New Delhi: Angry over Baba Ramdev's remark that the 2008 Batla House shootout was not fake, a man threw black ink on the face of the yoga guru during his press conference here on Saturday. Police present at the venue escorted Ramdev to a safer place, while the supporters bashed the accused black and

Karwar - 12 Jan 2012: New Year appears to have brought new hopes to the people of coastal Karnataka with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) initiating steps to widen a 189-km stretch of the national highway between Kundapura and Karwar (up to Goa border). This NH 66 stretch is a part of

Jaipur: Fulfilling the long-standing demand of its diaspora, India on Sunday said it would allow Non-resident Indians (NRIs) to vote and participate in the election process. He also listed the number of initiatives undertaken by the government like voting rights for NRIs and the new Pension and Insu

Deoband - 06 Jan 2012: In yet another 'fatwa' (religious decree), the prestigious islamic seminary Darul Uloom in Deoband has termed bursting of crackers as 'haram' (illegal in the eyes of Islam) and has advised those, dealing in it, to shift to some other business. The 'fatwa' issued in response to

Hyderabad - Maintaining the spirit of preservation and protection of human heritage in general and 'culture and art' in particular, in all its dispositions, as encouraged by national and international laws and policies, an International Seminar on "Islamic Culture and Art" has been organised jointly

Bhubaneswar - 03 Dec 2012 (IANS): More than 15,000 delegates including scientists and students, talks by Nobel laureates and sessions on innovation, technology and research - all these and more are on the cards at the five-day 99th Indian Science Congress (ISC) which will be inaugurated here by Prim

Bhopal - 03 January 2012 (PTI): The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board today strongly criticised the Centre's Right to Education (RTE) Act alleging that minority institutions including Madarsas will lose their identity on account of it. AIMPLB Secretary, Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani told PTI that

Washington DC - 02 Jan 2012: The Association of Indian Muslims of America (AIM), an NGO of Indian Muslims who live in US, has announced plans to build an English Medium Junior High School at a Madrasa in the town of Tewda in district Muzaffarnagar in Western Uttar Pradesh. Muslims comprise about 40%

New Delhi - 01 Jan 2012: Even as the state-owned oil companies cut aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price by Rs. 622 per kilolitre (kl) in Delhi, the government on Saturday decided to spare the public a petrol price hike on New Year's Eve. Officials in the oil marketing companies (OMCs) said the firms ha

Chennai - 30 Dec 2011 (PTI): A severecyclonedumped heavy rain and sent wind gusts up to 140 kmph after it hit theTamil Nadu coasttoday killing at least 33 persons and left a trail of destruction and threw life out of gear inCuddaloredistrict and adjacentUnion Territory of Puducherry. The cyclonic st

New Delhi: After the confrontation between a section of Muslim civil society and Salman Khursheed the Union Minister for Minority Affairs, over the issue of a separate Wakf cadre, now Wajahat Habibullah, chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has backed the proposal of "Wakf

New Delhi - 30 Dec 2011 (PTI): The Rajya Sabha witnessed a mid-night drama after the government said that there was no time left for voting and passage of the Lokpal Bill, while an angry Opposition accused it of getting into a "hopeless" minority and running away from Parliament. As the prolonged de

Hyderabad/Chennai - 29 Dec 2011 (PTI): With the cyclonic storm `Thane' closing in on the Bay of Bengal coast, Andhra Pradesh Government got into a high alert today and directed Collectors of vulnerable coastal districts to immediately evacuate people living in low-lying areas and closer to the shore

MUMBAI: (PTI) In a sudden climb down, Anna Hazare on Wednesday made a surprise announcement of calling off his campaign to fill jails from Friday and ended his fast. No reasons were given by the 74-year-old activist for the abrupt decisions but apparently it was the poor public response to the thre

Mumbai - 28 Dec 2011 (PTI): Smarting under poor response and bad health,Anna Hazaretoday called off his fast a day ahead of schedule and repeated his threat to campaign against Congress in the five poll-bound states for not brining a strong Lokpal. The 74-year-old activist made the surprise announce

Chennai - 28 Dec 2011: It's going to be a wet year-end for Chennai asCyclone Thane is likely to hit the city on Friday morning. The regional meteorological department said the "severe cyclonic storm" was 700km east-southeast of Chennai on Tuesday evening and might cross the coast near Chennai if it

Sorab(Shimoga) - 28 Dec 2011: It was a sea of humanity in the small Sorab town, 30 km from Shimoga, where former chief minister S Bangarappa's last rites were performed on Tuesday with full state honours. Sorab, with its winding narrow streets was brimming with people as VIPs cars zipped past and he

Bangalore - 26 Dec 2011 (PTI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister Sarekoppa Bangarappa died early on Monday morning at a private hospital following a brief illness, family sources said here. Bangarappa (79) is survived by wife, two sons and three daughters. Bangarappa, who was suffering from kidney rel