New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev arrived in New Delhi on Sunday, three weeks after being evicted from the capital for his protest fast against black money. Ramdev returned to meet one of his followers, Rajbala, who was injured in the police crackdown at Ramlila Maidan on June 5. He thanked his s

Mangalore - 26 June 2011: Heavy security arrangements have been made at Dharmasthala ahead of the much talked about visit of two prominent political figures of Karnataka- Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. Three DySPs, 11 police inspectors, 21 SIs, 15 ASIs, and

NEW DELHI: After a not so pleasant experience of engaging with Anna Hazare's team in drafting of theLokpal Bill, the government says that there will be no such experiment in the future.HRD ministerKapil Sibal, one of the key members of the joint committee for drafting the Lokpal Bill, also maintains

CHANDIGARH: Following hike in diesel rates, transporters on Saturday said they will raise freight rates by 8-9 per cent with immediate effect on all routes across India."Freight rates will be raised by 8-9 per cent for all the routes from today onwards because of increase in diesel rates," North Ind

NEW DELHI: When you work out your household budget for July, in addition to existing woes, factor in higher prices of dal-chawal, fruits and vegetables, bus and taxi fares.That's because the government on Friday decided to raise the price ofdieselby Rs 3 a litre, kerosene by Rs 2 a litre while cooki

Mangalore - 25 June 2011: Yeshwantpur-Mangalore night train, which chugs to Kannur at present from Mangalore Central railway station, will be extended to Karwar from July 2 onwards. The train, according to the proposal, will now go to Karwar from Mangalore Junction (Kankanady) station, said Souther

MUMBAI: A suburban developer has paid a record price of Rs 350 crore for aNepean Sea bungalow property. Runwal Group, which has projects largely in the eastern suburbs, bought Nepean Grange , the two-storey bungalow constructed in 1918, from the Kapadia family. The transaction was finally concluded

New Delhi - 23 June 2011: TheAnna Hazarecamp is digging in its heels for a decisive showdown with the government over Lokpal and should be interested in enlisting support from all possible quarters. More so, because the government has been working hard, the Hazare group alleges, to limit turnout at

Yangon - 21 June 2011: On a three-day visit to Myanmar to interact with the new civilian government, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna paid homage Monday at the mausoleum of Bahadur Shah Zafar, India's last Mughal emperor who died here in 1862 after being exiled by the British Raj. Bahadur S

NEW DELHI: TheMonsoon Sessionof Parliament will be held from August 1 to September 8.A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting ofCabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs(CCPA) headed by finance ministerPranab Mukherjee.After the meeting, parliamentary affairs ministersPawan Kumar Bansalsaid

NEW DELHI: Just three weeks after Google's Street View cars started driving around Bangalore, the company has grounded the fleet after an objection from the city police. According to Google, it received a letter from the Commissioner of Police ofBangaloreasking it to stop the cars. The cars were tak

CHANDIGARH: TheNational Investigation Agencyon Monday filed a chargesheet against five accused - Naba Kumar Sarkar alias Swami Asimanand, Sunil Joshi (now dead), Lokesh Sharma, Sandeep Dange alias Parmanand and Ramchandra Kalasangra alias Ramji alias Vishnu Patel - in theSamjhauta Expressblasts case

Puttaparthi - 18 June 2011: It took twenty people 36 hours to count the cash recovered from the private chambers of Sai Baba at his ashram in Puttaparthi.98 kilos of gold, 11.56 crore in cash, and 307 kilos of silver have been discovered in the Yajur Mandir. The spiritual and re

New Delhi - 17 June 2011:Delhi Policeon Friday defended the crackdown on yoga guru BabaRamdevand thousands of his supporters at Delhi'sRamlila Maidanon the night of June 4 in their reply submitted to the Supreme Court.DelhiPolice told the court that the congregation was allowed just for a yoga camp

Guwahati - 17 June 2011: Assam Police averted a tragedy on Friday morning when its personnel detected and defused an explosive device planted inside a train during routine search after its arrival at the railway station here.Police found the bomb kept inside an air bag from seat No. 22 of S5 coach d

New Delhi - 13 June 2011: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna Monday announced a slew of measures for Hajj pilgrims, including allowing a companion for those above 70 years of age, easier passport clearances and automatic inclusion of those applicants in the list who have been applying for three y

KARWAR: Two persons, father and son, were swept away in a rivulet following flash flood at Mudrani village near Belambar of Ankola taluk on Monday.They have been identified as Durgu Pokka Gowda (40) and Ravish Durga Gowda (15). Durga Gowda, a coolie, was returning his house along with his son after

New Delhi - 14 June 2011: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has returned the controversial draft report on the 2G spectrum allocation to PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi. "The draft report on the 2G issue has been returned to the PAC chairman," sources in Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC)