New Delhi - 11 Nov 2011 (Reuters): State-run retailers may cut petrol prices by about one percent or at least 0.60 rupees a litre excluding taxes from November 16 as softening Singapore prices have partially offset the impact of a declining rupee, an industry source said on Friday. It would be the f

Gulbarga - 11 Nov 2011: It is strange but true. For the 158 schools in Karnataka which have not seen a single student enrollment, there are 196 teachers and 261 classrooms. The records available with Express reveal this shocking state. The Education Department sought information from the offices of

New Delhi - 11 Nov 2011 (PTI): Facing serious financial turbulence,Kingfisher Airlineshas sought government help for a bailout even as it continued its flight curtailment spree for the fifth consecutive day on Friay and its stocks plummeted by over 19 per cent to an all-time low but recovered slight

Mehsana (Gujarat), Nov 9: A special court in Gujarat today convicted 31 of the 73 accused in the 2002 Sardarpura post-Godhra riot case in which 33 people of a minority community were burnt alive. All the 31 convicts were later sentenced to life imprisonment. The quantum of punishment was pronounced

Bangalore - 08 Nov 2011: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will walk out of Bangalore's Central Jail this evening, 23 days after he was sent to prison by a Lokayukta court. The Karnataka High Court granted the BJP strongman bail in a corruption case this morning. He had been given c

Haridwar - 08 Nov 2011 (Agencies): At least 16 people, mostly women, were killed and several others injured in a stampede during a religious ceremony attended by tens of thousands of devotees near Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar on Tuesday. The stampede occurred when the people tried to enter the Yajnash

New Delhi - 07 Nov 2011 (IANS): President Pratibha Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday greeted the nation on the eve of Eid-ul-Zuha, saying the ocassion rekindles faith in the ideals of peace and celebrates the spirit of gi

New Delhi - 05 Nov 2011: Several Muslim groups have unanimously lashed out at the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, (UPA), government for yet another petrol price hike in less than two months time and demanded its roll back. Rejecting the government's claim that frequent hike in petrol pr

New Delhi - 05 Nov 2011 (PTI): As a new controversy broke out over his 'unpublished' blog on restructuring his team, Anna Hazare on Saturday admitted that he had thought of changing his team many times but said nothing should be inferred till he announces a final decision. "I have thought of cha

Ahmedabad - 05 Nov 2011: Nadeem Saiyed, a witness in one of the most gruesome post-Godhra massacres of Naroda Patia in 2002 and an RTI activist, was brutally murdered in Juhapura area of Ahmedabad on Saturday morning. He was stabbed 28 times by four men in broad daylight, allegedly for providing

New Delhi - 05 Nov 2011: Music maestro Bhupen Hazarika passed away in a Mumbai hospital on Saturday,a hospital spokesperson said. "It was a multi-organ failure. The end came around 4.30 pm," Jayanta Saha, chief PRO at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital, said. Bhupen Hazarika was suffering from r

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