» NRI sold addictive medicines to cyber customers

An Indian-American man has been sentenced by a US court to 12 years in jail and ordered to pay 68 million dollars for his involvement in an elaborate Internet scam that obtained a whopping 200 million dollars by illegally selling addictive medicines to cyber customers and drug users.

» India, Pakistan head for talks, low on hope

Not much is expected from the foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan slated to be held on Thursday. In fact, home minister P Chidambaram himself said on Wednesday that he was not very optimistic about a breakthrough.

» Bihar court issues warrant against Raj Thackeray

A Bihar court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against Maharashtra Navnirman chief chief Raj Thackeray for making "hate speeches" against Biharis and asked the Mumbai police commissioner to produce him before it on November 2.

» Akram's wife in critical condition at Chennai hospital

Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram's wife is in a critical condition at a hospital here where she was rushed today after developing an "emergency situation" in an air ambulance during its scheduled refuelling at the Chennai airport.

» Black money may still escape UID scanner

Nandan Nilekani’s Unique Identification Number (UID) scheme may not be all that useful in curbing black money as he claims, because a substantial chunk of the dirty money is no longer parked in banks as it used to be in the earlier days.

» India gives in to Chinese pressure, stops Ladakh road work

The Chinese army forcefully stopped the construction work after strong objection to the construction of the Ladakh road, a link between Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.