The Supreme Court Friday confirmed the death sentence of a man from Satara, Maharashtra, for the 1999 rape and murder of two minor...

Twelve Naga separatists were killed in a gang war in Nagaland Friday, the police said, heightening tensions sparked by stepped up factional feuds over the past...

Two people were arrested here for allegedly sending a 'fake SMS' that threatened to blow up Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Lucknow office, police officials said...

Former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran, who rejoined the Congress last year, Friday aired his resentment against the party because his supporters were not being allotted...

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper Friday fled from his camp and shot himself dead hours later with his service rifle in his home in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla...

The profit after tax (PAT) of public sector giant Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) was Rs.23.77 billion in the last quarter of fiscal 2007-08, a rise of 24.97 percent from the corresponding quarter in the previous...

'Arre aa rahi hoon. Itni der tak baitthaye rakha (I am coming! I've been made to sit for so long),' actress Zohra Sehgal said loudly during a programme here to felicitate her as the 'Laadli of the century' in recognition of her contribution to films and...

The administrator of Chandigarh, who is also the Punjab governor, is not above the provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has...

Unhappy over being ignored despite being a state guest, the National Commission of Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) chairman M.S.A. Siddiqui has cut short his official visit to Bihar and returned to New Delhi in a...

the record high inflation figure of 7.83 percent announced by the Indian government Friday created turbulence in the stock markets of the country in the...

Around 16 percent of over 11 million eligible voters exercised their franchise in the first fours of balloting Friday in 66 constituencies in 10 districts of Karnataka in the second phase of elections for the 224-member state...

Unlike his Australian teammates Shane Warne and Shane Watson, Adam Gilchrist is not unduly rattled by the Jaipur serial blasts and has no plans of leaving the Indian Premier League...

In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Madhya Pradesh government has transferred 25 Indian Administrative Service (IAS)...

The men suspected to be behind Tuesday's serial blasts here that killed at least 61 people and injured 216 had made their most significant purchases from seven bicycle shops in the walled city area without attempting to bargain and spoke Bengali, police sources...

The Supreme Court Friday suspended the Calcutta High Court ruling, which had stayed the 27 percent quota for candidates from Other Backward Classes (OBC) seeking admission to the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta...

Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Friday said it will explore the potential of the Indian power generation market along with Atlanta headquartered GE...

The residents of Jharia in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district, who are living on top of coal mine fires that have been raging for 92 years, have refused to accept a rehabilitation package prepared by the state government and Coal India Ltd...

Assam Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh finds himself in a blazing controversy over awarding police and civil officials of the state's Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts with medals for excellence in...

Sameer Kochhar, TV anchor turned actor and host for IPL tournaments, says betting in cricket matches should be...

A jailer and two guards were suspended in Chhattisgarh Friday, hours after 11 murder convicts escaped from a jail in Jashpur...

Inflation climbed to a new high of 7.83 percent for the week ending May 3, according to government data released...

Ripped apart by blasts just three days ago, it seemed business as usual in the walled city Friday with people venturing out of their homes, shops and offices opening up, and devotees thronging the Hanuman temple -- cautious but determined to put the images of terror behind...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Karunanidhi was Friday hospitalised after he complained of acute neck...

The following is the sports schedule for May 16,...

Major Indian equities markets went down Friday soon after opening in the green, despite strong initial buying interest in power, banking, capital goods, automobiles and IT...

Mumbai May 16 (IANS) Indian equities markets opened in the green zone Friday, taking off from the positive close overnight and mirroring strong cues from global...

The quintessential bookshop jammed from the ceiling to the floor with books - the last refuge of a loner and a book junkie - is a genre fast dying out in the...

Twenty-one of the 23 most devastating cyclones worldwide during the last 200 years occurred in the northern Indian Ocean zone popularly know as the Indian...

The Jharkhand government has come out with an innovative idea to educate children about the contribution and valour of the state's freedom...

The meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Berlin next Monday is unlikely to take up the issue of amending its guidelines for India as the leadership in New Delhi has not yet taken the decision to sign the safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency...

India's first e-passport, which will make travel easy, is expected to be issued next...

Nearly 500 people have been killed in nine well-coordinated terrorist attacks across India since the Diwali-eve bombings here in 2005, but no case has been resolved and not one terrorist...

Top-end hotels in Chandigarh just love the new T20 format of cricket. Be it the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) or the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), it has meant a windfall for these...

They came to see the sights and colours of India, but found themselves in the middle of a tragedy. However, instead of hiding in their hotel, two American tourists went to donate blood to those injured in Tuesday's serial bomb blasts...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left here Friday on a two-day visit to Bhutan, the first by an Indian prime minister after the Himalayan nation became the youngest democracy in South...

It's more bad news for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on the economic front, even as it looks forward to the general election in 2009. Industrial growth has dipped to a six-year-low of three percent in March this year. Coupled with raging inflation, the economic outlook is far from satisfactory at a time when both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram were expecting to pat themselves on the back for a great five-year...

Black may be chic, but many lawyers here don't like the black robe they have to wear as part of their profession, saying it is unsuitable for the Indian...

Voting began Friday morning in 66 constituencies in 10 districts of central, coastal and parts of north Karnataka in the second phase of elections for the 224-member state...

One minute this way or that, and it could've been fatal for Neil Nitin Mukesh of 'Johnny Gaddar'...

Leg spinner Amit Mishra took a hat-trick as Delhi Daredevils beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match at the Feroze Shah Kotla stadium here...

Following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 match in which Delhi Daredevils defeated Deccan Chargers by 12 runs at the Feroze Shah Kotla stadium here...

A senior police officer in Madhya Pradesh was seriously injured in a road accident in Hoshangabad district late...

In a daring daylight robbery, five armed dacoits looted cash and jewellery worth over Rs.1 million from the house of a leading industrialist here...

A white female tiger died at Van Vihar National Park here, two days after being operated upon, the park officials said...

The Noida police Thursday claimed to have busted a gang of carjackers with the arrest of four people here. The police recovered two cars, four mobile phones and two country-made pistols from the four arrested...

The Uttar Pradesh government has planned to counter the long-drawn drought in Bundelkhand region with artificial...

The Indian cricket board's inquiry commissioner Sudhir Nanavati Thursday expressed sympathy for off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, saying that no player has lost Rs.30 million for a single offence on...

Veteran Congress leader and former central minister Henry Austin passed away here Thursday. He was...

The Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday claimed that it has foiled an attempt to smuggle into the country heroine worth millions of rupees and fake currency worth Rs.1.6 million from Pakistan across the international border (IB)...

The union cabinet Thursday approved setting up the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to meet the needs of the private sector for skilled personnel in different...