Around 30 passengers of Tata-Nagpur passenger train have reportedly been injured after the train derailed following the blowing up of the track. The Naxals had planted landmines near Chakradharpur. The approaching train detonated the landmines, throwing several bogies off track... more »

"Pakistani authorities had arrested as many as five other people in connection with the (Lashkar-e-Toiba) plot in recent weeks, including some former or current Pakistani military officials," The New York Times reported. The paper quoted an official, who has been briefed on the investigation, as saying that those arrested remain in .. more »

Ghazipur: The Congress has said that Rahul Gandhi may not like being projected as the future prime minister but the people of the country view him as one. "Although Congress president Sonia Gandhi had refused to accept the top office and Rahul Gandhi has expressed his reservations about being projected as the future prime minister, the people .. more »

Railway minister Mamata Banerjee said from Delhi that the train comprised 10 coaches of which five derailed andthree toppled over as also the engine. She said two bodies were found in a overturned bogie, while 47 passengers were injured. Six passengers were trapped in another capsized bogie. Three passengers have been rescued so far as rescuers .. more »

"Four wheels of the train slipped and one coach went off the track," said Nirakar Sahu, PRO of the East Coast Railways. According to the passengers, the driver was unaware that a coach had slipped off the track and kept driving for some time. He was alerted by the passengers. No casualty was reported as the train had slowed down near the .. more »

"I would like to clarify that my remarks concerning 'off-spring' and 'imposing some conditions' were my own personal opinion and not that of the IAF or the MoD (Ministry of Defence)," said Barbora Thursday. "If I had hurt any groups’ sentiments, I would like to state that it was not with any malicious .. more »

On Tuesday, Indian Air Force (IAF) vice chief air marshal PK Barbora said that women getting inducted as fighter pilots could be happy, be married, but they cannot have offspring till a certain age. According to the IAF, women inducted into the flying branch fall in the age bracket of 21-23 years; they may be allowed to start a family after .. more »

New Delhi: After kicking up a controversy with his remarks over induction of woman fighter pilots into the IAF, vice chief air marshal PK Barbora today said that these comments were his "personal opinion" and issued a clarification short of an apology. "My remarks concerning induction of women fighter pilots into the IAF have come in .. more »

Published on Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 21:01, Updated on Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 21:37 in India section In a statement, Barbora clarified that his remarks about women fighter pilots not having "offspring" and about "imposing some conditions" on their service reflected his own opinion and not of the IAF. "I would like to clarify that my remarks concerning .. more »

"We are encouraging them (India and Pakistan) to get back into dialogue. We think that (dialogue) is important. But with respect to any resolution, that's up to them," Clinton told the BBC in an interview, the transcripts of which was released by the State Department in Washington. Clinton was responding to a question if the .. more »

The Obama Administration encourages India and Pakistan to get back into dialogue process which was halted by the Mumbai terrorist attack, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. “We are encouraging them (India and Pakistan) to get back into dialogue. We think that (dialogue) is important. But with respect to any resolution, .. more »

In an interview to the an American newspaper ahead of his state visit to the US, Singh said India has been a “Every day I receive intelligence reports saying that terrorists based in Pakistan are planning other similar acts,” Singh said in the interview that would be carried in the daily’s print edition on Sunday - the day of .. more »

"We know that there is a cross-border fertilisation of extremism and terrorism. Afghanistan cannot get control over its territory and defeat the Taliban if they can go across the border into Pakistan as a safe haven," Clinton told the Azadi Radio in an interview. Similarly, Pakistan cannot root out the people that threaten them and their .. more »

Terming Thursday's attack on a passenger train in Jharkhand as a 'cowardly act', Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said on Friday that Maoists were terrorists and he had no sympathy for them. "There is no difference between terrorists and Maoists. They are making railway stations, trains, mobile towers and schools soft targets. They .. more »

Chaibasa (Jharkhand): Yesterday's train accident which killed two and injured 55 others was culmination of series of similar attempts by the Maoists in the past which were foiled, police said today. "The Maoists had attempted to target passenger trains many times in the past. The police have found explosives from tracks several .. more »