Mumbai - 14 July 2011 (PTI): Strongly condemning the "barbaric" bomb blasts here, Prime MinisterManmohan Singhon Thursday said the perpetrators must be pursued relentlessly to bring them to justice quickly and promised the government will do everything in its power to prevent such attacks in future.

New Delhi - 14 July 2011 (PTI): Prime MinisterManmohan Singhon Thursday announced ex-gratia assistance of Rs two lakh each for the kin of the deceased in Wednesday's terror attack and decided to visitMumbaito personally take stock of the situation there.He also announced Rs one lakh each for the ser

Mumbai - 13 July 2011: MUMBAI: Three near-simultaneous explosions rockedMumbai at rush-hour on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people in what the government said appeared to be another terrorist strike in the city hit by a major attack nearly three years ago.Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chav

Allahabad - 13 July 2011 (PTI): In an early morninghighway robbery, two motorcycle-borne assailants shot dead a lawyer and took away his car after forcing other occupants to leave the vehicle inHandia areanear Allahabad, police said.The incident took place in Handia police station area, around 40 km

New Delhi - 13 July 2011 (IANS): Bringing his signature style of public consultation to his new job as rural development minister , Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said a draft of the new land acquisition bill will be put online next week for feedback, and introduced in the monsoon

Ahmedabad: The reconstruction of the Ishrat Jahan and Javed Pillai encounters by the Special Investigations Team (SIT) two days ago, has pointed out several loopholes in the FIR previously filed by cops involved in the encounter. The SIT led by Maharashtra senior police officer Satyapal Singh has

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