Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee may not have imagined that his pet project Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) to connect villages would end up hastening urbanisation of the rural areas

Their “fortress” was almost breached by a spirited Kings XI Punjab and relieved to have avoided the debacle by a narrow margin, Mumbai Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said his team would now focus on making its home ground a den where Oppositions would be scared to play in the IPL.

Income tax officials today conducted searches at Balaji Telefilms’ facilities and the residence of its promoters — producer Ekta Kapoor and her actor-father Jeetendra — here for suspected tax evasion.

In an all-round attack on the BJP government in Karnataka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday accused it of “misgovernance” and “corruption” and said the minorities were feeling insecure under it

Volkswagen today launched a petrol variant of its popular hatchback Polo.

The BSE benchmark Sensex today recovered by 101 points on funds buying in blue-chips led by FMCG and realty on better earnings amid a firming global trend.

Hotels across Tamil Nadu would remain shut on Monday as part of protest against government’s move to impose tax causing additional burden to hoteliers, Chennai Hotels Association, president, K.T. Srinivasa Raja said today.

Dubbing the Centre as “weak”, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today said the government has suffered a “total blackout” in its foreign policy and failed on all fronts, including on the issue of death row convict Sarabjit Singh.

Four persons, including two women, were killed and an equal number injured when a fire broke out in a multi-storeyed commercial complex here today, top officials said.

The BSE benchmark Sensex today ended flat with a small rise of 10 points as cautious investors indulged in profit-booking ahead of the monthly settlement in derivatives segment and the RBI monetary policy meet on May 3.