The Horticulture department will soon take up a programme to increase production of onion in Karnataka and reduce dependence on the bulb from other states. In 2012-13, onion was sown in 1.95 lakh hectares across the State and the total production stood at 23.95 lakh metric tonnes. Karnataka i

Jabalpur: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday accused BJP leader Narendra Modi of spreading falsehood and twisting facts to target rivals. While pointing out that there were several question marks over the Gujarat model of development, the PM, addressing a rally here, blamed BJP for bring

Mumbai: An emotional advertisement for Google's search engine has become a hit in India and Pakistan by surprisingly invoking a searing and traumatic period in the shared history of the South Asian archrivals. Officially debuting on television Friday, the commercial already has been viewed more than

NASHIK/MUMBAI: Two passengers were killed and 37 others injured when ten coaches of a train derailed at Ghoti near Igatpuri in Nashik district on Friday morning. The accident took place at around 6.20am today when 12618 Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Lakshadeep Mangala Express train was passing through the

The UPA government will be giving a final push for minority appeasement before the 2014 general elections with the Cabinet on Thursday approving a proposal to spend additional Rs. 100 crore for scholarships to minority children. This would be complimented with a new campaign to reach out to the m

Patna, Nov 11 :�After four Hindu youths were arrested in Bihar in connection with the Oct 27 Patna serial bombings, activists say authorities are maintaining a “soft approach” to labelling them terror suspects connected with the Indian Mujahideen outfit. Gopal Kumar Goyal, Vikas Kumar, Pawan Ku

NEW DELHI (TOI): The government is set to kick off preliminary work on Wednesday on an economic corridor between Mumbai and Bangalore, aiming to generate investment of over Rs 3 lakh crore. The plan is to generate around 12% of the country's GDP along the 1,000 km corridor between the two commerc

LUCKNOW: Dozens of Muzaffarnagar riots survivors took to the streets here on Saturday to protest alleged attempts to pressurize them into declaring they will not return to their villages and give up claims over their properties in lieu of Rs 5 lakh compensation. "The district administration is pr

New Delhi: A leading property portal is in the line of fire after a broker posted an advertisement for the sale of a flat in Mumbai clearly mentioning that Muslims are not welcomed. The advertisement about a flat located at Dadar's Hindu Colony in Mumbai was put up on 99acres.com by broker Visha

Thiruvananthapuram:  The exodus of migrant workers from Saudi Arabia continues, with nearly 100 people returning to Kerala on a daily basis since November 3, when the deadline for the end of the grace period for implementation of Nitaqat law in the Gulf country ended. The new law, as part of

Seventeen passengers Thursday had a miraculous escape when a state-run bus in which they were travelling suddenly caught fire in the Karnataka capital city's northwest suburb, an official said. "The incident occurred around 5.30 p.m., when the bus engine in the rear side caught fire suddenly,

According to government estimates, about half of the 2.8 million Indians in Saudi Arabia managed, in the last six months, to fulfill the legal requirement to stay on in that country after the November 3 ‘Nitaqat’ deadline ran out. Ponnakkaran Muhammed of Malappuram district was not among them.

Bangalore - Taking serious note of the arrest of three persons on charges of terrorism in the Malleswaram bomb blast case and their release after six months for lack of evidence, the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) on Tuesday registered a suo motu case against the Bangalore city poli

Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh:  India's first mission to Mars successfully completed its first stage on Tuesday, entering orbit around Earth 44 minutes after blast-off from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. The launch rocket "has placed the Mars Orbiter spacecraft very precisely into

NEW DELHI: With 1.34 lakh Indian workers already returning to the homeland, the government is closely watching the situation in Saudi Arabia which is targeting illegal foreigners under its new labour policy, overseas Indian affairs minister Vayalar Ravi on Tuesday said. Asked about the drive in

New Delhi:  India is aiming to join the world's deep-space pioneers with a journey to Mars that starts on Tuesday and costs 73 million dollars or Rs. 450 crores. HERE IS YOUR 10-POINT CHEAT-SHEET TO THIS STORY: Mangalyaan, which means "Mars craft" in Hindi is scheduled to lift off at 2:

NEW DELHI: Fuzzy messaging in BJP's campaign is preventing the party gain from perceived discontent against the ruling Congress in Delhi, helping newbie Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerge as the surprising X factor in the election. Opinion polls and feedback from interest groups indicate that AAP c

Ten people were run over and an equal number injured by a speeding train near Vizianagaram town this evening, a railway official said. According to East Coast railway spokesperson, some of the passengers of Bokaro Express (Alleppy to Dhanbad), proceeding to Bokaro Steel city, pulled the chain