GENEVA: One hundred and thirty-four journalists and media support staff were killed while on reporting assignments last year, with India fourth on the list of countries with the most number of deaths, the London-based International News Safety Institute (INSI) said on Tuesday. Most of those kille

(IANS) / 18 February 2014 The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Telangana bill by voice vote amid pandemonium. Amid pandemonium, the Lok Sabha finally passed a bill aimed at carving out a Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill was passed by vo

New Delhi:  Cold wave continued to prevail in north India as snowfall and rain lashed several parts of the region bringing down temperatures and affecting normal life. Manali and parts of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh were disconnected due to heavy snowfall while Jammu and Kashmir continued to reel

BANGALORE: We need a smart phone type of education — open and connected,'' AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi's opening remark at an interaction with 600 students here on Saturday. Using social networking platforms such as twitter, webcasting and video-conferencing, Rahul shared his vision on educa

Vijayawada: City-based Sri Bhanu Silks and Services promotes the vehicles A new avatar of auto-rickshaw has hit the city roads. People waiting for bus at a bus stand on Eluru Road on Friday saw a glimpse of the new moving machine operated on battery. Painted in blue, the four-seater passenger-fri

The much-awaited Terminal 2 of the Mumbai international airport and the Sahar elevated road corridor was opened for the public today. The 2.2 km Sahar elevated road that connects Western Express Highway (WEH) with the new Terminal 2 of the International Airport was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chie

“Any third power may easily enslave India so long as we Hindus and Mussalmans are ready to cut each other’s throats.” – Mahatma Gandhi, 1921. These words of the Father of our nation deserve to be etched in gold. He laid paramount emphasis on religious tolerance or secularism, which along with equal

CHENNAI: If your child was born in the last couple of years, he or she is likely to live five years more than children born a decade ago. Statistics released by the Union ministry of health and family welfare show that life expectancy in India has gone up by five years, from 62.3 years for males

The union home ministry is seeking legal advice on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's plan to introduce the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi assembly without seeking the Centre's permission, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwalthreatening to quit and bring down his two-month-old government over the p

The Government of India’s decision to ease visa-on-arrival facility for 180 countries is seen as a welcome step by the travel and tourism industry in the UAE, but a final decision regarding the inclusion of the UAE on the list of visa-free countries is still be to be notified by the Indian Ministry

Narendra Modi today slammed Finance Minister P Chidambaram, saying under his leadership the country's growth has plunged to new lows. Calling Mr Chidambaram a "Recount Minister" in a dig at the Congress leader's victory in the 2009 elections on recount, the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate said

Bangalore :Khwaja Gharib Nawaz Centre for Harmony and Development, launched its ‘Asian Forum for Harmony’ by Governor H. R. Bhardwaj here at Raj Bhavan, on January   31. The organisation which has been working for peace and harmony in the country for the last 20 years now spread its wings across

New Delhi:  Some of the worst recent terror attacks in India, which collectively killed more than 100 people, were allegedly sanctioned by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS - this is what Swami Aseemanand, imprisoned on charges of facilitating those attacks, has reportedly revealed to the Carav

Mathura:  A rape survivor was gunned to death by unknown people in the premises of a court in western Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district yesterday. The 25-year-old woman was on her way to give her statement in the court where she had been fighting a case of rape against a local godman, Govindanand Te

In a major embarrassment for the government, attempts to introduce the anti-communal violence bill in the Rajya Sabha Wednesday were thwarted as the entire opposition united against the bill. An ugly spat between members from the ruling Congress and main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party erupted wh

Ten tourists from Porbander in Gujarat died and 35 others injured late on Monday when a luxury bus in which they were travelling fell into a deep ditch on the ravines of the Khambatki Ghat along the Pune-Solapur highway.  The police said the Kolhapur-Mumbai luxury bus was travelling through the s

Mumbai:  A group of of 50 workers from political party Shiv Sena barged into a press conference being held by Pakistani band Mekaal Hasan in Mumbai, demanding that the musicians return immediately to their country. The band, which plays Sufi rock, was scheduled to announce a joint concert with In

NEW DELHI: Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and eminent scientist CNR Rao were conferred with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, by President Pranab Mukherjee in a glittering ceremony in the Durbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. The two joined the list of 41 eminent