Ranchi, July 31 (IANS) The Hummer, a sports utility vehicle (SUV), is the latest addition to Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's fleet of vehicles and bikes. He drove fr...More

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The high-powered ministerial group, set up to decide on issues related with the auction of frequency spectrum for third generation telecom services, is s...More

Chandigarh, July 31 (IANS) A 17-year-old resident of neighbouring Mohali town tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) virus and has been admitted to a Chandigarh hospital, heal...More

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The arrest of his son in a corruption case was a conspiracy against his 'personal and political life', Buta Singh, chairperson of the National Commission...More

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) More than two months after the Tamil Tigers were decimated, Tamils are still fleeing Sri Lanka to come to India, but mostly by air. And the number has re...More

Chandigarh, July 31 (IANS) A city-based NGO Friday opened a drop-in-centre here to help improve the quality of sex workers. 'This drop-in-centre is just ...More

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday demanded the resignation of Buta Singh as chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Schedul...More

Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) A key index of the Indian equities markets extended its morning gains Friday and was ruling 1.75 percent up from its last closing figure, even as its Asian ...More

New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Many parts of the capital are expected to go dark as the clock strikes 8.30 p.m. Friday with Delhiites planning to voluntarily switch off non-essential l...More

Kolkata, July 31 (IANS) Five litres of milk, dozens of bananas and six or seven full meals. Believe it or not, this is the daily diet of a five-year-old girl in West Bengal's Birb...More

Ranchi, July 31 (IANS) A railway contractor was shot dead in Ranchi, police said Friday. Santosh Kumar Singh was gunned down by two unidentified criminal...More

Patna, July 31 (IANS) The Bihar government Friday admitted that there has been a marked increase in the number of women and children being smuggled from the state since the launch...More

Mumbai, July 31 (IANS) Realty major DLF Friday reported a 79 percent drop in its net profit to Rs.396 crore for the quarter ended June 30 from Rs.1,863.97 crore in the same quarte...More

Panaji, July 31 (IANS) The Indian Navy, Coast Guard and Goa Police were Friday co-ordinating their search for a mysterious vessel reported to be sailing towards the Goa coast from...More

Kultali (West Bengal), July 31 (IANS) Radharani Sardar, a Class 4 student, can never forget that May evening when she saw cyclone Aila batter her home here in the Sunderban island...More