40 Delhi schools get bomb threat, $30,000 demand

Around 40 schools in Delhi received a bomb threat mail Monday morning with the sender demanding USD 30,000, prompting a multi-agency search of the premises but "nothing suspicious was found", a......

10 Kuki youths shot multiple times, mostly on the back: Autopsy

The 10 Kuki-Zo youths, who were killed in an alleged gunfight with CRPF, received multiple fatal bullet injuries and most of them were fired from behind, according to the post-mortem examination......

Day after Delhi blast, school near explosion site gets hoax bomb threat

A private school in Delhi's Rohini, located within one kilometre of the site of a low-intensity blast in Prashant Vihar, received a bomb threat via email on Friday, Delhi Fire Service officials......

Security beefed up in Delhi after suspected crude bomb blast near school

A loud explosion near a Central Reserve Police Force school in the Prashant Vihar area in Rohini on Sunday morning sparked a security alert in the national capital.  IMAGE: NSG commandos with......

Sitharaman urges banks to boost deposits

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Monday held a performance review meeting with heads of public sector banks and asked them to make concerted efforts to garner deposits. Photograph: Shrikant......

Public sector banks may take QIP route to meet shareholding norm

Public-sector lenders Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and Uco Bank are likely to raise funds through qualified institutional placement (QIP) next month. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Punjab......

PSU banks urged to review their gold loan portfolio

The finance ministry has directed all state-owned banks to review their gold loan portfolio as instances of non-compliance with  regulatory norms have been noticed by the government.......

Who Will Admit To Committing Fraud?

Banks do extensive investigation before declaring an account fraud; they owe it to us as they deal with our money.Why would they try to fix an innocent borrower? asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.......

Sania storms into second round

Sania Mirza shocked fifth seed Flavia Pennetta in straight sets to advance to the second round of the Ordina Open in s'Hertogenbosh, Netherlands on Monday. Sania shrugged off her disappointing......

Sunitha Rao goes down fighting

Qualifier Sunitha Rao put up a good fight before bowing to fifth seed Alona Bondarenko in the third round of women's singles at the US $200,000 DFS Classic in Birmingham on Friday. Sunitha, at 160......

Sania trounced on injury comeback

Sania Mirza faltered on her comeback andwas knocked out of the DFS Classic in Birmingham, even asIndia's No 2 player Sunitha Rao rallied to enter the third round on Wednesday. Sania, who was out......

Sunitha Rao in second round of DFS Classic

Sunitha Rao, India's second-best woman tennis player, defeated higher ranked Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in straight sets to advance to the second round of the US $200,000 WTA DFS Classic......

Sania slumps, Amritraj gains in rankings

Sania Mirza's second-round exit at last week's DFS Classic saw her slip four places to 46th in the singles chart of the WTA rankings issued on Monday. Sania, who will now be seen in action at the......