A benchmark index for Indian equities Monday shot up in early trade and was ruling about 259 points higher minutes after opening bell.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened a

DMK chief M. Karunanidhi is hopeful that his daughter Kanimozhi, who has been behind bars since May in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam, will get bail on Monday, a party spokesperson sa

Many would consider it an achievement of Biblical proportions! With 39 wives and more than 120 children and grandchildren, all staying together, a tribal Christian cult leader in the northeastern stat

Noted singer K.J. Yesudas will have to wait for a lifetime achievement award in Kerala as the rules do not permit state governments to confer special titles on individuals, Culture Minister K.C. Josep

A Bangalore-bound Kingfisher Airbus A-320 made an emergency landing at the Goa airport after its windshield developed a crack, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said on Monday.

The Mumbai

A CBI court here on Monday reserved till Nov 3 the bail pleas of DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi and six others accused in the 2G spectrum scam .

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said it di

A married woman who tried to elope with her Dalit lover met a gruesome death when her husband and in-laws tried to hang her, set her on fire as she was hanging and then put her out on a burning pyre i

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is widely expected to again hike key policy rates on Tuesday to curb stubbornly high inflation.

The 13th hike since March 2010 will make home and auto loans costlier

Karnataka Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani on Monday joined the growing list of politicians from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to face a police probe into land grab charges.

Police have

Former India coach Greg Chappell, in his new book "Fierce Focus", claims batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has occasionally been mentally fragile.

Tendulkar is idolised by millions in India and the cr