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

Sugarcane is ready for harvest in Muzaffarnagar district but farmers in the riot-torn region are not venturing into the fields as they have become ideal spots for the recurring killings. Since the outbreak of communal violence in September, a majority of attacks and killings in the rural area

Peer Mohideen, who was named the “prime accused” by the City police in the First Information Report (FIR) in the Malleswaram bomb blasts, walked out of the Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, a free man on Tuesday night, days after his name was omitted from the charge sheet. A native of Tamil Nad

BANGALORE: Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said outsiders settled in Karnataka should learn the local language Kannada and decried that the English education system had been reduced to a commercial activity. "Outsiders who have come and settled here have to learn the local language Kann

[caption id="attachment_44050" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Majlis-e-Mushawarat, takes up Muzaffarnagar riots, anti-communal violence Bill with Sonia Gandhi. (IE Photo: Amit Mehra)[/caption] New Delhi - With elections season in full swing and positioning for 'representation' of minority group

Eight persons have been arrested and cases registered against 15 people in connection with fresh communal violence in Budhana area of Muzaffarnagar district where paramilitary forces are patrolling tense areas. Three persons were killed last night as communal violence erupted afresh in Budhan

Mahbubnagar : (AP-PTI) Forty-five passengers were charred to death as a private luxury bus burst into flames after its fuel tank caught fire in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh early today. "Charred bodies of 45 persons have been retrieved from the bus," Deputy Inspector General (Hyderabad Ra

NEW DELHI/PATNA: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has ruled out any security lapse leading to serial explosions in the state capital ahead of Narendra Modi's rally that killed five people on Sunday. "There was no intelligence input with the state government," Nitish Kumar said, adding, "I wo

DUBAI: Haj pilgrims have started returning home after smoothly performing the annual pilgrimage in the holy of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The first flight carrying 234 Indian pilgrims left Jeddah for Goa/Manglore on Sunday. According to the Indian consulate in Jeddah, there are 421 flights in the

Onset of Northeast monsoon in southern states has triggered heavy rain and flash floods in Andhra Pradesh, while districts in Tamil Nadu continue to receive rainfall in the last 24 hours.  The low pressure area over the west-central Bay of Bengal has developed into a well marked low pressure

What Shinde forgot to write - DNA Editorial Devoid of constructive suggestions, Union Home Minister's letter cautioning states about Muslims falsely implicated in terror cases falls hopelessly flat. The Centre's responsibility towards innocent Muslims falsely implicated in terror cases cannot end w

Ahmedabad: In a snub to the Narendra Modi government, the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation team (SIT) has asked for death sentence for former state minister Maya Kodnani, who was convicted in one of the worst massacres of the 2002 riots. The SIT today moved the top court for perm

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday failed to get any relief on Aadhaar card being made compulsory for availing social benefits, particularly gas cylinder subsidies, from the Supreme Court which turned down its plea to modify its interim order that no person be deprived of any schemes for want of A