With another dengue death being reported on Friday, the toll due to the virus rose to five in the capital, where mosquito-borne diseases are yet to subside despite a chill in the air.

Hours before top BJP leader L.K. Advani resumed his Janchetna Yatra against corruption from Madurai on Friday, a high-intensity indigenous explosive was spotted on his convoy route near Tirumangalam on the Madurai-Tenkasi highway.

Even before the Saints of Anger could turn up on stage, angry fans went on a rampage. US heavy-metal band Metallica’s show “is postponed due to technical glitches”. A statement issued by the organisers, DNA, said Metallica will perform

Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh appears to have kickstarted the Congress’ campaign for next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on a stormy note. After UP chief minister Mayawati shot off an angry letter to Prime

Union health minister and Congress general secretary in-charge of Andhra Pradesh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Thursday asserted that the UPA government stands by its commitment to solve the Telangana statehood issue as early as possible. He also thanked the employees of Telangana region for having called off the agitation.

With its strength of 15 Lok Sabha members, the ruling BJD in Orissa headed by chief minister Naveen Patnaik has succeeded in keeping two of its strong opponents — the Congress and BJP — on tenterhooks.

After more than a year of initiating talks over an electoral tieup with the Ajit Singh-led RLD, the Congress on Thursday indicated that a formal announcement could be made by this weekend. The Congress indicated that the RLD, which had

Reiterating that his “Janchetna” yatra is an effort to “reinfuse confidence” among people despite UPA government’s failings and not to “repackage” himself, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani began the second phase of his nationwide anti-corruption campaign on Thursday from Tamil Nadu.

At a time when his anti-graft team needed a lot of talking to defend themselves against charges of financial misconduct, Gandhian Anna Hazare on Thursday announced that he would extend his “maun vrat” (vow of silence), as talking to people leaves him “very weak”.

Failing to meet the deadline in paying up his `9 lakhs dues to the government as per the income tax notice, Team-Anna Hazare member Arvind Kejriwal, who is also a former Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, on Thursday sought more