Thirty-three people were killed and 28 others injured in two separate road accidents in the last 24 hours. In the first incident, at least 28 passengers were killed when a bus carrying a marriage party plunged into a pond on Monday night that turned a wedding celebration into a tragedy.

Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s remarks praising the agricultural growth of Narendra Modi-run Gujarat has created a controversy.

The CBI has initiated its investigation into the preliminary enquiry (PE) registered to probe criminal aspects, if any, in the allotment of spectrum licences since 2001.

Chennai-based TVS Motor Company on Wednesday reported an 18.44 per cent increase in total sales to 1,85,930 units in May, 2011, as against 1,56,980 units in the same month 2010 .

An Indo-German higher education summit may soon be hosted later this year to explore issues like mutual recognition of qualification and joint research programmes.

A national initiative guaranteeing free delivery, free medicines and diet for pregnant women in government health institutes was unveiled by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi here on Wednesday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel used the occasion of being awarded the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan to ask Iran to remove doubts about its nuclear programme.

Against the backdrop of fear expressed in the country, particularly after the recent nuclear crisis in Japan and Germany deciding to dismantle it all nuclear power generating installation by 2022, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a special meeting on Wednesday to discuss issues relating to safety and security of existing and proposed nuclear installations in the country.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday took stock of India’s nuclear disaster preparedness in the backdrop of Japan’s nuclear plant leak following an earthquake and tsunami.

A day-long strike of work by Bihar’s government doctors in protest against the brutal murder of a jail doctor by inmates largely paralysed medical services across the state on Tuesday and forced chief minister Nitish Kumar to order the transfer of two top officials for negligence.