To villagers of Mithila region, his speeches bring memories of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. To his colleagues in Parliament, his rustic style is a reminder of Lalu Prasad. Hukmdev Narayan Yadav is 76, an MP into his fifth term now. However, it is his recent, fiery speeches that ....

Maharashtra’s Health Minister Dr Deepak Sawant, who is from the Shiv Sena, triggered a row on Monday saying lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT community) were in need of “psychological treatment and counselling”. The minister was speaking ....

Actor-filmmaker Shashi Kapoor, who has starred in over 100 Hindi films and best known for his powerful portrayals in hits like “Namak Halaal”, “Deewar” and “Kabhie Kabhie”, was today chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award, the ....

A good-old politician came calling on the Australian cricketers at the nets while some good-old politics sneaked in at the Sydney Cricket Ground when the Indians were training. Former Aussie PM and lifelong cricket fan, Bob Hawke, brought with him smiles and hearty laughs. ....

Australia coach Darren Lehmann believes the Sydney Cricket Ground pitch will produce a high-scoring World Cup semi-final against India on Thursday. “I think the Sydney pitch will be very similar to the one we used in the game against Sri Lanka more than a fortnight a ....

South Africa and New Zealand, both eyeing first final, will play their hearts out at the Eden Park, Auckland. New Zealand will chase home glory while the Proteas won’t like to stop at any costs after faltering so many times at the pivotal juncture of the tournament. ....

A semifinal of a World Cup should be about celebration and never about sorrow but it’s so difficult not to see tomorrow, when New Zealand take on South Africa in Auckland, as Dark Tuesday. (Full Coverage| Points table| Fixtures) New Zealand, a small nation, has got ....

Kota : Kota Super Thermal Power Station located in the furnace of the sixth unit of the Chambal river spills over oill. Oil continued on Sunday, the fifth day out. The 195 MW unit of Kota Super Thermal Power Station on March 18 in the last furnace was leaking oil

Kota: Two more farmers allegedly committed suicide while another died of shock after seeing their crops destroyed in untimely rains, police said on Sunday. Premshaker Meena (20) allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Saturday evening in Ladpur village of Kesho ....

Over the past couple of days, Janku Bai Meena waited restlessly for Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to visit her run-down hut and rain-hit wheat farm. But in the fleeting 20-second meeting with Sonia, neither Janku nor her 30-year-old son Budhdhi Ram could convey any of their m ....