Sriharikota (AP), Dec 25 (PTI): India's space programme suffered a setback today when one of its communication satellites aboard a Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV) exploded mid-air less than a minute after lift-off from the spaceport here and fell into the sea. GSAT-5P, carrying 24 C-band and 12

Mangalore - Tense atmosphere prevailed in the coastal city of Mangalore on Friday afternoon following a joint operation by Coastal Security Police Force and Panambur police based on rumours of illegal weapons transportation. Claiming that they have received intelligence information of illegal weapon

Thiruvananthapuram, December 23: Veteran Congress leader K. Karunakaran, who was four times chief minister of Kerala, died in a hospital here Thursday, doctors said. He was 92.Karunakaran, who was admitted to a private hospital in the city on December 10, was taken off the ventilator last week after

NEW DELHI, December 23, 2010 :nion Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said he saw the private sector chipping in with $500 billion (about Rs.22.50 lakh crore) for development of the infrastructure sector during the XII Plan (2012-17)."We are already envisaging doubling of infrastructure

Bhubaneswar, December 22 (IANS): India Wednesday successfully tested its indigenously developed nuclear-capable ballistic missile Prithvi-II from a military base in Orissa, defence sources said.The surface-to-surface missile, which has already been inducted into the Indian armed forces, was blasted

Bangalore: In a move that could radically change the system of admissions to colleges and institutions of higher learning , the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) is contemplating introducing a national-level entrance test for different streams of learning.Speaking at the 17th National An

NEW DELHI, December 21, 2010 (PTI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the sharp rise in onion prices and said effective steps should be taken to bring down the prices to affordable levels. In a letter to the secretaries of Departments of Consumer Affairs and Agric

New Delhi - Strongly endorsing the secular and nationalistic nature of Muslims in India, the United States has acknowledged that India's over 150 million Muslim population is largely unattracted to extremism. Separatism and religious extremism have little appeal to Indian Muslims, and the overwh

Bhopal - Preparations are underway on a war-footing for the three-day 63rd "Aalami Tableeghi Ijtima" (World Preachers Congregation) to be held here from December 25 to 27 on the outskirts of Bhopal at Ghasipura in Eintkhedi village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The Ijtima will c

Mumbai - Anjuman -i- IslamandAssociation of Muslim Professionals(AMP)are organizing a two-dayCareer Fair - 'Career Fest 2011 - The next step' in collaboration with Urdu Markaz, Leap India Foundation, Urdu Head Masters Association and All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA). The media partners f

Mangalore, December 18 (TNN): The syllabus for BCom and MBA courses of Mangalore University will undergo an overhaul, keeping in mind the present day needs and to match contemporary trends in these subjects. A decision to this effect was taken at the academic council of the university here on Wednes

New Delhi/London, December 18 (IANS): Congress president Sonia Gandhi candidly admitted to the California governor's wife that her parents were against her marriage with Rajiv Gandhi, US embassy cables provided by WikiLeaks reveal.Gandhi also told Maria Shriver, wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, in Aug

Mangalore, December 17: In a horrendous crime reported from Sharbatkatte, near Yeyyadi on the outskirts of the city, a four year old girl child was brutally killed by two people, who were engaged in witchcraft and black magic.The victim has been identified as Priyanka, daughter of a Bihari couple Fi

The International Committee of the Red Cross sent evidence to US diplomats about widespread torture by Indian security forces in Kashmir, according to cables obtained by Wikileaks. Visits to detention centres in the region in 2002-04 revealed cases of beatings, electric shocks, sexual abuse and ot

Bangalore - The much awaited World Urdu Conference and World Urdu Mushaira, the first-of-its kind in the history of KARNATAKA will be held Insha Allah on the 29th and 30th December 2010 respectively. CONFERENCE: The Conference will be attended by a galaxy of eminent scholars, writers, poets, social

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: India's political princeling and Congress Party heir apparent Rahul Gandhi feels that the "the bigger threat (to India) may be the growth of radicalized Hindu groups, which create religious tensions and political confrontations with the Muslim community," according to a cable b

Mysore - Twenty-eight people, most of them women and children, drowned when a maxi-cab in which they were travelling plunged into the Unabattinakere near Marase Gate on the stretch between Mysore and Nanjangud (on National Highway 212), about 10 km from here, on Tuesday. Five people were rescued

Bangalore, Dec 11 (PTI): Higher Education Minister V S Acharya was today given additional portfolio of Information Technology and Biotechnology, held by Katta Subramanya Naidu, who quit in the wake of an alleged land scam. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board will now be under Urban Develo