New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Delhi government Wednesday asked all private hospitals with 200 beds or more capacity to reserve at least 10 beds with isolation facilities for treati...More

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) A coach of a Delhi Metro train was derailed near Dwarka station Wednesday. All the 34 passengers aboard the coach escaped unhurt in the accident caused af...More

Srinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday said it was ready to order a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the rape and murder of two Shopia...More

Dharamsala, Aug 12 (IANS) The spiritual head of the Tibetan community, the Dalai Lama, Wednesday appealed to Myanmar's ruling junta to release human rights activist Aung San Suu K...More

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight with 126 passengers on board was grounded at the Delhi airport Wednesday after a bomb threat call. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to stall an Andhra Pradesh government's decision to release over 1,000 prisoners to mark the Independence Day celebrat...More

Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Reeling under the growing menace of swine flu that has claimed 13 lives in Maharashtra in 10 days, the state government Wednesday admitted the disease was pr...More

Bhubaneswar, Aug 12 (IANS) Security has been beefed up at a National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) mine in Orissa following a Maoist threat, a senior company official said Wednesday. T...More

Hyderabad, Aug 12 (IANS) The organisers of the World Badminton Championships are banking on star Indian player Saina Nehwal to draw home crowd to Gachibowli's Balayogi Stadium wh...More

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) With swine flu cases spiraling accross the country, India Wednesday issued the following guidelines to private laboratories for conducting H1N1 tests: ...More

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed a public interest petition that charged the government with not having taken adequate measures to tackle swine fl...More

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) US ambassador Timothy J. Roemer Wednesday allayed apprehensions in India over the defence equipment end-use monitoring pact, saying there is nothing in it...More

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Irrespective of the party in power, the government of India has never exhibited the political will to make the police a professional force, an internation...More

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Setting the tone for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official visit to Washington in November, US ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer Wednesday said the...More

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) This Janmashtami, avoid crowded places in the interest of safety. Health officials Wednesday advised this in view the contagious nature of the swine flu v...More