New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare and other representatives of the civil society will meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi here on Saturday to seek her support on the Jan Lokpal Bill. The civil society activists will meet the UPA chairperson at her 10, Janpath residence at around 4.30 pm. I

Munger (Bihar), July 2 (PTI) In a pre-dawn strike, Maoists posing as CRFP personnel attacked a village in the district today, leaving six villagers dead.The heavily-armed rebels attacked Kareili village around 5 AM and shot dead the villagers including some tribals.While five villagers were killed o

NEW DELHI: Kim Davy, the main accused in the Purulia arms drop case, will not be extradited to India for now. A five-member Constitutional bench of the Danish high court has rejected Davy's extradition plea in connection with the Purulia arms drop case. The Danish government had allowed the ex

Bhopal: The pain and misery of the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, the world's worst industrial disaster, sees no end and has been transferred to their progenies. They continue to suffer, writhe in pain and agony in the face of governments' apathy while counting days as to when their

Agra - 29 June 2011 : Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy, who claims to be the last descendent of the Mughal family, has demanded the country's highest civilian award - the Bharat Ratna - for Bahadur Shah Zafar. Tucy, who arrived here from Hyderabad for the Urs of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, said he had been

New Delhi - 29 June 2011: Prime MinisterManmohan Singhhas said he has no objection to Rahul Gandhi succeeding him as PM but said no such discussions were currently taking place within the ruling party.In his interaction with the editors on Wednesday, Manmohan Singh said he had no hesitation in bring

New Delhi - 29 June 2011: Amid speculation that a major Cabinet reshuffle is expected in the first fortnight of July, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday met few ministers as part of her consultation process on the issue. Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was the first to meet Gandhi.

Mangalore - 28 June 2011: In a shocking incident, a young woman and her seven year old daughter were found brutally murdered this afternoon at Panjimogaru near Kavoor locality of the city.Razia (32) and Zia Fathima (7), the victims, are believed to have been alone at home when the crime took place.

New Delhi: In a knee-jerk reaction, some Muslim leaders have termed as "blasphemous" the Chennai statement of Union Minister for Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid wherein he reportedly said that Sachar Committee report is not Holy Quran that it should be accepted blindly. Several Muslim leaders an

New Delhi: In an important development, marking a radical shift in the UPA government's approach, from pre-Sachar to post-Sachar period, the Union Minister of Minorities Affairs Salman Khursheed has questioned, both the credibility of the Sachar report and blind acceptance of its recommendations

Mumbai - 27 June 2011: A fortnight after senior crime journalist Jyotirmoy Dey was shot dead,Mumbaipolice on Monday cracked the case claiming that underworld donChhota Rajanwas behind the murder, even as they remained tight-lipped about the motive."The murder was planned by Rohit Thangappan alias Sa

Bangalore - 27 June 2011: Fifteen people were killed on Monday when their tempo collided with a passenger bus on the Bangalore-Pune highway near Karnataka'sTumkur town."The tragic mishap occurred when the overcrowded tempo collided head-on with a state-run passenger bus while attempting to overtake

Bangalore - 27 June 2011: Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa offered prayers at the temple of Lord Manjunatha here but did not undergo a "truth testification" before the deity, a challenge he had thrown to JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy but later retracted. Yeddyurappa had said that he dropped

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