Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) The district magistrate of Lakhimpur-Kheri in Uttar Pradesh has decided to impose entertainment tax, which is normally applicable for amusement parks, on t...More

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Former central minister Jagdish Tytler was Friday made in charge of the Congress party's affairs in Bihar as the incumbent, Iqbal Singh, has been made li...More

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Microsoft founder Bill Gates Friday said it would be a 'big mistake' if the US imposes curbs on the entry of skilled workers from abroad, putting his wei...More

Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Tobacco-to-hotels major ITC Ltd will not make any takeover bid on East India Hotels, a top company official said here Friday. ITC...More

Gandhinagar, July 24 (IANS) Tidal waves as high as five metres are likely to hit Gujarat's Saurashtra coast Friday evening, officials said. This could wo...More

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Lack of skilled labour may have contributed to the recent accidents at Delhi Metro construction sites that claimed seven lives, a senior government offic...More

Ahmedabad, July 24 (IANS) The Gujarat High COurt Friday dismissed a petition seeking a stay on a probe by a Supreme Court-appointed panel against Chief Minister Narendra Modi and ...More

Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) India's leading dry cell battery manufacturer Eveready Industries is eyeing a growth of 10 percent in 2009-10 as against a revenue decline of eight percent...More

Patna, July 24 (IANS) A middle-aged Dalit woman, her son and his friend were allegedly abused and beaten by upper caste men in a Bihar village for listening to popular Hindi songs...More

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A close aide of Himanshu Sabharwal, son of Ujjain professor H.S. Sabharwal who died after beatings and assault by students in his college in August 2006,...More

Ahmedabad, July 24 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Friday dismissed a petition challenging a probe to be conducted by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) ag...More

Ranchi, July 24 (IANS) Vigilance sleuths Friday raided the houses of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and three ex-ministers in a corruption case, officials said. ...More

Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court Friday reserved its judgement on a petition filed by Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi seeking a Central Bureau of ...More

New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A report by a four-member expert committee probing Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) worst accident July 12, which killed six people, has been submit...More

Thiruvananthapuram, July 24 (IANS) The Kerala assembly Friday passed unanimously a resolution demanding that the central government take the lead in resolving the Mullaperiyar dam...More