New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) State-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has said a two-day strike by its employees starting Wednesday would not affect its operations. ...More

Bhubaneswar, Aug 19 (IANS) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday requested the central government to set up a National Institute of Design Technology (NID) in the state c...More

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Top seed Vishnu Vardhan of India recovered from a second-set setback on a hot, humid day to beat temperamental Briton Max Jones 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, and enter t...More

Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) Exports from Denmark to India are expected to grow by 25 percent by 2010, a senior Danish diplomat said here Wednesday. 'The boost...More

Jammu, Aug 19 (IANS) At least two militants of the Hizbul Mujahideen were killed by security forces in a gunbattle that started Wednesday morning and was continuing till late even...More

Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) West Bengal reported five new cases of swine flu Wednesday, taking the total number of H1N1 patients in the state to 61, a health official said here. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit Wednesday said that city schools had a large role to play in making the forthcoming Commonwealth Games a success by 'i...More

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday asked party leaders and office bearers to contribute 20 percent of their salaries towards relief measures undert...More

Bangalore, Aug 19 (IANS) A government-aided college in a communally sensitive Karnataka district Wednesday justified its decision to bar Muslim girl students from wearing head sca...More

Lucknow, Aug 19 (IANS) Four new swine flu cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) patients in the state to 33, health officia...More

Shimla, Aug 19 (IANS) 'Expel Jaswant Singh from primary membership of the party'. With these words, L.K. Advani sealed the fate of the veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader...More

Patna, Aug 19 (IANS) An 11-member central team, that is on a three-day visit to the drought-hit districts of Bihar starting Wednesday, will assess the drought situation in the sta...More

New Delhi, August 19 (IANS)Lord Meghnad Desai, noted economist and professor emeritus of the London School of Economics, Wednesday hit out at the BJP for expelling Jaswant Singh, ...More

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The expulsion of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh from the party Wednesday following his praise of Pakistan's founder Mohammed Ali...More

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Syria, runners-up last time, are the highest ranked team at the ONGC Nehru Cup 2009 and they will have to live up to their top billing when they face 160t...More