The Delhi Metro will run trains at a frequency of 2 minutes 25 seconds during peak hours on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur line during the Commonwealth Games.

A student was arrested for reckless driving after he rammed his bike into daughters of BJP leader Gopinath Munde in Worli late on Friday.

With three more protestors shot dead on Saturday, Opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has voiced grave concern over continuing “bloodbath” in Kashmir.

Interest rates on auto loans and home loans may increase over the next couple of months.

In an apparent reply to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s “two Bengals” barb against the CPI(M), party politburo member Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said there were two Indias.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan won his fourth national award as best actor for his brilliant portrayal of the extraordinary character Auro in Paa, which was also named best Hindi film and won awards for best supporting actress (Arundhati Nag) and best makeup (Christein Tinsley and Dominie Till). Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots, meanwhile, won the best popular film award and also for best lyrics (Swanand Kirkere).

The country is set to emulate Gujarat in tracking pregnant women and children on a continuing basis through a constant monitoring of their health, nutrition and immunisation profile. Twenty-three officials of health and family welfare departments from the Union ministry of health and National Informatics Centre (NIC) from eight

In a significant development, the Army has stepped in to help the police and paramilitary forces in restoring peace in Kashmir Valley and particularly frustrate Syed Ali Shah Geelani-led Hurriyat Conference’s fresh calendar of protests and strikes announced here on Tuesday.

India will shell out about $85 million for “repair technical documentation” and about $29 million for “services to Indian specialists” as part of the overall US$2.3 billion for acquisition of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier from Russia but defence sources on Wednesday justified the costs.

Identifying a few of the important bills including the much talked about National Food Security Bill, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said the government has a “very active agenda” for Parliament in the coming months. She has also heaped praise for AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi for his intervention in the proposed project at Niyamgiri in Orissa, where he had promised tribals that their interests would not be sacrificed in pursuit of developing natural resources.