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Seventeen people are feared to have drowned in river Ghagra after the truck they were travelling in fell into the river in the wee hours on Saturday.

The petitioner submitted that departments like Delhi Police and the Indian Railways are not entitled to create accounts on social networking sites.

A government-supported study of blood transfusion levels in premature infants adheres to the highest ethical and clinical standards, the National Institutes of Health said this week in response to advocacy group Public Citizen, which has called for the st...

The foreign ministers of IBSA also announced support to the mediation efforts undertaken by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notices to the Madhya Pradesh government regarding a case in which a girl committed suicide after being allegedly humiliated by seniors during ragging in college.

The gender ratio for voters in Rajasthan has seen a swing in favour of women with the state election commission announcing that there are now 897 women for every 1,000 male voters as against 874 in January last.

Due to lack of adequate storage infrastructure, fruits, grains and vegetables worth Rs 44,000 crore go waste every year, Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar informed Rajya Sabha on Friday.

The award was constituted in memory of Kathak exponent Lacchu Maharaj, who died in 1978.

The first look of Anil Kapoor's maiden TV series '24' was unveiled at an event in Mumbai on Thursday evening.

Wozniacki will meet Halep in the semis, while Czechs Kvitova and Zakopolova will meet in the other semi-final.

India's troubled economy did not rebound in the quarter that ended in June but will begin to in the rest of the financial year, the finance minister said on Thursday, after the rupee, which he said was "undervalued," hit another record low.

Putting an end to all speculations, the Sports Ministry on Thursday confirmed that it will stick to the original list of winners.

Saina Nehwal shepherded the Hyderabad Hotshots to a comfortable 3-2 victory over Mumbai Masters in the inaugural Indian Badminton League.

Kozhikode/Kochi: BJP's Kerala unit on Thursday alleged that the 21-page statement of prime accused in the solar scam Saritha S Nair had been sabotaged at the behest of a state minister and Congress MLA.

The Prime Minister has nominated Kumar "to visit for up to seven days as PM's Special Envoy to maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges with Japan.

Fallen politician Bo Xilai put up a feisty defence on Thursday as he faced political trial, saying he was framed in one of the bribery charges against him and had admitted to it against his will during interrogation.