Bhopal, Aug 3 (IANS) Youth Congress workers Monday held demonstrations at all district headquarters across Madhya Pradesh to protest unscheduled power cuts and 'inflated bills' to...More

Lucknow, Aug 3 (IANS) Unfazed by the criticism over its statue-erecting spree, the Mayawati government of Uttar Pradesh has sought the assembly sanction for an additional Rs.556 c...More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday refused to interfere with the Aug 10 bypoll to three Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra, dismissing a lawsuit which challenged the...More

Chandigarh, Aug 3 (IANS) Heavy voting took place Monday in by-elections to three Punjab assembly seats including one where Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal is seeking elect...More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The government Monday deferred the introduction of a bill on the declaration of judges' assets, and said it would work to generate consensus on the issue f...More

Hyderabad, Aug 3 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Monday ordered a probe into the death of a police constable under mysterious circumstances near Gwalio...More

Lucknow, Aug 3 (IANS) Haji Abdul Samad, a legislator of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh, Monday denied having assaulted Varanasi additional district magistra...More

Kolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) A colourful mass leader with a penchant for courting controversies, Subhas Chakraborty was a rare leader of a regimented Communist party who never shied away...More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Hundreds of women from many parts of the country Monday marched in the capital demanding that parliament pass the bill to reserve 33 percent of legislature...More

Bangalore, Aug 3 (IANS) Ignoring opposition by pro-Kannada groups, the Karnataka government Monday gave the go-ahead for the unveiling of the statue of Tamil saint-poet Thiruvallu...More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS)Top ministers in the government, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, are part of a council to advice the newly constituted Unique Identification Author...More

Gandhinagar, Aug 3 (IANS) The Congress is unlikely to demand imposition of president's rule in Gujarat even if Chief Minister Narendra Modi's involvement in the 2002 post-Godhra r...More

Kolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) patriarch Jyoti Basu was extremely shocked at the news of the death of West Bengal Transport Minister Subhas Chakrab...More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Raising the foreign equity cap in the insurance sector to 49 percent will not lead to losing management control, the government informed parliament Monday....More

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday constituted a council under his chairmanship to advice the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and ensure...More