New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) State governments had 'chickened out' of their responsibilities and were to be blamed for not doing enough to control the spread of the H1N1 virus or impr...More

Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets climbed back into the green Friday afternoon and was ruling 111 points higher than its previous close. ...More

Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) Seeking early polls, the Congress government in Haryana led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda Friday recommended the dissolution of the state assembly nearly six ...More

Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) West Bengal's main opposition party Trinamool Congress bagged both seats in this metropolis with impressive margins over the ruling Left Front in the by-pol...More

Bangalore, Aug 21 (IANS) The Congress suffered a huge blow in Karnataka Friday with union Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge's son Priyank losing to the ruling Bhar...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Rumours are rife that Hollywood stars Demi Moore and David Duchovny will soon attend the India premiere of their film 'The Joneses' that has been co-produ...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) India will not hesitate to import food as and when the need arises to deal with this year's drought, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Friday, a...More

Panaji, Aug 21 (IANS) Farmers in Goa who have been opposing the sports ministry's move to acquire their land to build a 'sports city' for the 2011 National Games now allege that t...More

Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (IANS) An earthquake of low intensity jolted Balasore district of Orissa and lasted for a few seconds, the meteorological office said here Friday. ...More

Srinagar, Aug 21 (IANS) A five-storeyed building, approximately 100 years old, collapsed here Friday afternoon with many people feared trapped inside. Th...More

Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets slipped back into the red, after having crawled back into the green a little before noon Friday. ...More

Patna, Aug 21 (IANS) Harendra Singh and his neighbour Prakash Mahto, both farmers in Bihar's drought-hit Arwal district, stand guard with guns at a canal - the only source of prec...More

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The government has given permission to 20 private laboratories to conduct swine flu tests, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad announced Friday and reiterate...More

Raipur, Aug 21 (IANS) No political party can defeat the Congress if it sticks its ideology of 'working for poor people', party general secretary Rahul Gandhi held here Friday. ...More

Film: 'Sikandar'; Cast: Parzaan Dastur, Ayesha Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sanjay Suri and Arunoday Singh; Writer-Director: Piyush Jha; Rating: *** Love and ten...More