New Delhi - 17 August 2011: "Corruption can be curbed and uprooted only by means of accountability of all, irrespective of the position one holds or work one does", said Mohd. Azharuddin, President, Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) while addressing the Central Secretariat of SIO at i

Bangalore - 17 August 2011 (PTI): Thousands of students skipped classes as they thronged Freedom Park in Bangalore in support of Anna Hazare, with former Supreme Court judge Santosh N. Hegde, also joining the dharna. Mr. Hegde, a member of the joint committee on drafting the Lokpal bill who till

Bhatkal - 16 August 2011: Bhatkal witnessed 65th Independence Day with colourful celebrations across the town. All Schools, Colleges, Govt offices and Non Governmental Organizations had hoisted the tricolor and remembered the martyrs and freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the Independen

New Delhi - 16 August 2011:Anna Hazarecourted arrest after being detained by Delhi Police at his residence in Mayur Vihar ahead of his indefinite fast on Tuesday.Senior officers of Delhi Police reached Anna Hazare's flat early in the morning and informed him that he could not leave his home. However

Mumbai - 15 August 2011 (PTI): The Indian Navy has captured a hijacked Iranian flagged vessel off the Mumbai coast following intelligence inputs that it may be carrying arms, ammunition and contraband, officials said on Monday.The ill-fated vessel 'Nafis-I' was intercepted on Sunday and all persons

Mount View, California - 15 August 2011 (AP): Google is buying cell phone makerMotorola Mobilityfor $12.5 billion in cash in what is by far the company's biggest acquisition to date.Google Inc.will pay $40.00 per share, a 63 percent premium to Motorola's closing price on Friday.The companies say the

New Delhi - 15 August 2011 (PTI): Delhi Police on Monday rejected permission for Anna Hazare's indefinite fast here as his team refused to give an undertaking that the Gandhian would end it by Thursday and restrict the number of protestors to 5,000, setting the stage for a showdown between the two p

Kut (Iraq) - 15 August 2011 (AP): Bomb blasts ripped through more than a dozen Iraqi cities this morning, killing 56 people, most of them in the southern city of Kut, in a wave of violence that shattered what had been a relatively peaceful holy mo

New Delhi - 15 August 2011: Addressing the nation eighth time in a row from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort on Independence Day, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh acknowledged that corruption is a big obstacle in national transformation. He, however, asserted that "the government is taking

Damascus - 14 August 2011: Syrian military vessels joined an assault that killed more than 20 people on Sunday in the city of Latakia, activists said, the first attack from the sea since an anti-regime revolt erupted in March. The latest bloodshed came a day after world leaders demanded an immedi

Bhatkal - 14 August 2011: Two people injured as a result of collision between Tata Sumo and Splendor Bike near Tengingundi Cross, NH-17 Bhatkal at around 6:45 pm. The injured have been identified as Krishnaiah Subraiah Naik and Mahadeva Narayana Naik and were taken to Bhatkal Govt Hospital for treat

New Delhi - 14 August 2011 (PTI): Yoga guru Ramdev today accused the government of trying to suppress the proposed Satyagraha by Anna Hazare on the Lokpal issue from Tuesday, terming the alleged attempts to do so as unconstitutional. "The efforts of this government to supress the people's movement

Bhatkal 14 August 2011: Two Bangaloreans in their early twenties are feared to have drowned in Murdeshwar beach here, after they were swept away by strong waves early on Sunday August 14 morning. On Sunday morning, a group of 11 from Bangalore reached Murdeshwar at around 6.30 am, and by 6.45 they v

Birmingham - 13 August 2011 (PTI): A spineless India on Saturday tamely surrendered their number one status to a ruthless England as they slumped to an innings and 242-run defeat to allow the hosts clinch the completely lop-sided four-match series by taking a 3-0 lead.India's nearly 20 months reign

Jerusalam - 13 August 2011 (AP): The US will cut $100 million in American aid money to Palestinians inGazaif the territory'sHamasrulers continue with "unwarranted audits" of local American nonprofit organisations, a state department official said on Saturday.The American threat came in response to a

New Delhi - 13 August 2011 (PTI): Peeved at being denied permission to hold an indefinite fast from August 16 on a venue desired by him,Anna Hazareon Saturday wrote to Prime MinisterManmohan Singh, accusing the government of "crushing" the fundamental rights of people.In the strongly-worded letter,

Paris - 13 August 2011 (AFP): A planet orbiting a distant star is darker than coal, reflecting less than 1% of the sunlight falling on it, according to a paper published on Thursday. The strange world, TrES-2b, is a gas giant the size of Jupiter, rather than a solid, rocky body like Earth or Mar

Damascus - 13 August 2011 (AFP): Armoured vehicles entered the port city of Latakia and a village near Lebanon Saturday, activists said, causing residents to flee as the West seeks ways to pressure Damascus to end the violence. "Military vehicles including tanks and armoured personnel carriers co