New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) :Banks from today will stop honouring cheques and drafts if they are not presented within three months of the date of issue as against six months earlier. The decision to reduce the validity of cheques, bank drafts and other instruments to three months announced by the Reserve

NEW DELHI: Come Saturday and there is a strong possibility that you won't be able to indulge in your favourite internet activities like shopping and surfing due to a hacking group - Anonymous - which has threatened to shut down the net. "Operation Global Blackout 2012 looks to shut down the interne

Bangalore - 28 March 2012 (DHNS): Minorities' panel 'implicates' politicians, IAS and KAS officers; chief fears for life. Misuse and encroachment of Wakf properties in the State have caused a whopping Rs two-lakh crore loss to the exchequer, dwarfing the 2G spectrum scam, the Karnataka State Minorit

New Delhi - 15 March 2012: Hardening its stand against the Congress' position, theTrinamool Congress(TMC) has indicated that it will not wait till March 30 for the sacking of railway minister Dinesh Trivedi. A Times Now report says that the party wants him to be sacked immediately after the presenta

New Delhi - 13 March 2012: Over hundred people aboard Air India's AI-614 flight had a miraculous escape on Monday when the tail of the aircraft hit the runway at a very high speed while landing. The incident occurred at 8.30am when the plane was flying into Mumbai from Ahmedabad with 121 passengers.

New Delhi - 10 March 2012: Three-time MP from Kanauj Akhilesh Yadavis the new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh Yadav has also been elected as the leader of the Legislative Assembly Senior SP memberAzam Khanproposed Akhilesh yadav's name as UP chief minister. Akhilesh Yadav's name has been e

New Delhi - 09 March 2012: Akhilesh Yadav will be the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, according to TV reports. Sources say that Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav has convinced senior leaders of the party on Akhilesh's candidature.At 38, Akhilesh Yadav will be the youngest CM of Uttar

Mangalore - 08 March 2012: In a dramatic development, Congress corporator Gulzar Banu has been elected as the new Mayor of BJP dominated Mangalore City Corporation. The unexpected development took place when the nomination papers filed by BJP candidate Roopa D Bangera was rejected by the returning o

New Delhi - 06 March 2012: Dr. Saud Ibrahim al Shuraim, Imam and Khateeb of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, paid a visit to headquarters of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind at Jamia Nagar, New Delhi on Monday 5th March 2012.

Lucknow - 06 March 2012: The Samajwadi Party is all set to form the next government in the state on its own. The SP has crossed the half-way mark in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections and looks all set to form the next government in the state. While the party has already won 215 seats, it is

Lucknow - 06 March 2012: The Samajwadi Party is inching towards simple majority in Uttar Pradesh and is likely to form the next government in the state.

New Delhi - 5 March 2012: The Central and Working Committees of the All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM), the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations, met here in a joint session on 3 March 2012. The meeting was chaired by the AIMMM National President Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan and attended

The Lokayukta court on Monday ordered issue of non-bailable warrants against former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, his family members and a former minister in two land denotification cases. Lokayukta special court judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao ordered issue of NBWs against Mr. Yeddyurappa, hi

New Delhi - 05 March 2012: Tremors were felt in New Delhi and the adjoining NCR region in Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gurgaon today. The tremors were also felt in parts of Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Theearthquakeoccured at about 1.11pm.The earthquake measured 4.9 on the richter scale,

New Delhi - 04 March 2012: The Samajwadi Party is the clear No.1 in Uttar Pradesh, perhaps even in line for a majority, while the Congress has the edge in close races in Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur, and the BJP in Goa, if exit polls are to be believed. Pollsters were unanimous that the SP would

Bangalore, Mar 2 (IANS): A group of lawyers in Bangalore Friday assaulted mediapersons, including women, who had gathered to report on mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy's court appearance in connection with an illegal mining case.A TV cameraman of a Kannada channel was

New Delhi: Drunken driving, jumping red light, over speeding and use of mobile phones behind the wheels among other traffic offences will carry stiffer fine and jail term under new rules approved by the Union Cabinet on Thursday. For drivers found heavily drunk with alcohol levels of over 150 mg pe

Mumbai - 29 Feb 2012: With supply outstripping demand for engineering and management seats, the country may stop new professional colleges coming up from 2014. This firm stand was taken recently at a meeting of the All-India Council for Technical Education, the country's inspector which grants permi