Six men have been arrested by Punjab Police Saturday for allegedly gang-raping a 29-year-old married woman in this frontier district, police said. The victim, in her complaint to police, said that she was travelling in a bus to her in-laws’ village, Gukla, Friday evening when the bus driver and c

NEW DELHI: The government will decide on raising diesel and kitchen fuel prices along with raising the annual cap on the number of subsidized cooking gas cylinders "as quickly as possible," oil minister M Veerappa Moily said on Friday. He said the decision would be taken by the government through

New Delhi: Cooking gas consumers can now change their dealers as the government has launched LPG portability scheme on the lines of mobile phone services. However, unlike cellular services where consumers have the option to switch between different mobile companies, LPG consumers would have the l

Tensions between India and Pakistan are showing no signs of abating, despite statements by both sides that the recent tensions caused by the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers should not get in the way of improving bilateral relations. Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said she hoped th

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today upheld the Karnataka High Court's decision to quash the appointment of Justice K Chandrashekharaiah as state's Upa Lokayukta (deputy ombudsman). The High Court had quashed the appointment in April last year, holding it unconstitutional. The High Court had said t

Citizens can seek services through SMS and IVRS After broad-basing e-governance, the State government is now set to launch mobile (phone) governance under which citizens can seek services from its different departments either through SMS or interactive voice response system via mobiles. Announ

Udupi, Jan 10, 2013, DHNS: 24 hours power supply in rural houses through Jyotigrama Yojane The newly appointed Coastal Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Tingalay Vikramarjuna Hegde said that elaborate plans have been made to develop the three coastal districts of the State. Athradi-Bajpe four-l

New Delhi: The five men accused of raping and murdering a medical student on a bus in the capital last month were brought to a court in South Delhi today. They will be represented by a quartet of lawyers who volunteered to handle their defence. ML Sharma, who is among the lawyers for the accused,

Hyderabad: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi has accused the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh of being "communal" in charging his younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi with waging war against the state under Section 121 of the Indian Penal Code. The younger Owaisi, who is a leg

POONCH (J&K): The Pakistani army on Thursday refused to allow trucks from India carrying goods at cross-Line of Control trade point in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, in the backdrop of tension in bilateral relations following ceasefire violations which killed 2 Indian troops. 25 trucks

India will raise railway passenger fares for the first time in nine years, snapping a populist trend in order to help mend the finances of a network whose creaky service has become a drag on the economy. Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Wednesday the fare increase, which comes into ef

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, facing multiple cases for his alleged "hate speech", was today remanded to 14 day judicial custody by a magistrate in Nirmal town of Adilabad district. Akbaruddin was reportedly questioned and produced before the magistrate at 5:30, after which

In a ''provocative'' attack, Pakistani regular soldiers crossed into the Indian territory in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir and ambushed a patrol killing two soldiers, one of whom was decapitated. Sources, however, told Deccan Herald that infiltrators backed by the Pakistani Army were beh

The former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda met Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday and discussed ways to dissuade the Centre from notifying the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT). Mr. Gowda is said to have suggested to take legal course against the notification. Water

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the biennial Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors meet by throwing open a mega trade exhibition that has over 1,000 firms from as many as 16 countries displaying their products, even as the highlight of the sixth edition of the summit is an int

New Delhi: Execution of rapists in full public glare, abolition of co-education and “sober and dignified” dress for girls are among the 11 suggestions made by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) to Justice JS Verma committee on ensuring safety and security to women. In a statement, JIH said it welcomed th

The Andhra Pradesh police have decided to arrest Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Member of Legislative Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi for his alleged hate speech. While political leaders are apprehensive about the repercussions of Owaisi's arrest on the law and order situation in Hyderabad and across th

RANCHI: Deepening the political crisis in the state, Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda on Tuesday submitted his resignation to the governor. The JMM action came even as the Jharkhand cabinet decided to recommend dissolution of the state assembly to prevent any "horse trading-like situation".