Swine flu toll mounts to 17; schools, theatres shut in Mumbai

Swine flu on Wednesday claimed five more lives, four of them in worst-hit Pune alone, taking the countrywide toll to 17 even as authorities in Mumbai shut down schools and colleges for a week and......

Bengal to buy land for private projects again

Stung by the public relations crisis caused by the scandal over private sector acquisition of land for the Vedic Village spa and resort on Kolkata's outskirts, the West Bengal government has......

Rajinikanth Attends Shankar's Daughter's Wedding

IMAGE: S Shankar and his wife Easwari with the bridal couple, Aishwarya and Tarun Karthikeyan, and Rajinikanth. Photograph: ANI Photo One of Tamil cinema's top film-makers, S Shankar, hosted a......