NEW DELHI/CHENNAI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday searched the Delhi and Tamil Nadu homes of former telecom minister A. Raja as well as the premises of four of his associates in connection with the 2G spectrum probe, an official said.

HYDERABAD - Twelve people, including six children and five women, were killed when the vehicle in which they were travelling was washed away in a stream in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, police said Wednesday. One person is still missing.

Paris, Dec 8 (IANS/EFE) The cholera epidemic that has caused more than 2,000 deaths in Haiti was introduced by Nepalese troops serving with the UN forces in the impoverished Caribbean country, according to a French medical report.

NEW DELHI - Eight passengers were injured when a DTC bus collided with a private bus in east Delhi Wednesday, police said.