Kolkata Knight Riders were contemplating legal action against the Pakistani newspaper Nation for its report saying fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was questioned at Karachi airport for allegedly carrying a large number of syringes

Mumbai airport has been voted the best airport in India in a survey conducted by the Airport International Council, a body of operators who collectively manage over 1,600 airports worldwide.

A senior judicial magistrate in Gujarat has been suspended for misconduct, an official said here Saturday

The Rajasthan government has announced a package of Rs.2.82 billion for the upliftment of the Gujjar community, which has been demanding tribal status for better educational and job opportunities.

Political violence once again raised its ugly head in Andhra Pradesh claiming nine lives Saturday.

Amid differences between the central and Rajasthan governments over the role of intelligence ahead of the serial terror blasts that killed 61 in Jaipur, Home Minister Shivraj Patil Saturday said no statement should be made that could create misunderstanding between the agencies and the governments.

Residents in the capital got no respite from the sizzling sun till Saturday evening as the mercury remained one degree above normal. It was far more pleasant in the northeast and in southern India, where there were traces of rain

The Delhi Police Saturday claimed to have solved the murder of former Indian Airlines employee B.D. Sharma, found dead Thursday, by arresting his nephew

After trundling through Uttar Pradesh's electricity-starved dark countryside, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi made a surprise visit to a predominantly Dalit hamlet in his Amethi parliamentary constituency where some 60 women from half a dozen villages were holding a meet

A city court Saturday issued one more warrant for gangster Brijesh Singh seeking his appearance June 3 for trial in an extortion case.

Central Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Saturday defended the government's decision to close India's three prime vaccine production facilities and denied charges that the move would create shortage of vaccines in the country.

17Many foreign airlines are now taking off from Indian airports during daylight hours, a government official said Saturday.

Many foreign airlines are now taking off from Indian airports during daylight hours, a government official said Saturday.

Lenovo, Chinese manufacturer of PCs and partner of the Beijing Olympic torch relay, Saturday launched its second phase of three online auctions in India as part of the countdown to the games.

Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet's health continued to be critical Saturday, a day after he slipped into coma, doctors attending on him said

India Saturday sent an air force IL-76 plane with 50 medical personnel including paramedics to help relief work in cyclone-hit Myanmar

The first rail link between India and Bhutan will be built soon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced Saturday as he pledged Rs.100 billion ($2.5 billion) over the next five years as part of a package of economic engagement with that country.

Rajasthan Royals thrashed Bangalore Royal Challengers by 65 runs in the Indian Premier League match here Saturday.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Saturday campaigned for their party candidates in north Karnataka ahead of the third and final phase of assembly elections May 22.

A youth committed suicide in west Delhi after failing to clear the civil services examinations, the police said Saturday.

Madhya Pradesh lawmaker and member of a state tiger conservation body Darbu Singh Uike has alleged that corrupt officials have siphoned off millions meant for the conservation of tigers in the state's Kanha National Park.

Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh Saturday said graduate students were also eligible for the other backward classes (OBC) reservation, adding to the confusion over quota qualification.

Bihar's Transport Minister Ramanand Prasad Singh resigned from his post Saturday, a day after it was known that he was named in a corruption case.

A powerful grenade explosion Saturday killed five children, all belonging to a special police officer's (SPO) family, and injured two in the mountainous Banihal area of Ramban district in Jammu and Kashmir

 A city court Saturday framed charges against Gulam Ahmed Khan, one of the accused in the 2005 Diwali-eve bombings in Delhi that killed over 60 people, after a medical report said he was mentally fit.