Lucknow: Hindus should strive for earning the confidence of Muslims. There should be confidence building measures so that Muslim community does not feel alienated in the country. The sense of insecurity among Muslims is a dangerous sign for the nation. These words of wisdom came from Congress gen

Bangalore - 15 Oct 2011: Sending ripples among the political class, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was remanded to judicial custody till October 22 and sent toBangalore Central Jailafter he surrendered before the specialLokayukta courthere. Earlier, the special Lokayukta Court rejec

Bangalore - 15 Oct 2011: India has a strong democracy, said Governor H R Bhardwaj adding, "Internal factors are the weaknesses in this country and not external ones." Speaking at the inauguration of a three-day international conference on 'Power of Media in a Globalising World', he said that while t

Ahmedabad - 15 Oct 2011: Cutting across the clouds of economic slowdown, the sun is still shinning overIndian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad. More interestingly, the shine is emerging from where the recession clouds looked the darkest - the financial sector.In the last two months, three student

New Delhi - 15 Oct 2011: The bail plea of former Karnataka chief ministerBS Yeddyurappawas rejected on Saturday in a land denotification case. The Lokayukta court issued an arrest warrant against Yeddyurappa. In the complaint filed by city-based advocate Sirajin Basha, Yeddyurappa and five others in

Sriharikota - 13 Oct 2011: India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C18) demonstrated its reliability and consistency yet again when it put four satellites in orbit with aplomb on Wednesday. The satellites were: Megha-Tropiques, an Indo-French mission to study the weather and climate in the t

NEW DELHI: Advocating "meaningful autonomy" and speedy development, the three interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir submitted their report to Home Minister P Chidambaram Wednesday, a year after they were appointed to draw a roadmap to peace, sources said. The interlocutors -- journalist Dileep Padgoan

New Delhi - 12 Oct 2011: Senior Supreme Court advocate and keyTeam AnnamemberPrashant Bhushanwas beaten up in his chamber on Wednesday afternoon allegedly for his comments on Kashmir. Prashant Bhushan was speaking to Times Now news channel when the two attackers barged into his office in the New Law

Sitabdiara, Bihar - 11 Oct 2011 (PTI): Senior BJP leader Mr LK Advani today began his 38-day Jan Chetna Yatra from here to take on the UPA government on corruption and to press for repatriation of black money. "I am formally launching my Jan Chetna Yatra against corruption and for bringing back

New Delhi - 11 Oct 2011: Bihar chief ministerNitish Kumarto flag off seniorBJPleader LK Advani'sJan Chetna Yatraon Tuesday from Sitabdiara, the village of Jai Prakash Narayan, which is located at the UP-Bihar border.Advani's yatra is expected to cover 100 districts across the country. Advani, accomp

New Delhi - 11 Oct 2011: Renowned ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, 70, passed away at 8.10 am inLilavati Hospitalon Monday morning. Jagjit Singhwas admitted to the Lilavati Hospital on September 23 after he suffered brain haemorrhage in suburban Bandra where a life-saving surgery was performed on him. "J

Agra - 11 Oct 2011 (PTI): Senior Congress leaderDigvijay SinghsaysAnna Hazareis a mask of all anti-Congress parties andBJPintends to put up the social activist as its presidential candidate. "The BJP intends to put up Hazare as the presidential candidate of all anti-Congress parties," the Congress g

Mumbai - 11 Oct 2011 (PTI): As the Western economies continue to remain in deep freeze, more and more foreigners, mostly from the US and Europe are looking at India for jobs, a trend that has seen up to 20 per cent spurt this year, according to head-hunters.According industry estimates, there are as

Mangalore - 08 Oct 2011: A poster of Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur put up in Ullal three days ago has made several local people uneasy, prompting the police to take action on Thursday. According to Nawaz Ullal, a local man, the poster was put up near the old Ullal Police Stat

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Friday decided to cover 1.25 lakh Hajis this year under its Haj subsidy scheme. Because of the subsidy, each pilgrim going on Haj through Haj Committee of India will be charged only Rs 16,000 for fare. The rest amount of the fare will be borne by the Central gover

Mumbai: Not only citizens' groups, political parties and NGOs but common man has also come out in support of IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, a crucial witness in several cases in which Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other senior functionaries of the Gujarat government are accused of conspir

New Delhi - 08 Oct 2011 (PTI): As the Centre grapples with the Telangana crisis,Andhra Pradesh governor ESL Narasimhanon Saturday met Prime MinisterManmohan Singhand is understood to have briefed him about the situation in the agitation-hit region. Narasimhan, who arrived here on Friaday evening, me

New Delhi - 05 Oct 2011: True love may be eternal, but it seems the monument meant to symbolise this idea is not. If historians and archeologists are to be believed, Taj Mahal, the world's most beautiful monument built solely for love, is due to collapse in five years' time if not taken care of. The