New Delhi - 12 July 2011 (PTI): In a substantive yet incomplete exercise, Prime MinisterManmohan Singhon Tuesdayreshuffled his Cabinet,dropping seven ministers, inducting V Kishore Chandra Deo and seven other new faces. He elevated three others includingJairam Rameshfrom whom environment and forests

Bangalore - 11 July 2011 (TOI): No visiting numerous colleges for getting PU application forms, no standing in long queues, no paying hefty amounts for the forms and prospectuses, no fighting unusually high cutoffs. In short, the much-talked-about common admission system for all pre-university colle

Bangalore - 11 July 2011 (TOI): Wondering what happened to your passport application after police came to your house for verification You can find its status by logging in to the soon-to-be-launched website specially designed for this purpose.Though one could learn the status of ones passport applic

Bangalore - 11 July 2011 (TOI): In a virtual armtwisting,theDeve Gowda familyhad its way,with CMB S Yeddyurappaagreeing to their demands in just a weeks time.The result: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy ended his two-day fast on Sunday,though he claimed he was doing so bowing to his mothers appeal and t

Fatehpur - 11 July 2011 (TOI): The death toll of Delhi-bound Kalka Mail's derailment on Sunday went up to 53 with 15 more bodies, including that of a Swedish national, being recovered from the mangled compartments of the ill-fated train."53 bodies, including that of a Swedish national, have been rec

FATEHPUR/LUCKNOW: At least 20 persons have been killed and over 100 injured as 13 bogies of Delhi-boundKalka Mailfrom Howrah derailed near Malwa station here.The accident took place this afternoon near East cabin of Malwa station, nearly 120 kms from state capital Lucknow."Twenty bodies have been re

NEW DELHI: If the oil ministry has its way, cooking gas consumers would soon get only four refills in a year at subsidized rate. Every subsequent cylinder would cost Rs 800 or so at today's market price.The ministry proposes to limit the number of subsidized cylinders for even BPL (below poverty lin

MUMBAI: Sexually harassing women or outraging their modesty will soon be non-bailable offences in the state. The government has sought amendment of Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with assault or use of criminal force on women with the intent to outrage their modesty, to make

Bangalore - 09 July 2011 (PTI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD-S leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday began an indefinite fast here pressing for a CBI probe into ruling BJP's charge that his family members amassed illegal wealth to the tune of Rs. 1,500 crore. Mr. Kumaraswamy, son of form

NEW DELHI: Low-cost airlines cannot hide behind the "no free meal" clause printed on tickets to refuse food to passengers if the flight gets delayed by three hours. In an important judgment, the Supreme Court ruled that the exclusion clause not to provide meals would apply only to passengers

NEW DELHI - 08 July 2011 (AFP): The head of a former royal family renounced on Friday any personal claim to billions of dollars' worth of ancient treasure discovered in a temple in the kingdom his ancestors once ruled."The royal family is not claiming anything. No part belongs to the family," saidKK

Lucknow, July 7 (IANS) Police clashed with a group of Muslims in an Uttar Pradesh village Wednesday over the alleged desecration of a Quran, an event some police officials said never happened. The clash, which led to exchange of fire, took place in Arahlatnagar Bagah village on the outskirts of

NEW DELHI: At least 33 people were killed and 35 others injured when a train rammed into a bus at an unmanned crossing near here in Uttar Pradesh in the wee hours on Thursday.The accident occurred at around 2.20 AM when the train on its way from Mathura to Chapra in Bihar rammed into the bus carryin

Lucknow: To protest against several clauses in Right to Education, 2009, Waqf Amendment Bill 2011 and Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2011 the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will hold a protest meeting on July 24 at Mumtaz PG College here in Lucknow. Earlier, the AIMPLB in its executive mee

NEW DELHI: In a month or so,Delhiwill have twoPassport Seva Kendras(PSK), an e-governance initiative, which aims to provide passport in a jiffy in a "reliable and transparent'' manner. These centres, which can handle as many as 300 applications in a day, will facilitate online appointment dispensing

New Delhi - 04 July 2011: Nine ruling Congress party MPs resigned on Monday to press their demands for a separate state of Telangana, roughly halving the government's majority and heaping more pressure on the beleaguered party. The members giving up their seats called for government action on th

HYDERABAD: The stage was set for a constitutional crisis in Andhra Pradesh with almost 87 of the legislators in the 294-strong state assembly belonging to theTelanganaregion submitting their resignations to deputy speaker Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka in support of their demand for a separate state on Mon

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Call it the mother of all treasure hunts. The stock-taking by a panel of experts at theSree Padmanabha Swamy templehas catapulted the shrine located in Thiruvananthapuramto the country's richest, with reports claiming that the value of recoveries may have touched close to Rs 1 la