New Delhi: The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh remained firm on on fuel price hike and favoured more deregulation of prices, even as Trinamool Congress MP's threatened to resign. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday virtually threatened to pull out from the UPA government. Speaking at

New Delhi - 03 Nov 2011 (PTI): Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday returned over Rs nine lakh in dues to settle the issue of his resignation from the IRS, insisting that he was doing so in protest and it does not mean he has accepted any mistake. Kejriwal sent a cheque of Rs 9,27,787 along with a letter to

Lucknow: For the past six decades after independence as any election comes close political parties try to outshine each other with promises to Muslims. Once the election is over, the promises and assurances are shifted to back burner only to be brought back before next election. Reservation to ba

Jeddah - 03 Nov 201 (PTI): More than 1.7 million Muslims, including 1,23,254 Indians have arrived for the world's largest annual human assembly, Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, even as 73 Indians have died, officials said today. "As of yesterday, the number of pilgrims who have already arrived in

Bangalore - 31 Oct 2011:BJPpatriarchL K Advanimade no pretensions of his strong disapproval for former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's style of functioning, and on Sunday sent out a subtle message to Yeddyurappa's sympathizers - who were absent in large numbers - that fighting against corruption ca

New Delhi - 25 Oct 2011: The United States has increased H-1B visas to Indians by 24 percent between 2010 and 2011. TheUS governmenton Tuesday said that it had increased H-1B visas from 54,111 issued in 2010 to 67,195 in 2011. In September this year, India had brought America's attention to the esti

Bangalore - 25 Oct 2011 (PTI): Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is set to 'celebrate' Diwali injailas hearing on hisbail pleatoday wasadjournedto October 28 by theKarnataka High Court. The 68-year-old BJP leader had sought bail in two of the fivecorruption casesagainst him following the Speci

Lucknow - 25 Oct 2011: Taking cue from Team Anna, Muslims in UP have served an ultimatum to theCongressled UPA government asking for introduction of quota for `dalit' Muslims if the party wants Muslim votes in 2012 state assembly elections. Team Anna has launched a campaign in the state against th

Bhatkal - 24 Oct 2011: Popular Front of India (PFI) will hold a 'Social Justice Conference' in Delhi from November 26 to 27 for the upliftment of the Muslim community and other minority communities. Member of the Karnataka branch of the PFI Mohammed Farooq announced this at a function held here at

Hyderabad - 23 Oct 2011 (IANS): The world's largest airplane Airbus A380 made an emergency landing atRajiv Gandhi International Airportnear here Sunday, an airport official said. TheEmiratesflight, with 481 passengers on board, was on its way fromBangkoktoDubai. "The aircraft landed with 481 passen

Bangalore - 21 Oct 2011: Hundreds of Bangaloreans Thursday evening hopped onto the sleek air-conditioned coaches of the Metro rail for a joy ride and get a bird's eye view of the tech hub as the service was opened to commuters for the first time. Even an hour before the scheduled start of the servi

New Delhi: Darul Uloom Deoband, the centuries old Islamic seminary of the Indian subcontinent, has strongly objected to the allegations about the seminary getting funds from the Saudi government and it being a source of radicalization of Muslim youths in India. Talking to TwoCircles.net from Deob

Bangalore - 20 Oct 2011 (DNA): Twenty-five lakh families who face the threat of their LPG gas connections being scrapped could heave a sigh relief as chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday assured that the move has been put on hold for now. The assurance comes in the wake of anxiety that

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