Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will arrive here today on a two-day visit during which both sides are likely to conclude the long- delayed agreement on the sole of the aircraft carrier Admiral...

A top US Army official has raised concerns over the possibility of a war between India and Pakistan triggered by extremist groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba...

'The Last Sunset' by erstwhile royal and former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh dominates non-fiction this week while Stieg Larsson's 'The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest' climbs four steps to take the number one fiction spot on the bestseller...

The stigma surrounding stage actresses still persists in middle class Indian society, 147 years after the birth of Nati Binodini, the first woman icon of Bengali stage, says National School of Drama (NSD) president Amal...

The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, elevates Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi to a league of her own and guarantees her a defining place for...

A benchmark index for Indian equities Thursday made a weak start and was ruling 36 points lower, about 28 minutes after the opening...

Thousands with stardust in their eyes stand in snaking queues for auditions - to sing, dance or do comic acts. While they see it as a passport to fame, TV reality shows aren't a cakewalk, success is not guaranteed and things can go horribly...

Bollywood may have taken a backseat but Hindi entertainment channels are undeterred by the Indian Premier League (IPL) craze that will hit the small screen Friday. Most of the channels have launched new fiction shows to keep their regular audience...

A Bengali by birth but a Delhi boy at heart, director Dibakar Banerjee claims voyeurism is what society finds itself trapped in. And he is trying to bring out this reality through his bold film 'Love, Sex Aur Dhoka'...

Scattered rainfall has brought relief to the people in several parts of Orissa Wednesday evening, the meteorological centre here...

'The Lost Boys' star Corey Haim was found dead Wednesday at his apartment in the Oakwood area of Los Angeles after a suspected accidental drug overdose. He was...

Talented people from northeast are making a mark in different fields across the...

Delhi Police arrested three Peruvian nationals, including a woman, on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in stealing foreigners' belongings from star rated hotels in the national...

The Union Budget addressed the importance of infrastructure for sustained economic development and allotted money to boost the growth potential would be realized only if infrastructure does not become a severe and critical...

The Central Government has revised its foreign trade policy to increase exports in labour intensive engineering...

Union Government on Wednesday revealed that the Vigilance Commission filed corruption related cases against 54 officers in...

To reduce the gap between past and current ex-servicemen pensioners, the Central Government has accepted all the recommendations of the committee under the Cabinet Secretary to look into the issue of disparity in pensions and other related...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will hold a southern region review meeting on mental health on March 12 at the Y.W.C.A. in...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday refuted reports of a split in the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) over the Women's Reservation Bill but admitted to differences in the party on the...

A group of Keralites settled in the UAE have complained to the union home minister and the Kerala chief minister that their families in India are being harassed over delayed payments of credit cards issued in...

A benchmark index for Indian equities shut shop on a flat note Wednesday, giving up its intra-day...

Hundreds of farmers will demonstrate before the Chhattisgarh assembly March 18 to exert pressure on the state government to concede their demands, which include higher prices for their produce and free...

Plans for the 2010 Commonwealth Games ceremonies are a bit of a secret. There is speculation that India will showcase its Bollywood formula yet again in Delhi like it did in Melbourne. But here's what - you can actually expect a cultural fiesta replete with classical and folk dances and...

Two years after their first summit, India and Africa Wednesday launched an action plan that includes closer cooperation in agriculture and setting up of new training institutes by New Delhi in areas ranging from foreign trade to education and...

Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday in a written reply in the Lok Sabha said the government has made elaborate arrangements through the guidelines for Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) to ensure that children get good quality...

Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister C.P. Joshi on Wednesday underlined the need to promote cooperation between India and Lesotho in areas of rural development and local self...

India's identification with the United States has clear limits and it will resist any notion that it can be used as an instrument of US policy or as a counterweight to China, says leading international strategic expert, Mr. Adam...

Beauty and brains come together in the case of recently crowned Miss India Worldwide UK, Niharica Raizada who continues to be engaged with her job in stem cell research at a London...

New Delhi, Mar 10 (ANI/Business Wire India): Sanvei Overseas, a system integrator in the field of information technology and surveillance has bagged the demo contract for setting up surveillance at the different chungi check posts for Commercial Taxes Department, Tamil...

Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennel on Wednesday visited the Games Village along with the Chefs de Mission of Commonwealth Games to monitor the preparations for the forthcoming...

Indian tennis star Leander Paes came out in support of the Haiti earthquake victims, and asked the people of India to contribute and show generosity towards the millions who lost their lives and homes to the natural...

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil inaugurated an 'Exhibition of Innovations' in the President's Estate of Rashtrapati Bhavan...

Pakistan has once again blamed India of meddling in its internal issues through...

The Kashmir issue which has been the main rallying point to galvanize support across the social, political and military spectrum of Pakistan for decades seems to be loosing its magic to stoke anti -India...

The Armed Forces are no more considered a viable career option and implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission to make the Services more attractive has not been able to reduce the shortage of 14,448 officers in the Army, the Navy and the Air...

The grand finale of the Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW) saw designer Suneet Verma spectacularly recreating the magic of the '70s and '80s with his collection titled 'Night...

The Pakistani boxing team's participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is under doubt as the government is yet to give a green signal for their visit to...

Union Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday charged the Left parties of taking undue credit for the successful passage of the Women Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha on...

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday trashed allegations of the Research and Analysis Wing's (RAW) involvement in Monday's Lahore blast, asserting that India had no hand in...

The Lok Sabha was on Wednesday adjourned till 12 p.m. due to the chaos created inside the House by members of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party and the Samajwadi Party over the successful passage of Women Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha on...

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav is expected to hand over a letter to President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday withdrawing his party's support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on the issue of the Women Reservation...

Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was on Wednesday granted bail by the Karkardooma Court in connection with cases registered against him in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots...

Elegance and grace marked the fifth day of the Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFw) in...

Women across India are celebrating the passing of the Women's Reservation...

Kashmir issue which has remained a main rallying point to galvanize support across the social, political and military spectrum of Pakistan for decades seems to be loosing its magical formulae of stoking anti India...

ities have emerged as the prime engines of the Indian economic growth and generators of national wealth. . . the future is inescapably urban, says a study, jointly conducted by the Confederation of...

With Daniele Bonera forced to operate at centre back Rooney was wandering free and when Neville found him on the penalty spot there was never any doubt that he would thunder his header beyond...

(inset) for you. Milind has always been interested in films specifically Ram Gopal Varma's horror films right from childhood. He moved to Mumbai and, after a brief struggle,...

The Obama Administration said this in its reaction to Wednesday's Kabul visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who slammed US and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces in...

United Nations, March 11 : India has announced a cash contribution of 5 million dollars for relief and rehabilitation in Chile in a show of solidarity with the people of the earthquake-hit...