India

The NDA government in Bihar has decided to remove a chapter on RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav from class VIII syllabus.

North India is facing an early winter with cold wave conditions in most cities and temperatures plumetting to record lows.

The important agreement to be signed will be on defence, and India will also look to bid for exploration blocks for oil in the Siberia region.

The scheme, to be accomplished by 2012, is aimed at improving the quality of living in about 60 cities having a population of more than one million.

The constitution of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan's cabinet is to take place on December 4. More than two dozen ministers to be sworn-in.

After Wednesday's surgery, in which doctors removed a portion of his small intestine, Big B's condition is improving steadily.

A Vatican letter sent privately to Roman Catholic bishops worldwide instructs them to bar men "with homosexual tendencies" from being rectors or teachers.

Aneil Mathrani has denied India Today magazine's claims that he 'exposed' Natwar's involvement in the Iraq oil-for-food scam.

I&B Minister has said that measures should be taken to discourage smoking but the ban will come in the way of artistic freedom.

Natwar wanted to know why Matherani did not speak up earlier especially since Matherani was in Delhi when the Volcker matter came up.

Coren, better known as restaurant critic for the Times newspaper, fought off competition from six authors, including Salman Rushdie.

Tejas, indegeniously designesd and developed by India, will form the backbone of the IAF in the coming years.

The Sanyasin's padayatra is going to be a lonely one. The Parivar has now distanced itself from its poster girl.

Publicly snubbing the BJP, the VHP and RSS have come out openly in support of Uma Bharti.

Raj Singh Dungarpur, the former pred=sident of the BCCI, has called for a greater say in team selection by the skipper and the coach.

After treatment at Delhi's Escorts Heart Institute, Bachchan was flown to Mumbai where he is under observation at Lilavati Hospital.