Overdose of anti-malaria pills, not snake-bites killed tribal children in Gondia: Maharashtra govt

Overdose of anti-malaria pills, not snake-bites killed tribal children in Gondia: Maharashtra govt
Widespread rains in Vidarbha region, three killed
Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 's body donated for medical research
Over 750 Lankan refugees returned to the Island this year
Don't pay toll tax in Maharashtra: Raj Thackeray
NCP, Congress rift: Is a compromise possible?
Maharashtra Congress MLAs complain against Chief Minister, say Prithviraj Chavan not approachable
S M Krishna to undertake three-day visit to Pakistan from September 7
Indian-American teacher heads to jail for sex with minor
Supreme Court orders ban on tourism in core areas of tiger reserves
On YouTube, Anna calls for jail bharo starting July 25
UP's first couple on why they work well together
With 68 per cent below normal rainfall, Punjab on the verge of drought
Pranab Mukherjee's son, Abhijit Mukherjee, wants his Lok Sabha seat
Guwahati molestation case: Assam Police gets custody of main accused
Read: Dasarath Rami Reddy's confession statement
Bail-for-sale: Inside jail, Janardhana Reddy worked on plot to bribe judge
With drought looming large, government gears up with contingency plans
Assam violence death toll rises to 21, Rajdhani Express attacked
One more Amarnath pilgrim dies, toll touches 98
Praful, kuch kuch hota hai: Leaders tease him about Congress stand-off
Praful, do something, joked Sonia; please don't, teased Sushma
Extortion angle being probed in Woodland manager murder case
Wasteful expenditure must be avoided: Pranab Mukherjee to NDTV
Supreme Court reduces government's discretionary quota seats for Haj pilgrims

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:49 AM PDT

Two tribal children in one of Maharashtra's most backward districts died because of an overdose of anti-malaria pills and not snakebites, as their school had earlier claimed, Maharashtra Tribal Develo...

Widespread rains in Vidarbha region, three killed

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 01:48 AM PDT

Three persons were killed due to heavy rains in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, official sources said today.

Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 's body donated for medical research

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 01:08 AM PDT

As a huge crowd bid her the final farewell, veteran freedom fighter Captain Lakshmi Sahgal's body was on Tuesday taken to the GSVM medical college in Kanpur, where it would be donated for research.

Over 750 Lankan refugees returned to the Island this year

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 01:04 AM PDT

Over 750 Sri Lankan nationals living in India as refugees have returned to their country through the monetary support from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) this year.

Don't pay toll tax in Maharashtra: Raj Thackeray

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:51 AM PDT

Raj Thackeray, the MNS party chief has asked people not to pay toll tax at the toll collecting points across Maharashtra. Talking to the media in Mumbai, he said this move was needed due to the misman...

NCP, Congress rift: Is a compromise possible?

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:28 AM PDT

Hectic back-channel talks are on ahead of Wednesday's meeting of the NCP. That meeting will decide the fate of their party's alliance with the Congress. Sources say both sides are trying to work out a...

Maharashtra Congress MLAs complain against Chief Minister, say Prithviraj Chavan not approachable

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:15 AM PDT

More than 40 of the Congress' 82 MLAs in Maharashtra have written a letter criticizing Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for being unapproachable. They have also said that Mr Chavan, who holds the Urb...

S M Krishna to undertake three-day visit to Pakistan from September 7

Posted: 24 Jul 2012 12:04 AM PDT

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will undertake a three-day visit to Pakistan from September 7 to review the second round of the bilateral dialogue process with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar.

Indian-American teacher heads to jail for sex with minor

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:16 PM PDT

A former Indian-American principal of a New York Montessori school has surrendered to authorities to begin a two-to-seven-year prison term for sex with one of her 13-year-old students.

Supreme Court orders ban on tourism in core areas of tiger reserves

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:13 PM PDT

Supreme Court has today ordered that tourism be banned in core areas of all tiger reserves in the country. It has said this ban should continue till it doesn't pass final orders in the matter filed...

On YouTube, Anna calls for jail bharo starting July 25

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:11 PM PDT

On YouTube, Anna calls for jail bharo starting July 25

UP's first couple on why they work well together

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:40 PM PDT

Dimple Yadav, Lok Sabha MP and her husband Akhilesh, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, addressed a FICCI event in Delhi. Dimple was wearing black blouse with elbow-length sleeves, a maroon sari, h...

With 68 per cent below normal rainfall, Punjab on the verge of drought

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:38 PM PDT

With just 12 mm of rain in all of July, people in Punjab's Sangrur district are hoping for divine intervention. One of the main districts for producing rice, their crop is now dangerously delayed. ...

Pranab Mukherjee's son, Abhijit Mukherjee, wants his Lok Sabha seat

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:14 PM PDT

Pranab Mukherjee is headed to Rashtrapati Bhawan and the Congress has to find not only a Leader of the Lok Sabha to fill his shoes, but also someone to contest the Jangirpur Lok Sabha seat he vacates...

Guwahati molestation case: Assam Police gets custody of main accused

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:06 PM PDT

Amar Jyoti Kalita, the main accused in the Guwahati molestation case, was sent to a five-day transit remand today by the Varanasi Court as sought by the Assam Police. A team of policemen from Guwahati...

Read: Dasarath Rami Reddy's confession statement

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:15 PM PDT

Dasarath Rami Reddy, who was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Sunday, has claimed in his confession that during his meeting with former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Red...

Bail-for-sale: Inside jail, Janardhana Reddy worked on plot to bribe judge

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:36 PM PDT

Three judges in Andhra Pradesh have been arrested for allegedly offering - or accepting - bribes in exchange for bail for powerful politician G Janardhana Reddy. Statements from them and witnesses sh...

With drought looming large, government gears up with contingency plans

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:48 PM PDT

With the monsoon rain recording a 22 per cent deficiency, a concerned government has swung into action, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directing all departments and ministries to coordinate with s...

Assam violence death toll rises to 21, Rajdhani Express attacked

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:46 PM PDT

Fresh incidents of arson in interior areas of Kokrajhar district were reported yesterday leading to shoot-at-sight orders, indefinite curfew and flag march by army even as the toll in the ethnic viole...

One more Amarnath pilgrim dies, toll touches 98

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:02 AM PDT

One more pilgrim died on Monday while returning from the 3,880-mt high Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the death toll in the ongoing yatra to 98.

Praful, kuch kuch hota hai: Leaders tease him about Congress stand-off

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:33 AM PDT

The occasion was a formal farewell at Parliament for President Pratibha Patil. But for most of us, who were covering the proceedings from the press galleries, all eyes were on Nationalist Congress Par...

Praful, do something, joked Sonia; please don't, teased Sushma

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:12 AM PDT

With the stand-off between her party and the NCP continuing, Congress President Sonia Gandhi was today heard asking NCP leader Praful Patel to "do something" to end the crisis. Mrs Gandhi's remark in ...

Extortion angle being probed in Woodland manager murder case

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:04 AM PDT

The motive behind the July 20 killing of a shoe and apparel firm's senior executive was being narrowed down to him not fulfilling extortion demands and being gunned down by hired killers, Ghaziabad po...

Wasteful expenditure must be avoided: Pranab Mukherjee to NDTV

Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:24 AM PDT

With Pranab Mukherjee all set to be sworn-in as President, there is much anticipation of how a 'political President' will give shape and form to Rahstrapati Bhavan. Speaking to NDTV, hours after his o...