New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) As many as 10 swine flu deaths were reported Saturday in the country, including four in Maharashtra alone, taking the toll in India to 553, health department ...

Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) A large number of mediapersons Saturday congregated to protest attacks by Shiv Sena activists on the IBN-Lokmat television channel office in Mumbai and IBN-7's office in Pune a ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Tamil Nadu crushed Punjab by an innings and 45 runs on the fourth and the last day of the Ranji Trophy Super League match at Amritsar Friday. ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The central government has committed Rs.332.92 crore in various health measures to check the spread of Influenza A (H1N1), more commonly known as swine flu, Health Minister ...

Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) Bihar's per capita energy consumption is the lowest in the country and the government's rural electrification campaign is a "failure", according to a report by the Greenpeace India ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Three swine flu deaths, two from Rajasthan alone, were reported Thursday, taking the toll in India to 537, health authorities said here. Also, 118 new cases were recorded ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Four swine flu deaths, three of them from Rajasthan, were reported Wednesday, taking the total toll in India to 534, health authorities said here. As many as 200 ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Cheteshwar Pujara smashed an unbeaten double century as Saurashtra piled up a massive 544 for three in their first innings against Maharashtra on the second day in ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said it will protest the new sugarcane pricing policy in the winter session of parliament beginning Thursday. Claiming that "wrong policies" of ...

Mumbai Nov 18 (IANS) A Mumbai court Wednesday scheduled the hearing of a case involving attacks on north Indians by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for Sep 13 next year. Kherwadi police ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): Amid speculation by the media that Rajnath Singh, the President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), may quit from his post before the completion of his term, ...

New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Four swine flu deaths were reported in India Tuesday, taking the toll due to the Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 530, health department officials said here. One death ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Three swine flu deaths were reported Monday, taking the total toll due to Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 526 in India, health authorities said here. At least 139 ...

By Karan Kapoor Ludhiana, Nov 16(ANI): Diversification is the buzzword for progressive farmers in Punjab, and banana farming, which started in 2006, is now emerging as a `viable' and alternate form of farming ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Nuclear installations in the country have been put on high alert and security tightened as a precautionary step after intelligence agencies cited possible terror attacks, home ministry ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's remarks that India's cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar should "keep off the political pitch" has evoked strong reactions with virtually all political ...

Mumbai, Nov 16 (ANI): Hours after the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) stood behind Sachin Tendulkar for his 'I am an Indian first' statement, Shiv Sena said that its ...

Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) Sachin Tendulkar should "keep off the political pitch" for his own well-being, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said Monday in response to the cricket maestro's comments last ...

Aurangabad, Nov 16 (ANI): PepsiCo India, the country's leading food and beverage company, on Sunday announced plaus for the construction of 13 check dams and 100 recharge ponds at Wahegaon village in ...

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Three more deaths due to swine flu were reported Sunday taking India's toll due to Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 524, health department officials said here. A total ...

Chennai, Nov 15 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government and fishermen's associations were Sunday able to establish contact with six fishing boats out of the 16 that were untraceable after the Phyan cyclone ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday said his ministry was focusing on tackling swine flu more than dengue, which had infected 783 people in the national capital, ...

Nagpur, Nov. 14 (ANI): Maharashtra BJP Chief Nitin Gadkari has clarified that he is not contending for the party's top post, as being claimed by some media reports. "I am not among the ...

Chennai, Nov 14 (IANS) An intensive search is on for around 200 fishermen and 16 boats belonging to three villages in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district, caught in Cyclone Phyan in the Arabian ...

Pune, Nov. 14 (ANI): Continuing his sharp critique of the current stasis in the BJP, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has described the party "as a divided house." "BJP is a divided house ...

Chennai, Nov 13 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government Friday said fishermen who set out for fishing in 150 boats from Kanyakumari and were caught in the Phyan storm are reaching the Maharashtra ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) International Hockey Federation (FIH) vice-president Antonio Von Ondarza and Sports Minister M.S.Gill Friday agreed that the election to Hockey India (HI) should be held within a month ...

Panaji, Nov 13 (IANS) The Hindu rightwing group Sanatan Sanstha, five of whose associates have been booked in connection with the Diwali-eve blast in Goa, is a threat to the entire nation, ...

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) In a unique awareness programme on disability, four different groups, each constituting a disabled person and four volunteers, will travel across the country and sensitise people on ...

Panaji, Nov 12 (IANS) About 45 fishermen were missing Thursday as eight trawlers were still out at sea and two feared sunk following Cyclone Phyan passing through the Arabian Sea the day ...