Mumbai/Bangalore: The Election Commission has issued notices to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa and Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil for allegedly making provocative speeches in poll-bound Karnataka in violation of the election code of conduct. The ministers have time till 5 pm t

MUMBAI: Doordarshan's popular Urdu channel has landed in the soup with many Muslim viewers by airing a cooking show featuring a pork dish. In its April 9 episode, DD Urdu's series 'Taste Ki Baat Hai' (Talk of Taste) presented a recipe with pork and went on to speak of its deliciousness. Th

India and Germany Thursday signed six agreements to enhance cooperation in the areas of green energy, education, agriculture and science and technology.  The agreements were signed in the presence of visiting Indian  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the seco

CHENNAI ( DHNS):Eleven coaches of the Bangalore-bound Muzaffarpur-Yeshwantpur weekly express train derailed on Wednesday morning near Chitteri, close to Arakkonam in North Tamil Nadu, about 65 km from here. The accident killed one passenger on the spot and injured 33 others. As a result, many Bangal

NEW DELHI // An Indian court has ordered federal investigators to reopen a case against a ruling Congress party leader over 1984 riots that killed at least 3,000 members of the Sikh community. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had earlier cleared Jagdish Tytler and closed the case but a l

New Delhi: Union Minister Manish Tewari today took a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is being described in the cyber world as 'Feku' (bragger). The Information and Broadcasting Minister was addressing a gathering after unveiling the 24th 'Cinema Special Edition' of the Limca

NEW DELHI: The unity of BJP-led National Democratic Alliance looks set to be tested this weekend with Janata Dal (United) likely to ask the saffron outfit to declare shortly its candidate for prime minister while making it clear that it would not accept a person lacking in "secular" image: polit

New Delhi, Apr 10 (IANS): The Congress will target the BJP in Karnataka on corruption and will release a charge sheet ahead of the assembly polls, said party sources Wednesday. "The charge sheet will be released April 13. We will also release our manifesto," said a Congress leader dealing with th

Rohtak/New Delhi: The Delhi Police has recovered two country-made pistols that were allegedly used to murder BSP leader and real estate tycoon Deepak Bhardwaj at his farmhouse last month. The guns were found in a canal in Rohtak, Haryana last evening. Meanwhile, the cops continue to search for a

 Key ministers who served the BJP government pitted against each other, brothers crossing swords, erosion of Bellary mining baron's influence, a ruling party minus heavyweight B S Yeddyurappa and a fragmented political landscape -- the May five Assembly elections in Karnataka have all the ingredient

Thane: Ten-month-old Gudiya, found alive under rubble 29 hours after a seven-storey building collapsed in Thane, is well and being looked after by the staff at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Hospital in Kalwa, who named her. Her parents are untraced. Four-year-old Sandhya Thakur didn't have to be na

[caption id="attachment_30351" align="aligncenter" width="600"] AirAsia on Friday said it has received formal approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board to launch an airline in the country in association with the Tatas.[/caption] AirAsia on Friday said it has received formal approval fr

Thane: The death toll in the collapse of an illegal building that was under construction in Thane near Mumbai has risen to 28. About 50 people are injured and rescue workers say five to six people could still be trapped in the debris.  (Pictures of the collapse)   The residential building in the

New Delhi:The Indian government proposes to send two senior ministers to Saudi Arabia to asses the impact of the new 'nitaqat' employment policy that is expected to affect thousands of Indians who are working in the kingdom without valid employment or visa documents. Minister for Overseas Indian

Bangalore-A sum of Rs 200 crore would be spent on conducting elections to the State Legislative Assembly on May 5, the state's Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha said here today. The state government would bear entire cost of the poll and had already released Rs 100 crore, he told reporters h

Etawah : Amid speculation that his party might withdraw external support to UPA,  Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav launched yet another tirade yesterday against the Congress, accusing it of  "cheating and being clever" and taking the people for a ride. Addressing SP workers a

Amritsar: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and his son allegedly threatened and beat up an examination official at a centre in Amritsar where the politician's daughter was appearing for the class 12 boards. The official says he had prevented them from helping the girl cheat. Pran Nath, B

Deoria, Uttar Pradesh: A senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh looked at a woman who said she had been raped, and said, "Why would anyone rape such an elderly woman?" The remark was filmed on Friday by local media in Deoria in Eastern Uttar Pradesh who wanted to expose the difficulty a woman