India

In the backdrop of the declining value of India's currency, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Sunday said the government has not drawn any red line on the rupee, which he felt has over depreciated.

Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi died of cardiac arrest at his residence in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.

Pakistani, on Sunday, authorities claimed that a woman was killed and six other persons were injured in "unprovoked" Indian Army shelling across the LoC.

Gera may make many roll with laughter as Mrs Pammi Pyarelal, but said it's not easy to essay the role.

China has built the world's biggest nuclear generator in terms of per-unit installed capacity.

Releasing in India on September 20, the film will have its worldwide release in 2014.

A comprehensive encyclopedia of one of the world's major religions is set to be unveiled next week in South Carolina. The 11-volume work covers Hindu spiritual beliefs, practices and philosophy, and is the culmination of a 25-year academic effort.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that he does not mind meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should newly-resumed peace talks proceed.

The state government on Wednesday had cleared a proposal to promulgate an ordinance to check black magic and inhuman religious rituals.

The government has begun efforts to enhance the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in higher education to 30 per cent by 2020 from the current level of around 19 per cent, Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) M M Pallam Raju said on Saturday.

The Uttar Pradesh government had banned the VHP's yatra fearing a communal flare-up in the state.

Southern Railway has announced three special trains between Chennai-Mangalore, Nagercoil-Velankanni and Chennai-Nagercoil to clear the rush of passengers during Onam and Velankanni festival seasons.

Journalists and photographers in Puducherry on Saturday staged a demonstration condemning the gangrape of the 23-year-old photojournalist in Mumbai.

Seventeen people are feared to have drowned in river Ghagra after the truck they were travelling in fell into the river in the wee hours on Saturday.

Director Farah Khan is repeating the hit pair of Shah Rukh and Deepika in her film 'Happy New Year'.

The girl's father and cousin have been arrested in a suspected case of honour killing.