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800 Air India pilots on strike, pilot's union derecognised

NEW DELHI: With around 20 flights being cancelled due to the pilots' strike, Air India management on Wednesday moved swiftly to derecognise their union ICPA and declaring their strike illegal. Around eight flights from Delhi and 11 from Mumbai were cancelled on Wednesday morning while several oth

Spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba passes away

HYDERABAD/PUTTAPARTHI: Sathya Sai Baba, who had millions of followers across the world, is no more. Baba's heart stopped beating at 7.28 am on Sunday morning. He had been on ventilator support for many days with all his vital parameters failing. He was being treated at the super speciality hospit

Top cop says Gujarat CM Narendra Modi involved in Godhra case

NEW DELHI: Senior IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, who was posted in the Intelligence Department, has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi of complicity in the 2002 Godhra case. Bhatt in his affidavit states that he was that he attended a meeting held at

Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad to celebrate its Golden Jubilee on 6th May

Bangalore - 22 April 2011: Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad, a premier Islamic seminary in South India is all set to celebrate its Golden Jubilee on 6, 7 and 8th of May 2011. According to the press release issued by the seminary, as a part of this 3-day long celebrations, several events including inaugur

PSLV-C16 launch successful, satellites injected into orbit

Sriharikota - 20 April 2011: India's PSLV-C16 rocket on Wednesday successfully launched into orbit the latest remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 that would study and help manage natural resources along with two nano satellites. ISRO's homegrown workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle place

IDB Scholarship program for meritorious Muslim candidates

New Delhi - 19 April 2011: (Press release) The Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah (IDB), in pursuance of its policy of helping students belonging to Muslim Community around the world, is pleased to announce Scholarships for students from the Muslim Community of India for study in a recognized Universi

Karnataka SSLC Results 2011 before May 15

Bangalore - 19 April 2011: Results of theKarnatakaSSLCExamination2011 are scheduled to be announced before May 15, 2011. Primary andSecondary EducationMinister Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri has said that though a re-examinationof the SSLC Third Language Hindi subject will be held on April 27, 2011 at 14

Fire on Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani; all safe

Ratlam - 19 April 2011: The pantry car of the 12951 Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express caught fire in the early hours of Monday. Two coaches were affected, but all passengers are safe. Railway authorities said the accident happened at 2:20 am near the Thuriya station between Aalot and Vikramgarh near Rat

Online Scholarship Management System launched

New Delhi: Minister of Minority Affairs, Salman Khurshid, yesterday launched the 'Student Module' of the Online Scholarship Management System (OSMS) for Merit-cum-Means based scholarship scheme of the Ministry of Minority Affairs. With this facility now the students can apply online from anywhere fo

Peaceful elections, high turnout in Tamil Nadu, Kerala

Chennai - 14 April 2011: In an exercise that will see a ripple effect or more on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government, elections to the politically significant states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as Puducherry ended with millions voting peacefully to bring in new assemblies.While Kerala sa

Anna Hazare breaks fast, pledges long fight against corruption

NEW DELHI: Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday broke his fast after over 90 hours of spearheading the campaign against corruption after government issued a gazette notification constituting a 10-member joint committee of ministers and civil society activists, including him, to draf

India wins again, Anna Hazare to call off fast today

NEW DELHI: After a last-minute twist almost derailed a peace deal between Anna Hazare and the government, the Gandhian on Friday announced that he would call off his fast at 10am on Saturday with official negotiators accepting all his conditions. Civil society protesters laying siege to Jantar Ma

Hazare announces jail bharo on April 13 after govt rejects demands

NEW DELHI: The government has rejected the demand of Anna Hazare to issue an official notification to constitute the draft committee for Lokpal Bill and also rejected the proposal for an outsider to lead the new committee of government and civil society. The protesters announced that Kapil Sibal

Hundreds join Anna Hazare-led campaign against corruption

MUMBAI: Several hundred activists from various parts of the city, who were part of the Anna Hazare-led campaign against corruption, were prevented by the police from staging a road blockade outside Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 5.30 pm on Tuesday The activists, waving national flags, shouted sloga

Overseas voters can now register in electoral rolls

PANAJI - Under Section-20A of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, every overseas Indian elector is now entitled to have his/her name registered in the electoral roll of the constituency in which his/her place of residence in India, as mentioned in his/her passport, is located. Meanwhile,

Saturn to be visible to naked eye

New Delhi - 04 April 2011: An eye-catching spectacle will greet star gazers today when Saturn, the Lord of the Rings, will be brightest and biggest in the night sky making it visible to the naked eye."Jovian planet Saturn will shine like a bright golden object in the night sky theater on Monday as t

Census 2011: population pegged at 1,210.2 million

NEW DELHI: India's population rose to 1.21 billion people over the last 10 years - an increase by 181 million, according to the new census released today, but significantly the growth is slower for the first time in nine decades. The population, which accounts for world's 17.5 per cent population, c

Banquet hosted in honor of Imam Haram, Al-Sudais

New Delhi - 29 March 2011: The Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Dr. K. Rahman Khan welcomed Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, Imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah to India and held a banquet in his honor here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Khan lauded the role of the Al-Sudais as a voice of sani