Upset over 'the republic killing its own children', the Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh government on a plea for judicial probe into the killings of top Maoist leader Cherukuri Rajkumar and journalist Hemchandra Pandey in an alleged fake encounter six months ago.

The Government is considering reducing the strength of security forces deployed in Jammu and Kashmir by 25 per cent as a confidence building measure.

Amid a growing clamour for a separate Telangana state, Congress on Friday decided to continue with D. Srinivas, who hails from Telangana, as Andhra Pradesh PCC chief.

The Delhi high court on friday granted bail to former CWG organising committee official T.S. Darbari, who was arrested for his alleged role in the Queen's Baton relay scam.

Kolkata Knight Riders have included Mumbai left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdulla and Himachal Pradesh wicketkeeper Manvinder Bisla in their line-up for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League.

Stung by a series of land scams and corruption cases, the Indian Army is now planning to set up an internal vigilance wing to keep a tab on its men and prevent such instances from recurring.

The chiefs of the Indian Army and Air Force on Wednesday attended a meeting called by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to discuss a CAG report on defence rations that was tabled before Parliament last year. The Army Chief, Gen. V.K. Singh, the IAF Chief, Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik, and Indian Navy vice-chief Vice-Admiral D.K. Dewan gave a presentation before the PAC on the rations supplied to troops. The PAC asked for clarification from the armed forces following which the

Industrial production (IP) grew at 2.7 per cent in November 2010, an 18-month low, as a tight monetary policy and high prices hit consumer goods.
IP was anyway expected to be low in November due to the high base effect as last year in the same month IP had grown by 11.3 per cent.

China issued stapled visas to two Indian citizens living in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, prompting a quick response from New Delhi which said it has unequivocally conveyed to the Chinese side that a uniform practice on issuance of visas to Indian nationals must be followed.

The Trinamul Congress, the largest ally of the Congress-led UPA, might get another berth, that of minister of state, during the forthcoming Cabinet reshuffle. The reshuffle, long overdue, may be carried out in the last week of this month. The date being considered at this juncture is January 21.