Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets closed 109 points lower Tuesday, a day after touching its 14-month high. The 30-scrip sen...More

Lucknow, Aug 4 (IANS) Dry weather conditions in Uttar Pradesh, where 58 of the total 71 districts have been declared drought-hit, are hampering a sapling plantation drive of the s...More

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday greeted the nation on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan saying it reinforced the sanctity of traditional familial ties. ...More

Pune, Aug 4 (IANS) The family of a 14-year-old girl who died of swine flu Monday due to 'delayed treatment' has threatened civil and criminal action against the private hospital w...More

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) It is a festival that tugs at the hearts of brothers and sisters alike. No matter where they are, how far apart, but on Raksha Bandhan day sisters and brot...More

Raipur, Aug 4 (IANS) Too poor to cough up the bail amount, a former national level woman athlete was still lodged in a jail in the Chhattisgarh capital Tuesday, four days after be...More

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is in a spot. After claiming that Sarabjot Singh had named his father and former home minister Buta Singh in a br...More

Jammu, Aug 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday committed its support to a campaign for the opening of a central university in the Jammu region instead of the Kashmir...More

Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) A special court here Tuesday reserved till Thursday the sentencing of the husband-wife team and their aide convicted for the August 2003 twin bombings in Mumb...More

Shimla, Aug 4 (IANS) Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh have been booked for corruption by police in Himachal Pradesh, officials said Tuesday. The co...More

Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets was trading on a volatile note Tuesday, though in a tightly bound range, and was ruling 111 points in the red about...More

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned Tuesday following loud protests by Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs over the Pakistan Supreme Court's ...More

Panaji, Aug 4 (IANS) With a 17th century church being vandalised in Goa, Speaker Pratapsing Rane Tuesday said increasing instances of religious structures being desecrated reflect...More

New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna must clarify their contradictory statements on Pakistan, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...More

Kolkata, Aug 4 (IANS) Thousands of mourners showered petals and garlands as the body of West Bengal minister Subhas Chakraborty, one of the most popular leaders of the ruling Comm...More