New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) World soccer body FIFA has shown interest in developing the game in India's villages. India's sports minister M.S. Gill during h...More

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Friday demanded that the central government bring out a white paper explaining the impact of the India-ASEAN ...More

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) A city-based NGO will take out rallies, hold street plays, protests marches and community discourses in Haryana with one message -- do not kill unborn dau...More

Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets ended Friday at a loss of 142 points, with investors booking profits after almost a 500-point surge in the previou...More

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS)India braced itself to celebrate its 63nd Independence Day Saturday under the shadow of heightened security threats, fears of swine flu spreading and the ...More

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Friday agreed with noted economist Amartya Sen's view that the Left Front governm...More

Lucknow, Aug 14 (IANS) A 14-year-old boy lost his eyesight after police allegedly tortured him for over a week, the boy's neighbour said Friday. Rohit wa...More

Agartala, Aug 14 (IANS) Fearing terrorist attacks ahead of Independence Day Aug 15, the Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) has suspended night trains in southern Assam, Nagaland an...More

Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets, which was trading in a seesaw pattern throughout Friday, was 87 points lower than its previous close about 90 min...More

Varanasi, Aug 14 (IANS) 'Rashtriya burfi', 'tiranga jalebis', 'Jawahar laddus' and many such sweets are being offered by the sweet shops in this eternal city as Independence Day a...More

The latest data on industrial output, which shows a 7.8 percent growth in June, brings with it a silver lining to the spectre of drought, which looms large over the country becaus...More

Agra, Aug 14 (IANS) Over a dozen people were arrested when a group of junior doctors clashed with hospital workers in a medical college in this Uttar Pradesh city, police said Fri...More

New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Cashing in on the swine flu scare in some parts of India, the few companies manufacturing it in the country have increased production while imports of the...More

Mumbai, Aug 14 (IANS) Shahid Kapoor says it a 'challenge' to work with Vishal Bharadwaj but at the same time he admits that the director brings out the best in an actor. ...More

Ranchi, Aug 14 (IANS) A probe was ordered Friday into the killing of two residents of a village on the outskirts of the Jharkhand capital Wednesday night after villagers charged t...More