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

The Supreme Court on Monday set up a special investigation team (SIT) led by two retired judges to probe the black money issue and criticised the government in the matter. Jeevan Reddy and MB Shah, who are retired Supreme Court judges, will head the SIT. The Supreme Court has been monitoring the gov

Ahmedabad: The State government is maintaining stoic silence after its counsel at the GT Nanavati-Akshay Mehta Commission S B Vakil told media persons on Wednesday that crucial intelligence records of 2002 communal riots had been destroyed by the government in 2007. Senior government officials re

NEW DELHI: An all-party meet on Lokpal on Sunday agreed that a "strong and effective" bill should be brought in the monsoon session of Parliament with consensus on maintaining the supremacy of Parliament and established procedures. However, there were differences on various provisions of the propo

Chennai: In a heart throbbing incident, a 13-year-old boy was shot dead, allegedly by Army personnel while trying to trespass into an Army compound here on Sunday, according to a news report by a private television news channel. Dilshan has been immediately rushed to a government hospital nearb

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The legend ofEl Doradowas definitely not set on theSree Padmanabhaswamy temple. But the seven-member panel, which is drawing up a list of assets at the famed shrine here, had a feel of the lost city of gold as they set foot in one of the two secret vaults located inside the spraw