New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The question hour in Lok Sabha went off smoothly Monday with just five MPs, who had given notice to ask questions, remaining absent. Proceedings during question hour had collapsed Monday last week because of absentee members.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:30:01 -0500

Ranchi, Dec 7 (IANS) The interrogation of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his cabinet colleague Kamlesh Singh continued for the second day in jail Monday as officials probed deeper into the Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:20:06 -0500

Bangalore, Dec 7 (IANS) Leading power and automation technology group ABB Monday said it has won an order worth Rs.506 crore from Bangalore Metro Rail Corp to provide power solutions for the city's proposed metro network.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:00:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Monday congratulated the Indian cricket team for becoming the world's number one Test squad and for an 'emphatic victory' over Sri Lanka in the Mumbai Test.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:00:03 -0500

Chandigarh, Dec 7 (IANS) The Punjab shutdown call given by radical Sikh organisations to protest against Saturday's violence in Ludhiana evoked a mixed response in the state Monday.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:00:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Monday congratulated the Indian cricket team for becoming the world's number one Test squad and for registering an 'emphatic victory' over Sri Lanka in the Mumbai Test.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:00:01 -0500

Srinagar, Dec 7 (IANS) After performing at picturesque Gulmarg, US pop star Terra Naomi is set to sing on the banks of the Dal Lake here as part of her global campaign to create awareness about climate change.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:40:02 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 7 (ANI/Business Wire India): MoneyGram International, a leading global money transfer company, today announced that two more banks-Abhyudaya Co-op Bank Ltd and Thane Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd (TJSB)-will soon be offering MoneyGram money transfer services. With these additions, 18 India banks offer MoneyGram's services.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:30:35 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 7 : Refusing to accept Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh's defence of the Government's moves on emission cuts, the opposition walked out of the Rajya Sabha, saying there was no clarity on the issue.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:30:34 -0500

Lucknow, Dec 7 (IANS) The Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh administration Monday suddenly withdrew permission for a press conference that was to be addressed by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, party leaders said.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:20:03 -0500

Shimla, Dec 7 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has begun promoting cultivation of exotic varieties of fruits to ensure that farmers were not hit by a fall in production of traditional crops due to changing weather patterns, according to Horticulture Minister Narender Bragta.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:20:02 -0500

Lahore, Dec. 7 : India's support has helped Pakistan to secure a "good deal" in the International Cricket Council's post-2012 Future Tours Program, Pakistan Cricket Board CEO Wasim Bari has said.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:44 -0500

Lucknow, Dec 7 (IANS) Saksham Foundation, a voluntary organisation committed to assertion of child rights, has urged the Uttar Pradesh government to set up a child protection body in the state.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:07 -0500

Patna, Dec 7 (IANS) Ikramul Khan and Ali Hussain, two brothers in a Bihar village suffering from progeria, a disease that accelerates the ageing process, have now been promised help by the state government after Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Paa' highlighted the illness.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:07 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The opposition Monday walked out of the Rajya Sabha protesting what it termed 'the turnaround' in India's stance on climate change, even as the government sought to assure the house that this was not so.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:10:06 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) India is looking to participate in 'exploration and production opportunity' in Africa and to be a part of the continent's natural gas market, Petroluem Minister Murli Deora said Monday.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:00:02 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) A key Indian equities index crawled back into the green briefly post noon Monday but was ruling flat even as metal majors came under selling pressure.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:30:01 -0500

Raipur, Dec 7 (IANS) About a dozen cops on duty at a police station in Chhattisgarh ran for cover when they found a herd of wild jumbos roaming in the complex, authorities said Monday.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:30:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team arrived in India Monday on a two-day visit with information on Pakistan-born suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana presently in US custody.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Anglo-Indian MP Charles Dias has sought the intervention of the Vatican to end alleged 'discrimination' against the community by the Latin Catholic hierarchy in Kerala.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:50:02 -0500

