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

New Delhi - 05 Oct 2011 (PTI): Around 4,000 Chinese including the troops of thePeople's Liberation Armyof China are inPakistan-occupied-Kashmir(PoK), Army Chief Gen. V K Singh said today amid the unease in the Indian establishment over their presence there."There are certain construction working tea

New Delhi - 05 Oct 2011: The Coalition Against Genocide, an advocacy coalition of around three dozen civil society groups in the United States, has sought intervention of President of India, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India in the case of the arrest of whistle-blower Gujarat IPS officer

Jeddah - 05 Oct 2011 (IANS): Over 23,000 Indian Haj pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage. According to a release of the Consulate General of India here, a total of 23,078 pilgrims have arrived from India, of them 2,018 are in Makkah and 21,059 pilgrims are in Madina. So

Ahmedabad - 04 Oct 2011 (PTI):Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhattrefused to make any compromise with the Gujarat government after a local court proposed that if he went on police remand for about three hours his bail plea could be heard today itself.The response by Bhatt, who has accused chief minist

New Delhi : It was a sensational claim. Presenting 24-year-old Imran Kirmani before waiting cameras on November 21, 2006, the Delhi Police's Special Cell called him a member of "a Lashkar-e-Toiba module" that was "planning a 9/11-type strike in Delhi". Kirmani had a degree in aeronautical engineeri

Dehradun - 02 Oct 2011 (PTI): Two persons were killed and several injured in communal clashes that broke out on Sunday following an alleged act of sacrilege inRudrapur townofUdhamsinghnagar district, prompting authorities to impose an indefinite curfew. As tension flared up in the area, authorities

New Delhi - 02 Oct 2011 (ANI): The nation on Sunday paid homage to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 142nd birth anniversary. Vice-president Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Prime MinisterManmohan Singh, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and other political leaders offered fl