Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN Thursday said they were extending their talks for a proposed $23-billion financial alliance till Sep 30, with no final p...More

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India's annual rate of inflation rose marginally to minus 1.53 percent for the week ending Aug 8 from minus 1.74 percent the week before, according to off...More

Patna, Aug 20 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Thursday asked the Bihar government to open 'janata hotels' in rural areas to provide cheap food to poor people in view...More

Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets extended its gains a little before Thursday noon, even as other key Asian indices climbed into the green after a d...More

Bhopal, Aug 20 (IANS) Swine flu masks have been selling like hot cakes in Madhya Pradesh though there has not been a single positive case in the state so far. While many shops hav...More

Bhubaneswar, Aug 19 (IANS) Orissa Wednesday asked the central government to extend the long-term assistance to the state's backward Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput (KBK) region. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) India and Nepal Wednesday discussed the finalisation of a revised trade treaty as Kathmandu promised to push the peace process at home and made a pitch fo...More

Lucknow, Aug 19 (IANS) Vegetable and fruit sellers, barbers and cobblers, who set up make-shift stalls on roadsides, will soon get their own space in shopping centres in this Utt...More

Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) At least 15 people were injured, including seven policemen, as hundreds of farmers clashed with cops in West Bengal's Burdwan district Wednesday over the pr...More

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) With India-Nepal trade expected to touch Rs.15,000 crore ($3 billion) this fiscal, commerce ministers of the two countries Wednesday discussed a proposed ...More

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The ministerial panel set up to decide on the government's stand on the Krishna-Godavari gas row, will meet again Thursday after an informal round of talk...More

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The government Wednesday justified its stand on collecting airport development fee (ADF) from passengers departing from Delhi's Indira Gandhi Internationa...More

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Helicopters will attract tourists to the northeastern state of Meghalaya, Governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary said here Wednesday. ...More

Chennai, Aug 19 (IANS) With Indian auto makers rolling out cars powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the city-based Indian Auto Gas has chalked out plans to expand its gas ve...More

Bangalore, Aug 19 (IANS) Cytotron, a device developed by the city-based medical technology firm Scalene Cybernetics for treatment of cancer and osteoarthritis, has received the Eu...More