Bhubaneswar, Sep 1 (IANS) At least four people died and two developed illness after inhaling a poisonous gas allegedly leaked in a steel plant in Orissa’s Sambalpur district Sunday evening, police said.
Moscow, Aug 31 (DPA) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has threatened to hit back if the European Union (EU) imposes sanctions against his country over Georgia, Interfax news agency reported Sunday.
Islamabad, Aug 31 (DPA) At least six people were killed and eight injured Sunday when a US missile hit a house in Pakistan’s tribal region along the Afghan border, officials said.
Chandigarh, Aug 31 (IANS) A police official from Haryana and another from Rajasthan were arrested in Mohali town of Punjab Sunday for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking racket, the police said.
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Calcutta launched a one-year residential post-graduate programme for executives in ‘visionary leadership in manufacturing’ in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur and IIT-Madras Sunday here.
New York, Aug 31 (IANS) American pop singer Ashlee Simpson has hit out at reports that she is desperate to lose her baby weight, insisting her main concern is the health of her child.
Singur/Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) The protests in Singur crippling work at auto major Tata Motors’ Nano plant continued Sunday, as agitation leader Mamata Banerjee turned down an appeal from West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi for a mediator to resolve the stalemate.
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 31 (IANS) Muslim clerics Sunday declared that the Islamic holy month of fasting, Ramadan, would begin from Monday in Kerala.
New Delhi, Aug 31(IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Sunday said he was satisfied over the agreement reached between Hindu agitators and the Jammu and Kashmir government over the bitter Amarnath land row.
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Over 15,000 school children from the slum areas of Delhi participated in the Rajiv Gandhi marathon here Sunday.