Raipur, Sep 5 (IANS) Chhattisgarh police ordered a probe Saturday into an extortion demand by suspected Maoists from a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator. ...More

Bangalore, Sep 5 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Saturday said it was high time Pakistan acted against the perpetrators of Mumbai attack to prove that it was serious...More

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) After 18 long years, the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elected an independent as its president Saturday after Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party ...More

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The evacuation drill followed by Air India, after the engine of a Boeing aircraft bound for Riyadh from Mumbai caught fire Friday, has come under the scann...More

Even before the dust has settled after the parliamentary elections, political parties have to gear up for another round of polls next month. Nor are they of marginal importance. ...More

Bangalore, Sep 5 (IANS) After 40 people died of swine flu in Karnataka, the health department of the state has devised a new 'formula' to avert panic. Fr...More

Agartala, Sep 5 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon engage agents to provide banking services in villages, says RBI deputy governor Usha Thorat. ...More

Ranchi, Sep 5 (IANS) A man was beaten to death after he allegedly stole valuables from three houses in Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said Saturday. ...More

Guwahati, Sep 5 (IANS) As the country celebrates Teachers Day Saturday, there is a sense of gloom and despondency in Assam, due to incidents of students vandalising schools and as...More

Panaji, Sep 5 (IANS) After two people died of swine flu in Goa, the health department here said Saturday that the patients were 'imported' from Karnataka. ...More

Shimla, Sep 5 (IANS) Aiming to woo adventure sport lovers, the Himachal Pradesh government is organising four-day treks in Kullu, Shimla and Kangra districts of the state from thi...More

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) He tied the knot more than a year ago and marriage is surely doing Ayaan Ali Khan a lot of good. The young musician, who turned 30 Saturday, confesses that...More

Chennai, Sep 5 (IANS) Mercy Ravi, wife of Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, died here early Saturday morning at the Madras Medical Mission hospital, family sources s...More

New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Popular actress and TV host Mandira Bedi says she got a chance to experience the 'huge aura' around Akshay Kumar while shooting with the Bollywood supersta...More

Hyderabad, Sep 4 (IANS) The black box of the ill-fated Bell 430 helicopter that crashed killing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others has been recov...More