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

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