Mangalore - 25 June 2011: Yeshwantpur-Mangalore night train, which chugs to Kannur at present from Mangalore Central railway station, will be extended to Karwar from July 2 onwards. The train, according to the proposal, will now go to Karwar from Mangalore Junction (Kankanady) station, said Souther

MUMBAI: A suburban developer has paid a record price of Rs 350 crore for aNepean Sea bungalow property. Runwal Group, which has projects largely in the eastern suburbs, bought Nepean Grange , the two-storey bungalow constructed in 1918, from the Kapadia family. The transaction was finally concluded

New Delhi - 23 June 2011: TheAnna Hazarecamp is digging in its heels for a decisive showdown with the government over Lokpal and should be interested in enlisting support from all possible quarters. More so, because the government has been working hard, the Hazare group alleges, to limit turnout at

Yangon - 21 June 2011: On a three-day visit to Myanmar to interact with the new civilian government, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna paid homage Monday at the mausoleum of Bahadur Shah Zafar, India's last Mughal emperor who died here in 1862 after being exiled by the British Raj. Bahadur S

NEW DELHI: TheMonsoon Sessionof Parliament will be held from August 1 to September 8.A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting ofCabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs(CCPA) headed by finance ministerPranab Mukherjee.After the meeting, parliamentary affairs ministersPawan Kumar Bansalsaid

NEW DELHI: Just three weeks after Google's Street View cars started driving around Bangalore, the company has grounded the fleet after an objection from the city police. According to Google, it received a letter from the Commissioner of Police ofBangaloreasking it to stop the cars. The cars were tak

CHANDIGARH: TheNational Investigation Agencyon Monday filed a chargesheet against five accused - Naba Kumar Sarkar alias Swami Asimanand, Sunil Joshi (now dead), Lokesh Sharma, Sandeep Dange alias Parmanand and Ramchandra Kalasangra alias Ramji alias Vishnu Patel - in theSamjhauta Expressblasts case

Puttaparthi - 18 June 2011: It took twenty people 36 hours to count the cash recovered from the private chambers of Sai Baba at his ashram in Puttaparthi.98 kilos of gold, 11.56 crore in cash, and 307 kilos of silver have been discovered in the Yajur Mandir. The spiritual and re

New Delhi - 17 June 2011:Delhi Policeon Friday defended the crackdown on yoga guru BabaRamdevand thousands of his supporters at Delhi'sRamlila Maidanon the night of June 4 in their reply submitted to the Supreme Court.DelhiPolice told the court that the congregation was allowed just for a yoga camp

Guwahati - 17 June 2011: Assam Police averted a tragedy on Friday morning when its personnel detected and defused an explosive device planted inside a train during routine search after its arrival at the railway station here.Police found the bomb kept inside an air bag from seat No. 22 of S5 coach d

New Delhi - 13 June 2011: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna Monday announced a slew of measures for Hajj pilgrims, including allowing a companion for those above 70 years of age, easier passport clearances and automatic inclusion of those applicants in the list who have been applying for three y

KARWAR: Two persons, father and son, were swept away in a rivulet following flash flood at Mudrani village near Belambar of Ankola taluk on Monday.They have been identified as Durgu Pokka Gowda (40) and Ravish Durga Gowda (15). Durga Gowda, a coolie, was returning his house along with his son after

New Delhi - 14 June 2011: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has returned the controversial draft report on the 2G spectrum allocation to PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi. "The draft report on the 2G issue has been returned to the PAC chairman," sources in Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC)

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.