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

Gujarat's suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who had once accused chief minister Narendra Modi of instructing bureaucrats and top cops to allow Hindus to vent out their anger against the minority community, has written scathing open letters to Modi and Maya Kodnani, the BJP MLA, who has been sente

CHANDIGARH: A dalit from Patiala district of Punjab is fighting for a government job despite his topping the SC category merit list 11 years ago. Gurmit Singh, a resident of Sarai Banjara village in Patiala district, had applied for the post of Lascar (sewadar), a fourth class post in higher educat

Ahmedabad - 31 Aug 2012: A special SIT court has awarded life term to BJP leader and former minister Maya KodnaniandBabu Bajrangiin the Naroda Patia massacre case.Maya Kodnani has been convicted under two sections of IPC and sentenced to 28 years in prison.The court has ordered thatBajrang Dalleader

The government on Thursday withdrew the ban on bulk SMS and MMS which was imposed to check spread of rumours related to the violence in Assam that led to exodus of people hailing from the northeastern states from Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Pune. The decision was taken after the social unrest th

Ahmedabad: A special court in Ahmedabad on Wednesday convicted 32 people, including a former BJP minister Maya Kodnani andBajrang DalleaderBabu Bajrangi, in the Naroda Patiya case, the biggest massacre of the post-Godhra riots.The special trial court will pronounce the quantum of punishment for 32 c