The famous Palk Strait that separates India and Sri Lanka, saw a record of sorts on Friday as Hyderabad-based entrepreneur Goli Syamala swam the 30km stretch in under 14 hours, making it to the record books as only the second Indian woman behind Bula Choudhury to achieve the feat....
BJP candidate from Palakkad Assembly constituency in Kerala, E. Sreedharan on Friday hit out at the ruling LDF (Left Democratic Fronts) and the main opposition UDF (United Democratic Front) led by the Congress saying they have no interest in the progress of the state....
The Bharatiya Janata Party has issued a whip for its Lok Sabha MPs for March 22. Sources say that the government may bring the Bill related to the creation of new banks for infrastructure funding on this day. Apart from this, there are preparations to bring two other Bills....
The DMK-Congress in Puducherry is gearing to give a tough fight to the AIADMK-AINRC-BJP combine, which is perceived to have an edge, in the April 6 Assembly elections....
Fire erupted in a coach of the New Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi Express on Saturday at the Ghaziabad railway station, authorities said, adding that no passenger has been injured in the incident....
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) early Saturday attempted to 'recreate' the crime scene in which a SUV (Scorpio) with 20 gelatin sticks and a threat note, was parked near the Antilia, the home of top industrialist Mukesh Ambani, officials said....
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth over Rs 40 lakhs belonging to Rambabu Ram, a notorious Maoist leader, in Bihar's East Champaran. ...
Rebel Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party's (YSRCP) Narasapuram Member of Parliament Kanumuru Raghu Ramakrishna Raju on Friday met with President Ram Nath Kovind and claimed that the Andhra Pradesh government is allegedly filing fake police cases against him....
Two days after the Kerala Congress (M) faction led by senior leader P.J. Joseph and former Union Minister P.C. Thomas' Kerala Congress decided to merge into a single entity 'Kerala Congress', the former and his colleague Mons Joseph, both sitting UDF legislators, on Friday resigned ahead of the forthcoming polls....
Exactly 35 years since the first officially-recorded farmer suicide in India was recorded in Maharashtra, the dismal trend has not stopped as the country's food-providers continue to remain at the crossroads of economic crises and development, say top farmers leaders....
