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KBC first 'crorepati' woman

Mumbai : After 10 years and four seasons, Kaun Banega Crorepati finally got its first woman crorepati as Rahat Tasneem won the prize money of Rs1,00,00,000 in the fourth season (KBC4)of popular game show. She is confidence personified, a trait which was even lauded by the show's host megastar . Co

BJP defers decision on Yeddyurappa's future

New Delhi, November 20: The Bhartiya Janata Party early Saturday deferred its decision on whether to make the land scam-hit Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa quit or stay on his post.It was decided after an over three-hour-long discussion between Yeddyurappa, other BJP leaders from Karnataka a

Yeddyurappa to be shown the door?

NEW DELHI: Top BJP sources have told Times Now that the party might ask Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to step down after his role in the alleged land grab scam in the state was exposed. Sources have said that BJP sees Yeddyurappa as weak spot in fight against corruption against Congress

Andhra to name district after Indira Gandhi

Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh will rename Medak district, some 50 km from here, after former prime minister Indira Gandhi, Chief Minister K. Rosaiah said on Thursday. The new name of the district will be Indiramma district."The government has already started the exercise to rename the district," Rosaia

Plane crash inquiry finds that pilot suffered from sleep inertia

Dubai/New Delhi: A Court of Inquiry appointed by the Indian government to probe the plane crash that took place on May 22 has concluded that flight commander Zlatko Glusica was disoriented and his reactions were slow while bringing the aircraft in for a landing at Mangalore airport, Hindustan Times

Kumaraswamy re-elected as JDS state supremo

Bangalore - Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was on Thursday was unanimously re-elected the state unit JD-S president.Mr Kumaraswamy's was the lone nomination received for the post of the President, Returning Officer for organisational polls and JD-S MLC, H C Neeravari told reporters

BJP to decide Yeddyurappa's fate within two days

New Delhi/Bangalore - The Bharatiya Janata Party will hear land scam hit Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa and decide within two days next steps, a senior leader said late Thursday.This decision was taken at BJP's core committee meeting, leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley

Building collapse in New Delhi kills 64

NEW DELHI: Rescuers hammered slabs of concrete and dug with their hands Tuesday to pull survivors and bodies from a four-story apartment building that collapsed into a mountain of rubble in a poor New Delhi neighborhood. At least 64 people were killed and scores injured.The 15-year-old building hous

The BJP's hostage to off-the-wall masters

I don't know if you are fully aware of the remarks made by K. Sudarshan, the former chief of the RSS and the organisation's father figure. The English TV channels and newspapers more or less blacked them out on the grounds of taste. Even I had difficulty piecing together exactly what the old boy ha

India telecoms minister quits over licence row - reports

Indian telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja resigned from his post on Sunday, local media reported, after allegations that the government had given out lucrative telecoms licences at low prices.New Delhi: Indian telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja resigned from his post on Sunday, local media reported, aft

Little angels return Rs.15,000 to shopkeeper

Lucknow: The three siblings were no less than "little angels" for Ikram, a shopkeeper in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district, when they handed over his box containing around Rs.15,000 which was given to them by mistake on their purchase.The siblings had Thursday night purchased a clay pot for Rs.30 from

Mangalore boy's work features on Google homepage

Winning entry was chosen from over 1,08,000 doodles with India themeInternet users logging on to the Google homepage on Sunday will find a 'doodle' that showcases what is termed as the 'New India.' With a scholarly hat perched atop Google's G and a satellite bearing India's name on its way to the

All Hindu terrorists linked to RSS: Digvijay

Nagpur, Nov 13, (PTI):Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has said that all Hindus arrested for their alleged involvement in terror activities across the country are linked to the Rashtriya Swayayamsewak Sangh (RSS). Turning tables on the Nagpur-headquartered saffron outfit for its observatio

BJP's shame: Yeddyurappa at centre of land scams

BANGALORE: BJP is screaming hoarse about corruption in the UPA and demanding telecom minister A Raja's scalp for alleged misdeeds related to 2G spectrum allotment. But in Karnataka, where the party is in power, more skeletons are tumbling out of the scam-scarred B S Yeddyurappa government's cupboard

Karnataka okays second phase of Bangalore Metro

Bangalore, November 10: The Karnataka government late Tuesday approved the second phase of the Bangalore Metro project (51 km) at a cost of a whopping Rs.14,774 crore (Rs.147.74 billion). "The cabinet has given approval for the second phase of the Namma Metro comprising 51 km at a cost of Rs.14,774

Common Entrance Test slated for April 27 and 28

Bangalore - Minister for Higher Education V.S. Acharya on Wednesday announced that the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) had tentatively fixed April 27 and April 28 for conducting the Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission to professional courses in the coming academic year. After a meeting

Chavan stakes claim to form new govt in Maharashtra

Mumbai -Maharashtra Chief Minister-designate Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday night called on Governor K Sankaranarayan to submit letters of support and stake claim to form the next government in the state. He was accompanied by NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister-designate Ajit Pawar. The swearing-

Close shave for 250 as bird hits plane in Goa

Panaji -A chartered plane to Moscow with 250 passengers on board had a narrow escape early Thursday when it suffered a bird hit at the runway of Goa's Dabolim international airport. Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials said that immediately after the bird hit, the pilot of the Moscow-bound Ae