9 dead as rains batter Punjab, Haryana; Army called in for rescue ops

Nine people have died in rain-related incidents in Punjab and Haryana as incessant showers battered the two states for the third day in a row, flooding many places and sending authorities......

AP govt bans meetings, rallies on roads after 2 stampedes

The Andhra Pradesh government has prohibited public meetings and rallies from being held on roads, including national highways, citing public safety. IMAGE: 3 people killed at a stampede at a......

Jammu rocked by protests for 2nd day over Hindu teacher's killing

Protests against the killing of a Hindu school teacher in Kulgam continued to rock several parts of Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir on the second consecutive day on......

Heavy rain, landslides cut off Sikkim-West Bengal highway link

Torrential rains pounded the tiny Himalayan state of Sikkim and the tea growing region of North Bengal, causing landslides that cut off National Highway-10, the main road linking Gangtok with the......

Volkswagen's US recall could be thwarted by reluctant diesel owners

In the three states with the most VW diesel cars caught up in the emissions scandal, only California withholds registration renewals from cars that fail to comply with recalls.   As......

GM top executives spared in internal report on safety failure

General Motors Co on Thursday issued a report detailing how for 11 years it turned a blind eye to an ignition-switch problem linked to at least 13 deaths but largely pinned the blame on what the......

Toyota had the largest number of car recalls in 2013

Automakers recalled nearly 22 million cars and trucks in 2013, the most in nearly a decade, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a report released on Monday.The manufacturer......

Toyota makes $1 bn pact, recalls 7.43 mn vehicles

Toyota Motor Corporation has reached an agreement worth more than $1 billion to settle a lawsuit involving unintended acceleration in some of its vehicles as the company recalled 7.43 million......