The Delhi Commonwealth Secretariat has quietly launched a special online lottery series hoping to raise over Rs 500 crore to fund the Games.

Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor are the new ‘friends’ in the film industry

Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front government Monday said it would reserve 10 percent of government jobs to economically, socially and educationally backward Muslims by including them in the OBC (Other Backward Class) category.

Karnataka Horticulture Minister Umesh Katti on Monday (February 8) said that the state government would enforce ban on the commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal in the state. "We will ban commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal. We have already written to the Centre seeking its deferment," Horticulture Minister Umesh Katti said. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has already said that the Centre would announce its decision on commercial production of the genetically modified crop on February 10.

Angry at China’s repeated claims over Arunachal Pradesh, students across the state have begun the boycott of Chinese goods in the state. A powerful students group, the All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union on Tuesday (February 9) called for a boycott of Made-in-China goods from 8th of February.