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.

New Delhi - 13 June 2011: Activists here Monday protested against police firing in Araria district of Bihar earlier this month which left six villagers, including a pregnant woman and a six-month-old baby, dead. The police June 3 opened fire on a group of villagers who blocked a road to protest a

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday broke his nine-day-old fast that sparked a political slugfest heeding appeals of spiritual and religious leaders but vowed to continue his campaign against corruption. Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar, who met the 46-year-old yoga exponent for the third day at a

A senior journalist with an English daily was on Saturday shot dead by four motorcycle-borne unidentified persons in suburban Powai here, police said. Jyoti Dey was heading the crime bureau at Mid-Day. Joint Police Commissioner (Law & Order) Rajnish Seth said Dey was shot dead in the Hiranandani a

Mumbai - 11 June 2011: Heavy rains continued to lash the city for the third consecutive day on Saturday, causing water logging in several parts of the metropolis. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Disaster Management Cell, the city area recorded 29.9 mm of rainfall while th

LONDON: Maqbool Fida Husain was laid to rest at Brookwood cemetery at Woking in Surrey, south of London on Friday afternoon. As a black Mercedes hearse pulled in with his mortal remains, the artist's family followed in a Rolls Royce. After the exiled artist's family members declined the offer of

PATNA: After his recent visit to Bhutan, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will undertake a 'goodwill' tour of China from June 12. Official sources said that during his stay in China Kumar would visit power plants, besides looking into its agriculture and irrigation systems. Kumar would also i

Haridwar - 09 June 2011: Yoga guru Ramdev, who is on an indefinite hunger strike against black money and corruption, today made public details of his business empire worth over Rs 1,100 crore, claiming everything was in order. On his sixth day of fast, Ramdev addressed a press conference here du