have been a problem for India Inc.