Even as the Centre is yet to make up its mind on whether to call an all-party meeting on Kashmir at this juncture, a group of 40 young MPs cutting across party lines, on Thursday appealed to the youth in the valley to “exercise restraint” and have trust in dialogue for working out a solution. The Centre is optimistic of restoring normalcy there by fully backing Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah.

The parents of a girl in Gurgaon have alleged that she committed suicide in her house following alleged corporal punishment at her school. The Gurgaon police said that they are investigating the allegations and would register a case. However, the school authorities denied the allegation. The girl had committed suicide on July 25 after

The main Opposition BJP on Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene an all-party to restore peace and harmony in Jammu and Kashmir. A delegation of BJP leaders including parliamentary party chief L.K. Advani and party MLAs from the state met the Prime Minister and also submitted a memorandum. The

The work on sprucing up the central vista — which includes area around the Rashtrapati Bhavan, North Block, South Block and India Gate — for the Commonwealth Games-2010 is proceeding at a fast pace. However, the final touches are likely to be given beginning September.

A 17-year-old Delhi University student was allegedly kidnapped by a businessman in Janakpuri area of west Delhi on Wednesday afternoon and subsequently raped by him in a desolate place at Bali Nagar which comes under the jurisdiction of Moti Nagar police station of West Delhi.

An overwhelming 90 per cent of the components of the Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv — which is “indigenously” manufactured by the Bengaluru-based Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) — is foreign, a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General has revealed. The Dhruv ALH is a “light 5.5 tonne class, multi-role, multi-mission

Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has a lot of explaining to do, if the mood in the corridors of South Block is any indicator.
The ministry of external affairs (MEA), headed by Mr S.M. Krishna, is understood to have taken the view that Mr Kalmadi and his colleagues have caused enough d

The junior doctors called an indefinite cease work at the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital from Wednesday afternoon after three of them along with a security guard were beaten up during a rampage by the angry family members of a deceased patient alleging medical negligence.

A convict and two undertrials escaped from the Sada sub-jail near Vasco in Goa in the early hours of Wednesday. According to the police, the trio drilled a hole in the cell toilet and escaped. Two assistant jailors, Mr Uday Shirodkar — who was supposed to be on guard duty on Wednesday night — and Mr Manuel Travasso, and two jail

A portion of the Writers’ Buildings, including chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s chamber plunged into darkness for around 15 minutes in the afternoon due to a snag in one of the transformers at the state secretariat.