SP joins Cong in protest against Sanjay Gandhi hospital closure

The row over the suspension of licence of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, run by a trust headed by Sonia Gandhi, intensified on Tuesday with Samajwadi Party joining the Congress' protest in Amethi and......

1 killed, 20 injured in stampede during Makar Mela in Odisha

At least one person was killed and 20 others were injured, four of them seriously, in a stampede in Odisha's Cuttack district on Saturday, police said. The incident took place as a large number of......

4 dead, 10 injured in Lucknow hotel fire; building to be demolished

Four people were killed and at least 10 injured Monday morning after a fire broke out in a hotel here, prompting authorities to issue orders for demolition of the four-storey building after......

Murugha seer hospitalised after being arrested in sexual abuse case

Chief pontiff of Murugha Math Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, who has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of high school girls and sent to judicial custody, was taken to the district hospital......

The new republic of Bihar

The foetid smell of sweat, raw onions, garlic and mustard oil rises in the still, humid air of 1, Anne Marg as thousands collect in the sweltering heat to meet the chief minister of Bihar.This is......

Meet N Prasad, the turnaround specialist

N Prasad's vision is to transform Matrix Laboratories into a highly respected global corporate entity based out of India by 2010 and also enhance stakeholders' wealth. And, he seems to be well on......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......