Fulla Nayak said to be one of the oldest women in India, died at her home in Orissa, her family said.
Kiran Desai has scooped the £50,000 Man Booker prize with her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss.
Doctors on strike against reservation policy served termination notices, asked to join duty in 24 hours.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje flagged off a month-long water awareness march on Tuesday.
Railway Minister says Mandal Commission's suggestions on quotas for OBCs must be followed.
Indian diplomacy faces the biggest dilemma as to whether or not negotiate with militants when innocent lives are at risk.
In a major success, not a single traffic offender who attended a counselling class organised by the Motor Vehicle Dept two years ago, has been booked again.