New Delhi -Air travellers can breathe easy ahead of Christmas and New Year festivities as low-cost domestic airlines have slashed their average fares by 20-25 per cent on Sunday following intense pressure from the government. The lowering of tariffs will come as a relief to passengers who were for

The high court on Wednesday sought a reply from the government on whether it has investigated the issues raised in former inspector general of police SM Mushrif's book Who killed Karkare. The division bench of justice BH Marlapalle and justice UD Salvi were hearing two petitions, one by former Bih

New Delhi, Dec 4,2010 (PTI):The CBI today registered a case against unknown persons for hacking and defacement of its official website by people who identified themselves as ''Pakistani Cyber Army''. The CBI registered the case under various sections of Information Technology Act and said efforts w

Bangalore, December 3(UNI): The House Committee probing the misconduct of the 15 opposition party members in Karnataka Legislative Assembly during the first trust vote on October 11 for Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa will submit its report in the next ten days.Appachu Ranjan, legislator fr

Patna: Majority of the 19 Muslim candidates including two women who got elected in the recently held Bihar Assembly election 2010, are new faces, young and highly educated. The average age of the newly elected 19 Muslim MLAs is 45 years. Only five of the 15 Muslim MLAs in the last assembly could win

Bagepalli, December 2, DHNS :Two groups of the same community clashed over a dispute relating to prayers at the Noorani Masjid Mohalla in the town on Wednesday night.A war of words between the two groups in the night took the form of a clash by late night. A youth was stabbed in the incident. He is

Ahmedabad, November 29, (PTI):At a time when the country is being rocked by a number of scams, some students of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad have decided to launch a helpline on corruption to curb the menace.A group of six IIM-A students proposed the idea of starting the helpline to form

Lucknow, Nov 28 (PTI): About 63 per cent parents who have young children want a regulatory authority to curb sex and violence in TV programmes, particularly those telecast in the prime time slot, a new survey has revealed.With children these days spending more and more time in front of the idiot box

Kaiga (Karnataka), Nov 27 (PTI):India's 20th nuclear power plant today became operational here taking the total installed atomic power capacity in the country to 4780 MW.The indigenously-developed 220 MW capacity Unit 4 of the Kaiga Atomic Power Station attained criticality at 8.07.22 a.m. making In

After a prolonged wait, India on Thursday launched the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) era, allowing mobile phone users to switch operators without changing numbers. Launching the new service at Rohtak in Haryana near Delhi, Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said the service would be unleashed in

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday submitted its final probe report in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and indicted former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah and several top ranking anti-terror squad (ATS) officials of foul play. The CBI on Thursd

HYDERABAD, Nov 24,2010 (PTI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah has submitted his resignation to Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan on Wednesday afternoon.The Chief Minister announced his decision to quit "due to advanced age" at a hurriedly convened press conference and later drove to Raj Bhav

Patna, Nov.24,2010 (PTI):The Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-BJP alliance on Wednesday attained a three-fourths majority in Bihar, bagging 183 of the 243-Assembly seats while still leading in 23 places.The JD(U) on its own won 99 seats, while its electoral ally the BJP snapped up 84 of the 141 and 102 seats,

New Delhi, Nov 24, (PTI): Beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, facing allegations of corruption and nepotism, yet again staved off a mounting challenge to his leadership as BJP on Wednesday announced that he will continue in office."After consultations with senior party leaders and

NEW DELHI: After Ashok Chavan in Maharashtra, allegations of corruption have scalped another chief minister. The BJP top brass on Sunday asked B S Yeddyurappa to quit as Karnataka chief minister, and is determined to enforce the leadership change despite resistance from him. The chief minister dodg

New Delhi - Breaking his silence on the 2G spectrum allocation scandal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised action against anyone found guilty. But he also appealed to opposition political parties to allow Parliament - paralysed by them now for two weeks demanding a joint parliamentary committee

HUBLI - Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Saturday said he had apprised the BJP core committee meeting in Delhi of the developments in Karnataka and, "during the discussion, there was no mention of a change in leadership."Mr. Yeddyurappa, who flew down to Hubli from New Delhi en route to Bijapur di

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