NEW DELHI: He was just days away from flying home to see his first child when he led his men in a bloody encounter with intruding militants in Kashmir valley and rescued a colleague caught in the firing line but the brave Major Dinesh Raghu Raman lost his life.

NEW DELHI: Former President K R Narayanan's wife Usha, who carved a niche for herself as a champion of social and women's issues, died today in a city hospital after ailing for sometime.

NEW DELHI: An AIIMS-like Ayurveda institute will be set up in the capital to carry out clinical research, drug safety evaluation and scientific validation of the traditional Indian system of medicine.

MUMBAI: Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and V V S Laxman, who made significant contributions in the Test series against Australia, were left out by the selectors in picking up of the Indian squad for the tri-series Down Under, also featuring Australia and Sri Lanka.

MUMBAI: Six years after Bilkis Bano was raped, her baby daughter and other family members killed, a court here handed down life sentences to all but one of the 12 persons convicted in the case relating to one of the most gruesome manifestations of post-Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002.

NEW DELHI: Apparently sending a strong signal to the minorities, UP Chief Minister Mayawati has said that despite sharing power with the BJP three times, she always kept the saffron party on tenterhooks.