The Sunday picnic turned tragic for two groups of sightseers. While five teenagers drowned in Phalguni river near Dambel in Mangalore, four more people, including two brothers, were washed away in the Gaganachukki waterfall in Chamarajanagar district.  Khalander (17), Rakshith (16), Yakshith

Violence continued in Vizianagaram town in coastal Andhra on Sunday despite indefinite curfew and shoot-at-sight orders issued to tackle protests which broke out after the Union Cabinet’s decision to divide the state.  Anti-bifurcation agitators remained undeterred and indulged in fresh clash

Tensions rose and tempers flared in the 13 Coastal and Rayalaseema districts in Andhra Pradesh after the Union Cabinet gave its nod for the formation of Telangana state, prompting deployment of police and paramilitary forces in sensitive and trouble-prone areas. People in several parts of the

New Delhi: The government has decided to withdraw a controversial ordinance that protects convicted parliamentarians and triggered a furious critique from Rahul Gandhi last week, who described the policy as "nonsense." The reversal of policy was cleared at a short cabinet meeting this evening

  [caption id="attachment_42561" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Musician Jake Clemons presented the HP LIFE Entrepreneurship Award (including $ 5,000 and a trip to New York City) to Bano Fatima of Weaver's Hut.Read more at: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/up-girl-bano-fatima-gets-hp-life-entrep

Ranchi, Jharkhand: Former union minister Lalu Prasad was imprisoned in Ranchi today after he was found guilty of embezzling crores when he was chief minister of Bihar. The conviction means he stands to be disqualified as a member of parliament, according to a recent Supreme Court judgement.

NEW DELHI: Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday asked all chief ministers to ensure that no innocent Muslim youth is wrongfully detained in the name of terror. In a letter to chief ministers, Shinde said the central government has been receiving various representations on alleged harassme

With the monsoon improving this week, over 39 per cent of the country received excess rainfall this year, an increase by six per cent over last week. According to the Meteorological Department (IMD), as per the data collected from June 1 to September 25, over 47 per cent of the country receiv

Mumbai: Two days after a building collapsed in Mumbai's Mazgaon area, killing 61 people, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC has finally acted. The civic body today suspended seven of its engineers in connection with the collapse. The commissioner of the BMC also proposed an inquiry

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s outburst against an ordinance to protect convicted politicians has virtually questioned the decision-making authority of party supremo Sonia Gandhi. The ordinance to negate the July 10 Supreme Court judgment disqualifying lawmakers from the date of their

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee faces a tough decision on an ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from disqualification, pushed by the government in questionable haste despite protests not only from the opposition but within the ruling Congress. Sources say the government is under

New Delhi: Nearly three-fourths of Indian cities have particulate pollution (PM) levels exceeding permissible standards affecting the health of lakhs of people across the country, according to an analysis released on Thursday. The analysis is part of a book 'Good News Bad News: Clearing the a

NEW DELHI: A new development index has identified Gujarat as a less developed state, while ranking Odisha and Bihar along with eight others as "least developed" and Goa and Kerala among the seven "relatively developed" states. A panel headed by Raghuram Rajan, now the RBI governor, which subm

Bangalore: In an effort to curb increasing number of cyber crimes, the state government has passed an order to set up new cyber crime police stations in six cities. The cyber crime police stations will be established under the crime investigation department (CID) in cities like Gulbarga, Mang

BANGALORE: Mumtaz Ali Khan, who was a minister in the previous BJP government, joined Congress on Thursday, saying he was saddened by the outfit's decision to project Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate. Khan, who had held the departments of minority affairs, haj and waqf during

People generally take their constitutional right to vote for granted. They would love to blame the government for all the problems but when it comes to exercising their right to choose the government- they will stay away from the process and say my one vote will not make a difference. Ask Con

  The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that securing Aadhar cards, being issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), was optional and it has not made it mandatory for the citizens. The apex court, hearing a batch of pleas against decisions of some States to

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today questionned Gujarat Minister of State for Law Pradeepsinh Jadeja in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, sources in the Central agency said here. The CBI had also sent a notice to state Advocate General Kamal Trivedi, asking him to appear befor