NSG team collects evidence from Shimla eatery rocked by blast

A National Security Guard team on Sunday visited the Mall Road eatery in Shimla where a gas leak apparently led to a blast, killing one person and injuring 13 more. IMAGE: National Security Guard......

Kerala college mark row: Scribe, principal booked on SFI leader's complaint

The Kerala police registered a case against five persons including an Asianet News journalist and principal of the government-run Maharaja's College in Ernakulam based on a complaint by student......

Shivpal, Maurya among 14 general secys in SP's new national executive

The Samajwadi Party declared its 62-member national executive on Sunday with Akhilesh Yadav as its national president and his uncle Shivpal Yadav as a general secretary. IMAGE: SP chief Akhilesh......

Census unlikely to take place before 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Although the Disaster Management Act for Covid containment measures, considered a hindrance in conducting the census, was withdrawn in March this year the Centre has not taken any further action on......

Pawar optimistic about Rabi crops

The government said on Thursday areas under wheat, pulses, oilseeds and some coarse cereals will go up in the Rabi season and resolved to make up for losses of summer-sown crops due to drought in......

Asia may face food scarcity by 2050

It's official! As many as 209 districts across the country are witnessing drought or drought-like situation even as rainfall deficiency slightly improved to 27 per cent. Agriculture secretary T......

Monsoon: All's not lost yet

The government on Thursday tied its hopes to forecasts of good rainfall in July-August for maintaining last year's farm production level, while discounting fears of a drought. "We need to watch the......

Monsoon plays truant; Govt prepares action plan

What should the government do to tackle a possible failure of monsoon? Agriculture secretaries of states that have not received rainfall will meet Union agriculture secretaryon Thursday and search......

'People called Amitabh 'camel''

'Not many know I am a Rajput from Jodhpur.''My ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as my great grandfather and grandfather were both engineers.''They were called by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj to build the......

Remembering Shammi: The Life and Times

'I sometimes fight with God and tell him, "Bahut ho gaya yaar, I should go now, call me".'Shammi, the well known character actress, passed into the ages, March 6.Rediff.com's Patcy N remembers her......

CWG: Anas included in men's 4x400m relay team

IMAGE: Mohammed Anas was a part of the Indian 4x400m relay quartet that failed to qualify for the finals of the recent World Championships in Eugene, USA after finishing 12th overall in the heat......

Nehra gets Grade B contract, Irfan demoted

The Board of Control for Cricket in Indiaon Wednesday rewarded in-form pacer Ashish Nehra by offering him a Grade B annual contract, worth Rs 40 lakh. The Delhi pacer, who made a fine comeback into......

Dravid retained in Grade A

His prolonged slump in form notwithstanding, Rahul Dravid retained his place in Grade A as the BCCI on Monday offered new contracts to 37 players. The players have been clubbed in four grades in......

Only one Indian-American in US Open singles

The US Open this year will see a solitary Indian American face in the men's singles - Rajeev Ram, ranked 300 - and that, thanks to a wild card.But Ram faces an uphill battle. He faces off against......