New Delhi - 05 June 2011: With talks breaking down, police swooped down on Baba Ramdev a little past midnight and detained him after firing tear gas shells and resorting to lathicharge on his supporters to end his day-old indefinite hunger strike on black money issue. The dramatic police action

New Delhi - 04 June 2011: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday began his indefinite hunger strike against corruption and black money after the government failed in a last-ditch effort to talk him out of the protest. After a two-hour yoga practice and 'bhajan' session that started early in the morni

Hisar - 03 June 2011: Former chief minister, patron and MP of Haryana Janhit Congress Bhajan Lal died in a local hospital this evening following a massive cardiac arrest. The doctor said he suffered brain haemorrhage followinga cardiac arrest. His body has been taken to his Hisar residence. Acco

CHENNAI: More children inIndia are dying every year soon after being vaccinated, and the government has no clue why. Union health ministry statistics obtained under the Right to Information Act show that 128 children died in 2010 due to adverse effects after immunization (AEFI). That count has risen

Bangalore - 02 June 2011: The BJP government in Karnataka headed by B.S. Yeddyurappa on Thursday won confidence vote in the Assembly 119-0 amid a walkout by the Congress and Independents and a boycott by the JD(S). Law Minister S. Suresh Kumar pressed for division of votes, as Congress members t

Dispur: At least 30 people have been killed and many more are said to have suffered serious injuries in two separate bus accidents in Assam today.The first accident happened when a bus carrying a wedding party fell into a gorge in Hajo in Kamrup district. Thirty people, including the bridegroom,

NEW DELHI: After a gap of three years, India and Pakistan on Monday once again brought the contentious issue of demilitarisation of Siachen glacier back on the discussion table, in the 12th round of the two-day Defence Secretary level talks. "The talks were held in a constructive framework. Bot

Under attack from Congress and JD(S) besides battling threats of being ousted, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Monday said his government enjoyed majority and there was no need for 'Operation Lotus' under which Opposition MLAs were allegedly lured to the BJP. "The Government enjoys m

NEW DELHI: Finally, gory pictorial warnings like that of rotting mouths, hanging gums and infected lungs, will appear on cigarette, bidi, cigar and smokeless or chewing tobacco packets from December 1. The Union health ministry issued the notification on Saturday after years of buckling to resist

Southwest monsoon set in over Kerala bringing copious rains in several parts of the state today, the India Meteorological Department said. All the major parameters showed the onset of SW monsoon over Kerala and conditions were favourable for its further advance into remaining parts of A

MUMBAI: The results of the Maharashtra Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) were declared on Friday with the state recording a passing percentage of 70.69%. Kolhapur division has topped the passing percentage with (82.55%) followed by Pune (79.32%), Mumbai (77.03%), Nashik (76.90%), Nagpur (67.13%

GULBARGA, May 25, 2011 (Deccan Herald):In a move designed to change its anti-minority image, the BJP government has proposed to pay monthly honorarium to Peshimams and Mouzans serving in mosques across the State and other Islamic religious professionals.Besides Peshimams and Mouzans the others who w

New Delhi: A small aircraft with seven persons, including two pilots crashed in Faridabad near Delhi at around 10.45 pm on Wednesday night. The crash took place when the area was hit by a dust storm. The plane caught fire as soon as it crashed, sending up plumes of smoke. The number of casualties

Thiruvananthapuram: V Irfan and N Shammi have won the first two ranks in the Kerala state Medical Entrance Exams of 2011. Education Minister P Abdurabb announced the results yesterday in a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram. The third rank was bagged by P Ashitha. Irfan, son of late Prof V Muham

Delhi Police have sounded a high alert across the capital after a low intensity blast occurred in the parking lot of the Delhi high court on Wednesday afternoon. "We have given a security alert across the city, particularly to all the markets and crowded areas. Security has been beefed up in cro

PATNA Twenty-four students from underprivileged sections, of the total 30, have this time made it to the IIT-JEE from the 'Super-30' founded by mathematics wizard Anand Kumar. With this the total number of Super 30 students, having qualified for the IIT-JEE in the last nine years, have gone upto

MUMBAI: Results for the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) were declared on Wednesday morning for close to 5 lakh aspirants who want to study engineering at either of the 16 Indian Institutes of Technology. It is for the first they have provided model answers but they have withheld numbers obtained by ex

Mangalore - 23 May 2011:In an unfortunate incident occurred on the National Highway 48 near Adyarkatte here on Monday May 23 at around 4 pm, one person identified as Manjayya Shetty (50) was killed when hit by aspeeding private bus. The busthenturned turtleinjuring as many as sevenpersons including