New Delhi - The three day conference organized by the Institute of Objective Studies as a part its Silver Jubilee Celebrations came to an end here in the Constitution Club New Delhi. On this occasion a seminar on the topic "Minority Rights and Identities - Challenges and Prospects in an Unfolding Gl

Bangalore - 17 Apr 2012 : Lecturers have given up the boycott of the II PUC answer paper evaluation "unconditionally" on Monday after a four-day strike. They announced that they would resume the valuation process on Tuesday. The lecturers' decision came after a core committee meeting of various PU l

Mumbai, Apr 16 (PTI): Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today alluded to Karnataka as a ''snake'' after expressing shock at Maharashtra Government's decision to share water with people in scarcity-hit districts in neighbouring Karnataka.Thackeray also slammed the Congress-led government in Maharashtra,

New Delhi : In an important decision, the government has decided to go ahead with theHaj subsidy despite demands from certain quarters, including some Muslimgroups, that this subsidy be done away with as it is "unislamic". But the government has told the Supreme Court that it is going to restrict t

The Supreme Court in its verdict on Thursday said that the Right to Education Act 2009 will not be applicable to schools run by minority communities and schools which are not aided by the Government. Reacting to the order the Archbishop of Bhopal, Leo Cornelio said that those students who have alrea

New Delhi - 15 April 2012 (PTI):The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to restrict Haj pilgrimage at government subsidy to Muslims only as a "once in a lifetime" affair as against the existing policy of "once in five years". In an affidavit filed before the apex court, the gov

Mumbai - Two mild earthquakes, measuring 4.5 and 4.9 on the Richter scale, shook Gujarat and Maharashtra on Saturday, a top weather official said. The first tremor was felt at 8.53am in Gujarat with the epicentre in Bhuj, said director, weather forecasting, west, Rajeev Nair. Barely two hours later,

New Delhi - With theSupreme Courtbringing all recognized schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the government will have to boost spending on its flagship programme to meet the estimated Rs 2.3 lakh crore needed to fund the initiative over 2010-2014.RTE has been plagued with fund shortfalls

Lucknow - 12 April 2012: Imam of Masjid Al Aqsa, Akramah Abdullah Sayeed Al Sabri today after-noon paid visit to India's famous Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom Nadvatul Ulama here in Lucknow. On this occasion while interacting with the students he highlighted the importance of education. He advised th

Sindhanur (Raichur dist), April 10, 2012: Twelve people were killed, 11 of them on the spot, in a head-on collision between a lorry and an ambulance near Dadesugur in the taluk in the wee hours of Tuesday. Gangamma, another victim, died during treatment at a hospital in Bellary. The victims, laboure

A special fast track court here on Monday convicted 23 persons of murder, conspiracy and abetment to murder and acquitted 23 others in the 2002 Ode communal riot massacre in Gujarat. District and Sessions Court judge Poonam Singh said the quantum of punishment would be announced on April 12. The Od

LEAD Trust, Bangalore, is conducting LEAD Talent Search Examination (LTSE) 2012 on Sunday, 22nd April 2012 in Karnataka and AP. The exam is open for all students who will/have completed 10th std in 2012 and have scored more than 70% (80% in Maths and Science) in the 9th standard and wish to pursue

Justice (Retd.) Markandey Katju, Chairman of the Press Council of India, has given the young chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav strange advice "to study Chanakya's principles". It is as if to advise him to run the affairs of his government in the light of these principles. But in fact he

Bangalore, Apr 6 (DHNS): The ghost of Influenza A (H1N1) which spooked the State three years ago has returned to haunt it again.The State Health and Family Welfare Department has said that the disease has killed three persons since January 2012.A 45-year-old man from Chikaballapur and two women, one

Panaji, Apr 3: As expected, people residing around Karnataka - Goa border are rushing to Goa to grab litres and litres of petrol for their vehicles. The new petrol price was introduced in Goa on Saturday March 31 midnight. By Sunday evening, almost all petrol pumps around Polem, a place near Goa-Kar

Mangalore,April 2: The New Age India Forum (NAIF) will hold the valedictory of the month-long "Prophet Mohammad's Life and Message" on Friday at 4.30 pm in Town Hall.The theme of the closing ceremony will be "Social Justice and Prophet Mohammad". Every year the NAIF conducts the campaign across the

Bangalore - 02 April 2012:With the PU exams in troubled waters, the Karnataka State Secondary Education Board (KSEEB) has taken all measures to ensure that no untoward incident occurs. As many as 8.39 lakh students across the State are writing the exam this year. The police department would look int

Bangalore, Apr 1 (DHNS) : Fees for undergraduate medical, dental, engineering, and architecture courses from the academic year 2012-13 will go up by 10 per cent but the seat-sharing ratio will remain unchanged, the State Government announced here on Saturday. The decision was taken at a meeting Chie