Bangalore - 09 Dec 2011: Has the Yasin Bhatkal been cornered by the Intelligence agencies? According to highly placed sources, the Intelligence Bureau has definite information on Yasin and may "arrest him soon." The IB has been on the hunt for the fugitive IM terrorist, who is allegedly responsi

Bangalore - 09 Dec 2011: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Karnataka, has organized a statewide campaign 'Towards Evil Free Society' from December 9 to 18 to end the menace of corruption in the society. Addressing a news conference here on Thursday, Dr Belagami Muhammad Saad, Secretary of the organization, said

Kolkata: The death toll in theAMRI hospital firein Kolkata has increased to 89. Meanwhile, noted industrialists SK Todi,RS Goenkaand four other directors of the hospital have been arrested and booked for several non-bailable offences, said the police. "Six directors of the AMRI hospital have been ar

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has rejected the National Identification Authority of India (NIAI) Bill, which was meant to give a legal backing to the Aadhaar project and its aim of using biometrics to create a unique identity for every resident of India. Sources in the Committee s

Hyderabad - 08 Dec 2011 (IANS): Perhaps in the first instance of victims of police torture in a terror case being paid compensation in India, Andhra Pradesh has released Rs.7 million for innocent Muslim youths arrested and tortured in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case. A day after Chief Minister N

New Delhi - 08 Dec 2011 (PTI): Strongly defending its decision to allowFDIin retail, finance ministerPranab Mukherjeetoday told Congress MPs that the government was "compelled" to suspendthe moveto avoid "pre-mature elections". Addressing theCongress Parliamentary Party, Mukherjee also apologised to

New Delhi - 07 Dec 2011 (PTI): Bowing to intense pressure from within and outside, government today announced suspension of its decision to allow FDI in retail, bringing Parliament back to business after nine days of logjam. The breakthrough in the standoff came at an all-party meetingthis morningwh

Lucknow - 06 Dec 2011 (PTI): Security has been stepped up across Uttar Pradesh on Babri mosque demolition anniversary on Tuesday to check any untoward incident, official sources said here. Besides sensitive locations in Ayodhya like the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri mosque, security has been tightened on gh

Lucknow: The All India Babri Masjid Action Committee (AIBMAC) will demand framing of charges against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani on December 6 to commemorate the demolistion of Babri Masjid on that date 19 years ago. Convenor, AIBMAC, Zafaryab Jilani stated that charges of consp

Srinagar - 05 Dec 2011 (IANS): Winter continued its relentless onslaught in Jammu and Kashmir with authorities closing down schools in the Kashmir Valley till Class 8 and the Ladakh region shivering with the mercury at a biting minus 11.4 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature in the summer capita

Bangalore, Dec 3 (IANS): Three former Karnataka chief ministers, including present External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, are now caught in the illegal mining row rocking the state as a court Saturday ordered a probe into their role during their rule.The other two are Krishna's successor N. Dharam

New Delhi - 01 Dec 2011: Traders across the country have downed their shutters to join the protest against government's decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail. The impact of the strike has been visible in several cities. In some cities, shopkeepers took out marches demanding a r

New Delhi - 01 Dec 2011 (PTI): With global crude rates coming down, petrol price has been cut by Rs 0.78 per litre, the second reduction in two weeks. The reduction, which will be effective from midnight tonight, was lower than the anticipated cut of Re 1 per litre because of drop in rupee and firmi

Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad has decided to provide coaching to the Muslim aspirants for the UPSC examinations for civil services. The University's civil services coaching academy is offering coaching for minorities, especially for Muslim women for the admission into

New Delhi: It was a sea of humanity which descended on the Ramlila Maidan as the two-day Social Justice Conference, organized by the Popular Front of India, concluded with a mammoth Public meeting here on Sunday. The venue was overflowing with tens of thousands of Popular Front activists from al

New Delhi - 27 Nov 2011 (PTI): Under attack from the Opposition and UPA allyTrinamool Congresson allowing global retail chains in the Indian market, the government on Sunday launched a campaign to sell advantages ofFDI in multi-brandretail.In a full page advertisement in newspapers, the commerce and

New Delhi: The National Conference organized by Popular front of India is started in Ramlila Maidan today. Popular Front of India chairman EM Abdulrahiman hosted the flag in presence of thousands of participants. The Maidain has stood testimony to several historic events since Independence. This soc

Spelling fresh trouble for former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, Lok Ayukta police today filed an FIR against him, Housing Minister V Somanna and two others, alleging irregularities in denotification of land. "An FIR has been filed against Yeddyurappa and Somanna, mainly under the prov