Bangalore, Dec 7 (IANS) Beaten in all elections since 2004 in Karnataka, the Congress appears to lack the confidence to take on even a faction-ridden Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on its own in the Dec 18 elections to 25 legislative council seats.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:05 -0500

Chandigarh, Dec 7 (IANS) Chandigarh will host a national convention on cancer Tuesday to draft a strategy to prevent, detect and treat the perilous disease at an early stage.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:05 -0500

New Delhi, December 7 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of thirteen-year-old Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic help Hemraj has still not yielded fruitful results. Several questions still remain unanswered, as Aarushi's phone that was recovered recently has provided no further clue.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:10:11 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.7 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will meet Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram here today to discuss the fallout of the attempted assassination on moderate Hurriyat leader Fazal Haque Qureshi last week.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:10:06 -0500

Moscow, Dec 7 : India and Russia are set to sign a landmark civil nuclear pact on Monday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's summit talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
ANI Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:10:05 -0500

Lucknow, Dec 7 (IANS) Patience fuels ambition. A Muslim academic from Uttar Pradesh has for 30 years wanted to translate the Bhagavad Gita into Urdu. While he has achieved that with 40 'shlokas' or verses so far, he has now set the bar even higher by aiming for a lyrical translation of the Hindu scripture.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:10:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) It has been a relatively warm December in the capital so far with the minimum temperature recorded over the past few days remaining well above the average but the mercury level will dip now, the weatherman said Monday.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:40:01 -0500

Rann of Kutch (Gujarat), Dec 7 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has given himself a quiet makeover, perhaps to keep up with the changing image of the state as one of the most industrially developed in the country.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:30:01 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) A key Indian equities index rose 75 points into the green soon after the opening bell Monday.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:10:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Like the neighbouring Russians, Lithuanians are flocking to India. Lured first by the sun kissed beaches of Goa and now by the goodness of ayurveda in Kerala, there has been a sudden jump in the inflow of tourists from this tiny Baltic state.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:10:02 -0500

Shimla, Dec 7 (IANS) 'Only for women' special buses have been started in this Himachal Pradesh capital for the convenience of the fairer sex, an official said Monday.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:10:02 -0500

Saharsa (Bihar), Dec 7 (IANS) For years the Musahars have been looked down upon for being rat-eaters. Deprived, illiterate and often completely untouched by health initiatives, this very community is now helping Bihar fight its big battle against polio.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:01 -0500

Hyderabad, Dec 7 (IANS) Normal life remained paralysed in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh Monday for the second successive day as the 48-hour shutdown called by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) demanding a separate state of Telangana evoked total response.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:01 -0500

Patna, Dec 7 (IANS) At least 26 bogies of a goods train were derailed in Bihar's Sasaram district Monday, disrupting rail traffic on the busy Mughalsarai-Howrah route. No injuries were reported, police said.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 7 : The Liberhan Commission's Report on the Babri Mosque demolition and the Action Taken Report (ATR) on it, will be discussed in Parliament today.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:40:02 -0500

Bhubaneswar, Dec 7 (IANS) The main accused in the gang rape of a nun in Orissa's Kandhamal district during last year's communal clashes has been arrested, police said Monday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:30:01 -0500

Kolkata Dec 7 (IANS) Safiqul Mondal had given up hope that his nine-year-old son will ever be able to lead a normal life after the child accidentally swallowed a pen cover. But doctors of a private hospital here have brought smiles back on Safiqul's face by removing the 'foreign element' stuck in the child's lungs.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:40:02 -0500

Film: 'Rocket Singh'; Music Director: Sulaiman and Salim Merchant; Lyricist: Jaideep Sahni; Singers: Benny Dayal, Vishal Dadlani and Salim Merchant; Rating: ***...
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:40:02 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) Ram Gopal Varma has replaced controversial song 'Jana Gana Mana Rann' with the 'Vande Mataram' in the final cut of his forthcoming movie 'Rann' and says that the track will play in the background.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:20:02 -0500

