Ranchi, Nov 25 (IANS) Voting for 26 of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand began at 7 a.m. Wednesday amid heavy security arrangements, an official said.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:20:01 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) After being in the music industry for 50 years and causing many a pelvic thrust, British Indian composer Biddu has now switched to writing. He is now penning his autobiography and two novels.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:00:02 -0500

Washington, Nov 25 : The United States will not mediate from outside to resolve all conflicts between India and Pakistan, President Barack Obama told a joint news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday.
ANI Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:50:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) India and the US have agreed for an 'early' implementation of the agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, but have not been able to sign a nuclear reprocessing deal yet due to last minute glitches.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:20:04 -0500

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) Two people have died of swine flu at a hospital here, health officials said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:20:02 -0500

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) English jazz and fusion artist John McLaughlin was awarded the Haafiz Ali Khan Award 2009 for his contribution to the world of music here Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:10:02 -0500

Bhopal, Nov 24 (IANS) Accusing the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of deliberately leaking the Liberhan Commission report to divert attention from more crucial issues, former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief K.S. Sudarshan here Tuesday rejected the conclusions of the report.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) A doctor of a government hospital here was arrested Tuesday for allegedly locking up and molesting a young woman patient on the pretext of a medical check-up, police said.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:02 -0500

Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) Bollywood actress Raima Sen will feature alongside a host of actors and singers in a peace concert Thursday that portrays the scourge of global terrorism and the significance of peace, to observe the first anniversary of last November's Mumbai terror attack.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:02 -0500

Hyderabad, Nov 24 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh late Tuesday ordered a complete halt to iron ore mining across the state, delivering a huge blow to Karnataka Minister G. Janardhan Reddy's Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC).
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:40:01 -0500

Amritsar, Nov 24 (IANS) Former cricketer and Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu has moved a privilege motion against the city's deputy commissioner, saying that the official was creating hurdles in performing his duties as an elected representative.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:30:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Bollywood actor Salman Khan has come up with a unique birthday gift for his writer-father Salim Khan on his 74th birthday Tuesday -- he has decided to pay tribute to him with a blog on his upcoming movie 'Veer'.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:30:02 -0500

Lucknow, Nov 24 (IANS) The bodies of two children were found in a jungle area on the outskirts of the state capital Tuesday, police said.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:30:01 -0500

Mumbai, Nov 24: Maharashtra Government on Tuesday instituted a special task outfit named Force One to combat militant strikes.
ANI Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:20:03 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Attacking the government for 'leakage' of the Liberhan Commission report on the 1992 Babri mosque demolition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday sought Home Minister P. Chidambaram's resignation and demanded a joint parliamentary panel probe into it. It termed Liberhan's report, which indicts top party leaders, as 'ill-founded'.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:40:03 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Remember the fantasy adventure novel, 'Life of Pi'? Yann Martel, the Booker Prize winner is now all set with his second book that will be on the stands by mid-2010.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:40:03 -0500

Chennai, Nov 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here Tuesday arrested on charges of corruption 10 customs officials, among them two women, posted at Chennai airport cargo division, officials said.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:20:01 -0500

Raipur, Nov 24 (IANS) A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was critically injured Tuesday in a bomb blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district hitfor years by Maoist violence.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:20:01 -0500

Gandhinagar, Nov 24 (IANS) The registration of all the 423 fishing boats registered in Gujarat and now in Pakistani custody has been cancelled for security reasons, according to official sources Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:10:01 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday came down heavily on the government for filing 'frivolous' petitions and taking the advantage of sovereign immunity in every case.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:10:01 -0500

Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) The French government is looking into various areas to develop the tourism potential and revive the rich heritage of its former colony Chandannagar in West Bengal's Hooghly district.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:40:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The following is the sequence of events in brief leading up to the razing of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya on Dec 6, 1992, as recorded in the Liberhan Commission report tabled in parliament Tuesday:...
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:30:04 -0500

Ranchi/Jamshedpur, Nov 24 (IANS) Security forces tightened their cordon in Jharkhand on the eve of the first phase of assembly polls, fearing largescale disruption by Maoist insurgents.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:30:04 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Delhiites were caught in serpentine jams Tuesday when a religious procession in the heart of the national capital choked main roads and the subsequent detours weren't enough to cope with heavy evening traffic.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:30:02 -0500

