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

Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) After relatives, friends and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, corporate houses and social activists have launched a campaign in Orissa for the success of ...More

Panvel (Maharashtra), Aug 20 (IANS) At least 22 children sustained burn injuries when their school bus caught fire in Panvel town in Maharashtra's Raigad district Thursday morning...More

Patna, Aug 20 (IANS) A top police official in Bihar has been missing for the last seven months and all attempts to trace him have failed, official sources here said Thursday. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India should be prepared for the 'eventuality' that nuclear, chemical and biological weapons may fall into the hands of terrorists, Minister of State for ...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

Lucknow, Aug 20 (IANS) Nearly 68 kg of ancient silver coins dating back to 1861 and 1892 were recovered from three men who were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, poli...More

Hyderabad, Aug 20 (IANS) A year after Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi entered Andhra Pradesh politics, his Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) has plunged into crisis with a section of legislat...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

Raipur, Aug 20 (IANS) Controversy erupted in Chhattisgarh Thursday between the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress after Raipur-based Pandit Ra...More

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Seeking a greater foothold in the Indian Ocean Region, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Thursday left for a three-day visit to the Maldives during which a pac...More

Shimla, Aug 20 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders who have gathered here for a three-day meeting to introspect on what ails the party are maintaining a studied silence on...More

Siliguri (West Bengal) Aug 20 (IANS) Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh's expulsion from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not affect the movement for a separate Gorkhaland state to ...More

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders paid homage to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 65th birth anniversary ...More