The infant mortality rate (IMR) has dropped down three points from 50 to 47 infant deaths per 1,000 live
Veteran space scientist K Kasturirangan on Wednesday made an emotional appeal for an amicable end to the ISRO row so that the agency is "back on track", drawing a parallel between the current episode and mid-90s` "espionage case&quo
Justice AK Ganguly, who along with Justice GS Singhvi has been behind several headline-making judgments in recent times, is set to retire on Thursday. Going by a tradition, he is expected to deliver a verdict that may force home minister P Chidamb
Two-year-old Falak, who was brought to a hospital in a battered condition, is fighting a grim battle for life as her brain has been affected by an infection, an AIIMS doctor said on Wednesday. "Her conditon is very critical as she has
“…the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating “Four legs good, two legs bad! Four legs good, two legs bad!” and keep it up for hours on end, never
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday batted for lakhs of paramilitary jawans saying they deserve "sympathy and compassion" from the country as they work under very difficult conditions at the borders and other areas.
In a sharp reaction to Defence Minister A K Antony`s comments on the Army chief`s age row, BJP on Wednesday said the defence forces fall under the jurisdiction of the government and it cannot run away from its responsibility in the "failur
The supreme court on Wednesday disallowed a plea of Tamil Nadu government against the Karnataka high court order which had rejected further probe in a disproportionate assets case against Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The apex court als
Vigilance officials on Wednesday conducted raids in the premises of former DMK minister N K K P Raja across Tamil Nadu in connection with a disproportionate assets case The raids by officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Cor
The BJP was on Wednesday non-committal on whether Narendra Modi, who had refrained from campaigning in Uttarakhand and Punjab, will champion its cause in Uttar Pradesh. "There are no differences within the party with regard to the
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has tied itself up in knots in the 2G licences and spectrum allocation case with the way it has filed the latest chargesheet against the Essar and Loop Telecom promoters and three companies in the group.
Muslim organisations in Rajasthan on Wednesday said they had not posed a life threat to controversial author Salman Rushdie during his proposed visit to the recently concluded Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF). "Ever since the Jaipur
The long-awaited report by justice Dharmadhikari committee on Air India wages issue was finally submitted to the civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on Tuesday. After almost five years of the merger of erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India, justi
In a relief to Narendra Modi, the Gujarat high court on wednesday rejected a petition seeking directions to the Nanavati commission to summon the State chief minister for questioning in connection with the 2002 riots. A division bench of
Close on the heels of battered baby Falak`s case, another shocking matter has come to light of a seven-month-old baby girl being abandoned in a compartment of the Toofan Express at Madhpur Station. The passengers of the S1 coach of the t
The two-year-old battered girl at AIIMS was battling for lifeon Tuesday after contracting meningitis, a potentially
Four accused, acquitted by a local court in the case of kidnap and murder of teenager Adnan Patrawala, were ton Tuesday r
The Delhi high court on Tuesday laid down the formula for admission in private schools under the EWS quota. It said the schools will first have to admit children living within one km and if the seats remain vacant they will admit those living with
A special CBI court on Tuesday convicted 64 accused, including 32 officials, in a multi-crore fodder scam pertaining to f
As a controversy broke out over allegations that he was deliberately given wrong treatment in Pune, Anna Hazare tod
