Land-locked Manipur is facing an acute shortage of essential items as hundreds of state-bound trucks loaded with essential and daily need items are stranded on the Guwahati-Dimapur-Imphal portion of NH-39 in Nagaland for the past week, officials said Friday.

Protests rocked several areas of Jammu division Friday to protest the firing incident in Ramban where curfew remained in force even as authorities stopped a fresh batch of Amarnath pilgrims from leaving for the shrine.

Troubled star Charlie Sheen has become a grandfather after his daughter Cassandra Estevez and her husband welcome a baby girl here.

Bhutan’s Prime Minister-in-waiting Tshering Tobgay has thanked PM Manmohan Singh for his assurance of “steadfast and unflinching” support and asserted his “unwavering resolve and commitment to preserve and strengthen the special ties” with India.

Preliminary probe into the firing incident in Ramban in Jammu and Kashmir punctured the claims made by BSF that there was a firing from the mob as one of its personnel who sustained injuries from bullet was fired by the force.

Close on the heels of 23 children in Bihar dying after consuming contaminated mid-day meals, Over 100 girl students fell sick after eating food served at a school here under the midday meal scheme.

Rejecting charges of overreach by the Supreme Court in the context of dance bar case, outgoing Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Thursday said it was the duty of the judiciary to protect the constitutional rights rights of people.

British Indian actor Paul Bhattacharjee, who appeared in the James Bond film Casino Royale and a number of popular soaps and plays in Britain, has been found dead in East Sussex, Scotland Yard said on Thursday.

For the first time, scientists have switched off a Down’s syndrome chromosome, raising hope for possible treatment of the genetic disorder characterised by cognitive impairment.

Melbourne: Dinosaurs were warm-blooded like birds and mammals, not cold-blooded like reptiles as commonly believed, a new study has found.