Bhubaneswar, Aug 17 (IANS) Hundreds of slum dwellers are visiting temples in Orissa's Ganjam district every day to seek blessings for the success of 26 kids who have reached the f...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Some shareholders of the state-run power utility NTPC moved a petition Monday seeking directions to its management from the Delhi High Court to ensure all...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) International Master Sriram Jha won the Asian Zone 3.2 Chess Championship and qualified for the World Cup here Monday. In the final round encounter, Jha o...More

Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Weak global cues and profit booking by investors Monday pulled down a key index of Indian equities markets 626 points. The 30-scrip...More

Chandigarh, Aug 17 (IANS) Radical Sikh groups of Punjab Monday presented a turban to state revenue official G.S. Benipal, who had stopped wearing one after being assaulted and str...More

Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) A young female fan stunned everyone at a function Monday as she tried to publicly hug and kiss Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan, but the pacer used his reflexe...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Karnataka Monday sought funds from the central government to set up and run a commando training centre in the state to tackle threat from Maoists and terr...More

Chennai, Aug 17 (IANS) Early morning showers caused all the seven first round matches of the All-India Buchi Babu cricket tournament to be abandoned here Monday. ...More

Bhubaneswar, Aug 17 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay will conduct an event in Orissa's Rourkela this year to promote new generation technologies. ...More

Jammu, Aug 17 (IANS) Four more cases of swine flu were reported from this Jammu and Kashmir city Monday, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) patients here to five, offic...More

Bhuj, Aug 17 (IANS) Six Pakistani nationals were Monday nabbed by the marine patrol wing of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Sir Creek in Gujarat's Kutch region bordering Pakist...More

Ahmedabad, Aug 17 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is seeking advice from health officials of the city's municipal corporation on preventive measures to...More

Hyderabad, Aug 17 (IANS) The successful and smooth conduct of the World Badminton Championships despite the initial security and swine flu scares has come as yet another feather i...More

Chandigarh, Aug 17 (IANS) Business honchos, take note. In times of recession, a company floated and managed by schoolchildren in Chandigarh has given a dividend of 900 percent to ...More

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday accused the Congress-led central government of playing politics with terrorism and demanded to know why the st...More