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

New Delhi - 16 July 2012: TheNDAhas decided to field senior BJP leaderJaswant Singhfor the post ofVice-President.The name of Jaswant Singh was finalised and announced after a meeting of the coalition here on Monday morning.Announcing the name of Jaswant Singh, LK Advani said the NDA had decided not

Jammu - 15 July 2012 (PTI): Fifteen people, believed to beAmarnath pilgrims, were killed and 18 others injured when a state road transport corporation bus skidded off the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and rolled down into a deep gorge in Ramban district. The state road transport corporation bus wa

Incumbent Hamid Ansari is the UPA's candidate for the Vice President's post and is all set to get a second consecutive term. The name of the 75-year-old Mr. Ansari was announced by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at a meeting of the Congress-led coalition at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence. A

Bangalore - 14 July 2012:A day after Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar assumed office, Governor H R Bhardwaj fired his first salvo at him by pointing at "tainted" ministers in his Cabinet. "There are tainted ministers. There should have been an effort to clean up. While wrong persons have been inducte

Bangalore - 12 July 2012: Racked by intra-party conflict, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka gave the state its third chief minister in less than a year along with an unprecedented two deputy chief ministers on Thursday. Jagadish Shivappa Shettar was sworn in as the CM andstate BJP chief

Within hours of being named as Karnataka Chief Minister, a private complaint was on Wednesday filed against Jagadish Shettar in the Lokayukta court alleging irregularities in land denotification by him six years ago. The complaint filed before Lokayukta Judge N K Sundhindra Rao alleged that Shettar

New Delhi - 10 July 2012 (PTI): The government today said remittances from abroad will not attract service tax, putting to rest the concerns raised in view of new tax norms."The matter has been examined and it is clarified that there is noservice taxper se on the amount of foreign currency remitted

Mumbai / Nashik - 10 July 2012 (PTI): Police on Tuesday found human remains, including three skulls, near a farm house of starletLaila Khan, raising suspicion that they could of theBollywood actressand her family members who had beenmissingsince early last year.The remains were dug out after a day-l

Bangalore - 10 July 2012: Amidst confusion and dissidence by outgoing chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda, rural development and panchayat raj minister (RDPR) Jagdish Shettar was formally elected as theBJPlegislature party leader in Karnataka.In what was to be a smooth affair, the meeting turned out

New Delhi - 10 July 2012 (PTI): BJP on Tuesday lashed out at home minister P Chidambaram for his remarks that themiddle classis ready to pay for mineral water and ice cream but can't bear an increase of Re 1 in price of wheat and rice, saying he has shown insensitivity towards them and ridiculed the