From: indiatimes on Fri, Aug 29 2008 7:41 PM

The Tamilnadu government has opposed Nalini Murugan's plea for early release in the Madras High court. Nalini had appealed for early release based on her good conduct.

From: indiatimes on Fri, Aug 29 2008 12:42 PM

Democrat Barack Obama vowed that he would bring a 'change' in America in a speech accepting the party's presidential nomination. His acceptance of the Democratic nomination comes on the 45th anniversary of the Martin Luther King's August 28, 1963, "I Have a Dream" speech.

From: indiatimes on Fri, Aug 29 2008 12:42 PM

Barely forty-eighty hours after his mega party launch Chiranjeevi's party seem to have run into trouble. The Telugu superstar might not be able to use the name 'Prajarajyam' as his party name. Andhrite CK Reddy, an advocate from Lakkireddypalli in Kadapa district, is claiming that ...

From: indiatimes on Fri, Aug 29 2008 12:40 PM

In a snub to West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who went public against the party line on bandhs, the CPI(M) is planning action against him. Sources told 'TIMES NOW' that some CPM central committee members have written to party state secretary Biman Bose to call a state ...

From: indiatimes on Fri, Aug 29 2008 12:32 PM

The US presidential candidate said there will be no tax sops for companies that ship work out of the country. But India Inc has not started hearing the alarm bells yet.

From: indiatimes on Thu, Aug 28 2008 11:10 AM

The Trinamool Congress Students wing will hold it's foundation day rally at Mamata Banerjee's Dharna Manch at Singur. Thousands of Trinamool supporters are expected to attend this rally.

From: indiatimes on Thu, Aug 28 2008 4:56 AM

Former US leader Bill Clinton said for the first time that he believed Democratic nominee Barack Obama was "ready" to be president. Cllinton, at the Democratic National Convention, said that Barack Obama is ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world.

From: indiatimes on Thu, Aug 28 2008 4:47 AM

Pope Benedict XVI 'firmly condemned' the violence in Orissa and called upon Indian religious and civil authorities 'to work together to restore peaceful co-existence and harmony between the different religious communities.'

From: indiatimes on Tue, Aug 26 2008 2:48 PM

Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) chiefs have exchanged lists of 'fugitive terrorists' at the end of a four-day biannual meeting in Dhaka and agreed to intensify cooperation to minimise cross-border crime and resolve outstanding issues.

From: indiatimes on Tue, Aug 26 2008 6:50 AM

A female suicide bomber, 13-year-old Baghdad girl who was still wearing the vest packed with explosives surrendered herself to the police, which police had to remove from her body before detaining her.

From: indiatimes on Mon, Aug 25 2008 10:07 AM

Processionists accompanying the body of slain VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati defied curfew and damaged vehicles in Orissa's communally-sensitive Kandhamal district.

From: indiatimes on Sat, Aug 23 2008 7:18 PM

White House in November could have a slight Indian accent after Barack Obama chose experienced Delaware Senator Joseph Biden as his running mate.

From: indiatimes on Sat, Aug 23 2008 2:33 PM

Two rounds of talks between Governor's peace panel and Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti are over and while the Samiti sticks to its demands, the two groups are working on a draft that they agree with.

From: indiatimes on Fri, Aug 22 2008 9:23 PM

The firebrand leader Uma Bharti has a bad start to a rally in MP, after the stage she was standing on collapsed but she recovered to accuse her political rivals of trying to kill her.

From: indiatimes on Fri, Aug 22 2008 4:14 PM

The Chief Minister of West Bengal -- Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said that he was hopeful of the Tata Motors' Nano car project coming up at Singur and appealed to opposition parties to ensure that their agitation there from August 24 remains peaceful.

From: indiatimes on Thu, Aug 21 2008 12:13 AM

Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal has released his first anthology of verse, composed almost entirely on cellphone.

From: indiatimes on Wed, Aug 20 2008 8:36 AM

The Kolkata airport has been completely shut down and domestic carrier Jet lite has cancelled its flights from all location to Kolkata, leaving about 8,500 air-travellers stranded at the Kolkata airport.

From: indiatimes on Sun, Aug 17 2008 11:37 AM

Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi will announce his entry into politics today, a move that is expected to alter the present political equations in Andhra Pradesh.

From: indiatimes on Mon, Aug 11 2008 6:17 AM

Six students from a school have gone missing in the United States during their educational trip to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The teacher who accompanied them did not return either.

From: indiatimes on Mon, Aug 11 2008 3:06 AM

Accusing IOA and SAI of being involved in a big manipulative game to keep out weightlifter Monika Devi of the Beijing Olympics, Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh has decided to push for a CBI probe into the whole episode.