Two newly appointed Ministers of the Jayalalithaa-led Tamil Nadu Cabinet, Tourism Minister S P Shunmuganathan and Minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Abdul Rahim, have sworn-in at Raj Bhawan. ...

National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics for 2012 has revealed that 280 police personnel died in Tamil Nadu while in service, of which 58 had committed suicide and 60 died in road accidents. ...

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has upheld the government's decision to close down eight government degree colleges that had reportedly been opened in haste, without proper infrastructure and budgetary provisions, and dismissed a bunch of petitions c...

Eleven people, including nine women and a child have been killed when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a 500-foot-deep gorge near this Himachal Pradesh picturesque resort....

The water level of the Yamuna is likely to touch 207.05 metres , the highest the river has touched in 35 years. ...

Congress party's Chattisgarh unit is set to launch "Chhattisgarh choro; gaddi choro" agitation against the ruling BJP from August 9. ...

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has blamed the Haryana Government for not "honouring their commitment" to supply water to Dwarka residents. ...

Monsoon fury continued to wreak havoc in Uttarakhand with flash floods, landslips and cloudbursts claiming 102 lives and leaving 61,890 Char-Dham yatris stranded in Chamoli, Rudraprayag, and Uttarkashi districts. ...

National Youth Corps (NYC) volunteers have held a protest demonstration in support of their demands including a comprehensive policy for regularisation in Jammu....

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has blamed the previous BSP government for the state's power crisis, claiming the state inherited power dues to the tune of Rs 25.5000 crore....