New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) A survey will be taken up in nine states to assess the health of rural population since the launch of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). ...More

Agra, Sep 10 (IANS) When the parents of a baby girl who was born nine minutes past 9 a.m. on Sep 9, 2009 had to think of a name for the child, they probably didn't have to think h...More

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The Ganga river, often called India's cultural and spiritual lifeline, will open up its thousand-year-old channel to a 2,500-km Ganga expedition led by re...More

Agartala, Sep 10 (IANS) Paramilitary Assam Rifles troopers arrested three people and recovered fake Indian currency with a face value of Rs.350,000, officials said Thursday. ...More

Srinagar, Sep 10 (IANS) Syed Ali Geelani, hardline Kashmiri separatist leader and chairman of the breakaway Hurriyat group, Thursday favoured dialogue on Kashmir, but added that b...More

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) A distraught Shamshari was wailing inconsolably over the 'biggest tragedy' after losing her 12-year-old daughter Afroz in a school stampede here Thursday ...More

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) In a major step to retain the heritage of the Edwin Lutyens- designed North and South Blocks in the heart of the capital, the government Thursday laid dow...More

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) About 37 applications for gas-based power plants with a total capacity of 35,000 MW are pending with the government, a senior power ministry official said...More

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) The power sector will continue to be largely dependant on coal-based thermal power plants to meet its energy needs for the next 15-20 years, Power Secreta...More

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) As Jet Airways pilots were Thursday huddled together in Mumbai to take a 'final call' on their future course of action, the carrier's ground staff appeale...More

Bhopal, Sep 10 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for more funds to achieve the task of providing free and com...More

Lucknow, Sep 10 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has come under fire from media persons and the opposition for slapping the Dalit Act on reporters of a national TV cha...More

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Former vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Thursday came out in support of expelled Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh and questioned th...More

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) India is committed to providing affordable housing to the urban poor despite problems in acquiring land and getting money, Housing and Urban Poverty Alle...More

Lucknow, Sep 10 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Thursday said the Mayawati government could be termed 'unconstitutional' for flouting orders of the Supreme Court ...More