Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 19 (IANS) The Kerala government Wednesday decided to convene a special session of the state assembly Sep 8-17 to bring in a new law reserving 50 percent se...More

Patna, Aug 19 (IANS) A man suspected to be suffering from swine flu was forced to leave his village in Bihar along with his family as villagers feared the disease would spread fro...More

Shimla, Aug 19 (IANS) He had gone from being the party's Hanuman to its Ravana, a tearful Jaswant Singh said Wednesday shortly after he got a phone call from Bharatiya Janata Par...More

Bhubaneswar, Aug 19 (IANS) One more case of swine flu was reported in Orissa Wednesday taking the number of influenza A (H1N1) patients in the state to three, state Health Ministe...More

Srinagar, Aug 19 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Wednesday deferred the hearing of the Shopian rape and murder case for a week following objections by the bar association ...More

Lucknow, Aug 19 (IANS) Release of water from barrages in Nepal and heavy rain have flooded hundreds of villages and affected hundreds of thousands of people in several parts of Ut...More

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) 'We should look through the eyes of tourists about what they expect from us,' said Tourism Minister Kumari Selja while inaugurating a workshop on 'World C...More

Ninetysix-year-old great grandfather Randall Butisingh, a Florida resident of Indian origin, has become the world's oldest blogger. Butisingh's popular ...More

Mumbai, Aug 19 (IANS) Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan was so moved after meeting people affected with paraplegia while researching for his role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Guzaarish...More

Lucknow, Aug 19 (IANS) At least five passengers were injured when four coaches of the Kushinagar Express train from Mumbai derailed Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district, of...More

Lucknow, Aug 19 (IANS) A scam in the withdrawal of old age pension that was unearthed last week in Uttar Pradesh has opened a pandora's box, with the fraud expected to touch Rs.12...More

Shimla, Aug 19 (IANS) 'I am sad and regretful,' Jaswant Singh said Wednesday shortly after getting a phone call from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh that he h...More

Chennai Aug 19 (IANS) She will not resort to glamorous roles to survive in the industry, says southern actress Saranya Mohan who is keeping her career options open. ...More

Kochi, Aug 19 (IANS) Contraceptives manufacturer HLL Lifecare Ltd Wednesday entered the herbal products market with the launch of an ayurvedic health product, 'Chyavanules-Chyawan...More

Mumbai, Aug 19 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets was languishing in the red Wednesday afternoon, 252 points lower than its last closing figure. ...More