The owners of the Australian radio station that carried out the prank call which apparently led to an Indian-origin nurse's suicide said today that the tragedy was 'unforeseeable', promising immediate action and review of broadcasting processes.
Less than a fortnight after the alleged suicide by a woman Squadron Leader of the Indian Air Force in Jodhpur, another IAF officer was found hanging in his room on Sunday.
Rebutting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's charge that minorities were feeling 'insecure' in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused him of playing vote-bank politics with the minority community.
In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops fired at forward Indian posts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district but there was no loss of life or damage to property.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said it gave notice for a debate and voting in Parliament against the Centre's FDI move to expose arch-rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, which were against foreign investment in retail sector.
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has alleged that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh won the last two assembly elections by using money received from Naxalites.
Pakistani news channels have beamed footage from closed-circuit TV cameras that purportedly show a young man being killed by police in a fake gun battle in Lahore.
In a veiled attack on Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday asked people in Gujarat to defeat politicians indulging in divisive politics.
Opening a new chapter in Karnataka politics, former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa On Sunday formally launched Karnataka Janata Party and took over as its president at a massive rally in north Karnataka.
Blaming Arvind Kejriwal's fascination for power for split in anti-graft movement, Anna Hazare today said he will not vote for the Aam Aadmi Party charging that it is going the same way as others by taking the path of 'money through power' and vice versa.
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea seeking a stay on commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant till all safety measures are put in place.
Amid suggestions by some Bharatiya Janata Party leaders that Narendra Modi was fit to be the prime minister, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said the National Democratic Alliance has not yet decided on its prime ministerial candidate and this will be done at a later stage.
India has appointed Rajeev Shahare as the new high commissioner to Maldives replacing incumbent D M Mulay.
The Uttarakhand police has taken exception to the Delhi police crime branch conducting raids in different parts of the state in search of people associated with sacked state minorities commission chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari and evidence against him, allegedly without giving prior information to it.
A Parliamentary delegation from Pakistan on Thursday visited the Indian Parliament and was warmly welcomed by members in both houses.
The Delhi police on Thursday refused to give any assurance in a court here that Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra and his son will not be arrested, if their complicity comes up during probe in connection with the alleged Rs 100 crore extortion bid from Naveen Jindal's firm by two editors of his channel.
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee on Thursday urged the state government not to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, as mandated by the Supreme Court, though it would amount to contempt of its order.
The government has given approval for setting up six nuclear power plants with assistance from French company Areva at Jaitapur in Maharashtra, minister of state in the Primke Minister's Office V Narayanasamy told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
In a relief to former Chief Minister and veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist leader V S Achuthanandan, the Kerala high court on Thursday quashed the First Information Report against him in a land allotment issue, holding that framing a case against him on 'false and frivolous' charges was unworthy of any merit.
The Babri mosque issue on Thursday rocked the Lok Sabha with some members demanding action on the report of Liberhan Commission which probed its demolition 20 years ago.
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