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Former Atomic Energy Commission chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India's first nuclear test, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, died on Sunday at his Mumbai residence after a prolonged lung ailment.

The eight-day hostage drama in Bihar finally ended on Monday with the Maoists releasing the three captive Bihar policemen to their relatives in the forests of Lakhisarai, 160km from Patna, around 6.30am.

Manmohan Singh said on Monday that he would "look at options" before the winter session of Parliament for reshuffling his team. He also said that, left to himself, he would "like to reduce the mean age of the cabinet."

The Nitish Kumar vs Lalu Prasad battle for the reins of Bihar will be played over a six-phase election beginning on October 21.

IB has sounded a red alert about 'intelligence officers of a hostile country' asking their 'assets' in Indian defence establishments to use computer storage devices like pen drives to pilfer classified info from computer networks.

Ignoring threats of social boycott and calls by Kashmiri hardliners to shun the khaki force, nearly 60,000 men applied for less than 3,000 jobs in Jammu & Kashmir police -- about 200 applicants for one constable's post.

Asked about China's needling of India by referring to J&K as 'India-controlled Kashmir', PM Manmohan Singh agreed that Beijing could be tempted to use Kashmir and Pakistan 'to keep India in low-level equilibrium'.

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A Church of England vicar who oversaw hundreds of sham marriages to help migrants settle illegally in Britain was jailed for four years on Monday.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair says he has cancelled a book-signing in London this week because of fears the event would be hit by protests.

Greenpeace says it will appeal the conviction of two Japanese anti-whaling protesters who were convicted of stealing a box of whale meat yesterday.