Uddhav's close aide sent as emissary to rebels, 6 MLAs switch sides

Amid political turmoil in Maharashtra following a revolt by Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde, six members of legislative assembly (MLAs) and a member of legislative council (MLC) from the......

Amritsar accident: Protesters removed from track, trains resume after 40 hrs

Over 40 hours after the shocking accident in Amritsar in which 59 Dussehra revellers were mowed down by a train, protesters were cleared off the tracks and services resumed on Sunday afternoon, a......

Amarinder orders magisterial probe into Amritsar mishap

IMAGE: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh with Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu visits a victim of the train accident at Civil Hospital in Amritsar on Saturday. Photograph: PTI......

My work, not dad, got me a ticket, claims Nitesh Rane

Congress candidate from Kankavli constituency in Maharashtra Nitesh Rane said he has earned his candidature for the legislative assembly elections through his work and not because he is the son of......

Standard for MS OOXML formats on hold

In another setback to software giant Microsoft, it will have to wait for "several months" before the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) can take a final decision on whether its......

IIT Bombay, Microsoft at loggerheads

Embers from the fiery debate over the International Organisation for Standardisation's acceptance of Microsoft's Office Open XML file format as an international standard refuse to die out in India.......

Linux spreads its wings in India

With 4,000 students and just 21 computers, the Cotton Hill Girls High School in the south Indian city of Trivandrum wouldn't appear to be at the vanguard of anything related to information......