At least 8 people were feared killed and 38 others injured when a minibus skidded off a flyover and fell onto the railway tracks below in Howrah.
Controversy surrounded gunning down of an MBA qualified youth in an alleged police encounter.
The government said that creating more jobs,not reservation,is needed for the uplift of weaker sections of society.
J-K HC directed exhumation of the bodies of two women allegedly raped and murdered in Shopian last month to collect their DNA samples.
The first arrest was made by a joint search party of police and troops of 50 Rashtriya Rifles at village Wuyan-Pampore.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad denounced Delhi HC's ruling decriminalising gay sex and felt the Centre should appeal against the judgement.
Thousands of residents of Shopian and adjoining areas staged a sit-in before the office of the Deputy commissioner.
The National Commission for Women said that there was a need for a nationwide debate on the Delhi HC judgement on section 377.
J-K CM Omar Abdullah said that the move will help in establishing the facts in this case which have evoked strong reactions in the valley.
The EPFO decided to give 8.5 per cent interest on provident fund deposits of 4.5 crore subscribers.
EC SY Quraishi has said that role of black money in elections,threat to voters from Maoists are factors that impede the electoral process in the country.
The Amarnath yatra was suspended from Jammu due to snowfall in some places along the Pahalgam route to the cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas.
The gunbattle broke out at Wadderbala forest in Zachaldara,90 kms from Srinagar.
Seven people were injured when a Delhi-bound passenger train hit a goods train loaded with petrol near Ghaziabad railway station.
The third cut off list for admissions in Delhi University was released but may leave many aspirants disappointed as most of its colleges have closed admissions for popular courses.
A petition has been filed in the Madras HC seeking a CBI probe into the charge by a Judge that a union minister tried to influence him.
Home Minister P Chidambaram along with his cabinet colleagues Law Minister Veerappa Moily and Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad held meeting to analyse Delhi HC's judgement.
The CID,probing the mysterious death of two boys while studying in religious guru Asaram Bapus ashram last year,has said that 'black magic' may have been practiced inside the ashram.
An Air India Kochi-Delhi flight carrying 151 passengers including Kerala CM made an emergency landing.
The southwest monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of Rajasthan and thus has covered the entire country,the Met office said.
Lalu Prasad sought to embarrass Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on the rail budget saying she had used his achievements in the Ministry to build her case.
At least 14 people were killed while 13 others are feared drowned in two separate bus accidents in Uttarkashi and Tehri districts of Uttarakhand.
Army recovered the bodies of six of the eight infiltrators who were buried alive in an avalanche in Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir in March.
An alert has been sounded in Lakhimpur,Dhemaji,Sonitpur,Jorhat and Majuli.The National Disaster Rescue Force has been called for rescue operations.
Judicial commission probing the Kandhamal riots has said that religious 'conversion and re-conversion' led to the violence.


