New Delhi/Lucknow, Aug 17 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday sought from the centre Rs.1,503 crore for building a metalled road along the 600-km porous border the...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) With ties with the Arab world being crucial not only for India's energy security but also for its food security, efforts are on to have in place a structu...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said there is no need to panic over the drought situation in many parts of India as the government has 'a better unde...More

Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) It's official now. The Bengal players who switched allegiance to the Indian Cricket League (ICL) are back in the state squad. A 35...More

New Delhi, August 17 (IANS) After clashing with China at Asian Development Bank (ADB) over funding for a project in Arunachal Pradesh, India has decided not to approach internatio...More

Raipur, Aug 17 (IANS) A mutilated body, partially eaten by animals, was found here Monday, police said. 'A skeleton of a male person was recovered from S...More

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (IANS) Thirty innovative products, including an automatic solar panel guide system, a punching station and a surveillance robot to detect bombs, are vyi...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday demanded Rs.2,000 crore from the central government to purchase power for the drought hit areas of the state....More

Lalgarh (West Bengal), Aug 17 (IANS) The joint security forces and suspected Maoist rebels Monday clashed near Gohomidanga area in West Bengal's trouble-torn Lalgarh over a propos...More

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday sought the central government's stand on decriminalising of gay sex between consenting adults after a set of two fresh lawsuits c...More

Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) They hug and put their hands on each other's shoulders time and again. And they were quick to come to one another's rescue whenever the situation got tricky...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), set up to tackle the drought problem in the country, met here Monday to monitor the situation and take necessary a...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) After creating a storm by his praise of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh Monday clammed up on the subject dur...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is set to start a Master's programme in philanthropy so that trained people work for 'the destitute, or...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) A Delhi court Monday issued a non-bailable warrant against cricketer-turned-politician and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kirti Azad in a case relating t...More