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

New Delhi, January 10, 2011 (PTI) : The 2007 Ajmer Shariff blast was carried out to deter Hindus from going to the famous shrine and the act was carried out by a group of extremists whose members belonged to both majority and minority communities, Swami Aseemanand, an accused in the case has said in

New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI) A thick layer of fog engulfed the city this morning even as the cold wave continued unabated leaving Delhiites shivering and disrupting flight operations.The minimum temperature was recorded at 4.3 degrees Celsius, the same as yesterday.Heavy fog in the morning hours disrupted

Lucknow, Jan 7 (PTI):Government is considering allocation of quota to minorities within the existing 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in central services, Minority Affairs minister Salman Khurshid said today.Granting separate quota to the minorities within the 27 per cent being given to OBCs is unde

"We are extremely pained at the methodology adopted" New Delhi, January 7, 2011:The government on Friday described as "utterly erroneous and without any basis" the estimated loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore arrived at by the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) on account of allocation of 2G spectrum to

It offers good mobility and does not produce debris that may be harmful to bodyCHENNAI, January 6, 2011:Medical technology is constantly evolving and what was the best a few years ago is no longer good enough for patients. The latest to join that list is Delta Motion, a ceramic hip-replacement devic

Police fire rubber bullets, lob teargas shells after students hurl stones at themHYDERABAD, January 6, 2011: Students agitated over the recommendations of the Srikrishna Committee clashed with police forces on the Osmania University campus throughout Thursday. Police fired 15 rounds of rubber bullet

New Delhi, January 6, 2011:Even as onion prices show no signs of cooling down due to inconsistent supplies, the prices are likely to increase further with Pakistan deciding to ban its export to India through the Wagah border.Terming it shocking, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma on Thursday said the is

Bangalore, Jan 4 :Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday emerged as a major winner in polls to the local governing councils but it suffered setbacks in the home turf of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and the powerful Reddy brothers. Of the 30 zila (district) panchayats, the BJP bag

BANGALORE: Though theWorld Urdu Conferencestarted on Wednesday to celebrate the sweetness of the Urdu language, it hit a bitter strain too. Organizers complained that numerous letters to chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, asking for support to hold the conference, fell on deaf ears. Though the letters

Mumbai,December 29, 2010: An Egypt Air aircraft made an emergency landing at Mumbai airport on Wednesday morning.The Cairo-Mumbai flight (MS 968) landed after a suspected fire was reported from its cargo hold.All the passengers on board were reported safe. Source : Gulf News

Mumbai - The Bombay Stock Exchange along with Taqwaa Advisory and Shariah Investment Solutions (P) Ltd. (TASIS), on Monday, launched a Sharia Index with 50 Sharia compliant companies within the BSE 500 that will be known as BSE TASIS Sharia 50. These 50 companies are the most liquid ones and are str

Bangalore, Dec 27, (PTI): Karnataka Government today said it was not in favour of a single common entrance test (CET) at the state level for admission to professional courses, as it would not benefit the state students.The government had no objection to the existing system of CET conducted by the Ka

Bangalore, Dec 27, (PTI) :Security was today intensified in Karnataka, particularly in coastal areas, after a terror alert was sounded by central intelligence agencies."A high alert has been sounded in the state, especially in coastal districts following an alert from the Centre" Chief Minister B S

Bangalore - On the occasion of World Urdu Conference and Mushaira which is scheduled to be held on 29, 30 Dec, three eminent journalists will be awarded in recognition of their services in the field of Urdu Journalism and Literature. According to the press release, Asst Chairman of Organizing Commit

Mumbai - Career festival 2011, in which Twocircles.net is media partner, will be held on 15 and 16 January 2011 at M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering in Byculla, South Mumbai. Organizers of the carrier fest Associations of Muslim Professionals along with Anjuman-e-Islam, Urdu Markaz and ot