New Delhi - 14 June 2011: Accusing home minister P Chidambaram of getting himself elected to Parliament through "fraudulent" means, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said his continuance in the Union council of ministers was untenable and sought his resignation. "Our party has a

New Delhi - 15 June 2011: The longest and darkest total lunar eclipse of the century will occur today, giving sky enthusiasts all over the country an opportunity to witness the event.An unusually long lunar eclipse with the Moon immersed deeply inside the umbral (darker) shado

New Delhi - 14 June 2011: The Jamia Millia Islamia's (JMI) law faculty has been ranked at the fifth position among top 25 law colleges of the country in a nationwide survey, an official said Tuesday. 'The Week-Hansa Research Survey' was conducted by magazine 'The Week' and published in its June 5

New Delhi - 13 June 2011: India is seeking details from its embassy in China about reports that Beijing was considering a new plan to divert the Brahmaputra river from its upper reaches, external affairs minister SM Krishna said Monday. "We are trying to get more details both from the government a

New Delhi, June 13 (PTI):External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today announced a slew ofmeasures for Haj pilgrims, including allowing a companion for thoseabove 70 years of age, easier passport clearances and automaticinclusion of those applicants in the list who have been applying forthree years.

New Delhi - 13 June 2011: Activists here Monday protested against police firing in Araria district of Bihar earlier this month which left six villagers, including a pregnant woman and a six-month-old baby, dead. The police June 3 opened fire on a group of villagers who blocked a road to protest a

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday broke his nine-day-old fast that sparked a political slugfest heeding appeals of spiritual and religious leaders but vowed to continue his campaign against corruption. Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar, who met the 46-year-old yoga exponent for the third day at a

A senior journalist with an English daily was on Saturday shot dead by four motorcycle-borne unidentified persons in suburban Powai here, police said. Jyoti Dey was heading the crime bureau at Mid-Day. Joint Police Commissioner (Law & Order) Rajnish Seth said Dey was shot dead in the Hiranandani a

Mumbai - 11 June 2011: Heavy rains continued to lash the city for the third consecutive day on Saturday, causing water logging in several parts of the metropolis. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Disaster Management Cell, the city area recorded 29.9 mm of rainfall while th

LONDON: Maqbool Fida Husain was laid to rest at Brookwood cemetery at Woking in Surrey, south of London on Friday afternoon. As a black Mercedes hearse pulled in with his mortal remains, the artist's family followed in a Rolls Royce. After the exiled artist's family members declined the offer of

PATNA: After his recent visit to Bhutan, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will undertake a 'goodwill' tour of China from June 12. Official sources said that during his stay in China Kumar would visit power plants, besides looking into its agriculture and irrigation systems. Kumar would also i

Haridwar - 09 June 2011: Yoga guru Ramdev, who is on an indefinite hunger strike against black money and corruption, today made public details of his business empire worth over Rs 1,100 crore, claiming everything was in order. On his sixth day of fast, Ramdev addressed a press conference here du

London - 09 June 2011: Legendary Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain, popularly known as 'Picasso of India' who earned both fame and wrath for his paintings, died here on Thursday at a hospital following over a month-long illness. He was 95. Husain breathed his last at 2.30am local time (0700 IST)

Mysore - 08 June 2011: Two wild elephants stormed into Mysore early Wednesday, trampling one person to death and causing panic in this cultural city. "The wild elephants entered the city around 6 a.m. from a nearby forest, wreaked havoc in a suburb trampling one person to death and caused panic in

Ahmedabad: At least 18 pilgrims were killed when a truck lost control and ran over them on Bavla Bagodara highway in Ahmedabad on Wednesday night, police said.The victims, who were on their way to Peer Bana Dargah at Dholka, had taken a break and were sleeping on the roadside. T

Haridwar/New Delhi: Threatening an armed rebellion, yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday said he will raise a 11,000 force that will be trained to retaliate if authorities crackdown on their anti-corruption campaign, evoking a stern response from the government which termed it "anti-national". In Harid

New Delhi: In an absolutely shocking and disturbing revelation, a conspiracy has been alleged according to which the Rashtriya Swaysewak Sangh (RSS) had planned to burn Ramdev's anti-corruption camp in Delhi at about 3 am on June 5, and trigger post-Godhra like riots across the country. It was o

New Delhi - 08 June 2011: In the midst of his hunger strike today, Anna Hazare set an ultimatum for the government: unless it introduces the Lokpal Bill against corruption by August 15, he will begin another hunger fast. Mr Hazare drew thousands of people to Rajghat where, fla