The Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader living in exile in India, has been nominated along with seven others for the European parliament's Sakharov Award for freedom of thought and human rights this year.
Continuing his verbal assault on the DMK government, PMK founder S. Ramadoss Saturday predicted a drubbing for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi if elections were held shortly.
The family of a Leicester businessman who was killed during a trip to India four years ago expressed relief after his killers were sentenced to a life term by a court in Punjab.
The White House Saturday hailed the waiver given to India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) lifting a 34-year-old global embargo on nuclear trade with New Delhi as a 'historic achievement'.
A day after a 17-year-old girl was found murdered in Rohini area of the capital, the police Saturday said they had solved the case with the arrest of a friend of her.
The 45-nation nuclear cartel Saturday took a historic decision to lift a global ban on nuclear trade with India that ended 34 years of New Delhi's isolation and set the stage for sealing its landmarck nuclear deal with the US.
After an unknown disease claimed 140 lives in four weeks in Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh health authorities now face the challenge of another mysterious malady that has claimed 28 lives in the Rampur district.
A high-level central government team Saturday inspected the facilities for trade with Pakistan through the Kashmir Valley. The visit comes after Kashmiris' demand to open cross-border commerce links following protests over the Amarnath land row and subsequent blockade of the only motorable road link to the valley.
The central government Saturday said all help was being given to flood victims in Bihar including providing food packets and drinking water with adequate logistic support and ensuring early repair of the breached Kosi embankment.
The Chandigarh and Punjab chapters of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) have welcomed a bill passed by Punjab to protect doctors from any assault by patients or their relatives.
Bharat Petroleum recorded their first win in two matches with a 5-2 win over Namdhari XI in the All-India MCC Murugappa hockey tournament here Saturday.
Hydropower giant Satluj Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL) has contributed Rs.25 million to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund for Bihar flood victims, an official said here Saturday.