Bangalore - 28 Jan 2011:It's the worst piece of news for young cricket enthusiasts and their parents. The World Cup cricket and IPL-4 matches will coincide with the exam season between February and April this year, leaving parents with the difficult task of tearing their children away from televisio

NEW DELHI: Darul Uloom Deoband vice-chancellor Ghulam Mohammed Vastanvi on Thursday refused to resign from his post, throwing down the gauntlet to those who have demanded his removal for allegedly praising Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. Vastanvi said the issue of his continuation should be de

New Delhi, Jan 26 (PTI) :Colourful tableaux depicting the myriad hues of country's diversity, a vibrant performance by students and armed forces in full battle regalia -- the Republic Day parade today had 'mini-India' in itself.Marching down from the Raisina Hills to Red Fort, the parade showcased I

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS): Former national security advisor Brajesh Mishra, Wipro chief Azim Premji, Planning Commission head Montek Singh Ahluwalia, culture czarina Kapila Vatsyayan and nonagenarian photographer Homai Vyarawalla head the list of the 128 Padma awards announced by the government Tuesd

CHENNAI: A two-year-old boy died soon after being given oral polio drops at Padappai in suburban Chennai on Sunday morning, the child's mother told TOI. Doctors at Chromepet General Hospital said the child was brought dead, and the cause of death could be ascertained only after a postmortem analys

BANGALORE: Karnataka on Friday night appeared heading for a showdown with Governor H R Bhardwaj granting sanction for prosecution of chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on corruption charges and a defiant CM asking him to apologise for remarks against the BJP government. The stand off came to a head wi

Udupi, January 19,2011 : An important inscription of 15th century belonging to the Sangama Dynasty of Vijayanagar Empire is discovered at Rattadi, a small villege in Kundapura taluk of Udupi District.The stone record was preserved in the Bhandarkars College Kundapur and brought to the notice of Prof

New Delhi, Nov 20,2011 ( DHNS) :Tired of your existing cell phone service provider? Just dump it by paying Rs 19 and go for a new service provider without changing your number under the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) scheme.The MNP, which allows cell phone holders to change their service provider w

New Delhi, January 19, 2011 :In a minor expansion of his Council of Ministers on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh introduced three new faces, upgraded five Ministers and shuffled the rest of the pack. The top four jobs - Finance, Home, External Affairs and Defence - were left untouched, and

New Delhi, Jan 20,2011 :Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will formally announce a nationwide roll-out of the much-awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service on Thursday. This facility will allow mobile subscribers to switch operators without changing their phone numbers, thus forcing telecom compa

New Delhi, January 19, 2011 :Describing black money stashed away abroad by Indians as "pure and simple theft of national money," the Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Centre's approach to tackling this menace and retrieving the huge amount kept in foreign banks.When Solicitor-General Gopal S

A local court in Ajmer on Tuesday issued a fresh warrant against Swami Aseemanand directing the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad to produce him before it at the earliest in connection with the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case. Chief Judicial Magistrate Ratan Lal Moond issued a fresh production warrant a

Mumbai, Jan 17 (PTI) Nine persons arrested in connection with the 2006 Malegaon blasts today moved a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court, seeking bail in the wake of Swami Aseemanand''s confession pointing to a right-wing group''s involvement in the case."From the confes

Mumbai, Jan 17 (IBNS): The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in Nashik has received bail applications from nine alleged Islamic terrorists charged in the 2006 Malegaon blast case. The accused have cited Swami Aseemanand's confession where the Hindu extremist leader admitted to the

The new Mohtamim or head of the Dar-ul-Uloom, who took over on January 10, has a Facebook page devoted to him by his fans.That, among other things, is what Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Wastanavi brings to one of the Islamic world's most well-respected seminaries. A lesser-known scholar outside the Muslim

New Delhi, January 15, 2011 (PTI): State-owned oil companies on Saturday raised petrol prices by Rs. 2.50-Rs. 2.54 per litre, the second hike in a month, on back of rising crude oil prices.Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest fuel retailer, will raise petrol prices by Rs. 2.50 per litre with effect

NEW DELHI, Jan 13, 2011 (AP): A new row has erupted between India and China following Beijing's refusal to stamp visas in passports of residents from the disputed eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.Both India and China consider Arunachal Pradesh to be part of their territory and the neighbors

MYSORE, Jan 11, 2011,(PTI) :Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, former Mysore Maharaja, the late Nalwadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar, and Law Minister M Veerappa Moily will be conferred with honorary doctorate degrees by the Mysore University.The University Syndicate, at its meeting held on Wednesday, also chos