NEW DELHI - US President Barack Obama on Monday backed India's quest for a permanent UN Security Council seat, inviting the world's largest democracy to take its "rightful" place at the summit of global power. In a symbolic climax of his three-day visit to a nation he hailed as an "indispensable" U

JAIPUR - U.S. President Barack Obama's interaction with the inhabitants of Kanpura village in Ajmer district of Rajasthan through video-conferencing on Sunday gave him a glimpse of the information technology revolution in rural India that extends the benefits of modern technology and services to th

NEW DELHI - Any doubts Barack Obama might have had about the political pecking order in India is likely to have been settled by the seating arrangement at the private dinner Prime Minister Manmohan Singh threw for the visiting U.S. President at his residence on Race Course Road on Sunday night. The

New Delhi: The visiting US President Barack Obama held a crucial one-on-one meeting with the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday upon his arrival in the Indian capital. The two leaders were together for about half an hour before they joined other guests at a dinner Singh hosted for the v

Bangalore - The festival of lights brought no cheer for young Pravin: this 10-year-old native of Mulbagal taluk in Kolar district lost an eye on Friday for no fault of his. The child was passing by the Mulbagal bus-stand where a group of people were bursting crackers, and a rocket, instead of shooti

Mumbai, India: President Barack Obama's pledge to ease export controls that have long vexed India came as an unexpected salve in a relationship irritated by frictions over outsourcing and market access, Indian business leaders said on Saturday. The export controls resulted from past concerns about

India's financial hub is US President Barack Obama's first stop on a four-nation Asia tour which is expected to be heavily weighted towards strengthening ties with fast-growing economies Mumbai: US President Barack Obama begins a trade-focused visit to India on Saturday in Mumbai with a sombre trib

MANGALORE: The National Highways Authority of India may complete work on National Highway 17 by December-end. Participating in a meeting on infrastructure development organised here on Thursday by the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav said that officials of t

Thiruvananthapuram -A survey conducted by a US-based agency in certain Muslim-dominated areas of the capital has sent intelligence agencies into a tizzy. Home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said that Central help was being sought to unravel the mystery, if any, behind the exercise.According to

Aligarh: Indian universities hold great potential, and are the powerhouses of knowledge, former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam said at a convocation here Tuesday. "Our universities hold great potential for preparing India's next generation to face the upcoming challenges. They are the powerhouses of

New Delhi : The Allahabad High Court's verdict on the Ayodhya dispute did not condone the demolition of the Babri Masjid, Congress president Sondia Gandhi said Tuesday while asserting that the perpetrators must be "brought to justice". "The judgment in no way condones the demolition of the Babri Ma

Bangalore - On the occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has announced that regions currently being called as 'Hyderabad-Karnataka' and 'Mumbai-Karnataka', will be re-named. Delivering his address at the official Rajyotsava celebration function at Sri Kanteerava Stadium in

Bangalore - Assembly Speaker K. G. Bopaiah had disqualified the independents after they withdrew their support to the BJP government The Karnataka High Court today issued notice to state Assembly Speaker K. G. Bopaiah on petitions filed by five Independent MLAs, challenging their disqualification f

MUMBAI -THE Mumbai slum of Rafiq Nagar has no clean water for its shacks made of ripped tarp and bamboo. No garbage pick-up along the rocky, pocked earth that serves as a road. No power except from haphazard cables strung overhead illegally. And not a single toilet or latrine for its 10,000 people.

Bangalore: Commonwealth Games medal winners, industry captains and a record number of 15 journalists are among the 162 people who have been accorded with the Rajyotsava Award by the Karnataka government for the year 2010. Announcing the list, Kannada and Culture Minister Govind M Karjol told report

New Delhi - The Supreme Court today asked former minister Amit Shah to stay out of Gujarat and leave the state by tomorrow morning but did not cancel his bail on which hearing will be held on November 15. The decision came at a special hearing at Justice Aftab Alam's residence in Delhi on the CBI's

NEW DELHI: About 7000 Indian Haj pilgrims would not be able get place in the Green category area of Makkah despite they paid for it. According to Haj committee of India 7000 pilgrims who had opted for the Green category will now be accommodated in the Aziziya, some 12 KM from Haram Sharif. Chief Ex

Bangalore - Outgoing Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President R V Deshpande today said the most herculean task he faced during his tenure was to brave the ''money power'' of the ruling BJP in the last two years in the state. "It was a mixed bag of luck for me in the last 25 months as KPCC chi