Bhopal, Aug 21 (IANS) Several people were injured, some of them critically, when police resorted to baton charge on the agitators who had called a shutdown in Madhya Pradesh's Seo...More

Panaji, Aug 21 (IANS) An Indian Navy Sea Harrier combat jet crashed off the Goa coast Friday morning, killing its pilot Lt. Cdr. Saurav Saxena, officials said. ...More

Rohtak, Aug 21 (IANS) Passenger car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki Friday said it has been allotted 700 acres by the Haryana government for its proposed research and development (R&D)...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Trivedi Friday said West Bengal is not ready to tackle the spread of swine flu and remarked t...More

Shimla, Aug 21 (IANS) A three-day Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) meet that began on a stormy note with the expulsion of veteran leader Jaswant Singh concluded Friday, with the party...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Providing access to quality higher education opportunities across India is possible only if emphasis is laid on open education with thrust on information ...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The rain deficit in India has narrowed to 26 from 29 percent earlier after a 'significant improvement' in monsoon activity in the past week, the Met Depar...More

Panaji, Aug 21 (IANS) When Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta retires after 42 years of service on August 31, chances are he will permanently drop anchor in Goa, the state hi...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The organisers of the ONGC Nehru Cup Football Tournament were forced to call off the third match of the tournament between Sri Lanka and Lebanon after hea...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The petroleum ministry Friday said that it will protect the interest of state power utility NTPC in its ongoing dispute over supply of gas from the Krishn...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed Delhi Friday evening, bringing the national capital to a virtual halt with familiar scenes of waterlogged roads, chocked sewers and lon...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A group of young Afghanis was hooked to a television set in an Afghan eatery in Delhi's Darya Ganj area Friday afternoon, keenly watching the post-electio...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) India's Vishnu Vardhan stayed on course to win second successive International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament at the DLTA complex here, taming the pro...More

Bangalore, Aug 21 (IANS) A series of stabbings in Mangalore has prompted authorities to order the closure of all commercial establishments by 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in this c...More

Lucknow, Aug 21 (IANS) A hotel manager has been arrested for allegedly raping two minor girls for the last two years and holding them captive in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh...More