Around 15,000 km of state highways and district roads will be upgraded under various state and Central government-sponsored schemes. Speaking at the launch of phase-2 of the State Highway Development Project on Thursday, Public Works Minister H C Mahadevappa said that the work will commence from

Muzaffarnagar: A three-year old child has died reportedly due to cold in a private riot relief camp in neighbouring Shamli district, an organiser said on Monday. Uves, died on Sunday due to cold at Manna Majra village under the Kairana police station, Kari Alemgir, organiser of the camp, said.

Arvind Kejriwal today said his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had "no alliance" with any party, amid reports of a Congress rethink on external support to his government. The chief minister designate, who has turned down any security cover or a bungalow that comes with his new role, also said, "I don't need s

New Delhi:  People may soon be able to use SMS communication with government departments as a documentary proof while utilising citizen-services for making payments, registrations and various other schemes. The Centre today launched a platform with about 241 applications for the public after comp

WAGAH: Director General Military Operations of Pakistan and India met at the Wagah border to work out a mechanism to ease tension and ensure peace at the Line of Control (LoC). The Pakistani side was led by Director General Military Operations (DGMO) Major General Aamer Riaz while the Indian side

New Delhi, December 24: The history of Muslim leaders, who sacrificed their life for the country's freedom were "tarnished by people with vested interests", Union Minister of Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan said on Tuesday. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the "Kerala Muslim History Conference

New Delhi:  The dispute between Washington and New Delhi over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York escalated today, with India taking steps to ensure that US consular officials here now have the same immunity as that offered to their Indian counterparts in America. India said that all ide

NEW DELHI: India's anti-corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal announced he would head up a state government for New Delhi in a stunning breakthrough for his fledgling party just months before a general election. The former tax official is set to become chief minister in a minority administration after

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today asked the victims of Muzaffarnagar riots living in relief camps here to go back to their homes, saying those engineering communal riots want them to remain in the camps as such a situation "benefits" them. Gandhi's closely guarded visit to relief camps o

GANDHINAGAR: After their success in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is setting its eye on Narendra Modi's Gujarat among other states. The party says it plans to contest all 26 Lok Sabha seats, though a final decision has been left to the national executive in Delhi. AAP will hold a Jhadu Yatra a

Bangalore: The simultaneous Lokayukta raids at various places including Udupi, Bangalore, Mandya, Tumkur, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada and Koppala districts, have sent shivers down the spines of corrupt officials. So far there have been raids on the residences of ten  government officials

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party, which has created a nationwide stir by winning 28 of the 70 seats in Delhi in a stunning debut, is likely to form the government next week. AAP, which is carrying out a referendum to get "a sense of what the people want", is expected to announce its decision on Monday.

KHOPOLI (Raigad district): Ten persons, including two Pune policemen, have been arrested for the biggest robbery on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the sum involved being Rs 1.29 crore. On December 10, three employees of a jewellery firm were going from Mumbai to Bangalore via the expressway with

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has said the Gujarat riots of 2002 are not comparable with the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi in 1984, rejecting Infosys chief N R Narayanamurthy's view that the post-Godhra violence should not stand in the way of Narendra Modi becoming Prime Minister. While describing as

NEW DELHI/RALEGAN SIDDHI: After eight unsuccessful attempts over the last five decades, India on Wednesday took the historic step of enacting the Lokpal law by which an anti-corruption watchdog would be established that will have in its purview even the office of the Prime Minister. The Lokpa

New Delhi: The possibility of President's Rule looms large in Delhi as the political deadlock continues over the formation of government in the national capital even nine days after the elections that threw up a hung verdict. On Saturday, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung sent a detailed report

BAHRAICH: Comparing BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to Hitler and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to Mussolini, Union steel minister Beni Prasad Verma on Sunday alleged the two leaders had a tacit understanding to polarize votes. "The reincarnations of Hitler and Musso

RALEGAN SIDDHI: Rubbishing Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal's contention that the Lokpal bill under consideration in Parliament was weak, Anna Hazare on Sunday said "if anyone feels there are shortcomings in the bill after it is passed, they should fast for it." "I have read the provisi