At least 42 Taliban terrorists were killed in airstrikes by fighter jets and ground clashes in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt, where a deadly ambush by militants at a check-post on Friday claimed the lives of four security personnel.

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha activists demanding release of some of their supporters went on the rampage on Friday, setting ablaze the house of a Gorkha National Liberation Front leader in Darjeeling district and hurling stones at the police when they

Union minister for parliamentary affairs and water resources Pawan Kumar Bansal, on Thursday claimed that the situation on the ground water was not as grave as is made out to be by certain sections of the media.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to arraign the four suspended police officers as accused for destruction, dissipation and suppression of evidence in the rape and murder of two young women in south Kashmir's town of Shopian on May

Kasab and nine others involved in Mumbai terror attacks were taught combat techniques by Pak Marines after being extensively trained by LeT at its various camps, claims the report.

A top cop probing into Pop King Michael Jackson's death has revealed that the LAPD has not ruled out homicide as yet.

Nitish Kumar said that he had always wondered how a man who 'ruined' Bihar for 15 years was 'doing exceedingly well' on becoming the railway minister.

As many as 13 new faces, including five from the National Conference, will be inducted in the Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet on Saturday.

The death of over 100 people following consumption of spurious liquor is fast becoming a political issue in Gujarat.

SC refused to restrain the UP govt from carrying out work for installation of statues of CM Mayawati and other Dalit leaders at a park in Noida.

The four suspended cops in connection with rape and murder case in J-K's Shopian will be treated as accused and interrogated by Special Investigating Team.

An accused can be convicted for rape even if there are no injuries on the private parts of the victim as the same does not amount to consensual sex, the Supreme Court has ruled.

PASSENGERS on board a virus-hit ship insisted yesterday they would refuse to leave until they are guaranteed a full refund.

AS MANY as one in three breast cancers detected by screening may actually be harmless and not need treatment, new research has found.

FOURTEEN people have now died in the UK after contracting swine flu, it emerged yesterday.

CHEMICALS in fruit and vegetables, as well as tea and red wine, could help to protect the brain against Alzheimer's disease, a conference will hear today.

A COUNCIL was fined £10,000 yesterday after the authority pled guilty to exposing residents of a block of flats to asbestos.

Legends sacred and sad shroud a volcanic peak on the Mongolian border.

The firing of a promising bureaucrat, apparently for political reasons, suggests that authoritarianism has sunk even deeper into Russian society.