With Saturday being the last date for submission of forms for admission to nursery classes, many schools have doubled the number of counters to handle last-minute rush. The schools have even demanded police presence to ensure there was no untoward incident during the process.

Insisting that the health of every institution in the country is at stake in the light leaked Niira Radia tapes, senior BJP leader and leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley has said, only a JPC probe can unravel the various facets of alleged 2G spectrum allocation scam, including the “role of power brokers” in allocation of telecom portfolio.

Railway authorities in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are yet to identify the train ticket examiner (TTE) who allegedly pushed an ageing Bihar couple off a running train near Allahabad, causing the man’s dea

Robbers struck at the residence of a contractor in East Delhi and robbed cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees after holding his wife and domestic helps hostage while 1.25 kg gold was robbed from a jeweller in New Friends Colony who was also taken hostage by bike-borne assailants.
More than five armed robbers barged into the Mandawali house of NDMC contractor Vinod Aggarwal and held his wife and domestic helps hostage before decamping with `4.5 lakhs in cash and nearly 50 tolas of gold.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s alleged anti-Maharashtra remark has intensified the Shiv Sena’s anger, as the party launched a signature campaign against the Congress leader in Dombivali on

The sustained pressure of security agencies has forced outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom and other militant outfits of northeast to wind up their camps in Bangladesh besides increasing the pos

A first list of the Pradesh Congress Committee presidents is likely to be announced in the next two to three days. An indication in this regard was given by the Congress on Sunday night.

Several other top leaders of the Right-wing outfits are now under the scanner of the anti-terrorist squad of the Rajasthan, which has filed a chargesheet in the Ajmer blast case naming a top function

A first list of the Pradesh Congress Committee presidents is likely to be announced in the next two to three days. An indication in this regard was given by the Congress on Sunday night.

Bihar’s second phase of Assembly polls on Sunday remained peaceful barring a few minor incidents of firing and unrest.