AIADMK extends their support to CPI in Rajya Sabha polls
Chennai: In a dramatic turn on the last day of filing of nominations for the June 27 Rajya Sabha polls, AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Monday
Gogoi announces 5 lakh to HIV victims, suspends four officials
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday announced compensation of Rs.5 lakh each to the three people who tested HIV-positive after receiving blood from a
Devvarman loses in first round of Wimbledon men’s qualifiers
London: Indian tennis player Somdev Devvarman was eliminated in the first round of the Wimbledon men’s singles qualifiers here Monday. The 28-year-old Devvarman, ranked 140 in
Eight new faces inducted in UPA council of ministers
New Delhi: Eight new faces were inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s council of ministers Monday — possibly the last reshuffle before the 2014 general elections.
Mamata loses her cool, calls Barasat rapists, protesters CPM workers
Kolkata: Days after the brutal gangrape and murder of a 20-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Barasat district, a group of women protestors on Monday shouted anti-government
Three killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan
Kabul: Three civilians were killed and two others wounded Monday when Taliban attacked two trucks in eastern Afghan province of Laghman. “The insurgents ambushed a two-truck
Rain plays havoc in North India, thousands stranded
New Delhi: The monsoon has struck India early and it’s already creating mayhem across the country. The southwest monsoon has so far covered Uttarakhand, Punjab and
AP Assembly: 22 MLAs suspended for disrupting proceedings
Hyderabad: Twenty two legislators belonging to TRS and BJP along with two independent MLAs associated with them were on Monday suspended from the Andhra Pradesh Assembly
Fire breaks out at delhi hospital
New Delhi: A minor fire broke out in the paediatric ward of the central government-run Safdarjung Hospital here Monday. No one was hurt, officials said. According to
Finally, a national survey on mental health disorders in India
Mumbai: It was in Class X that Ria* began to suspect that she suffered from a mental health disorder. She spent hours reading, only to
Food Security Bill will be passed soon: K.V. Thomas
New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s pet Food Security Bill is not getting delayed and will be passed soon, Food Minister K.V. Thomas said after Prime Minister
50 people washed away as heavy rains lash Uttarakhand
Dehradun: Over 10 people are feared dead and 50 were washed away as heavy rains continued to lash Uttarakhand Monday, officials said. The rains which began Saturday
RBI leaves rates unchanged, warns of inflation risks
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India kept interest rates unchanged on Monday after cutting them in each of its previous three policy reviews, warning of
BJP betrayed Bihar and JD(U), it doesn’t respect its elders: Nitish
Patna: A day after breaking the 17-year-old alliance between the Janata Dal United and the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday hit
