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Giving an impetus to its various skill development programmes targeting youth, the Centre on Friday said one young member of each village household that has completed 100 days of work under the rural job scheme will be provided skill and placement support...

Registering a marginal growth, Indian telecom subscriber base (ITSB) crossed 90 crore-mark in May this year after almost two years. The base grew by 0.34 per cent to reach 90.005 crore, according to Trai data.

The controversial 'Glass House' bungalow built illegally by nephew of a Maharashtra Minister on a 301 square metre CIDCO plot in neighbouring Navi Mumbai has been demolished, the civic body informed the Bombay High Court on friday.

Xiaomi Tech wants to make more money from online shopping and games than it does from selling its handsets.

Denying any conflict of interest between L K Advani and Narendra Modi, BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu on Friday supported the Gujarat Chief Minister's challenge to the Prime Minister, saying that everybody has the right to question his performance as he was ac...

The statement was made by US Commission on International Religious Freedom Vice Chairperson Katrina Lantos Swett.

Around 300 fishermen from various coastal hamlets in Ramanathapuram staged a demonstration on Friday demanding action against trawlers and mechanised fishing boatmen for alleged use of banned fishing nets.

Against the backdrop of escalating ceasefire violations by Pakistan and snipping incidents along the International Border, Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami on Friday reviewed security situation in Jammu. Goswami, who was accompanied by senior officials o...

Madhya Pradesh will get its 51st district on Friday. Ahead of elections, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan unveiled the district. [liveblog]

Wife of an Andhra Pradesh minister, who was on fast for last six days in Kakinada town opposing state's bifurcation, was forcibly shifted to a hospital by the police in the early hours of Friday.

Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam on Thursday said it is the prerogative of the parliament to take a decision on the Supreme Court verdict that protects a convicted lawmaker from disqualification on the ground of pendency of appeal in higher courts. "It...

Hejnova won the women's 400 metres beating American teammates Dalilah Muhammad and defending champion Lashinda Demus.

The owner of an apartment in Beijing today started dismantling a 8,600 sq ft rock-covered roof-top villa built illegally atop a 26-storey building after authorities ordered its demolition.

A migrant labourer died of snake bite in Panchhat village, police said on Thursday.

TCA Raghavan, the new Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, presented his credentials to President Asif Ali Zardari today. The ceremony coincided with India's Independence Day. Raghavan arrived in Islamabad last month to replace Sharat Sabharwal, who was...

In a veiled attack on Narendra Modi on Gujarat's industrial development model, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that inclusive growth model being implemented in his state was a better alternative as it caters to aspirations of all people...