Thirty-five passengers were killed and over 200 others injured on Sunday when 15 bogies of the Howrah-Delhi-Kalka Mail derailed near Malwa station in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh. The injured have been admitted to hospitals in Fatehpur and Kanpur. More than 190 passengers have been admitted to the district hospital in Fatehpur alone.

The farmers’ agitation against land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh appears to be developing into a major confrontation between them and the state government as it spread on Sunday to Agra, Mathura and A

National-level volleyball player Arunima Sinha, alias Sonu, who lost a leg after being pushed off a moving train, has now been taken to Delhi for further treatment.
Union sports minister Ajay Maken and UPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi met the girl and her family at the Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University in Lucknow with a team of doctors and the girl’s family insisted that she should be shifted to Delhi for further and advanced treatment.

BJP on Sunday renewed its demand that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resign on moral grounds over the 2G spectrum scam inviting a sharp response from Congress which said the opposition party was soundi

Indian Mujahideen terror group, which claimed responsibility for the Varanasi blast on December 7, had started adopting the technique used by Abdul Karim “Tunda” in late 1990s when acid was used to tr

The Allahabad high court on Friday rejected a petition for the deferment of the Ayodhya title suits verdict, saying there was no merit in the application.

Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh had the last laugh, with Ms Jaya Bachchan springing a surprise by turning down the offer of the SP to renominate her for the Rajya Sabha.

In a tactical move, the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday renominated Jaya Bachchan to the Rajya Sabha. This was a big surpirse as there was widespread speculation that Ms Bachchan would be dropped due to her connection with expelled leader Amar Singh. Her renomination also stunned Mr Singh, who appears to be getting

May 11: Billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who visited Amethi on Tuesday with AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, will call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday.