One person was killed as a bomb went off at Umrangsho in Assam's Dima Hasao district early Tuesday, hours after an explosion in Sivsagar town, police said.

 NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he will form a political party and some announcement to this effect will be made on October 2.

"We are not entering politics to acquire power. We are into a movement and we will stay in the movement. Politics is yet another tool for strengthening of this movement. Yes, we will form a political party. Some announcement will be made on October 2," Kejriwal told CNN-IBN.

MUMBAI: Consumers may get some relief as oil marketing companies (OMCs) plan to revise petrol prices downward due to falling international crude oil prices and a strengthening rupee

NEW DELHI: The Medical Council of India (MCI) has finally cleared introduction of the three-and-a-half-year long medical course. Calling it BSc in Community Health, it will be open to anybody after class 12.

Speaking to TOI, MCI board chairman Dr K K Talwar said this special cadre of health workers will be trained mainly in district hospitals, be placed in sub-centres or primary health centres and will be taught "some module of clinical work".

MUMBAI: Banks in Maharashtra have lost more money to heists since 2007 than elsewhere in the country. The state tops the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) list, with Rs 18.97 crore lost to bank heists from 2007 to 2011. Among cities, while Mumbai topped the list with Rs 11.43 crore burgled, two other Maharashtra cities, Nashik and Pune, were among the top six.

Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran Malayalam actor Thilakan passed away at a hospital here early Monday. He was 74.

Two Delhi University students were allegedly raped by three men after being offered drinks laced with sedatives at a get-together in Bawana area of the outer district.

Two of the accused have been arrested, identified as Vicky and Ajit, while the third one, Sunil, was absconding after the incident on Friday last, a senior police official said on Sunday.

Noida: A doctor was reportedly shot at by unknown assailants in Noida today. The incident occurred right next to the residence of Noida's Senior Superintendent of Police in sector - 26 of the Delhi suburb.

New Delhi: In a strong 15-minute speech this evening, the Prime Minister explained to the nation the reforms that have hurtled his government into a minority. He prefaced it by saying that the people had a right to know why his government took these decisions and that no government liked to burden the aam aadmi or common man.

Mumbai: With the government sending out a bold message that there was absolutely no room for any rollback of the reforms process it launched last week, the Dalal Street turned euphoric.

The 30-share BSE Sensex soared 404 points to end the day at 18,752.83, up 2.20 per cent, while the broader 50-stock NSE Nifty jumped 137 points to close at 5,691.15, up 2.46 per cent.