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Baba Ramdev challenges the verdict of the honorable high court of New Delhi which sought the freedom from the draconian act of criminal procedure no.377, and declares the freedom of homosexuala .

New Delhi, July 10: The Centre is waking up to the threat of the delayed monsoon taking a toll on the grain bowl of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh.

A man who consumed illicit liquor is treated at a hospital in Ahmadabad, India. Police have been accused of abetting bootlegging.

India News: Pictorial warnings about the dangers of smoking have finally hit the market, more than a month after they were due -- but they are far from being gory as they were meant to be.

India News Headlines: The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved former Democratic congressman Timothy Roemer to be the new ambassador to India, setting up a confirmation vote by the full Senate.

National News: Ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani in Egypt next week, India Wednesday said Pakistan has sought the resumption of talks but indicated any decision will depend on Islamabad's action against terrorists.

India News: The Delhi High Court's verdict decriminalising homosexual sex, which has invited sharp reactions, had been challenged in the Supreme Court.

Troops in Indian Kashmir fired guns in the air and lobbed tear gas on Wednesday at mobs protesting the death of a man they say was abducted by security forces.

Tainted home-brewed liquor that poor workers living in slums drank over the weekend has left at least 43 dead in western India, police said Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel is considering issuing global depositary receipts to South Africa's MTN and its shareholders, the market regulator said on Tuesday.

HYDERABAD: A software engineer from Andhra Pradesh has been shot dead by unidentified assailants in South Africa, his family members said Tuesday.

In this May 14, 2009 file photo, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10, child star of the hit move "Slumdog Millionaire," rides a bicycle past demolished shanties in his neighborhood after they were bulldozed by city workers in Mumbai, India.

NEW DELHI: Cash-strapped national carrier Air India is expected to register a loss of Rs.5,000 crore last fiscal, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told parliament Tuesday.

Abdullah, who had meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram here yesterday, said he had raised the issue of withdrawal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act in a phased manner.

New Delhi, July 6 : India's health budget has gone up by nearly Rupees 4,000 crore to Rupees 21,113.33 crore with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday giving special emphasis to the rural healthcare.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be leaving for the Italian mountain town of L'Aquila on Tuesday to participate in discussions with leaders of G-8 nations.

The union budget for 2009-10 has proposed a total plan outlay of Rs12,164.76 crore for the ministry of civil aviation with Rs190 crore as budgetary support.

Afghanistan National Army chief General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi being welcomed by the Indian Army chief, General Deepak Kapoor, in New Delhi on Monday.

CELEBRATIONS: Tibetan monks take part in a religious procession to celebrate the 74th birthday of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at Baudha in Kathmandu on July 6. The Dalai Lama celebrated his 74th birthday on Monday in a typically jocular mood, remarking lightheartedly that the prayers being said for him might help him live to at least ...

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee smiles as he leaves his office to present the 2009/10 budget in New Delhi July 6, 2009.