New Delhi | 45 minutes ago
India looks at South America for farm revolution
New Delhi, Sep 3 - India, looking to launch a second green revolution to boost its food security, has begun looking at distant South America where countries have been able to ramp up food production with new technology and farming methods. And to take lessons first-hand, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will visit Argentina, Brazil and Mexico this month.'India has much to learn from the best prac ... read more

Patna | 1 hour ago
Abducted Bihar cop Lucas Tete's body found in forest
Patna, Sep 3 - The body of Lucas Tete, one of the four Bihar policemen abducted by Maoists five days ago, was found in a forest Friday, a day after the rebels claimed to have killed Sub Inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav, police said.The body found in a forest in Lakhisarai district is of Lucas Tete and not of Abhay Kumar Yadav as reported earlier, Deputy Inspector General of Munger Shah Rukh Majeed conf ... read more

1 hour ago
Punjab cops clueless about missing Pakistani prisoner
Amritsar -, Sep 3 - Punjab police remained clueless Friday about the whereabouts a 40-year-old Pakistanti prisoner who disappeared from a jail here Tuesday.The prisoner, Nayamat Ali, was arrested by the Border Security Force - an year ago for illegally entering India in the Lopoke area near this Sikh holy city. Police said he was not mentally stable. Ali was lodged at the Amritsar Central Jail fo ... read more

Sydney | 2 hours ago
Independent MP submits demand list to Gillard, Abbott
Sydney, Sep 3 - Independent MP from Queensland Bob Katter Friday said he has sent a list of 20 conditions to Australian prime ministerial hopefuls Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, saying 'I'm still in a very powerful position here'.Incumbent Prime Minister Julia Gillard got a boost to her hopes of returning as the country's leader after Independent MP from Tasmania Andrew Wilkie decided Thursday to ... read more

Nagpur | 2 hours ago
Two priests, guard found dead in Maharashtra temple
Nagpur, Sep 3 - Two priests and a security guard of a temple in Maharashtra were found murdered Friday, police said.Devotees in Arni, around 200 km from here, found the bodies when they reached the Mahadev temple for prayers at dawn, said Arni police station in-charge Giridh Bobade. 'We are trying to ascertain the motive behind the triple murder and investigations are on,' Bobade told IANS. Polic ... read more

Patna | 3 hours ago
Body in police uniform found near Bihar forest
Patna, Sep 3 - A body in police uniform was found near a forest in Bihar's Lakhisarai district early Friday, a day after the Maoists said they had killed abducted Sub Inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav, media reports said. The police have not yet identified the body.According to local news channels, the body was found near Simratali forest under Chanan police station in Lakhisarai. Villagers have report ... read more

Patna | 4 hours ago
Kidnapped Bihar policeman's body found
Patna, Sep 3 - The body of abducted Sub Inspector Abhay Kumar Yadav was found near a forest in Bihar's Lakhisarai district early Friday, a day after the Maoists said they had killed the policeman, media reports said.According to local news channels, Yadav's body in police uniform was found near Simratali forest under Chanan police station in Lakhisarai. Villagers have reportedly identified Yadav' ... read more

Madrid | 4 hours ago
Over 110,000 firms shut down in Spain
Madrid, Sep 3 - The economic recession forced a total of 110,058 Spanish companies to go out of business, the ministry of labour and immigration has said.Businesses which employed between six to 50 people have been hit hardest by the slump, with 47,835 such firms shutting down. Another 39,708 enterprises having between two and five workers had to be closed. The number of companies with workforce o ... read more

Washington | 4 hours ago
Pakistan's bomb has prevented war with India: A Q Khan
Washington, Sep 3 - Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India and made the 'nation walk with heads held high', boasts notorious Pakistani scientist A Q Khan, considered the father of Islamabad's clandestine nuclear weapons programme.'Our nuclear programme has ensured our survival, our security, and our sovereignty ... I am proud to have contributed to it together with ... read more

London | 8 hours ago
Three tainted Pakistani cricketers suspended by ICC
London, Sep 3 - The three Pakistani cricketers, who are at the centre of an alleged betting scam, were provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council - Thursday night after being charged under the anti-corruption code.After a day that began with the Pakistan Cricket Board agreeing to omit the players from the team for the rest of the England tour, and the Pakistan high commissioner s ... read more