Politics

Bihar CM demands apology from Goa minister Ravi Naik. The latter had said that there will be more beggars in Goa if trains linking it to Patna are introduced.

AITUC president Gurudas Dasgupta said the strike called by eight Left unions and 40 federations received a huge response and several protesters were arrested.

Acquiring the reputation of a state observing frequent strikes, Left-ruled Kerala was shut down again on Wednesday for the 80th time in the last six months.

Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy who had issued a statement advocating freedom for Kashmir was a "loose cannon" who had "abused the liberal traditions of India", the Congress said.

Curfew has been clamped in Jammu after 40 people were injured last night in protests. National Security Advisor Narayanan is in the Valley to review security.

The Supreme Court has extended till September 16 the interim custody of 20-day-old surrogate baby Manji granted to her Japanese grandmother Yamada.

Several congress leaders on Wednesday paid homage to former premier Rajiv Gandhi on his 64th birth anniversary. His children were also present.

NSA M K Narayanan and IB Director A C Haldar arrived in Srinagar as the Kashmir valley remained calm for a second straight day after weeks of street protests.

Travellers at the New Delhi airport had to bear the brunt of the strike, as all flights to Kolkata were cancelled. The Kolkata airport has been completely shut down.

The Indian Air Force faces a shortage of 400 pilots and it will take five years to make plug the gap, says Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major.

Travellers at the New Delhi airport had to bear the brunt of the strike, as all flights to Kolkata were cancelled. The Kolkata airport has been completely shut down.

Air passengers and people who have work with public sector banks should brace for trouble on Wednesday.

Mayawati has nominated Alok Kumar Verma as the new vice-president that possibly sidelines the "heir apparent" because the party's constitution allows for only one vice-president.

And the simple technological reform will find its place probably within a month in none other the Chief Justice's court, that is Court No.1, of the apex court.

A 24-hour bandh over dropping of weightlifter Monika Devi from the Olympic contingent paralyzed life in Manipur on Tuesday.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Jaipur blasts on Tuesday rounded up four more SIMI followers from Kota and Sawai Madhopur towns.