Thane: The death toll in the collapse of an illegal building that was under construction in Thane near Mumbai has risen to 28. About 50 people are injured and rescue workers say five to six people could still be trapped in the debris.  (Pictures of the collapse)   The residential building in the

New Delhi:The Indian government proposes to send two senior ministers to Saudi Arabia to asses the impact of the new 'nitaqat' employment policy that is expected to affect thousands of Indians who are working in the kingdom without valid employment or visa documents. Minister for Overseas Indian

Bangalore-A sum of Rs 200 crore would be spent on conducting elections to the State Legislative Assembly on May 5, the state's Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha said here today. The state government would bear entire cost of the poll and had already released Rs 100 crore, he told reporters h

Etawah : Amid speculation that his party might withdraw external support to UPA,  Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav launched yet another tirade yesterday against the Congress, accusing it of  "cheating and being clever" and taking the people for a ride. Addressing SP workers a

Amritsar: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and his son allegedly threatened and beat up an examination official at a centre in Amritsar where the politician's daughter was appearing for the class 12 boards. The official says he had prevented them from helping the girl cheat. Pran Nath, B

Deoria, Uttar Pradesh: A senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh looked at a woman who said she had been raped, and said, "Why would anyone rape such an elderly woman?" The remark was filmed on Friday by local media in Deoria in Eastern Uttar Pradesh who wanted to expose the difficulty a woman

BHOPAL: Three farmers hanged two bulls to death after it strayed into his field causing damages to crops, in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh. The incident occurred at Mayapur village — around 10km from district headquarters — where tension gripped the area after villagers spotted the bulls h

AHMEDABAD: At a time when Narendra Modi's development model is under national spotlight, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has criticized his government in Gujarat for imprudent fiscal management. It has underlined a need for greater professionalism and accountability in the functioning

WASHINGTON: The United States is poised to turn the so-called outsourcing visa into a skill importing programme. American lawmakers are on the verge of overhauling immigration laws, including the infamous H-1B visa, which critics say has been widely misused by bodyshoppers and outsourcing gia

The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the conviction of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and sent him to five years imprisonment. He was asked to surrender in four weeks. Dutt, who was convicted under the Arms Act for illegally possessing weapons, had been

NEW DELHI: All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has threatened to go on an indefinite strike from April 1 midnight if government fails to meet its demands like withdrawal of unilateral hike of third party insurance premium for goods vehicles, implementation of toll permit on the lines of n

New Delhi - Karnataka Assembly election will be held in a single phase on May 5 and counting of votes will be on May 8, the Election Commission said today. Announcing the schedule for election to the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly, Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath said "the mode

  Agra: A British tourist jumped from her hotel room in Agra today, allegedly to avoid being molested by the owner of the hotel early this morning. The 30-year-old jumped from the balcony on the first floor of the Agra Mahal Hotel and was taken to a hospital with leg injuries. She has bee

Lucknow - A National Conference on the topic of “Unpacking the 12th Plan (Minorities Chapter)” on March 17 (Sunday) is going to be organized here in Lucknow in the Ganna Sansthan auditorium in Dali Bagh from 10.30 am onwards. Dr. Maulana Saeed-ur-Rehman Azmi Nadvi, Principal of world renowned sem

JABALPUR/JHANSI: Further denting India's image as a country unsafe for women, lathi-wielding goons attacked a Swiss tourist and her companion, who were camping in Datia, a town 65km from Gwalior, and several of the men dragged the 39-year-old woman to a clearing near her tent and gang-raped her.

Ludhiana: Two children were killed and four others injured when a truck crashed through a school boundary wall and hit them on the outskirts of Ludhiana Industrial Town today. The injured have been rushed to the local hospital and two of the children are said to be seriously hurt. The truck h

New Delhi : The BJP's Sushma Swaraj today asked why Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was not in the Lok Sabha when the House honoured the memory of five soldiers from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) who were killed in a suicide attack by militants in Srinagar yesterday. When he arrived i

New Delhi: Airports of Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad are among the top five airports in the world providing international standard services. Airports Council International (ACI), a global body of airports, has adjudged Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport as second best after Seoul