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

New Delhi - 21 Dec 2011: The Cabinet finally cleared theLokpaland Lokayukta bill on Tuesday evening, but their key formulations were promptly slammed by bothTeam Annaand the opposition, setting the stage for a continuing confrontation within and outside Parliament. Although government put Group C&D;

New Delhi - 18 Dec 2011 (IANS):Days after Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), he was Sunday sworn-in as union minister. He was administered the oath of office by President Pratibha Patil. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Son

Bangalore - 18 Dec 2011:Ulsoor Gate police on Friday arrested Sriram Sene chief Pramod Mutalik and five others for allegedly assaulting Bangalore University Distance Education Department Director Dr B R Niranjan. Mutalik's supporters staged a protest in front of the police station and condemned the

New Delhi - 15 Dec 2011: DataWind, the Canadian company that is manufacturingAakash, has started the online booking and pre booking of the much anticipated low costAndroid tablet. Online booking is for students' version of thetabletand pre booking is for UbiSlate 7, the upgraded version of Aakash.

New Delhi: A delegation of Muslim Members of Parliament beyond political affiliation led by K. Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday and apprised him about the unchanged situation of Indian Muslims after 5 years of Sachar report and also th

Hyderabad - 15 Dec 2011: Andhra Pradesh State Executive Council of Popular Front of India (PFI) has condemned the state government order for compensation amount from administration funds of Mecca Masjid and Public Garden Shahi Masjid. PFI has demanded implementation of the recommendations of Nat

Canning (WB) - 15 Dec 2011 (PTI): Spurious liquor claimed 50 more lives on Thursday morning in South 24 Parganas district, taking the death toll in one of the worst hooch tragedies inWest Bengalto 107. Another 50 people are battling for their lives in several hospitals including some in Kolkata afte

Kozhikode - 14 Dec 2011: The country's biggest mosque is about to be built at an expense of around Rs 40 crore in the outskirts of Calicut city. The mosque, expected to accommodate 25,000 people at a time, is being built by Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musalyar's trust named Markaz, owned by the AP fac

Chennai - 19 Dec 2011:An extraordinary International conference on "Challenges Before Youth in the Contemporary World" being organized by the internationally reputed think tank Institute of Objective Studies (IOS) in collaboration with Chennai-based Muslim Educational Association of Southern India (

Lucknow - 12 Dec 2011: Desperately seeking Muslim votes to sail through the 2012 Assembly election, Rahul Gandhi on Sunday reached the doorstep of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, the noted Sunni seminary in Lucknow.He spent about an hour with its rector Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi, who is also the presid

New Delhi - 11 Dec 2011: Social activistAnna Hazarehas said that the UPA government will have to bow to the will of the people reiterating that he will continue with his fight for a strong Lokpal Bill.Addressing a huge gathering at Jantar Mantar, where he observed a token daylong fast, Anna Hazare s

Washington/New Delhi - 09 Dec 2011 (IANS): The Harvard University in the US has cancelled Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy's summer courses over his controversial article in a Mumbai newspaper, prompting him to retort that the move "stifles personal opinion". "It is a dangerous principle tha