The Orissa government on Sunday started airdropping of relief materials in the flood marooned in Puri district, even as the official death toll in the current high flood reached 16.

Two MPs in Jharkhand – one from the ruling BJP and the other from the Opposition JVM – have taken to the public protest route to seek solutions to problems that could have been addressed better by dia

In the changed political scenario, the CPI(M) has decided to adopt a two-pronged strategy to remain relevant in state politics: blowing hot, blowing cold against the ruling Trinamul Congress.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has repeatedly claimed that her government is working in an impartial and neutral manner and is not being guided by any political party unlike the earlier Left Front gov

Nearly a week after the FAO warning about the possible resurgence of bird flu in Asia, Western Assam’s Dhu-bri district has detected a confirmed outbreak and has started the culling of chickens.

The Burmese Army’s operation against Indian insurgent groups in Taga region of Burma was an eyewash conducted after tip-offs to rebel leaders about their proposed operation.

In what may be a major breakthrough on India-Bangladesh border differences, the two countries have agreed to exchange most of the “adverse possession” areas (land just across the Bangladesh border but occupied by Indians, and vice versa) along their border to resolve long-pending disputes.

National security adviser Shivshankar Menon on Wednesday called on chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the Writers’ Buildings. This meeting assumes significance before Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s two-day visit to Bangladesh, which will commence on September 6.

Abductions and train robberies have returned to haunt Bihar again after a brief lull and fresh questions are being raised about the state government’s insistence that the law and order situation has i

They were the star powers (some of them are national award winners in respective fields) in the pre-election time for the ruling party.