Bhubaneswar, July 31 (IANS) A senior official of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs was found dead with four members of his family in Orissa early Friday. Police said the off...More

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The government is planning to formulate a separate policy for the country's food processing industry and to scale up research and development (R&D) activ...More

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) With a hostile opposition continuing its attack on the controversial India-Pakistan joint statement, the government Friday clarified that progress in dia...More

Lalgarh (West Bengal), July 31 (IANS) Security forces engaged in a five-hour gunbattle with suspected Maoist rebels Friday in a forest in West Bengal's trouble-torn Lalgarh during...More

Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Reliance Communications (R-Com), part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, has posted a net profit of Rs.1,637 crore ($342 million) for the quarter ended Jun...More

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Commemorating 30 years of freedom from smallpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) Friday said it was the greatest achievement in public health in the ...More

Chandigarh, July 31 (IANS) The Chandigarh administration has asked the owners of all hotels, restaurants, cinemas and multiplexes to install CCTV cameras in their premises for enh...More

Bangalore, July 31 (IANS) IT bellwether Infosys Technologies Friday became the first private firm in India, post the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, to get security cover from the el...More

Kolkata, July 31 (IANS) The Archery Association of India (AAI) Friday named a six-member compound bow squad to represent the country in the 45th World Championship to be held at U...More

Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) The Anil Ambani-led Reliance Capital Friday reported a 55.6 percent fall in net profit to Rs.153.29 crore for the quarter ended June 30 as against Rs.345.3 ...More

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Friday said the national capital is set to become disabled-friendly with the distribution of free artificial limbs in a series of ca...More

Imphal, July 31 (IANS) A 10-member Bangladeshi parliamentary delegation visited the Tipaimukh dam in India's Manipur Friday following the opposition in Dhaka over the hydel projec...More

Karachi, July 31 (IANS) Despite the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) decision to put the issue of bookmakers allegedly trying to contact the country's national players in Sri Lanka ...More

Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Wondering why people talked of secularism in India, actor Emraan Hashmi Friday accused a Mumbai housing society of refusing him permission to buy a flat bec...More

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Sixteen years after the idea was mooted, a bill aiming to provide free and compulsory education to children in the age group of six to 14 was introduced ...More