Bangalore - 17 July 2011 (IANS): Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has landed in a row over its support to teaching of Hindu holy book 'Bhagvad Gita' in schools.The controversy took a new turn after Primary and Secondary Education Minister Vishwanath Hegde Kageri said July 14 that

Mumbai - 17 July 2011 (PTI): A man questioned in connection with Wednesday's serial blasts died while undergoing treatment in a civic-run hospital in Mumbai, police said.Faiz Usmani, brother of 2008 Ahmedabad blast accusedAfzal Usmani, died at 1:30 AM while he was undergoing treatment for hemiparesi

New Delhi - 16 July 2011: Maulana Mahmood Madani, Rajya Sabha MP and General Secretary of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, while strongly condemning the Mumbai serial blasts and demanding the government to bring the culprits to justice, warned against harassment of innocent Muslims in various parts of the c

Mumbai - 16 July 2011: To protest the cowardly bomb attacks, 72 ulemas will march from Minara Masjid to Opera House on Saturday. The protest of the 72 ulemas will recall the memory of the Muslims' first battle against terrorism in Karbala.A meeting to discuss the issue was conducted on Thursday nigh

Mumbai - 16 July 2011: Like after every blast, this time too the police are not sparing former members of the banned outfit Simi (Students Islamic Movement of India). Some are ruing the day they decided to join the organization.Take Kamal Khan, for example. The 46-year-old production engineer said:

Chennai - 15 July 2011: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Friday successfully launched itsPolar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV- C17) from theSatish Dhawan Space Centreat Sriharikota, 100 km north of Chennai, carrying to space GSAT-12, a communication satellite. This is the 18th success

Hyderabad - 15 July 2011 (PTI): After it's Rs 1-lakh wonder car 'Nano',Tata Groupis all set to launch a house for nearly Rs 32,000 aimed atrural marketby the end of next year."At present, the housing project is in the pilot stage in 30 locations spread across the country and we are in discussions wi

Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has condemned the serial bomb blast which occurred in Mumbai on Wednesday. The board has termed this dastardly incident as an inhuman cruel act. President, AIMPLB and Rector, Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema, Maulana Rabey Hasan Nadwi while decr

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