Bhopal, Dec 6 (IANS) At least two teenaged boys were killed and four others injured Sunday when they came in contact with a high-tension electricity wire while returning from an Islamic congregation on the outskirts of the state capital, police said.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:50:01 -0500

Bhubaneswar, Nov 6 (IANS) Orissa police has sought a ban on the tribal outfit, Chasi Mulia Adibasi Sangha (CMAS) in view of its alleged criminal activities and Maoist links, officials said Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:50:01 -0500

Ludhiana, Dec 6 (IANS) Punjab's industrial hub of Ludhiana had some more moments of tension Sunday evening when edgy migrants residing here cornered a few motorcycle-borne youth and left them injured after thrashing them, police said.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:40:01 -0500

Raipur, Dec 6 (IANS) Four people were killed Sunday when a powerful landmine blast set off by Maoists ripped through a truck on the national highway in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:30:02 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 6 (IANS) Former Bangladesh head of state Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad Sunday arrived at his ancestral home in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district with his son Eric.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:20:03 -0500

Jaipur, Dec 6 (IANS) Pakistan's Imdad Hussain (70, 69) finished on top of the leaderboard at the end of round two of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) pre qualifying II for the 2010 season. Hussain totalled one under 139 after two rounds here Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday criticized Union Government's decision to cut its carbon intensity in the range of 20 and 25 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels and accused it of changing the baseline before the Copenhagen talks.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:50:07 -0500

Bangalore, Dec 6 : Many citizens of Bangalore enjoyed first-hand experience of Harley-Davidson's iconic motorcycles, as they rumbled through the city to celebrate the brand's arrival in the Indian market on Sunday.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:50:07 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 6 : Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced cash rewards of Rs 25 lakh for each player of the Indian team for becoming the number one Test squad in the world.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:50:06 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.6 : In a unique way to draw public attention to the lackluster approach of the Delhi Government towards preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the opposition party Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday held a 'mini marathon' here.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:50:03 -0500

Mumbai, Dec.6 : People from different walks of life paid homage to Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution and a crusader of the rights of the marginalised people of the country, on his 53rd death anniversary here on Sunday.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:50:02 -0500

Chennai, Dec 6: Former Indian skipper Anil Kumble's wishes about the national side's supremacy over the touring Sri Lankans came true enabling India to hop to the top in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:50:02 -0500

Agra, Dec 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha MP from Agra Rama Shankar Katheria began a march to Delhi Sunday afternoon along with hundreds of party workers to press for their demands, including of an international airport for the city.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:30:02 -0500

Gandhinagar, Dec 6 (IANS) Spiritual guru Asaram Bapu and two of his disciples were Sunday charged with attempt to murder following an attack on an estranged supporter late Saturday, police said. Asaram's organisation termed the charges 'malicious and defamatory'.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:50:04 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 6 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil arrived here Sunday evening on a two-day visit.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:50:04 -0500

Bangalore, Dec 6 (IANS) The team of Girijashankar Joshy and Srikanth Gowda held firmly to their overnight lead to finish with total penalties of four minutes, 40 seconds, and win the professional class and the overall title in the Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare Motorsports Rally.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:40:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Nine swine flu deaths were reported Sunday, including four from Rajasthan, the toll due to influenza A (H1N1) virus in India to 627, health authorities said here.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:40:01 -0500

Chandigarh, Dec 6 (IANS) Seven slum dwellers, including three children, looking for scrap, were buried alive after a dumper-truck partially overturned trapping them under loose earth here Sunday afternoon, police said.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:40:01 -0500

