New Delhi - 26 Sep 2011: In her effort to control the damage done by the controversial 2G note, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday separately met both Home Minister P Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to ascertain their views on the issue. She met the two top Cabinet minist

New Delhi - 26 Sep 2011: In the first ever indirect admission of the police atrocities on Meo Muslims, during the communal violence in Gopalgarh, on Saturday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot criticized the role played by the local police and administration in dealing with the riot, which br

New Delhi - 23 Sep 2011:Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India's greatest cricket captains ever and whose flair and acumen inspired a generation of cricketers, was laid to rest at his native village in Pataudi on Friday.He was buried within the Pataudi town, next to his parents' graves. Some broke in

New Delhi - 23 Sep 2011: The promotion of Urdu got a major boost on Tuesday when the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) put online one million pages of writings by Ghalib, Maulana Azad, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Krishna Chander, Kaifi Azmi and Bekal Utsahi, besides hundreds of others. Th

New Delhi - 22 Sep 2011 (PTI):Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India's greatest cricket captains ever and whose flair and acumen inspired a generation of cricketers, passed away on Thursday after battling a lung infection for the last few months. The 70-year-old cricketer, one of India's early supers

New Delhi - 22 Sep 2011: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave it's verdict in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple case and said the vault B of the temple will not be opened till an integrated and multi-layered security cover is provided. The apex court also said they are satisfied with the State Govern

New Delhi - 22 Sep 2011: Finance ministerPranab Mukherjeerefused to comment on a letter sent by his ministry to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the 2G spectrum scam, saying he cannot make any remark on the matter since it is "subjudice"."The matter is subjudice. I cannot make any comment on it. The

Gantok - 21 Sep 2011 (PTI): The loss from Sunday's devastating earthquake in Sikkim is estimated to be around Rs one lakh crore, Chief MinisterPawan Kumar Chamlingsaid on Wednesday, while urging the Centre to grant a special package"I think loss and damage will be not less than Rs one lakh crore. We

Bellary - 21 Sep 2011 (PTI): The CBI, probing illegal mining and irregularities in allotment of mining leases to Obulapuram Mining Company, has found that the arrested mining baron G Janardhana Reddy and his associates had allegedly booked 200 lockers in a private bank here. Out of the 350 lockers

New Delhi - 20 Sep 2011: A New Delhi publisher has just brought out "Godse's Children - Hindutva Terror in India ", the first book on Hindutva terror. Authored by the veteran writer Subhash Gatade, the book covers one of the hottest subjects in modern Indian history - Hindutva terror perpetrated by

MANGALORE: Karnataka Minority Commission chairman Anwar Manippady advised Muslim students to follow rules regarding uniform in colleges.He said parents should study college rules properly before admitting their wards. If the college calendar mandates uniforms for students, then it should be followed

New Delhi - 20 Sep 2011: In an attempt to make himself a pan-national leader, Narendra Modi is not the only one, who is wooing Muslims in Gujarat as well as across the country. With less than a year to go before UP elections, even Modi's party, BJP is trying to court Muslim groups to ensure mino

Bangalore - 20 Sep 2011: Bowing to pressure from various quarters KarnatakaShivaraj Virupanna Patilon Monday announced his resignation from the post following his family owning residential plots in Bangalore, allegedly in violation of rules.Justice Patil, who was probing several high profile land sc

Ahmedabad - 19 Sep 2011 (PTI): Gujarat chief ministerNarendra Modirefused to put on a 'skull cap' offered by aMuslim clericduring hissadbhavana fastin Ahmedabad.Sayed Imam Shahi Saiyed, a cleric of a small Dargah in Pirana village on the outskirts of the city (he lives in Savali village of Dakor tal

Gantok / New Delhi - 19 Sep 2011: The death toll in the powerful Sundayearthquakehas increased to 40 with 19 people being killed in Sikkim, five in West Bengal, two in Bihar, seven each inNepalandTibeteven as rescue and relief operations were stepped up in the affected areas.Over a hundred people ha

Lucknow - 18 Sep 2011: A train carrying members of Azamgarh based outfit Rashtriya Ulema Council (RUC) crossed Lucknow's Charbagh station on Sunday evening. The train named Ulema Express has been hired by the RUC for ferrying its workers from Azamgarh for the protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delh

Gantok - 18 Sep 2011 (IANS): At least two people were killed and 25 injured on Sunday in Sikkim after a 6.8 earthquake followed by two aftershocks shook the region, damaging houses and triggering mudslides.According to theRegional Seismological Centre in Shillong, the tremor was felt at 6.10 p.m.The

Bellary - 18 Sep 2011: In a day-long search that stretched into Saturday night, aCBIteam from Hyderabad was huddled inAxis Bankin Bellary, wading through 12 bank accounts and six lockers of mining baron G Janardhana Reddy's business associate B V Srinivasa Reddy.Late in the evening, Srinivasa Reddy'