New Delhi: Nearly 92,700 employees of BSNL and MTNL have opted for voluntary retirement, which is expected to save about Rs 8,800 crore annually in salary bills for the debt-laden telecom companies.

Ahmedabad: Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has approached the Gujarat High Court with a plea seeking discharge in a 1996 case related to planting of drug to allegedly frame a lawyer from Rajasthan.

Thiruvanathapuram: Abject poverty and an abusive husband forced a young mother of six to hand over four of her children to Kerala State Council for Child Welfare (KSCCW) on Monday evening.

New Delhi: A BJP MP on Tuesday urged the government to frame a law to regulate social media with regard to Parliament proceedings and also protect members from being trolled for their remarks made on the floor of the House.

Bengaluru: Alleging that the ruling BJP, fearing defeat in the December 5 bypolls, has tried to contact some of its MLAs with an intention to engineer defections, the Congress in Karnataka Monday warned the saffron party of a backlash from the party and people if they went about it.

Ghaziabad: A man, his wife and another woman allegedly jumped to their death from the eighth floor of their building after the couple killed their teenage son and daughter in Indirapuram on the outskirts of Delhi, police said on Tuesday.

Bengaluru: The high-octane campaign for the December 5 bypolls in Karnataka that will determine the future of the BJP government in the state ended on Tuesday, with leaders of political parties making a last bid to woo voters.

New Delhi: A total amount of Rs 17,900 crore was defrauded by 51 absconders, who have run away from the country, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday.