The surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II was successfully launched from ITR, Chandipur, Balasore off Orissa coast at 10:26 this morning. Prithvi - II has achieved a range of 350 Kms with a flight duration of 483 seconds reaching a peak altitude

But now it seems unlikely that the bill, that has been pending for many years, will be passed by this government. After two Cabinet meetings and a group of ministers discussing the issue of whether the Prime Minister should be

Mohammad Iqbal alias Abdur Rehman, wanted for his role in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast and the 2006 Varanasi blasts, was picked up by a Delhi Police special cell team minutes after he got down from a train from Howrah

Not only was the fund meant for relief and aid during calamities used for trivial ventures like cricket matches, documents from an RTI application show that the sanctions were given despite strong objections from state bureaucrats. Huge amount of money

There were different versions on the arrests with one saying both the parents were arrested but was no official statement from the police. Sources said while Talwar has been arrested, his wife Nupur and another doctor acquaintance of Rajesh have

Ruling Congress, however, wanted understanding of the situation caused by volatility in global crude prices and maintained that the Government was doing its duty to find a way out. Any hike in fuel prices is going to be a major

Home Minister was totally misinterpreted and one must look into his statement before drawing any conclusions," AICC spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters here. In controversial comments, Patil earlier this week said that how can the demand be made for the

The 64.72 per cent of voting is slightly lower than the overall 64.9 per cent polling witnessed during 2004 assembly elections, according to official statistics released here. As many as 89 assembly segments in 11 districts faced polling in the

Exactly a week after the twin murder on Friday last week, police arrested Talwar saying he had made elaborate efforts to cover up the gruesome crime and also mislead investigators. Though Meerut Zone Inspector General Gurdarshan Singh did not say

We are not buying this argument. We are unable to understand how this shortage is taking place as the government estimates show there is enough uranium to produce 10,000 MW of power when the current production is only 4,000 MW,"

Dealers' commission effective midnight will be Rs 28 per kilolitre for petrol and Rs 31 per kilolitre for diesel, an Indian Oil Corporation official said. The effect of the increase in the commission will be rise in prices of petrol

The ship managers in Sharjah have been repeatedly requested to provide the contact details of the 10 Indian seafarers on board the MV Victoria, but no response has been received so far," Directorate General of Shipping said in a statement

Asked about US Ambassador India David Mulford's comments that the deal could be finalised under Bush, who is in his final year in office, State Department's deputy spokesperson Tom Casey said, ''There are internal political considerations in India which have

While releasing the guidelines to operationalise the Rs 71,680-crore loan waiver scheme for farmers, he said: "The scheme of this nature has never been attempted. The NDA government could not even contemplate a scheme of this kind during their six

Rajasthan Chief Minister has ordered a judicial inquiry into the police firing in which 12 people, including a policeman, were killed. The incident took place when Gujjars were staging protests in support of their demand for Scheduled Tribe status. The

The Election Commission has said that it is ready to conduct the Lok Sabha polls any time after August, according to the redrawn political map. The delimitation commission has completed the process for the entire country except for the five

If I look at the four years of UPA rule I am nothing but disappointed. It's an opportunity lost. India was emerging as a strong nation strong in the sense of economy, in terms of sovereignty. We had a strategic

Despite a general slowdown, Audi India has posted a dizzying growth figure of 123 per cent, selling 321 units in January-April 2008. All set to launch the new A4 sedan in July, Benoit Tiers, managing director, Audi India, tells Business

Today, as I watch my son-in-law handle my grandkids, balancing friendliness with discipline and not missing an iota of either, I realise that this middle path that he adopts, is probably the best of all leadership/parenting methods, says AG Krishnamurthy.

SBI's move may not have moved the farmers, who had stopped paying their monthly installments ever since Finance Minister P Chidambaram announced a Rs 60,000-debt waiver plan, but it did create a furore in political circles. Finally, Chidambaram, by his