Protecting the identity and interest of his dwindling community is uppermost in the mind of Charles Dias as he prepares to take oath as a nominated Anglo-Indian member of the Lok Sabha Thursday.

In an increasingly materialistic world, it is unrealistic to expect the news media to remain unsullied.

While pay-per-second tariff plans seem attractive, there's a lot you need to know before switching over.

The news media is becoming seriously debased, as both print and broadcast outlets openly sell themselves to external political and commercial interests.

While pay-per-second tariff plans seem attractive, there’s a lot you need to know before switching over. Telecom operators launching pay-per-second tariff plans is possibly the best news for the country’s telecom users in recent times.

Cannot change rules for one State: SBI

Chennai, Nov 14 : Denying reports in a section of print and electronic media that more than 500 fishermen of Kanniyakumari district, who had set out for fishing were missing, the Tamil Nadu government today said only eight fishermen were missing and efforts were on to trace them.

A college student was stabbed to death in a group clash in this Haryana town Saturday, said the police. According to the police, the deceased was identified as Sunil Kumar, a native of Jind town in Haryana, around 190 km from here. He had come here to meet his friends in a polytechnic college.

At least 20 students, including nine girls, started vomiting and were taken to hospital after eating food provided under mid-day meal scheme in a Chhattisgarh primary school, a health department official said here Saturday. The doctors termed the condition of the students as serious.

The Australian Government has launched a national initiative - Home for Dinner: Australian families offering hospitality to Indian students.

The farmers' community and the Sikkim government Monday demanded fertiliser subsidy reforms, saying the state, which has adopted organic agriculture policy, is not benefiting from the central government's policy of providing subsidy for chemical fertilisers.

Bangalore, Oct.26 : Tibetans-in-exile here on Monday staged a silent protest against the visit of Chinese External Affairs Minister in India for a trilateral Foreign Ministers' meet.

Wildlife officials in Uttar Pradesh Monday arrested two youths for killing a full-grown leopard in the state's Katarnia Ghat forest reserve.

A guard posted at Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken's family house in the capital's Rajouri Garden area was assaulted by three masked men, who then discussed ways to rob an ATM across the road, according to a complaint by Maken's brother. Police Monday said they are investigating the incident.

Mumbai, Oct.26 : Shiv Sena's Executive President Uddhav Thackeray on Monday defended party chief Bal Thackeray's recent remarks in an in-house editorial in which he blamed local residents for his party's defeat in the recently held State Assembly polls in Maharashtra.

Justifying its decision to retain the chief ministers in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh after the assembly polls there, the Congress Monday said the party 'rewarded those who have performed'.

Akash Chopra will lead the 15-man Delhi squad for the two Ranji Trophy games against Baroda and Karnataka, Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) announced here Monday.

‘We have to accommodate new faces, ensure regional balance’

Up to twenty people have been killed in a collision of two trains in Cairo Saturday night. The Egyptian capital was thrown into chaos Saturday when the collision occurred. Police, ambulances, fire safety and rescue teams ruched to the scene.

Kochi: IDEA Cellular has announced the lowest tariff for mobile users in Kerala offering all STD and local calls and SMS rates at just 50 paise a minute, on any mobile or landline network in India. To avail of the special tariff benefits, IDEA ...