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Millions of mobile phones may be vulnerable to spying due to the use of an outdated 1970-era cryptography technique, according to a new research.

Uttarakhand government on Sunday gave the go-ahead for raising a State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to deal quickly with natural calamities in the hill state.

The Trinamool MLA also claimed he had "squashed" three people under his feet for committing atrocities against women.

Iran denied on Sunday it had failed to make payments on its loans to the World Bank for the last six months, blaming Western sanctions for preventing an intermediary from forwarding funds to the global lender, Iran's IRNA state news agency said.

Digvijaya Singh's comment had led to wide scale protests from political outfits like the Hindu Mahasabha.

Jamaica will host Group Four of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-20 Women's Tournament, starting Tuesday.

Jharkhand Cabinet on Saturday decided to recommend JMM MLA Simon Marandi as the Protem Speaker following the resignation of C P Singh as Assembly Speaker.

The Congress, earlier in July 2013, fulfilled one of the major promises of its 2009 election manifesto with the national Food Security ordinance.

Police said that the accused was living alone and had got acquainted with the victim and her parents as they lived next to each other.

The minister urged the authorities to shun the wearing gown and red caps during the convocation as this practice was prevailing since the British rule.

The BJP chief said he had nothing against learning English and expressions in that language.

Top-seeded Roger Federer lost to Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4) in the semi-finals of the German Tennis Championships.

The woman's brother had lodged a complaint saying she was harassed by her husband and his family.

'Chennai Express' will now hit theatres on August 9 to coincide with the festival of Eid.

RBI may consider reversing its recent hike in short-term interest rates after it succeeds in stablising the rupee against the US dollar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday. "Once these short term pressures have been contained, as I expect they w...

Bihar government on Friday expressed "surprise" over the Centre's assertion that it had sent alerts for 12 Bihar districts, including Saran, where 23 children died after consuming midday meal. "We are surprised over the assertions of the Union government...