Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today announced an inquiry into alleged irregularities in selection of candidates by the state public Service Commission for gazetted probationer posts.
In a Herculean effort to save his pregnant wife and their unborn child, a man in Kerala walked through a forest for nearly 40 km in heavy rains to reach a hospital, but failed to save the baby.
Smoking a cigarette proved fatal fora 70-year-old man, who died as the mattress he was sleeping on caught fire after he fell asleep with the burning stub in his house at nearby Kakkanad.
Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Monday greeted "good friend" and her Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi on his elevation as Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) election campaign committee chief, but declined to comment on the development, insisting it was that party's internal matter.
Andhra Pradesh assembly speaker on Saturday disqualified 15 members of the legislative assembly belonging to the ruling Congress and the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for violating party whips.
Hyderabad Police on Saturday said there was no permission for the June 14 'chalo assembly' by pro-Telangana groups while the organisers vowed to go ahead with the march to press the demand for separate statehood to Telangana.
Two debt-ridden farmersallegedly committed suicide in this district of Andhra Pradesh, police said today.
The Madras high court today gave notice to PMK founder S Ramadoss and the Election Commission (EC) on a petition seeking a ban on his party for recent incidents of caste violence in Tamil Nadu.
Amid growing clamour in the BJP for Narendra Modi to spearhead the party's challenge in the next LS polls, NCP chief Sharad Pawar today likened the Gujarat CM to an 'inflated balloon' that would 'burst' soon.
What India wants: an exclusive HT Gfk-Mode SurveyThe national flag was today found hoisted upside down atop the District Collectorate building here, causing embarrassment to the officials.
The much-fancied last-mile connectivity in Kerala has come for flak with noted environmentalists opposing the amphibian seaplane service launched amid fanfare in the state's backwaters to attract more domestic and overseas tourists.
An Air India flight boundfor Muscat with 153 passengers on board returned after take off due to some problem at the International Airport today.
Former Andhra Pradesh home minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy and YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy today appeared before a special CBI court here in connection with a case relating to alleged quid-pro-quo investments in Kadapa MP Jagan's companies.
The Madras high court has dismissed a PIL seeking to direct police to register an FIR against union minister V Narayanasamy for his alleged remarks against slain LTTE Chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and 'Naam Tamilar' party president Seeman.