New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The government will do everything to protect public interest which is its legal obligation, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora told Lok Sabh...More

Ranchi, Aug 3 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth wing leader has been shot dead by unidentified assailants here, police said Monday. Suraj Sao a...More

Kolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) West Bengal Sports and Transport Minister and senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Subhas Chakraborty died in hospital here Monday, party o...More

Panaji, Aug 3 (IANS) A two-century-old river-front mansion in the Goan capital called the Blue Building is proud of the contraband it houses. For, it's a delightful museum of good...More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Former home minister Buta Singh Monday accused the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of executing a 'political conspiracy' against him by 'framing' his...More

Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets climbed back into the green Monday after slipping into the red briefly and was ruling 76.9 points up from its last ...More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) State-run telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited's (MTNL) net profit nose-dived 63 percent in 2008-09 to Rs.211.7 crore from Rs.586.8 crore the...More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) If you haven't had time to buy something for your sister even though the festival of Rakhi is just two days away, don't worry. Just go online. And this app...More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Employees of state-run banks have decided to go ahead with their proposed strike Thursday and Friday following failure of talks with the government over hi...More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were adjourned Monday with noisy protests over the government's plan to set up a separate development authority for the drought-h...More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Authorities at Delhi University's Kirori Mal College Monday said they would take stringent action against two of its students accused of ragging a junior i...More

Pathanamthitta (Kerala), Aug 3 (IANS) A protest by nearly 5,000 tribals demanding land at a rubber estate near here completes two years Tuesday. The group heading the strike has s...More

Jammu, Aug 3 (IANS) The beheaded body of a man who had been abducted by a group of militants was found in a forest near his home in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police sa...More

When Malayalam stage and screen artist Rajan P. Dev died in a Kochi hospital last week, the family announced he would be buried the next day at Karukutti, near Ankamali, 33 km nor...More

Renuka (Himachal Pradesh), Aug 3 (IANS) In a throwback to the Chipko movement to save trees in the seventies, the Rakhi festival has turned into a rallying point for hundreds of v...More