Polling opened in the Indian capital Thursday morning to elect a new Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), now overwhelmingly controlled by the Congress party. Balloting started on snail's pace at 8 a.m. all over the city, with 9.9 million... More

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Home Minister Shivraj Patil Wednesday met a group of 60 Kashmiri children, who are on a nationwide study tour organised by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The students' group comprises 23 boys and 37... More

As flower bedecked trees and murmuring mountain streams announce the arrival of spring in the Kashmir Valley, thousands of migratory birds take wings bidding farewell to their winter home. This year more than one million migratory birds including... More

The Haryana government Tuesday proposed a medical university in the state to provide better healthcare to its people. Addressing the silver jubilee celebrations of the Government Dental College at Rohtak town in Haryana, Chief Minister Bhupinder... More

A dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to protest alleged police atrocities on the wives of six militant leaders brought normal life in Assam to a standstill Wednesday. A police spokesman... More

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz at his 7 Race Course residence here Wednesday morning. The two sides discussed a wide range of bilateral issues, including Jammu and Kashmir and disputes over Siachen and... More

The 16th century Amber Fort here will soon come alive to its history with an exclusive sound and light show. The programme would serve as a guide to tourists, informing them about the historical background of the fort and the ancient anecdotes... More

Chendu, a tribal from Alirajpur in Jhabua district, beat his wife to death. Reason? She asked him to stop drinking. In the same block, another young man killed his brother with an arrow when the latter tried to extract toddy from the palm trees... More

Caught in a double bind of unremitting pressure from farmers in 45 villages protesting against a mammoth Special Economic Zone (SEZ) coming up here and an official obligation to continue the land acquisition, Raigad's harried district collector has... More

Prices of liquor have fallen sharply in Himachal Pradesh with the state government announcing a 16 percent cut in Value Added Tax (VAT). "VAT has now been brought down from 20 percent to 4 percent on all categories of liquor. The decision was... More