Alappuzha (Kerala), Aug 7 (IANS) He is a man of god, but Kerala native Fr. Alexander Kurien also plays a crucial role in the American scheme of things. He is, after all, the direc...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) A strike by over a million employees of 25 state-run banks was affecting both individual and corporate customers Friday, the second day of the two-day stri...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Special representatives of India and China Friday began two-day talks that will focus on devising a framework for a final settlement of their decades-old b...More

Shimla, Aug 7 (IANS) The Delhi government has provided Rs.214.83 crore to Himachal Pradesh for a hydroelectric project that will provide drinking water to the national capital, Hi...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) It's fashion that's affordable and it's coming to Jaipur, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata soon with the Fashion Yatra, an exhibition showcasing accessories,...More

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The new chief of the Tamil Tigers who is now in Sri Lankan custody was one of the rare few outside the group's intelligence set-up who knew months earlier ...More

Amethi, Aug 7 (IANS) Congress general secretary and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi celebrated Raksha Bandhan with women of a village in his constituency early Friday. ...More

Pune, Aug 7 (IANS) In what appeared to be a respite, health officials in Maharashtra said Friday there was no fresh case of swine flu in the state and that 128 of the 172 affected...More

Lucknow, Aug 7 (IANS) Can a 60-year-old physically challenged man who cannot even stand on his feet 'run away' after attacking a police team? The Uttar Pradesh police believes he ...More

Patna, Aug 7 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to cancel its plan for an online facility for Hindus to offer 'pind daan', a religious service seeking salvation for the dead ...More

Lucknow, Aug 7 (IANS) A murder case has been registered against six policemen in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh for their alleged involvement in a fake encounter that took pl...More

Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) In his traditional Kashmiri clothes, Ali Mohammed rowed his bright yellow shikara in the clear waters of the Dal Lake. Suddenly he looked up at the sky and...More

Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets opened in the red Friday and was 51 points down about 15 minutes into trade. The sensiti...More

Gurdaspur (Punjab), Aug 7 (IANS) It's a plot straight out of a Bollywood film, except that it's unfolding in a Punjab village. A 37-year-old man applied for a voter I-card three y...More

Shimla, Aug 7 (IANS) Two people including a child were killed in a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh, an official said Friday. 'Two members of a family were...More