The Union cabinet today cleared the draft of Lokpal Bill draft after discussing both Team Anna and the govt's versions of the bill. The prime minister has been kept out of Lokpal purview. The bill will be introduced during the monsoon session of Parliament. The higher judiciary has not been include

Bangalore - 27 July 2011, (PTI): Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Shivaraj V Patil was on Tuesday appointed the new Lokayukta of Karnataka, succeeding N Santosh Hegde, who welcomed the move saying it was a "very good choice".Patil had served as the one-man committee that went into the processes a

Bangalore - 26 July 2011 (PTI):Microsoft today announced its new state-of-the-art R&D; facility here. The 1,54,000 sq ft building would house the Bangalore Microsoft India Development Centre (MSIDC) team that contributes to Microsoft Corp'sadCenter technologies, as well as the researchers from M

Bhopal - 26 July 2011: The two day meeting of state leaders of Popular Front of India, (PFI), held at New Delhi has demanded the investigating agencies to extend the probe into all possible angles including involvement of Hindutva terror outfits in Mumbai blasts, instead of targeting members of

It's official now. Indians hold about $2.5 billion (more than Rs.11,000 crore) in Swiss banks, but this figure from Switzerland's central bank may be a gross understatement of the total wealth directly and indirectly held there by Indian entities. The ever-growing judicial scrutiny of and politica

New Delhi - 25 July 2011: Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said there are nine documented cases involving Hindu extremist groups making bombs and killing people and BJP is targeting selective Ministers because the UPA government has quickened investigations into them. He said the objective

New Delhi - 25 July 2011: In the wake of former Telecom Minister A Raja's statement in court, BJP today said it was clear that the 2G spectrum allocation process had the consent of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram and demanded their resignation. "A Raja

Deoband - 24 July 2011: Finally the journey of Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi as the rector of Darul-Uloom Deoband, the historic and popular Islamic seminary in the entire sub continent, ended on Sunday when he was removed from the post at the meeting of Majlis-e-Shoora. Three-member committee

Deoband - 23 July 2011: The two-day meeting of Islamic seminary Darul-Uloom Deoband's Majlis-e-Shoora' (governing council), which will decide the fate of controversial Vice Chancellor Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, has started here this morning in a peaceful atmosphere. The Shoora will take f

Bangalore - 22 July 2011 (DHNS): There may not be much suspense left about Lokayukta's final report on the illegal mining racket in the State, but all eyes are now riveted on Justice Santosh Hegde's recommendations which could potentially be damaging for the B S Yeddyurappa government's continuan

Owing to the soon-to-be released Lokayukta report, political tensions are at an all time high in Karnataka . Leaked portions from the report have suggested that Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa find mention in that report, which has given the opposition the required ammunition to start a ca

New Delhi - 21 July 2011: Another minefield of trouble for Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa. The Karnataka Lokayukta's report on illegal mining, leaked first and now confirmed by Justice N Santosh Hegde suggests that the Chief Minister's family is directly involved with the mining mafia.

Guwahati - 21 July 2011: AJet Airways flightwith 134 passengers on board narrowly averted a mid-air collision on Thursday, triggering panic aboard, passengers said.Jet Airways Flight No 9W 2280 fromNew Delhito Guwahati was flying somewhere over Patna when it abruptly lost control, leading to chaos i

New Delhi - 21 July 2011 (PTI): The country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero Honda today said it is looking at a capacity of 7.5 lakh units annually for its proposed fourth plant for which it will invest up to Rs 550 crore. Besides, the company is expanding the capacity of its three existing faci

Bangalore - 21 July 2011 (PTI):Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh N Hegde, probing the illegal mining in the state, has claimed his phone has been tapped.Hegde, a former Supreme Court judge, said that after reports of alleged bugging in the office of Union finance ministerPranab Mukherjee, he had a

Bangalore - 21 July 2011 (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Thursday adjourned by two weeks hearing on a petition challenging the government's controversial circular on teaching of 'Bhagavad Gita' in primary and higher secondary schools in the state. When the petition filed by Karnataka State Minori

Kochi - 20 July 2011 (PTI): The families of victims of theAir India Express crash in Mangalorelast year are entitled to a minimum compensation of Rs 75 lakh each, the Kerala high court held on Wednesday.Justice PR Ramachandran Menon passed the order while allowing a petition filed by Abdul Salam and

Lucknow - 19 July 2011: Promising value based politics, the newly formed Welfare Party of India (WPI) will launch its state unit in a convention on Thursday at Lucknow. Formed three months ago, the WPI is the political arm of six decade old Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, a socio-religious Muslim organisa