8 killed in fire at timber mart in Thane

Image:  The fire in timbre mart in powerloom town of Bhiwandi. Photograph: PTI Eight persons were charred to death and three others seriously injured in a fire that broke out in three timber......

Jawan killed in firing from across border

An army jawan was killed in firing from across the border along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Tuesday. Suspected militants opened fire from across the border at Tata Post at around 2......

The royal and political privileges of the Scindias

People close to the erstwhile royal family underline that Jyotiraditya Scindia is neither as accessible nor as unpretentious as his father.Sandeep Kumar reports. IMAGE: Jyotiraditya Scindia......

Sonia to visit Amethi this week

The tussle between the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party to woo the Dalits and Thakurs of Uttar Pradesh's Amethi parliamentary constituency is getting more interesting by the day.The Congress is......

Farmer's son develops disease-free potato seed

Jang Bahadur Singh Sangha, a local farmer who has done his MSc in plant physiology and pathology from Cornell University in the United States, with a specialisation in potato seed, has set up a......

Dias, Gawli to miss opening AFC Cup tie

With players' injury worries diminishing, an upbeat national football coach Bob Houghton declared that India is well-prepared for Wednesday's opening match against Afghanistan in the AFC Challenge......