Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) Goa will invoke the Epidemic control Act (ECA), 1897, to curb the spread of influenza A (H1N1) once the state's busy tourism season gets underway in October, ...More

Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) Ten people were killed and 12 injured when lightning struck the venue of a religious ritual in a West Bengal village, police said Wednesday. ...More

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets slipped further into the red Wednesday as selling continued in realty, FMCG, and capital goods stocks. Early aftern...More

London, Aug 5 (IANS) Giles Clarke, chairman of the England and the Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has said that he will plead with the fans not to jeer at Australian captain Ricky Pon...More

Imphal, Aug 5 (IANS) Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued in this curfew-bound capital of Manipur, with the state rocked by a wave of violent protests over an alleged fake encou...More

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A dreaded criminal wanted for half-a-dozen murders in Delhi and adjoining areas was arrested after a brief gunfight with policemen Wednesday. ...More

Ranchi, Aug 5 (IANS) The health secretary of Jharkhand, a senior official of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), faces a corruption charge with the police filing a First Info...More

Jammu, Aug 5 (IANS) A section commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit was killed in a gunbattle with soldiers in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday morning, a...More

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Construction and engineering major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Wednesday said it had bagged contracts worth Rs.853 crore for setting up coal handling plants in Ut...More

Srinagar, Aug 5 (IANS) Britain-based Indian filmmaker Jagmohan Mundhra is determined to go ahead with his pet project , a biopic on Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and has resear...More

Patna, Aug 5 (IANS) His father migrated to Britain from India decades ago and he speaks only broken Hindi. But Michael Luis Jans, a London-based software engineer, is in Bihar wi...More

Srinagar, Aug 5 (IANS) Six separatist guerrillas were killed in three different gunbattles with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesperson sa...More

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Food on international flights from the country is becoming more of a home-away-from home experience for frequent fliers. You can now tickle your taste buds...More

Bangalore, Aug 5 (IANS) It's never too late to learn the meaning of freedom and peace. And what better way than to say it with flowers and fun on the 62nd anniversary of India's I...More

Susta (Bihar), Aug 5 (IANS) The presence of illegal settlers is threatening wildlife in the Susta region of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve as forest staff don't patrol the area because...More