Chennai, Dec 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, opposition AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa and actor-turned-DMDK leader Vijayakant would join the campaign next week for the by-polls to two assembly seats Dec 19.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:10:02 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) Cricketer Virender Sehwag thanked former India captain Sourav Ganguly for giving him an opportunity to open the innings that moulded him into one of the most attacking batsmen in the world.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:00:01 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) Former Maharashtra opposition leader and ex-minister Madhukar Pichhad took over as the state Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief replacing R.R. Patil here Sunday, a party leader said.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:50:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) A day after a woman was charred to death after her car suddenly caught fire on a south Delhi road, police were Sunday still trying to ascertain the cause. Her husband, who sustained severe burns, is still unconscious.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:50:01 -0500

Bangalore, Dec 6 (IANS) Leading infrastructure developer GVK Power and Infrastructure has acquired 17 percent in Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) from Larson and Toubro (L&T) for Rs.686 crore (Rs.6.86 billion), the company said Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:30:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday organised a marathon to protest the delay in various projects for next year's Commonwealth games.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:30:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party Sunday accused the central government of misusing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for favouring 'persons close to the party.'...
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:30:02 -0500

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 6 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has called for a meeting with representatives of state government employees to discuss a revision of pay scales, state Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:30:01 -0500

Chennai, Dec 6 (IANS) K. Vinoth of Wallace Sports, who finished second in the JK Tyre Junior Cup National racing championship (Formula Maruti) was elevated to the top spot after teammate Vikash Anand, who was earlier adjudged winner, was excluded from the five Round 2 races that were held over the weekend.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:20:02 -0500

Kolkata, Dec 6 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil will address the concluding function of Indian National Science Academy's (INSA) platinum jubilee year celebrations at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) here Monday, an official said Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:20:02 -0500

Imphal, Dec 6 (IANS) Three members of a militant group in Manipur were killed in a gunbattle with a rival outfit, police said Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:30:03 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) After suffering a humiliating 0-2 loss in the Test series against India, Sri Lankan skipper Kumar lamented the absence of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), which he said cost Sri Lanka 'over 500 runs'.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:30:02 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni says playing fewer Test matches next year is a concern as it means that maintaining their new status of world's top Test team will be tough.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:30:02 -0500

Imphal, Dec 6 (IANS) A senior state government engineer was abducted by unidentified militants in Manipur, police said Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:20:04 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.6 : Expressing concern over President Obama's plan to start pulling American troops out of Afghanistan by mid-2011, top government sources here have said that America must not vacate war-ravaged Afghanistan until the establishment of peace and stability there.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:10:04 -0500

Ranchi, Dec 6 (IANS) Senior political leaders like the BJP's Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Raman Singh and the RJD's Lalu Prasad addressed rallies in Jharkhand as campaigning for the third phase of assembly polls ended Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:10:03 -0500

Panaji, Dec 6 (IANS) Women's groups in Goa are up in arms over what they allege is a 'virtual pardon' to a police head constable who forced a prostitute to perform oral sex on him in a police patrol car in the presence of two constables - one of whom filmed it on his mobile phone - and demanded criminal cases be filed against the three.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:10:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.6 : The broadbased nuclear agreement with Russia, which is to be signed during Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh"s visit to Moscow, commencing from today, is expected to go beyond the bilateral 123 civil nuclear agreement signed between India and the United States last year.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:10:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.6 : A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team will be visiting Delhi on Monday purportedly to share information with the Indian Government on recently detained Pakistan-origin terror suspects David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:10:01 -0500

Agra, Dec 6 (IANS) Robbers attacked an ATM of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) and decamped with the money, police said Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:50:02 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) Rajasthan's Ashok Menaria will lead the India under-19 cricket team in the 2010 World Cup, being held in New Zealand from Jan 15-30.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:40:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) On the 17th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday reiterated that building a temple to Lord Ram at the mosque site was a 'commitment' and the party would seek a resolution to the issue through negotiation or judicial verdict.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:30:03 -0500

Ludhiana, Dec 6 (IANS) Sealed from the rest of the state by a heavy police presence, Ludhiana, Punjab's largest city and a major industrial hub, remained tense Sunday as curfew continued in most parts of the city after two days of violence.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:30:02 -0500

