New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and dismissed reports of differences with her. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Assam Governor Syed Sibtey Razi Tuesday rubbished allegations of corruption against him as 'false' and asserted that he would complete his full term as go...More

Gonda (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 18 (IANS) From power to penury, Prema Devi has seen it all in her 80 years. The widow of a two-time Jan Sangh legislator, considered close to former pri...More

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Despite the ongoing drought conditions and the global recession, India is working on doubling its agricultural exports to $18 billion in five years from n...More

Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) He says he tries to follow the rules and has been strip-searched several times while travelling within the US. But the two-hour detention at Newark airport w...More

Shimla, Aug 18 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Tuesday said he was happy Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had realised there was terror threat emanating...More

Hyderabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh police Tuesday arrested one of their own - a sub-inspector of police - for allegedly cheating a college student after promising to marry h...More

Gandhinagar, Aug 18 (IANS) The government should take up the project to link up major rivers across the country, as proposed during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule, to...More

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Around 150,000 workers at the state-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will go on a two-day strike from Wednesday demanding a higher wage r...More

Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Expressing distress at the sprawling slums of Mumbai that house more than half the city's 13 million population, President Pratibha Patil Tuesday called for ...More

Chandigarh, Aug 18 (IANS) The Dera Sacha Sauda sect is hoping to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for planting the maximum number of saplings in a single day - over six mi...More

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) India is close to finalising the world's strictest set of rules on disposing of electronic waste. The rules, framed by electronics equipment manufacturers...More

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 18 (IANS) Kerala's industries department has called for innovative thinkers from across the country to develop a coconut plucking machine and win Rs.1 mill...More

Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) A state-of-the-art simulator is being commissioned at Kalpakkam, 80 km from here, to train personnel who will man the upcoming nuclear power plant. ...More

Lucknow, Aug 18 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday hastily withdrew an order banning the sale of meat for nine days -- which would have coincided with the Muslim holy mon...More