A CRPF personnel was shot dead and a dozen Maoists possibly killed during an encounter in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, the police said on Monday.
The security forces — a combined team of the CRPF and the state police — also recovered claymore mines, ammonium nitrate and other items after the almost-24-hour gunbattle in Bandgaon which ended Sunday night.

South-west monsoon on Monday inched further bringing showers to some more parts of Maharashtra, Chhatisgarh, Orissa and parts of Gangetic West Bengal.
However, a senior weather scientist warned of a slight delay in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand but made it clear that it would have no impact on the kharif crops.

A CRPF personnel was shot dead and a dozen Maoists possibly killed during an encounter in Jharkhand’s west Singhbhum district, police said on Monday.
The security forces — a combined team of CRPF and state police — also recovered claymore mines, ammonium nitrate and other items after the almost 24-hour g

Aiming to acquire a controlling stake in SpiceJet, media magnate Mr Kalanithi Maran, on Monday launched an open offer to acquire an additional 20 per cent stake in the no-frill airline for an estimated Rs 479.29 crore.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has begun deliveries of the iconic Jaguar XJ in India, Tata Motors said on Monday.
The company’s senior vice-president (commercial), passenger car business unit, Mr S. Krishnan, said, “We notice a very intense aspiration in India to own an XJ. We are encouraged by the number of customers who have expressed a desire to own this iconic car.”

B. M. Munjal and his sons will hold the stake as Indian promoters in the country’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero Honda as part of the family settlement of $4.2-billion Hero Group.

The government will free over 300 persons arrested for suspected Taliban links to meet the demand of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam to keep the Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition at the centre intact, ac

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The strapless pink gown that Marilyn Monroe wore while performing the popular Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend has fetched a staggering $319,000 at an auction here.

In what could be called a major breakthrough, scientists have developed a new technique which they claim could allow the growth of livers in the laboratory for transplantation into humans within five