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) Justice M.S. Liberhan, whose report on the 1992 Babri mosque demolition was tabled in parliament Tuesday, sought 'privacy' as he was hounded by the media even when he went to an optician's shop here. He maintained that he had clearly said everything in his report.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:30:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Stupendous performance by bowlers put Punjab, Mumbai and Karnataka on top on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Super League group matches Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:20:02 -0500

Shimla, Nov 24 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will become the first state in the country to start grass skiing in a bid to promote adventure-related activities, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:20:02 -0500

Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) City-based tyre manufacturer Dunlop India would resume production at its Sahaganj unit Dec 2, the company said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:20:02 -0500

Chandigarh/Shimla, Nov 24 (IANS) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths Tuesday searched the houses of a suspended senior Himachal Pradesh police officer in Chandigarh over allegations that he possessed assets disproportionate to his income, an official said.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Good news for movie buffs as Spice Cinema in Noida has slashed gold class rates by more than 50 percent.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:02 -0500

Panaji, Nov 24 (IANS) Two prominent Bollywood filmmakers -- Manmohan Shetty and Bobby Bedi -- have spoken against multiplexes and the high price of tickets, saying these two factors could destroy the industry.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:02 -0500

Lucknow, Nov 24 (IANS) Police said that they had to resort to baton charge here Monday to disperse hundreds of teachers and non-teaching staff from schools across Uttar Pradesh after their demonstration in demand of regularization of service and hike in salaries turned unruly. They were also protesting at a prohibited site, officials said.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:03 -0500

Gandhinagar, Nov 24 (IANS) Former union textiles minister Shankersinh Vaghela, whose name figures in the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition, Tuesday said he was never involved in any way in the demolition of the 16th century mosque in Ayodhya.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:03 -0500

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) The Crompton Greaves Golf Open 2009, which boasts a prize money of Rs.8 million, will be staged at the Willingdon Sports Club, here from November 25-28.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24: Industrialist Anil Ambani, who heads the Reliance Natural Resources Limited (RNRL), made a surprise appearance at the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
ANI Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:40:02 -0500

Hyderabad, Nov 24 (IANS) Ng On Yee, the 19-year old prodigy from Hong Kong, expectedly won the women's title in the ONGC-IBSF World Snooker championship with a convincing 5-1 win against 49-year old Kathy Parashis of Australia here Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:30:01 -0500

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 24 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor came in for some criticism from Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Tuesday for being a 'habitual latecomer' at functions.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:30:01 -0500

Srinagar, Nov 24 (IANS) A five-member European Union (EU) delegation arrived here Tuesday on a two-day visit to assess the situation and understand the problems faced by the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:20:03 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by the elite recreational Shanti Sports Club in the Vasant Kunj colony challenging the single judge bench order holding the club building to be an illegal and unauthorised construction.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:20:02 -0500

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Director Rensil D'Silva is upset with UTV, co-producers of his directorial debut 'Kurbaan', for dubbing into Hindi a crucial English-language classroom discussion on Islam and the Western world featuring Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi and caucasian Asian-American students.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:20:02 -0500

Hyderabad, Nov 24 (IANS) The accounting scam at Satyam Computer Services is to the tune of Rs.14,000 crore (Rs.140 billion/$2.8 billion)) and not Rs.7,800 crore (Rs.78 billion) as the company's disgraced former chairman B. Ramalinga Raju stated earlier this year, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:20:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The first night test of India's nuclear-capable intermediate range Agni-II missile Monday turned out to be a failure, an army official said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:03 -0500

Raipur, Nov 24 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday asked the central government to raise the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy to Rs.1,400 per quintal from the present Rs.950 per quintal.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:03 -0500

Kanpur, Nov 24 (IANS) Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir cashed in on winning a good toss by slamming explosive centuries to put India in command by stumps on the opening day of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka at the Green Park here Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The central government is determined to launch a massive operation against Maoist guerrillas but is waiting for the Jharkhand elections to get over Dec 18, a top police officer said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:01 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Is the Indian state prepared for 26/11-like attacks a year later? Are politicians undermining national security?...
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:40:03 -0500

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Adnan Sami, who was in hospital last week due to gall bladder problems had a surprise visitor. It was none other than actress Shilpa Shetty who had come to invite him for her wedding reception Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:40:02 -0500

