Delhi government has on Thursday asked schools to declare their summer vacations from Friday as the temperature roses to 43.5 degrees Celcius on Wednesday. An order to this effect was issued by the directorate of education.
“All schools are advised to close for the summer vacation from May 1st or May 2nd,” the order said.
Yesterday’s temperature [...]

At least eight tourists have been killed and five injured when the bus they were traveling rolled down a gorge in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. Most of the victims were from Kolkata. The tourists, identified as BSNL employees and their family members, were on a private visit to the state when the [...]

At least two Jawans were injured when Maoists exploded a landmine near a polling booth at Birmadh in West Bengal’s Purulia district on Thursday. The jawans were patrolling the area when the Maoists exploded the landmine at around 7.50 am following which polling was suspended at the booth.
A senior official of police said that security [...]

Chennai: At least six persons have been killed and many were injured when a passenger train collides with a goods train in suburban Vyasarpadi today. The passenger train, was from Chennai, and the good trains, was from Arakkonam, collided at Jeevanagar railway station at around 5.50 am today morning. It results fire in which six [...]

India’s largest cellular service provider Airtel got a notice from the Delhi High Court over mobile phone towers. Airtel gets a notice after a group of residents from south Delhi objected to the signal towers it has installed in their neighborhood.
Justice Ravinder Bhat issued the notice after hearing the plea of residents who have opposed [...]

The Airport Authority employees union have called a 48 hour strike from April 30 midnight at all airports in the country to protest against privatization of airports.
An spokesman of Airport Authority employees union has said that the strike had been called as the Airport Authority of India (AAI) management was offering VRS to employees [...]

ICC has announced that India will host 29 matches during the 2011 World Cup. India got seven more matches after the removal of Pakistan from the schedule because of poor security in Pakistan.
Sri Lanka would host twelve matches. Bangaldesh would host eight matches. The final will be played in India, while the two semi-final [...]