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  Monsoon hits Kerala, 'sluggish march', says Met Dept

  India | June 06, 2014 13:53 IST

  New Delhi: Four days after missing its date with the country, the crucial South West Monsoon has finally hit Kerala.“South West Monsoon has arrived,” Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General L S Rathore said today,

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  Kathleen Stephens takes charge as US interim Ambassador

  India | June 06, 2014 10:41 IST

  New Delhi: Kathleen Stephens, the new US interim Ambassador, today took charge of the American Embassy here and said she was looking forward to working with India for strengthening and broadening the Indo-US partnership."I particularly

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  Modi's Day One: Talks terror, promises to bring back black money

  Politics | May 28, 2014 11:37 IST

  New Delhi: It was an action-packed Day One for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. From holding "good and substantive" meetings with leaders of seven SAARC countries, including his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, to announcing an SIT

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  VHP's wishlist for Modi ranges from Ram Mandir to law on cow slaughter

  India | May 25, 2014 9:27 IST

  New Delhi: As the Narendra Modi government prepares to take over, BJP's affiliate outfit Vishwa Hindu Parishad came out with a wishlist ranging from Ram Temple to law on cow slaughter which it wants to

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  BHU student found dead in hostel room

  India | May 15, 2014 9:22 IST

  Lucknow: A research scholar at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his hostel room in Varanasi, police said Thursday.The deceased, Rahul Prajapat, was a research scholar at the Chemisty

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  LIVE: Narendra Modi concludes his 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign with a rally in Ballia (UP)

  Politics | May 10, 2014 19:54 IST

  Ballia (UP): Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today concluded his 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign with a rally in Ballia of UP.It was his last election rally and he thanked

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  Jordan jails 10 jihadists for trying to join Syrian rebels

  World | April 29, 2014 6:42 IST

  Amman: Jordan's military-run State Security Court Monday decided to imprison 10 "jihadists" for two years -and-a -half each after they tried to enter Syria and join radical groups, the state media reported."The convicts were charged

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  Nargis, John, Dhoni urge people to stay fit

  Bollywood | April 23, 2014 23:06 IST

  New Delhi: Actors John Abraham and Nargis Fakhri, along with Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, have come together in a new campaign - Live with Fire - to encourage people to stay fit.Fitness brand

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  AAP candidate against Sonia Gandhi withdraws nomination

  Politics | April 09, 2014 8:13 IST

  New Delhi: In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party, former High Court judge Fakhruddin, who was named the party's candidate in Rae Bareli against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, on Tuesday withdrew from the fray.AAP

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  Spicejet website grounded after mega offer of Re 1 a ticket

  April 02, 2014 9:51 IST

  Mumbai: Spicejet has come up with the mother of all offers by slashing base price of air tickets to Re 1 from July 1, 2014 to March 28, 2015. The offer is available between April

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  Hema Malini pours milk into river Yamuna in Mathura during campaign

  India | March 30, 2014 10:45 IST

  Mathura(UP): BJP candidate from Mathura and Bollywood star Hema Malini poured milk into the river Yamuna at Vishram Ghat here in course of her campaigning for Lok Sabha elections. Hema Malini said this was a

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  Debate between Nilekani, Ananth Kumar abandoned after chaos in Bangalore

  Politics | April 03, 2014 11:54 IST

  Bangalore : Chaos broke out on Saturday  at a political debate between Congress' nominee for Bangalore South Lok Constituency Nandan Nilekani and BJP's Ananth Kumar after workers of the two parties created a ruckus, forcing

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  Digvijay to take on Modi as Congress candidate in Varanasi : sources

  Politics | March 25, 2014 8:20 IST

  New Delhi: Top Congress sources on Monday evening disclosed that party general secretary Digvijay Singh may be asked to take on BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi from Varanasi parliamentary constituency. The sources said, party

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  Devyani's reindictment is "aggression" against India says her father

  India | March 16, 2014 7:49 IST

  Mumbai: Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade's father Uttam Khobragade yesterday said here that re-indictment of his daughter clearly showed that the prosecutor had "no respect" for their own law."This is a case which can be quashed

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  Will campaign for 50 independent candidates across India: Hazare

  India | March 02, 2014 7:12 IST

  Jalna (Maha): Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare yesterday said he would campaign for 50 independent candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.Talking to reporters at Deulgaon-Raja near here, Hazare said he had proposed a 17-point agenda

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  India Post opens 2 ATMs in Delhi;2800 more pan-India by Mar'15

  March 02, 2014 7:05 IST

  New Delhi: Postal bank savings account holders in Delhi can now avail of ATM services as India Post yesterday launched automated teller machines at two locations here.     The department will open 2,800 more such ATMs

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  Curfew on Assam-Arunachal border after violence, 4 more bodies found

  India | February 24, 2014 9:09 IST

  Tezpur(Assam): A day after four more bodies were recovered from troubled Chauldhowa along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, curfew was clamped on Sunday at Behali and Borgang areas following violent protests by locals on the Highway as

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  Live reporting: Know how Lok Sabha passed Telangana Bill with BJP support, live telecast switched off

  Politics | February 18, 2014 19:55 IST

  New Delhi: In a controversial step that raises question mark over Indian parliamentary democracry, the historic bill to carve out Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh was today passed by Lok Sabha  with all doors

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  Karunanidhi puts riders for prospective allies in LS polls

  India | February 17, 2014 6:42 IST

  Tiruchirapalli (TN): Spelling out riders for prospective allies including DMDK ahead of Lok Sabha polls, DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi on Sunday night said those parties that support the stalled Sethu Samudram Project and oppose communalism

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  Bandh in Seemandhra against Telangana Bill

  India | February 14, 2014 14:12 IST

  Hyderabad: Normal life remained paralysed for the second consecutive day in the 13 districts of the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of the state following the bandh call by APNGOs and YSR Congress against the