The Left Front's 34-year rule in West Bengal is set to end with the Trinamool Congress-led alliance likely to win three-fourths of the seats, according to exit polls and post-poll surveys by various media outfits. While unanimous on this, the polls released on Tuesday differed on what will happe

Bangalore - 10 May 2011: The much-awaited results of Karnataka second PUCwere announced on Tuesday, May 10 at 4 pm. 48.98 percent students have passed the examination successfully. Once again girls, beating boys, grabbed the first place. 56.62 percent girls have passed while only 42.19 percent boys

New Delhi - 10 May 2011: The government may hike diesel and domestic LPG rates next week while an increase in petrol prices may happen later this week. "The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (on fuel price hike) was to meet tomorrow evening. It has been

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday assured a delegation of Rashtriya Lok Dal leaders that government will move the crucial bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act in the coming session of Parliament, its leader Ajit Singh said. After a half-an-hour long meeting with the Prime Min

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court verdict that directed division of 2.77 acres of land of the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya into three parts among Hindus, Muslims and the Nirmohi Akhara.A Bench of Justices Aftab Alam and R.M. Lodha, admitting a batch

BANGALORE: The results of the II Pre-University course examination will be announced on May 10.Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri told that all arrangements had been made to declare the results on May 10."The results will be available on the websites only after an

NEW DELHI: Government on Wednesday indicated that Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu and four others may not have survived the crash of the helicopter in which they were travelling on Saturday. "From whatever I can piece together the information from the information given by the vill

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court Tuesday appointed senior advocate Sidharth Luthra amicus curiae to assist in the impasse between the Air India management and its striking pilots, now in the seventh day, and asked the two sides to "put an end" to it.The observations sought by the amicus curiae, liter

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh legislator and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was out of danger but his condition remained critical Sunday, a day after he was stabbed and shot at by his rivals, doctors attending on him said. After the second intra-abdominal surgery to treat hi

ITANAGAR: The Army, SSB, ITBP and the state police resumed their joint operation this morning to locate a missing chopper carrying Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu and four others. While inclement weather is preventing the two IAF choppers being positioned at Tezpur and Guwahati t

BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies, India's second largest software company, on Saturday named veteran banker and seasoned business transformation manger K V Kamath as its new chairman. Kamath, 63, who is currently a member of Infosys' board of directors, will succeed the company's founder N R Naray

Lucknow: Demand for reservation to Muslims gained momentum with Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind leader and Rajya Sabha MP Mahmood Madani and Jamiat chief Qari Usman Mansoorpuri courting arrest after a public meeting at Jyotiba Phule Park in Lucknow on Thursday. Madani threatened to intensify the agitation in co

Karwar - 29 April 2011: The extended service of Yeshwantpur-Mangalore Express day train (nos. 16515/16516) to Karwar is likely to begin next month even as passengers have expressed reservations about the proposed schedules. In the Inter-Zone Railway Timetable Conference held earlier this month, the

PUTTAPARTHI: Godman Sathya Sai Baba, whose message of universal love and brotherhood attracted millions of followers across the globe, was on Wednesday interred at the very spot from where he used to meet and address his disciples for years. The mortal remains of the 85-year-old spiritual leader,

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

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

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

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