Hyderabad, Nov 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday filed an additional charge sheet against former Satyam Computer Services founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju and others accused in the Rs.78-billion (Rs.7,800 crore) accounting scam that rocked the country earlier this year.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:40:02 -0500

Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) Bilateral trade between India and France will be hit this fiscal on account of the global economic meltdown, a French diplomat said here Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:30:04 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Tuesday said the two pilots of the chartered plane that took off with BJP president Rajnath Singh from Jharkhand's Dumka airstrip in darkness last month, were reprimanded and grounded for 15 days.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:30:03 -0500

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) A fisherman was injured when Indian Navy personnel accidentally fired at him during a surveillance operation on the high seas off Gujarat, an official said Monday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:30:03 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) HCL Security, a wholly-owned subsidiary of hardware major HCL Infosystems, Tuesday said it has signed an agreement with technology firm Cisco to provide internet protocol-based safety and security solutions in India and abroad.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:30:03 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) New HIV infections in South Asia, including India, have reduced by at least 10 percent, while globally, it has come down by 17 percent in the last eight years, the UNAIDS said in a new report Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:30:02 -0500

Kanpur, Nov 24 (IANS) Opener Gautam Gambhir Tuesday earned a rare distinction by becoming the third Indian batsman after Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid to score four consecutive Test centuries.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:30:01 -0500

Pune, Nov 24 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil will Wednesday do what no woman before her has ever done - fly in a Sukhoi-30MKI, an Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jet. And all preparations are in place for the 30-minute flight that takes off from the Lohegaon Air Force base on the outskirts of this city.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00:06 -0500

Pune, Nov 24 (IANS) Rashid Khan and Rahul Bajaj shot identical 69 each to take the lead after the first round of the LG Western India Amateur at the Par-71 Poona Club Golf Course here Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Tired of pushing and jostling in order to get a bus ticket? From now on all you need to do is to touch a card on a validator machine for a hassle free transaction, as the Delhi government Tuesday started the smart card automated fare collection in a pilot stage.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:50:03 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The government is interconnecting about 14,000 police stations and 6,000 police offices across the country for an IT-enabled sophisticated tracking system in crime investigation and detection of criminals, parliament was told Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:40:04 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Hundreds of people are expected for a rally in Delhi Thursday to demand change of government policies to ensure food security for all.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:40:04 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) A mock drill was conducted at a cinema hall in the national capital Tuesday to check the preparedness of security agencies in case of any emergency, police said.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:40:03 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Two dengue deaths were reported in the capital Tuesday while the total number of those affected by the mosquito-borne disease rose to 1,022, health authorities said.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:40:03 -0500

Shimla, Nov 24 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government Tuesday requested the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to reopen the Rohtang Pass in Kullu district, closed to the traffic since Nov 9 snowfall, as soon as possible.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:40:02 -0500

Mumbai, Nov. 24 : With the first anniversary of the Mumbai massacre approaching, some of the unsung heroes of the 26/11 attacks recalled their experiences.
ANI Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:20:19 -0500

Vadodara, Nov 24 (ANI/Business Wire India): Indusface an end to end Information Security Solutions and Services provider was declared a winner in the Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 India Program.
ANI Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:20:02 -0500

Patna, Nov 24 (IANS) Bihar is poised to be one of the leading states in India, asserted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar whose NDA government completed four years in power Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:10:02 -0500

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian equities markets closed Tuesday on a dull note, with a key index ending trade 0.29 percent lower than its previous close with major global bourses going quiet on profit booking.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:10:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) A bill seeking 50 percent reservation for women in urban local bodies was introduced Tuesday in Parliament.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:00:02 -0500

Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) Suspected Maoist guerrillas killed two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, police said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Liberhan Commission of Inquiry that probed the 1992 razing of the Babri mosque found 68 people culpable for leading the country to the brink of communal discord. This includes Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who later became the prime minister.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:50:01 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was Tuesday adjourned tice - first over the issue of shortage of fertilisers, and later over the Congress's alleged hand in the multi-crore scam involving former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:30:04 -0500

Bhubaneswar, Nov 24 (IANS) Orissa Tuesday declared 3,264 villages in the state's 15 districts as drought hit.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:30:03 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Miss India Canada Aanchal Dogra admires legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand for his energy level and megastar Amitabh Bachchan for managing his personal life well. The beauty queen hopes to work with both the veterans even though she herself is just 25 years old.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:30:03 -0500