Jammu, Dec 6 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government's new employment policy, unveiled by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has left Kashmiri Pandit youth unhappy as they don't find mention in it. Differences within the state cabinet seems to be the reason for the omission, said an official.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:10:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has confirmed he will make a sequel to his horror film 'Phoonk' in three languages - Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, and it will be directed by writer Milind Gadagkar.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:10:02 -0500

Ayodhya, Dec 6 (IANS) The 17th anniversary of the Babri mosque's demolition Sunday evoked little response from the people of Ayodhya and remained a 'private affair' in this ancient temple town as authorities had banned any public assembly on grounds of security.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:00:02 -0500

Jammu, Dec 6 (IANS) Traders in Kashmir, who had paid less than Rs.1.9 crore as income-tax in 2008-2009, have already coughed up more than 10 times this fiscal, according to a senior state government official.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) The Indian entertainment and media industry is estimated to grow 11 percent annually to touch Rs.93,200 crore (Rs.932 billion/$18.6 billion) by 2013, a report released Suday said.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:00:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) India is ready to hold peace talks with the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) but has ruled out any dialogue on sovereignty as demanded by the outfit's commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah, a top official said Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:40:03 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) As the world focuses on the climate change summit in Copenhagen, a group of students here will go door-to-door to the houses of MPs, grading them on their knowledge and spreading awareness on reduction of carbon emissions.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:40:03 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Sunday became the second captain in the 132-year history of Test cricket not to have lost a Test match in his first 10 games.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:40:02 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) Noted Marathi writer and columnist Sushila Hemantkumar Gupte, the elder sister of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, died in Mumbai Sunday after a brief illness.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:40:02 -0500

Agra, Dec 6 (IANS) Hundreds of school children cycled through streets of this Taj city Sunday morning to spread environmental consciousness and demand drastic reduction in carbon emission to make the city clean.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:40:02 -0500

Moscow, Dec.6 : The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, arrived here on Sunday afternoon on a three-day state visit, which he said would help strengthen the multi-faceted relationship that exists between India and Russia.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:30:19 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.6 : India and Russia have reportedly reached a final agreement on the sale of the Russian-manufactured aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov or the INS Vikramaditya.
ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:30:18 -0500

Hyderabad, Dec 6 (IANS) With Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhara Rao on a fast-unto-death demanding a separate Telangana state, the Andhra Pradesh government Sunday withdrew criminal cases, including of rioting, filed against him.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:20:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) India and Russia will sign Monday an umbrella agreement for expanding civil nuclear cooperation that will give New Delhi the right to reprocess spent fuel, taking the pact 'far beyond the 123 agreement' inked with the US, a top official said here Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:10:02 -0500

Ranchi, Dec 6 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will Tuesday campaign in Jharkhand for party candidates contesting the fourth phase of assembly polls Dec 12.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:10:01 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) This is hard to believe, but there is not a single legally authorised stand for the 55,000-odd auto rickshaws registered in the capital, says a suit filed by an NGO that is working to improve the lives of auto rickshaw drivers.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:00:02 -0500

Mumbai, Dec 6 (IANS) Legendary actress Bina Rai, who charmed Indian audiences with her performances in 'Anarkali' and 'Taj Mahal' and won a Filmfare award for 'Ghunghat', died of a heart attack in her Mumbai home Sunday. She was 78.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:40:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) An FBI team is arriving in India Monday on a two-day visit with 'key information' on Pakistan-born suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana, a top official said here Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:30:01 -0500

Indore, Dec 6 (IANS) At least two workers were killed and six were in a critical condition after inhaling a gas that leaked out at the pharmaceutical plant they worked for in this Madhya Pradesh city, police said Sunday.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:20:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Three labourers were injured after falling off an elevated platform at an under construction Metro site in south Delhi and authorities Sunday said an enquiry had been initiated into the accident, an official said.
IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:20:02 -0500