Bangalore - 19 Oct 20-11: In a dramatic development former chief minister B SYeddyurappahas been discharged from state-runVictoria Hospitaland moved to Parappanna Agrahara Central Prison this morning.Yeddyurappa, to evade jail, shifted from Jayadeva Hospital to Victoria Hospital on Tuesday evening a

Mangalore - 18 Oct 2011: A worker was killed and at least three others injured, one of them critically, when paint caught fire at a construction site of the Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) on Tuesday morning. A group of workers was applying paint to a huge over-ground crude oil t

Ranchi - 19 Oct 2011: Three people including pilot, co-pilot and a technical staff ofBorder Security Force(BSF) died when a helicopter crashed on Wednesday morning in the jungles near Ranchi-Khunti border.The chopper crashed at around 9 am and all the three people on board died. The chopper crashed

Bangalore, Oct 18 (IANS) Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, arrested Saturday in corruption cases, Tuesday avoided going back to jail as he got himself shifted to a second hospital amid high drama.The 68-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was taken to Victoria Hospital in th

Ahmedabad - 18 Oct 2011: Suspended Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Monday walked out of the Sabarmati central jail to an enthusiastic welcome after being granted bail by the Ahmedabad sessions court. Judge V.K. Vyas granted the bail on condition that Mr. Bhatt would co-operate with the in

Lucknow: Hindus should strive for earning the confidence of Muslims. There should be confidence building measures so that Muslim community does not feel alienated in the country. The sense of insecurity among Muslims is a dangerous sign for the nation. These words of wisdom came from Congress gen

Bangalore - 15 Oct 2011: Sending ripples among the political class, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was remanded to judicial custody till October 22 and sent toBangalore Central Jailafter he surrendered before the specialLokayukta courthere. Earlier, the special Lokayukta Court rejec

Bangalore - 15 Oct 2011: India has a strong democracy, said Governor H R Bhardwaj adding, "Internal factors are the weaknesses in this country and not external ones." Speaking at the inauguration of a three-day international conference on 'Power of Media in a Globalising World', he said that while t

Ahmedabad - 15 Oct 2011: Cutting across the clouds of economic slowdown, the sun is still shinning overIndian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad. More interestingly, the shine is emerging from where the recession clouds looked the darkest - the financial sector.In the last two months, three student

New Delhi - 15 Oct 2011: The bail plea of former Karnataka chief ministerBS Yeddyurappawas rejected on Saturday in a land denotification case. The Lokayukta court issued an arrest warrant against Yeddyurappa. In the complaint filed by city-based advocate Sirajin Basha, Yeddyurappa and five others in

Sriharikota - 13 Oct 2011: India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C18) demonstrated its reliability and consistency yet again when it put four satellites in orbit with aplomb on Wednesday. The satellites were: Megha-Tropiques, an Indo-French mission to study the weather and climate in the t

NEW DELHI: Advocating "meaningful autonomy" and speedy development, the three interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir submitted their report to Home Minister P Chidambaram Wednesday, a year after they were appointed to draw a roadmap to peace, sources said. The interlocutors -- journalist Dileep Padgoan

New Delhi - 12 Oct 2011: Senior Supreme Court advocate and keyTeam AnnamemberPrashant Bhushanwas beaten up in his chamber on Wednesday afternoon allegedly for his comments on Kashmir. Prashant Bhushan was speaking to Times Now news channel when the two attackers barged into his office in the New Law

Sitabdiara, Bihar - 11 Oct 2011 (PTI): Senior BJP leader Mr LK Advani today began his 38-day Jan Chetna Yatra from here to take on the UPA government on corruption and to press for repatriation of black money. "I am formally launching my Jan Chetna Yatra against corruption and for bringing back

New Delhi - 11 Oct 2011: Bihar chief ministerNitish Kumarto flag off seniorBJPleader LK Advani'sJan Chetna Yatraon Tuesday from Sitabdiara, the village of Jai Prakash Narayan, which is located at the UP-Bihar border.Advani's yatra is expected to cover 100 districts across the country. Advani, accomp

New Delhi - 11 Oct 2011: Renowned ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, 70, passed away at 8.10 am inLilavati Hospitalon Monday morning. Jagjit Singhwas admitted to the Lilavati Hospital on September 23 after he suffered brain haemorrhage in suburban Bandra where a life-saving surgery was performed on him. "J

Agra - 11 Oct 2011 (PTI): Senior Congress leaderDigvijay SinghsaysAnna Hazareis a mask of all anti-Congress parties andBJPintends to put up the social activist as its presidential candidate. "The BJP intends to put up Hazare as the presidential candidate of all anti-Congress parties," the Congress g

Mumbai - 11 Oct 2011 (PTI): As the Western economies continue to remain in deep freeze, more and more foreigners, mostly from the US and Europe are looking at India for jobs, a trend that has seen up to 20 per cent spurt this year, according to head-hunters.According industry estimates, there are as