New Delhi - 07 Aug 2012 (PTI): UPA nomineeHamid Ansariappears set to win a second term as voting in vice-presidential elections got underway on Tuesday.Ansari has the support of UPA's allies, the Left and also other parties supporting the govt from outside.A total of 788 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MP

Guwahati - 06 Aug 2012: After 10 days of relative silence, violence has once again broken out in lower Assam, which was ravaged by ethnic clashes last month. Four more bodies have been recovered from the Kokrajhar and Chirang districts today, taking the toll to 63 in the ethnic clashes.Three people

New Delhi - 03 Aug 2012 (PTI): Indicating steps towards forming a political party, Team Anna today announced launching of a "movement" and putting up candidates in the 2014 elections. "This is not a party. It will be a movement from the street to Parliament. There will be no high command. People wil

New Delhi: For years, the AIIMS (All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi), India's top medical college,entrance examination has been the hunt for the best. But students from the Muslim-dominated northern region of Kerala have been cracking the code consistently for the last five years, i

New Delhi - 01 Aug 2012 (IANS): A day after the biggestblackoutin the country, affecting half of India's population, the main distribution company on Wednesday said nearly 100 percent of the demand had been restored in all five regions of the country. According to the Power System Operation Corp, a

New Delhi - 31 July 2012 (PTI):Delhi Metrocame to a standstill on Tuesday afternoon following the collapse of the Northern Power Grid for the second time in two days, inconveniencing thousands of commuters.Metro operations came to a standstill at around 1.10pm after the northern grid failed again, o

New Delhi - 30 July 2012 (PTI): Services of about 300 trains, including premier ones like Rajdhani, Shatbadi and Duronto, were severely affected due to collapse of the Northern grid in the early hours on Monday, causing inconvenience to passengers.Rajdhani trains coming from Bhubaneswar, Howrah, Sea

Nellore - 30 july 2012: Forty-two people have been killed and 25 have been injured after a sleepercoach(S11) of the Delhi-ChennaiTamil Nadu Expresscaught fire near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh at around 4.45am.Railways has announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the families of dead, Rs 1 lakh for ma

Mangalore, Jul 28: In an incident that brought back memories of the infamous 2009pub attack, activists allegedly belonging to Hindu Janajagrana Vedike on Saturday July 28 raided a resort in Padil, and thrashed and slapped girls who were allegedly partying. The group barged into Morning Mist Home Sta

New Delhi - 29 July 2012 (PTI): Ignoring an appeal from his close aides,Anna Hazareon Sunday joined three of his team members in theirindefinite fasthere after his four-day ultimatum to the government to concede to his demands on Lokpal Bill found no response.Hazare, who had been sitting on a dharna

Bhubaneswar - 29 July 2012 (PTI): India today test fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range atChandipuroffOdishacoast.The missile, which has a flight range of up to 290 km, is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg."The cruise missil

New Delhi - 25 July 2012 (PTI):Pranab Mukherjee was today sworn in as the country's 13th President at an impressive ceremony in the packed and historic Central Hall of Parliament.Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia administered the oath of office to Mukherjee in the presence of Vice President Hamid A

New Delhi - 23 July 2012 (PTI): Pranab Mukherjee will be sworn in as the country's 13th President on Wednesday at a special ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament. Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia will administer the oath to Mukherjee at 11:30 am in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari,

New Delhi - 22 July 2012: Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee's big win in the presidential election - which will make him the 13th occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhavan - marks the return of an active politician at Raisina Hill after three successive Presidents who were either past their prime in politic

New Delhi - 22 July 2012 (PTI): Counting of votes for the 14th Presidential election began here on Sunday in which UPA nomineePranab Mukherjeehas a clear edge over BJP-backed Purno Sangma.Counting of ballots began amidst tight security in Parliament House here in the presence of authorised represent

Mumbai - 21 July 2012: India's biggest carmaker Maruti Suzuki (MRTI.NS) will continue to operate at the troubled Manesar factory, and will build its third plant at the site by the middle of next year, The Economic Times newspaper reported on Saturday, quoting Managing Director Shinzo Nakanishi. Maru

New Delhi - 18 July 2012 (IANS): Hamid Ansari Wednesday filed his nomination papers for being re-elected as vice president in the presence of senior United Progressive Alliance leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The nominations were handed over to L

Bangalore - Ahead of the 2013 elections, the JD(S) is aggressively working on social engineering and an image makeover. As a part of this campaign, JDS held an exclusive convention for Muslims here at Palace Grounds on Sunday. With two dominant castes -- Lingayats and Vokkaligas - polarized to a gre