Patna, July 29 (IANS) Suspected Maoist guerrillas Wednesday shot dead a panchayat head in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar as he refused to pay levy to the rebels, police said. ...More

Kochi, July 29 (IANS) Veteran Malayalam character actor Rajan P. Dev died here early Wednesday following brief illness, family sources said. He was 58. D...More

Panaji, July 29 (IANS) Amidst increasing clamour among the Catholic laity over the lack of transparency in the management of assets owned by the church, intellectuals from across ...More

Ranchi, July 29 (IANS) The incidence of premarital sex among Jharkhand youths, particularly in tribal areas, is higher than the national average, says a study that also points to ...More

Bangalore, July 29 (IANS) How about some rib-tickling theatre and delectable dishes thereafter? Come August and that's what many Bangaloreans will do every weekend for six months....More

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Before 'Dil Chahta Hai' happened in 2001, romance and action thrillers were ruling the roost in Bollywood. But the film about three urban youngsters not ...More

New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) They have been in the business of music for over 70 years and have played popular tunes at innumerable weddings in the national capital, but now they nur...More

Lalgarh (West Bengal), July 28 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress team, including two junior central ministers, visited this trouble-torn belt Tuesday and demanded the withdrawal of the...More

Raipur, July 28 (IANS) The opposition Congress staged a walkout Tuesday in the Chhattisgarh assembly, accusing the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of doing little ...More

Chandigarh, July 28 (IANS) A freak accident here Tuesday claimed the life of an electrician while his colleague was seriously injured, police said. Elect...More

Hyderabad, July 28 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Tuesday paid tributes to the workers of his Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) who were killed in police firing...More

Shimla, July 28 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed parts of Himachal Pradesh as south-west monsoon brought cheer to the people in the hill state, a weather official here said. ...More

Chandigarh, July 28 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed Chandigarh and neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana Tuesday, ending days of dry weather in the region. ...More

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Twenty-one people, including a year-old child, were Tuesday detected with swine flu, taking the total number of the influenza A(H1N1) cases in India to 4...More

New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A 42-year-old author who has penned 16 detective novels in Hindi has been arrested here for duping several people by promising them contracts for erectin...More