India

India has most number of domestic terror groups
24 Jun 2009, 0303 hrs IST, Kartikeya, TNN
MUMBAI: The CPI (Maoist) swells the list of indigenous terror groups operating on our soil to 27, making India home to the largest number of
domestic terrorist organisations in the world. On Monday, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) named the CPI [...]

Girl trapped in borewell rescued
June 21, 2009, Jaipur

A team, carrying out an operation to rescue a four-year-old Anju stuck in a 48-ft deep open borewell at a Rajasthan village, finally succeeded in pulling her out on Sunday.
The rescued girl was unconscious when pulled out and was rushed to the hospital.
Earlier, the rescue team reached near [...]

46 Indian students fled Australia in the past month
Tue, Jun 16 01:15 PM
Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 (IANS) At least 46 Indian students have fled Australia following a rise in the number of violent attacks against the community in the past month and many others are being asked by their worried parents to return home, the editor [...]

In Bangalore, beggary is booming profession
Wed, Jun 17 10:27 AM
Bangalore, June 17 (IANS) It’s been almost eight years since Prasad migrated from Suganahalli, a small village in north Karnataka, to earn his livelihood in India’s tech hub. After failing to land a job, he took to begging and is ‘happy’ earning around Rs.40 a day [...]

Lalu’s Bihar express
Bubbling with enthusiasm after presenting his first Railway Budget in July 2004, Lalu Prasad promised a “railway job in each house” to a huge roaring crowd in Chapra, his constituency. In fact, it later went on to become his favourite line for his various speeches in Bihar.

Lalu Prasad Yadav

Rupee soars 120 paise to 48.20 level in morning trade

The Indian rupee on Monday surged sharply by a whopping 120 paise to 48.20 against the US dollar on increased capital inflows after the Parliamentary elections gave a clear mandate for a single political party in India.