Ghaziabad, Nov 7 (IANS) Five railway employees working on tracks in this town adjacent to the national capital were killed Saturday after being run over by two trains including the Dehradun-Delhi Jan ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 7 (IANS) Four people, including a former government official, have been arrested in Orissa for allegedly acquiring and selling government land worth Rs.1,000 crore, police said Saturday. The four are said ...

Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) S Tel, one of the new entrants in the Indian mobile telephony space, Friday said it has achieved financial closure for its Rs.2,000-crore project and that it would ...

Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Friday criticised the central government's sugar cane policy and asked the Tamil Nadu government to clarify its position on the cane procurement price ...

Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) The country's largest lender State Bank of India has lowered deposit rates by 25-50 basis points on amounts less than Rs.1 crore effective Nov 9. The new interest ...

Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) Sudha Murthy, wife of Infosys' Technologies co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, sold two million shares of her holding in the IT bellwether for over Rs.430 crore (Rs.4.3 billion/$91.5 million), ...

NATIONAL Karnataka crisis deepens, Reddy brothers unrelenting - Third Lead moved at 1722 Koda moved from ICU to general ward, ED set for arrest - Moved at 1313 Myanmarese soldiers surround ULFA ...

Mumbai, Nov 5 (IANS) Self-styled tour operators and tourist guides have come up with "Terror Tours" to cash in on the curiosity among tourists and visitors about the sites of last year's ...

Bangalore, Nov 5 (IANS) Sudha Murthy, wife of Infosys Technologies co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy, sold 1.6 million shares of her holding in the IT bellwether for over Rs.430 crore (Rs.4.3 billion/$91.5 million), ...

Chennai, Nov 5 (IANS) World Bank's country director Roberto Zagha met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi here Thursday and reviewed the progress of the six bank-assisted projects in the state. During ...

Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday rejected the hike of Rs.20 per quintal in the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat announced by the central government, ...

NATIONAL Karnataka crisis deepens, Reddy brothers unrelenting - Third Lead moved at 1722 Koda moved from ICU to general ward, ED set for arrest - Moved at 1313 One Lok Sabha, 31 assembly seats ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron's much anticipated 3-D sci-fi epic "Avatar" is being touted as the most expensive film ever - with a whopping $230 million (Rs.1,200 crore) ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The government Thursday hiked the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat by Rs.20, barley by Rs.70 and gram by Rs.30 per quintal for the current rabi ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The government Thursday more than doubled the budget for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to Rs.1,620 crore from Rs.767 crore. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting ...

Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) The Haryana government Thursday announced sanctioning of a Rs.138-crore (Rs.1.38 billion) project to improve drinking water supply in Gurgaon. A public health department spokesman said a second water treatment ...

By Shweta Srinivasan Kathmandu/Pokhara, Nov 5 (IANS) "Heading for Nepal? Be sure to hit the casinos." These words of encouragement came from family and friends urging me to chance a game or two ...

Panaji, Nov 4 (IANS) The Jute Manufacturers Development Council (JMDC) is looking at Goa, a tourist destination that attracts many foreigners every year, as a potential market to sell its products, and ...

Varanasi, Nov 3(IANS) An accomplice of gangster Munna Bajrangi was arrested by a team of Delhi Police here Tuesday evening, police sources said. Meraj Ahmed was picked up from his house in Jaitpura ...

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought the response of the government to a plea seeking audio recording of court proceedings to ensure more transparency in the judiciary's ...

Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) The Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corp posted an earning of over Rs.60 crore in 2008-09, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced here Monday. This was 38 percent ...

Ranchi, Nov 2 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Monday said that supporting Madhu Koda as chief minister was a blunder and in future his party would not support any ...

Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) Engineering firm McNally Bharat Engineering (MBE) posted a net profit of Rs.3.6 crore for the quarter ended Sep 30, against Rs.3.2 crore registered during the corresponding period last ...

Chandigarh, Nov 1 (IANS) The Haryana government Sunday announced it will set up skill development centres to impart training to nearly 100,000 youth in the state. This was disclosed by Haryana Chief ...

Chandigarh, Nov 1 (IANS) The Panjab University (PU) here has demanded over Rs.12 lakh (Rs.1.2 million) from a law student for giving information under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. The varsity ...

Shimla, Nov 1 (IANS) With the apple season in Himachal Pradesh almost over, 1.2 crore boxes have been despatched to markets across the country. "The season in districts like Shimla, Mandi, Kullu and ...

Lucknow, Oct 31 (IANS) Accusing the central government of disregarding the interest of 4 million sugarcane growers of the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has shot off a letter ...

Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Financial services company Reliance Capital, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Friday said its revenues for the quarter ended Sep 30 grew 1.47 percent to Rs.681 crore ...

Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Diversified company Aditya Birla Nuvo Friday said its net profit for the quarter ending Sep 30 fell 9.29 percent to Rs.59.2 crore compared to Rs.65.31 crore in the ...

Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) State-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Friday reported a 17 percent drop in second-quarter profit on account of lower prices. Its net profit declined to Rs.1,660 ...