New Delhi | 3 hours ago
Congress on massive recruitment drive in Bihar among youth
New Delhi, Feb 14 - Having altered the electoral calculus in Uttar Pradesh in his party's favour, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is hoping to replicate the same in Bihar by sending out 16 young MPs in a massive membership drive ahead of the assembly elections due this year-end.What's more, the party is all set to unleash 22 central ministers involved in social welfare programmes, who will ... read more

6 hours ago
Integral begins final drug trials for prostate cancer, Alzheimer's
Noida -, Feb 14 - Integral Bio Sciences, a collaborative life sciences venture among scientists and investors from India and the US, has started the crucial 'phase four' trials of original drug discovery to treat prostate cancer and Alzheimer's disease.Joining a handful of companies like Ranbaxy, Dr. Reddy's, Nicolas Piramal and Dabur which are conducting research on original molecules in India, ... read more

Lucknow | 13 hours ago
'Dikshit, Digvijay not provided security on Bareilly visit'
Lucknow, Feb 14 - The Congress' Uttar Pradesh unit Saturday accused the Mayawati government of not providing adequate security to Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh during their visit to the state's Bareilly city Thursday.Accompanied by Congress state unit chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, the two leaders had gone to offer a 'chaddar' at the famous ... read more

Lucknow | 13 hours ago
Mayawati gives Taj Corridor accused key slot
Lucknow, Feb 14 - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Saturday gave a key slot to a top bureaucrat who figures among the accused in the Taj Corridor scandal.R.K. Sharma, who was allegedly embroiled in the infamous Rs.175 crore Taj Corridor scam and was posted as principal secretary of the panchayati raj department, has been elevated as the state's agriculture production commissioner-cum-addit ... read more

1 day ago
Rahul Gandhi articulates Nehruvian vision of modern India
The first major intervention which Rahul Gandhi made in government policy was on the nuclear deal. But for his support, Manmohan Singh would not have been able to secure the party's backing for it.In fact, the prime minister had virtually given up any hope when he said that life would not come to an end without the deal. That was after Sonia Gandhi had conceded that the communists had a point in t ... read more

New Delhi | 1 day ago
Police remand of Delhi blasts accused extended
New Delhi, Feb 12 - A city court Friday extended the police remand of suspected Indian Mujahideen - terrorist Shahzad by six days for a further probe into his alleged role in the September 2008 serial blasts in the national capital.Metropolitan Magistrate Hemraj sent Shahzad for custodial interrogation till Feb 18. The IM suspect, also an accused in the Batla House encounter in which a Delhi Polic ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
District magistrates should ensure borewells are capped: court
New Delhi, Feb 11 - District magistrates would be held responsible in case of children falling into open borewells in areas under their jurisdiction and it is their responsibility to ensure that such death-traps are capped, the Supreme Court said Thursday.A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan said, 'Information on all such data - is to be maintained in the respective district collectorate/blo ... read more

Ghaziabad | 2 days ago
Metro gets extension from Dilshad Garden to Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Feb 11 - The Uttar Pradesh government has approved the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's - Metro extension project from Dilshad Garden to the New Bus Stand in Ghaziabad, an official said Thursday.The project of 9.41-km stretch was approved by the state government Monday in a meeting headed by Cabinet Secretary Shashank Sekhar Singh. The meeting was also attended by Ghaziabad Development Au ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Hansraj student's death: Police waiting for autopsy report
New Delhi, Feb 11 - Delhi Police are awaiting the post-mortem examination report of the 22-year-old visually impaired student of Hansraj College of Delhi University, found hanging in his hostel room, before carrying out further investigations.'The post-mortem was conducted by the medical board today -. We are waiting for its report,' Deputy Commissioner of Police - Sagarpreet Hooda told IANS. 'The ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Uttar Pradesh government held up for atrocities on journalist
New Delhi, Feb 11 - The National Human Rights Commission - Thursday said that it has pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government for police atrocities on a journalist who was investigating the misuse of authority by a then superintendent of police.'Samiuddin, the victim, is a press reporter who was fighting against the misuse of authority of the then superintendent of police, N. Padmja, of the Lakhimpu ... read more