Oriya may soon be conferred with the classical language status.

While claiming that poverty has declined at a much faster rate during the UPA regime as compared to the NDA rule, the Congress on Wednesday said “full meal at `12 in Mumbai is possible even today”.

Once the decision on Minimum Support Price (MSP) is taken, tribals and forest-dwellers, who are currently forced to sell items such as tamarind for `8 per kg, as compared to the market price of `100-1

The CBI recently questioned Tariq Parveen, a close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, in connection with its probe into the Sadiq Jamal Mehtar encounter case.

Four-and-a-half months after the killing of DSP Zia-ul-Haq in Pratapgarh, the DSP’s widow Parveen Azad is now battling his family over property and money.

The government has adopted modern ways to measure India’s borders shared with neighbouring countries, a move which has increased the length of the country’s international border on atleast one frontie

The Centre for Science and Environment is critical of government dragging its feet in establishing fuel saving standards for cars.

In order to lure tourists to the country, tourism minister K. Chiranjeevi launched “Clean India Campaign” on Wednesday at Taj Mahal.

With 218.6 mm of rainfall in Colaba and 215.6 mm in Santa Cruz on Wednesday, Mumbai saw the heaviest rainfall of the season. Colaba covered 10 per cent of its average monsoon rainfall just in a day.

A teenaged girl committed suicide in humiliation following her alleged molestation by her neighbour in Naihati of North 24 Parganas.