Allahabad, Aug 11 (PTI) A local resident has lodged a
complaint against Indian batsman Virender Sehwag and his
business partner alleging that he was not given the franchise

Malda (West Bengal), Aug 11 (PTI) An "operational alert"
has been sounded by Border Security Force(BSF) in Malda and
South Dinajpur districts in India's eastern state of West

Mumbai, Aug 11 (PTI) The government of India's western
state of Maharashtra has approached the Centre to ask Pakistan
to take back bodies of nine terrorists killed in the Mumbai

Anisur Rahman

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) India's Health Minister Ghulam
Nabi Azad has asked states' Chief Ministers to take adequate
measures to tackle mounting swine flu cases and monitor the

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) Deficient rainfall will result in
a 20 per cent decline in sowing of summer crops, but India's
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said there was no need to

Port Blair/Chennai, Aug 11 (PTI) A strong undersea
earthquake Tuesday shook Andaman islands and many cities in
southern and eastern India, causing widespread panic among the

Hyderabad, Aug 11 (PTI) The Swine flu scare has hit the
World Badminton Championships and a Malaysian coach has been
admitted to a local government hospital here in India's

Lalit K Jha

Chennai, Aug 11 (PTI) A great intensity earthquake of 7.6
magnitude on Richter scale struck off the Andaman and Nicobar
islands Tuesday, Indian Meteorological Department said.