Jewellers across India Friday called off their 21-day strike after being assured of duty roll back from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

"The finance minister ha

A young Tibetan activist, who set himself ablaze during a protest against Chinese President Hu Jintao's India visit, died at a hospital here on Wednesday morning.

A US Senate committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would call on China to ease restrictions in Tibetan areas and free prisoners after a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans angry over Chinese rule.

Friends and neighbours of the Tibetan protester who set himself alight in New Delhi said that his actions were out of character but driven by desperation felt by many in his community.

Jamphel Yeshi

Skirmishes between Sikh protesters and right-wing Hindu activists took place at Jalandhar and Patiala on Wednesday during a day-long bandh called by radicals in support of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convi

For the second day in a row, the Telangana statehood issue rocked the Andhra Pradesh Assembly leading to two adjournments this morning.

When the House began at 9 AM, TDP and TRS legislators from the

A Provincial Civil Services officer, who was on a fast-unto-death here against 'corruption' in the social welfare department, was allegedly forcibly evicted from the protest site by the police who tri

Recording the submission of the Tirunelveli district collector that the supply of essential commodities to the Idinthakarai village near Koodankulam, where the anti-nuclear energy protestors had assem

The All India Motor Transport Congress and various cab operators have warned of a strike if the hike in motor vehicle tax announced in the State Budget 2012-13, is not withdrawn.

Cab owners will have

On a day when government transferred senior police officials and issued notices to some others in connection with the March 2 mayhem at the City Civil Courts complex, the in-house report, prepared by