New Delhi - 20 Sep 2012 (PTI): A bandh called by NDA, Left parties and the SP to protest against diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and cap on subsidised LPG on Thursday evoked mixed response as protestors disrupted road and rail traffic in parts of UP, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha but it

New Delhi - 20 Sep 2012:Team Annaformally split on Wednesday withAnna Hazareannouncing his opposition to Arvind Kejriwal's plan to launch a political party, and forbidding the use of his name or photograph for the venture.The blunt announcement marked a blow to Kejriwal and his colleagues and provok

On a day when Chennai witnessed yet another anti-U.S. protest that turned violent, city Police Commissioner J.K. Tripathy was transferred. The transfer came days after the U.S. mission in the city was attacked by a large crowd of Muslims protesting against the controversial film Innocence of Muslims

New Delhi, Sep 19 (DHNS): Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Tuesday admitted that the charges of misuse of over Rs 600 crores of central government money deployed for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) were true, but said the whole truth would be known

Kolkata / New Delhi - 19 Sep 2012: Trinamool Congress boss Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday delivered a stiff blow to the UPA government by withdrawing her support in protest against the hike in fuel prices and the decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, reducing the regime to a minority and to criti

Bangalore - 16 Sep 2012: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday rejected a petition seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the murder of Mangalore-based advocate Naushad Kashimji. Justice A.S. Bopanna passed the order while dismissing a petition filed by Nusrath Jahan, wife

Ghaziabad - 15 Sep 2012 (IANS): Six people were killed as police opened fire to break up a rampaging mob denouncing the desecration of a holy book, police and witnesses said Saturday. The violence erupted around 7 p.m. Friday in Masuri area of Ghaziabad district adjoining Delhi. The dead were identi

New Delhi - 15 Sep 2012 (PTI): Unfazed by large scale protests over diesel price hike, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday asserted it was a step in the right direction and expressed the hope that economy would rebound in the second half of the current fiscal. "The recent increase in diesel pr

Raipur - 15 Sep 2012 (PTI): Former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief K S Sudarshan, who was known for his hardline views and believed in the concept of 'swadeshi', died in Raipur on Saturday after suffering a heart attack. Mr Sudarshan, 81, is survived by a brother and sister. The ex-RSS chief

New Delhi - 15 Sep 2012 (PTI): Unfazed by large scale protests overdiesel price hike, Prime MinisterManmohan Singhon Saturday asserted it was a step in the right direction and expressed the hope thateconomywould rebound in the second half of the current fiscal."The recent increase in diesel prices i

New Delhi : Clashes broke out in Shaheen Bagh in South Delhi on Tuesday evening after a police team, looking for a "mobile thief", picked up the nephew of journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi who was arrested for his alleged role in the February 13 attack on an Israeli official in the heart of the

Bangalore, Sept 9: Karnataka's political leadership and administrative machinery had not done enough to prevent communal violence and make religious and linguistic minorities feel safe in the State, according to H T Sangliana, vice chairman on the National Minorities Commission. Sangliana, a former

Chennai - 09 Sep 2012: The Indian space odyssey crossed a historic landmark on Sunday when a PolarSatelliteLaunch Vehicle (PSLV-C21) put in orbit two foreign satellites.It marked the 100th space mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) which started the journey in 1975 with the launc

New Delhi - 08 Sep 2012 (PTI): Telecom regulatorTraihas asked telecom companies to de-activate the international calling facility in pre-paid numbers and restore it only after a subscriber gives his explicit consent to avail this facility. "Inform all pre-paid subscribers having ISD facility, throug

Sivakasi - 05 Sep 2012: A major fire broke out at a firecracker factory inSivakasiin Virudhunagar district in southTamil Naduon Wednesday. According to TV reports, at least 40 people were feared dead, while dozens more injured in the explosion. While police confirmed that 10 bodies were pulled out o

Mumbai - 05 Sep 2012 (PTI): Unfazed by strident criticism of his cousin MNS leaderRaj Thackerayover his anti-Bihari remarks,Shiv Senaexecutive presidentUddhav Thackerayon Tuesday sought a permit system to check influx of Bihari migrants into Mumbai.Uddhav also declared that his party would not accep

Mumbai - 04 Sep 2012: One person was killed and seven others were injured when a slab of a staircase of an under-construction Metro railway station collapsed here Tuesday, officials said.The incident took place on Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro line in Andheri east late afternoon, officials said. The slab

Bangalore - 03 Sep 2012 (PTI): Widening the net, police have arrested one more person allegedly linked with a terror module that was unearthed last week with 14 suspects now in custody.The City Crime Branch picked up Dr Nayueem Siddique here last evening on the basis of information provided by those