Four persons arrested in Pandya murder case

Four persons, including the imam (cleric) of a masjid in Karimnagar district, have been arrested in connection with the killing of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya.Syed Akbar, the imam of......

Anti-aircaft missile recovered from J&K terrorists

The Indian Army has recovered a surface-to-air missile from a terrorist hideout in the Kashmir Valley.This is probably the first time that the Kashmiri terrorists have been found in possession of a......

As Net use spreads, cyber crimes up 19 times over 10 years

Obscenity, cheating and sexual exploitation are India’s leading cyber crimes, reports Chaitanya Mallapur. Cyber crimes reported in India rose 19 times over the last ten years (2005 to 2014),......

62 people in the world have same wealth as 3.5 billion

Wealth of the richest 62 people rose 44% in the five years since 2010, while that of the bottom half fell by 41% Just 62 individuals had the same wealth as 3.5 billion people - the bottom half of......

4 things that could change India in 2016

More people will be literate, on the Internet, linked to the national identification scheme and likely to receive electricity, especially from alternative-energy sources. The new year has many......

Delhi's transport sector 3 times more polluting than Mumbai's

Despite a 187 km, seven-line metro network carrying 2.4 million commuters every day, private vehicles rose 92 per cent over the last 15 years Delhi’s transport sector produces six times as......