Pune, Aug 7 (IANS) As many as 40 new cases of swine flu were detected across Maharashtra Friday, taking the total number of people affected by the H1N1 virus in the state to 212,...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The government has decided to buy cheaper chemicals used for testing influenza A virus from a German-based company since the number of swine flu cases is i...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) After a second student was detected with swine flu, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi alerted its doctors Friday to do the rounds of hostels o...More

Bhubaneswar, Aug 7 (IANS) Orissa's Berhampur University has tied up with Riverside University of California for collaboration in research and faculty development. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Punjab will start functioning from its new campus August 20, after an year of parenting at the IIT Delhi. ...More

Greater Noida, Aug 7 (IANS) Four people died and six others were critically injured when the van they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck here Friday, police said. ...More

Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) Three separatist guerrillas were killed in a gunfight in a thickly forested area of north Kashmir Friday, a defence spokesman here said. ...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) India Friday said there was no need to panic about the swine flu virus that has killed one and infected over 600 people in the country. ...More

Lucknow, Aug 7 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Friday stayed the Uttar Pradesh government's order introducing 50 percent reservation in private engineering co...More

Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) A day after his hard-hitting remarks on the rising political violence in West Bengal, Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi Friday came under attack from the state's ...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) First-time MPs and young parliamentarians, elected to the 15th Lok Sabha amid focus on youth, will have to do more to live up to expectations as their perf...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The following bills were passed during the first budget session of the 15th Lok Sabha that ended Friday: - The Metro Railways (Am...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Yadav trio - Lalu Prasad of the Rashriya Janata Dal (RJD), Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party and Sharad Yadav of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) ...More

Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) Backing the Haryana government's proposal for a separate Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) for managing Sikh shrines in the state, Haryana Ja...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) State-run gas major GAIL India will supply gas to the 160-MW power plant in Ramgarh, Rajasthan. The company has signed a gas sale...More