Panaji, Nov 24 (IANS) She has popularised India in the consciousness of western audiences through films like 'Bend It Like Beckham' and 'Bride And Prejudice' but Gurinder Chadha ironically admits she cannot speak Hindi.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:10:06 -0500

Ranchi, Nov 24 (IANS) Political parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) are trying to use the Liberhan Commission report, tabled in parliament Tuesday, to their advantage in the five-phase poll to the Jharkhand assembly, beginning Wednesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:10:04 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat Tuesday accused the Congress of having a 'dual position' on the Babri Masjid issue by not referring to the demolished structure as a mosque.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:10:03 -0500

New Delhi, Nov.24 : The United Progressive Alliance government finally tabled the much-awaited Librehan Commission Report on the Babri mosque demolition after the Opposition staged an uproar over its leakage to the media before its tabling in Parliament.
ANI Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:50:07 -0500

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Indian equities markets closed Tuesday on a dull note, with a key index ending trade 0.28 percent lower than its previous close.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:40:03 -0500

Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) The Rs.2,500-crore diversified business group Emami is looking at winter care product sales of Rs.500 crore this year, and will spend Rs.40 crore on advertising and promotion for this purpose.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:40:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The alleged siphoning of Rs.2,500 crore of public money by former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda generated much heat in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, even triggering an adjournment, but it also revealed the differences in the opposition ranks on the issue.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:40:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Kalyan Singh, who was the Uttar Pradesh chief minister when the Babri mosque was razed, said he suspected a 'political conspiracy' behind the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry that has severely indicted leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the demolition.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:30:01 -0500

Bhopal, Nov 24 (IANS) A 15-year-old student died under mysterious circumstances here after he became unconscious in school, police said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:20:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha witnessed some unsavoury moments Tuesday after tabling of the Liberhan Commission report when, provoked by the raising of religious slogans, Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh attacked Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) S.S. Ahluwalia. However, both apologised to each other later.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:20:01 -0500

Siliguri, Nov 24 : The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) on Tuesday called for a 12 hour state-wide shutdown in West Bengal to protest against rising prices of essential commodities.
ANI Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:10 -0500

Kanpur, Nov 24 : Cricket fans are eager to watch master blaster Sachin Tendulkar score a century during the second test match between India and Sri Lanka here today.
ANI Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:06 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 : The first meeting of the India-Azerbaijan Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation, is scheduled to be held here on November 26.
ANI Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:05 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The indictment of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders by the Liberhan Commission should be a clear warning for the party to stop practising communal politics, Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:03 -0500

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) Private schools in Chandigarh have taken objection to the administration's 'double standards' and accused it of 'interfering' in their functioning in implementing swine flu guidelines. Officials said they were only trying to stop the epidemic's spread among students.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:03 -0500

Kanpur, Nov 24 (IANS) Blistering centuries from openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir took India in sight of an imposing first-innings total against Sri Lanka in the second cricket Test at Green Park here Tuesday.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:02 -0500

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 24 (IANS) Kerala has tied up with Google to promote its tourism through search and banner advertisements on the search engine.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Retired judge M.S. Liberhan, who probed the razing of the 1992 Babri Masjid, has called for a firm separation of religion and politics and sought 'exemplary punishment' for those using religion for political ends.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:50:04 -0500

Ranchi, Nov 24 (IANS) Four Indian Air Force helicopters have been pressed into service to ensure peaceful polling in Wednesday's first phase of Jharkhand's assembly elections, police said.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:50:03 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Refusing information to an octogenarian under the Right To Information Act has cost a Delhi government official dear.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:30:03 -0500

Chandigarh, Nov 24 (IANS) The 10-day long wedding celebrations of Punjab's 'powerful' politician Bikram Singh Majithia, the brother-in-law of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, has been keeping agencies of the Punjab government, including the state police, on its toes.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:30:02 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Hundreds of disabled people along with their supporters are expected to take part in a 'Walk to Freedom' march in the capital on Dec 3 on the occasion of World Disability Day, to reiterate their demand to right to education, employment opportunities and accessibility to public services.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:20:03 -0500

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Liberhan Commission that probed the Babri Masjid demolition has held 68 people individually culpable for leading the country 'to the brink of communal discord'. The list includes former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi as well as Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:20:02 -0500