Lucknow: Over the next eight months, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will gift nearly 15 lakh laptops to first-year college students. Just to remind the lucky recipients of who they have to thank for their freebie, the Hewlett-Packard laptops, worth Rs. 19,000 each, will boot up w

The main accused in the Dec 16 gang-rape of a 23-year-old has committed suicide in Delhi's Tihar Jail Monday morning, police said. According to a police official, Ram Singh, 33, the prime accused in the case committed suicide around 5.00 a.m. in ward no. 5 of Jail No.3 in Tihar jail. "An inqui

Kunda: Six months before he was shot dead in the constituency of politician Raja Bhaiya, senior police officer Zia-ul-Haque had prepared a list of cases against the MLA. Charges in the 47 cases listed against him include murder,  conspiracy to murder and violations under the Gangster Act. Raj

NEW DELHI: Expressing confidence that growth would bounce back to 7-8 percent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that the opposition should be more objective in assessing the work of the government. An acerbic Manmohan Singh also said "men of envy" disparage everything. "I agree to

Expressing confidence that growth would bounce back to 7-8 per cent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that the opposition should be more objective in assessing the work of the government. Dr. Singh also said “men of envy” disparage everything. “I agree to Leader of Opposition Arun Jai

Streamline the party organisation and put in place a system that will bridge the communication and coordination deficit, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi told central office-bearers here on Wednesday evening. In the next fortnight, he added, he intended bringing together PCC chiefs, CLP leade

Opposition on Wednesday slammed the UPA on issues of “uncontrolled” corruption and “ineffective” implementation of welfare schemes, saying the difference between the government’s words and deeds was clearly visible. Resuming the debate of the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address, Shahnawaz

BJP today took jibes at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his comments that becoming Prime Minister is not his priority, saying he has realised that there is no chance of his becoming the PM. "Rahul Gandhi has realised that he will not become the Prime Minister as BJP-led NDA will form the governme

LONDON: A 12-year-old Indian girl has recorded an incredible score in one of the world's toughest IQ tests that makes her smarter than scientist Albert Einstein and physicist Stephen Hawking. Neha Ramu, who migrated to the UK along with her doctor parents five years ago, achieved a score of 162 o

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today shared his agenda with MPs from his party in an impromptu session. "The Prime Minister's post is not my priority. I believe in long-term politics," the 42-year-old said, while stressing that the Congress's infamous "high command culture" must be over-written with power

  Satara, Maharashtra: Raj Thackeray's politics of hate were applied to young children today. At a school in Western Maharashtra, north Indians trying to get their children admitted to a local school were assaulted by Raj Thackeray's party workers. Members of Mr Thackeray's Maharasht

New Delhi: Activist and politician Arvind Kejriwal has been invited to replace Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the keynote speaker at an event at the Wharton Business School later this month. Mr Modi was dropped last night as the main speaker at the Wharton India Economic Forum, large

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday kept aside his politics of development to launch a direct attack on the “family first” Nehru-Gandhi clan, “night watchman” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and “commission seeking” Congress-led UPA government for crippling the nation like “termites”. On

New Delhi - In a huge relief to passengers from abroad, the government raised the limit on the gold that can be carried by passengers through the customs of the airports in the country. Presenting the 82nd budget, union minister for finance P Chidambaram announced that the government will allow m

Effecting another major hike in a fortnight, oil marketing companies raised petrol prices by Rs 1.40 per litre from Friday midnight. The hike excludes local taxes which varies from state to state. Petrol will now cost Rs 70.74 in Delhi as against Rs 69.06 till Friday, Rs 78.34 per litre in Kolkat

NEW DELHI: A seven-year-old girl was gagged and sexually assaulted inside a room on the first floor of a government school in north Delhi's Mangolpuri area on Thursday. As news of the incident spread on Friday, mobs took to the streets, throwing stones, vandalizing buses and cars, damaging a hospita

New Delhi: As many as 254 lives have been lost in the country due to swine flu during the current year till February 24, with Rajasthan reporting maximum of 105 deaths. According to the Union Health Ministry, a total of 2,267 persons have tested positive for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus acros

In one of the biggest fires in the city, at least 18 people are believed to have been killed when a fire broke out in the small hours of Wednesday. They were trapped inside the building which housed shops selling inflammable materials like wedding cards and gift items. The fire has now been br