India

Srinagar, Oct 25: Three school buildings were set ablaze by unknown persons in Kashmir over the past 24 hours, setting alarm bells ringing among authorities who have decided to step up security around educational institutions. A Government school was set ablaze by unknown persons in the wee hours today in Noorbagh area of the city but the blaze was put out by fire tenders, a police official said

Karachi, Oct 25: The overnight attack on a police training academy in Pakistan's restive Quetta city has left over 60 cadets besides three militants dead, with 118 injured, making it one of the deadliest strikes in the country this year. The attack on the Police Training College on Saryab Road in the Balochistan province capital began at around 11:10 PM last night, triggering an operation by

Mumbai, Oct 24: In a dramatic development that took the corporates and others by surprise, Cyrus Mistry was today sacked as Chairman of Tata Sons and was replaced by Ratan Tata, from whom he had taken over the reins of the over USD 100 billion salt-to-software conglomerate four years ago. The surprise announcement came after the Board of Tata Sons met here and decided to replace 48-year-old Mistry

Lucknow, Oct 24: We should remove our weakness and not fight with each other said Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday during the crucial party meet held in Lucknow. During his address to the party leaders Mulayam Singh curtly told that Amar Singh has helped him a lot and Amar is his brother. Mulayam Singh Yadav further said that he can't tolerate anything against Amar Singh and

Visakhapatnam (AP), Oct 24: Twenty-one Maoists were gunned down in an exchange of fire with the Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Police in Malkangiri forest area on the AP-Odisha border in the wee hours today, a top police official here said. According to AP Police, two constables of Greyhounds, an elite anti-Maoist force, were injured in the encounter that occurred during a routine combing

Lucknow, Oct 23: Ruling Samajwadi Party appeared to be headed for a split today as Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his party supremo and father Mulayam Singh were engaged in an open face-off, sacking each other's loyalists Shivpal Yadav and Ramgopal Yadav. While Akhilesh sacked Shivpal, his uncle and party's state unit chief, along with three other "pro-Amar Singh" ministers from his Cabinet

Jammu, Oct 24: One Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed and another injured in a heavy shelling and firing by Pakistan along International Border in RS Pura sector of Jammu on Monday morning. Pakistan troops targeted 13 Border Out Posts (BoP) and civilian areas along International Border in R S Pura, Pargwal and Kanachak in Jammu. Sushil Kumar is the second jawan to be killed after Gurnam

New Delhi, Oct 23: Priyanka Gandhi will be a "force multiplier" for Congress in Rahul Gandhi's "forceful" campaign in Uttar Pradesh and people will reject any attempt by BJP to use army's surgical strikes across the LoC for political gains, Congress' Chief Ministerial candidate Sheila Dikshit has said. The Congress veteran, who has been on a whirlwind tour of Uttar Pradesh where assembly polls are

New Delhi, Oct 23: The BSF jawan Gurnam Singh, who was injured in Saturday’s crossborder fire in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, succumbed to his injuries at night. The 26-year-old jawan had been undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Jammu. According to news agency, Singh died at around 11.45 pm. Chief Medical Officer, Dr Rajinder Thappa, told ANI that

Vadodara, Oct 23: Using the analogy of surgical strikes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wondered what would have happened if the government had adopted similar strategy in the recent campaign against blackmoney, which unearthed Rs 65,000 crores. "We gave some time to those who had generated black money (to declare it). You will be happy to know that Rs 65,000 crore in black money came