Manesar - 24 June 2012: Mahi, the four-year-old girl who was pulled out on Sunday from a deep borewell in Manesar after a four-day ordeal, is dead, a senior hospital doctor said. Chief Medical Officer Praveen Garg of the Civil Hospital said after soldiers finally took out the girl from the 70-feet b

Hyderabad: "Only by promoting unity and brotherhood and idea of Khilafat among Muslims Masjid Al-Aqsa could be regained from the clutches of enemies of Islam", said Imam of Masjid Al-Aqsa, Prof. Al Sheikh Abu Mohd Al Hamudi. He was addressing the congregation of Muslims before Friday prayer in Masji

New Delhi - 23 June 2012: India's ambitious policy to provide free medicines to all patients attending a government health facility across the country will be rolled out from October.Strongly backed by Prime MinisterManmohan Singhhimself, the free-medicines-for-all scheme - being referred to as the

New Delhi - 22 June 2012 (PTI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi cannot be portrayed as prime ministerial candidate as it is impossible for the BJP to get a majority on its own in Lok Sabha polls, Brajesh Mishra has said. Mishra, key aide of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said Modi

Mumbai - 23 June 2012: A day after the Mantralaya inferno, the state government was struggling to track nearly 4.82 crore data pages stored in the building. The records were supposed to be digitised as part of a programme launched in 2010 but could not be because of "the slowness of the process".Til

Mumbai - 21 June 2012 (PTI): A major fire broke out on Thursday at Mantralaya, the Maharashtra government secretariat, gutting three floors of the seven-storey building including the offices of the Chief Minister and injuring at least 11 people. The fire that erupted around 2.45 p.m., continued to r

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought Interpol's help in procuring information on the whereabouts of missing Indian engineer Fasih Mehmood, 28, who is a terror suspect. Hailing from Bihar's Darbhanga district, Mehmood was working in the Saudi Arabia for the past five years. According

Silchar (Assam), Jun 19 (PTI) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board today demanded immediate amendment to the Right to Education Act, Wakf Bill and Direct Taxes Code Bill among others. The Board has launched a campaign throughout the country to spread awareness among the people regarding these la

New Delhi - 20 June 2012: RSSchief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday supported Gujarat chief ministerNarendra Modias NDA's prime ministerial candidate and slammedBiharCMNitish Kumarfor saying that NDA should have a secular PM nominee. "To keep alive the Hindutva ideology, the Hindu 'samaaj' (society) shoul

A multinational investigation into bomb plots targeting Israeli diplomats earlier this year has produced the clearest evidence yet that Iran was involved, illustrating the risks to the west if it fails to reach detente with Tehran over its nuclear weapons programme. Talks on Iran's nuclear aspirati

NEW DELHI: The CBI will soon question some officials of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in connection with a 2004 alert generated by the agency regarding Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) plan to attack some BJP leaders leading to an alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan by the Gujarat Police. The CBI will que

BANGALORE: Karnataka BJP president K S Eshwarappa on Sunday stirred up a hornet's nest, advising education minister Visvesvara Hegde Kageri to saffronise schools. Eshwarappa was speaking at a programme involving the education department's greening programme in Shimoga. Appreciating the education mi

New Delhi: Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday expressed concern over the mysterious disappearance of Bihar engineer Fasih Mahmood from his home in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia over a month ago. Paswan said he will meet External Affairs Minister SM Krishna this week over this issue. Kri

Bangalore, Jun 18 (PTI): Aged 103, D G Thimmegowda gracefully accepted felicitations as Karnataka Legislative Assembly marked its 60th anniversary at a special function.Thimmegowda from Tiptur was feted along with four others - U M Madappa (Chamarajanagar), Mulka Govinda Reddy (Chitradurga), Vasanat

New Delhi / Kolkata - 18 June 2012:Former President Dr APJ Kalam is, according to sources, likely to announce his decision today on whether he will contest the Presidential election. That could change the political landscape considerably. The BJP is itching to take on the ruling UPA, which has annou

Chickaballapura - 16 June, 2012: Praja Pragathi Ranga(PPR), the People's Progressive Alliance or the third front of Karnataka was formed on 14-April-2012, the birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. Social Democratic Party of India along with Republic Party of India(RPI), Bahujana Samaj Party(BSP),

New Delhi - 17 June 2012 (PTI): Strong reservations from key ally JD (U) over pitting a candidate against UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjeetoday forced the NDA to defer its decision on the presidential election. At a two-hour inconclusive meeting of the NDA, the JD (U) is believed to have disfavoured a f

New Delhi - 15 June 2012:Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee was today named the UPA candidate for the President's post as the TMC-SP combine, which had proposed APJ Abdul Kalam as their nominee, appeared to have broken in a significant gain for the ruling coalition. Sonia made the announcement after