Union urban development minister Kamal Nath and chief minister Sheila Dikshit at the inauguration of the automated multi-level car parking lot at Sarojini Nagar Market in New Delhi on Thursday.

Several Hindu religious leaders here on Thursday criticised saffron clad Swami Agnivesh for entering Bigg Boss, dubbing his action as a publicity stunt to draw media attention.

An eleventh hour effort by the top brass of the Karnataka unit of the BJP to mollify former minister B. Sreeramulu and persuade him to contest the bypoll to Bellary (ST) Assembly constituency as the party’s nominee came a cropper on Thursday night.

The main Opposition Congress has trained its guns and announced that it will leave no stone unturned to corner the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party during the coming Winter Session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly and the pressure will be mounted even outside by organising a week-long protest march prior to the Assembly session.

The environment and forests ministry has given its “conditional” clearance for the first phase of the controversial multi-crore Lavasa hill city project near Pune.

The environment and forests ministry has given its “conditional” clearance for the first phase of the controversial multi-crore Lavasa hill city project near Pune.

Meeting on the sidelines of the two-day 17th Saarc summit, which opens Thursday, external affairs minister S.M. Krishna and Pakistan’s foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar discussed trade and terrorism issues Wednesday with a view to broadening the two countries’ engagement.

V.V.S. Laxman (centre) shakes hands with West Indian players after India won the first Test match at the Ferozeshah Kotla Grounds in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday failed to keep her date with people of poll-bound Himalayan state Uttarakhand as she was reported to have been developed fever on Wednesday morning. She was supposed to address a

Calling Ayodhya the country’s “cultural legacy”, the BJP on Tuesday tried to play down reports of its alliance partner JD(U)’s reluctance to attend the concluding function of the saffron party’s Janswabhiman yatra in Ayodhya on November 17.