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

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