Kaup - 11 August 2011: In a tragic incident, two students of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), who went for swimming on Wednesday here in Arabian Sea at Kaup beach in Udupi district drowned. The victims have been identified as Abhijit Singh (18), from Chandigarh, and Janakish (21), a citizen of

Mangalore - 11 August 2011: Studies on the feasibility of the Hubli-Ankola railway link had been on for more than a decade. Many politicians of the region have even made a career promising this important line to voters. It now appears that the line could become a reality. Hopes of seeing this railwa

Bangalore - 11 August 2011: The D V Sadananda Gowda ministry in Karnataka will be expanded today with the induction of five more ministers, keeping out the mining magnates Reddy brothers and their close associate B Sreeramulu. According to sources in the Chief Minister's Secretariat, Raju Gowda, C P

London - 11 August 2011: Theriots in Englandclaimed South Asian victims on Wednesday when three young men of Pakistani origin were killed in a "deliberate" hit-and-run incident in the country's second biggest city of Birmingham. While retailers of Indian origin were attacked in Birmingham, in the we

New Delhi - 11 August 2011: Beware of what you put in yourFacebookmessages or your tweets. Your friends and followers may not be the only ones reading them. Chances are government sleuths would be vetting these private messages.This follows a home ministry directive to the department of telecom, ask

Paris - 10 August 2011 (AFP): President Nicolas Sarkozy cut short his holiday on Wednesday to announce new moves to slash France's massive debt amid fears it might be next after theUnited Statesto suffer a credit-rating downgrade.The right-wing leader returned from the Riviera holiday home of his pr

The head of studies at the Royal Air Force pilot training college is a convert to Islam who has criticised Nato air strikes on Libya in a Muslim magazine. Dr Joel Hayward is dean of the college at Cranwell, the RAF's equivalent of Sandhurst, and has taught many of the pilots spearheading the militar

Dubai - 10 August 2011 (PTI): India's biggest mosque, surpassing the capital's Jama Masjid is to come up in Kerala with expatriates in the UAE and Middle Eastern countries contributing generously for the project. Estimated to cost Rs 12 billion (Dh 1 billion), the new mosque, to be called 'Share Mub

Bangalore - 10 August 2011 (PTI): Spelling more trouble for former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Lokayukta police has registered an FIR against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act on charges of financial irregularities in the Upper Bhadra irrigation project related works. In l

New Delhi - 10 August 2011 (IANS): Hardening its posture, Team Anna Hazare today told a Parliamentary panel to recommend to the government to replace the Lokpal bill with a stronger anti-corruption draft legislation, or else the activist would go on an indefinite hunger-strike from August 16.Haz

Mumbai - 10 August 2011: The police on Monday received 100 more complaints against Singapore-based online consumer survey company SpeakAsia, accused of cheating investors of crores by promising them huge returns on their investments. Among the victims who recorded their statements with the police wa

Washington - 10 August 2011: Americans by a large majority believe theUnited Statesis on the wrong track and nearly half think the worst is yet to come in the economy, aReuters/Ipsos pollsaid on Wednesday.President Barack Obama's approval rating dropped to 45 percent from 49 percent a month ago, acc

Bhatkal - 10 August 2011: Student belonging to Anjuman Engineering College, Mohammed Arfat s/o. Moulana Ashraf Muallim was severely injured in a road accident near TFC Hotel. According to the sources, the accident took place at 8:30 am when an Auto rickshaw coming from Nagappa Naik road rammed into

New Delhi - 10 August 2011: The government on Tuesday said that prices of petrol and other fuel could be lowered if global crude prices continue to slip further.A fall in crude prices would also help the government bring down its subsidy bill on fuel which would help curb the fiscal deficit. The go

Mumbai - 10 August 2011: Reliance Communications on Tuesday kicked off a price war in the tablet market, with the cheapest 3G model aggresively priced at Rs 12,999. However, the seven-inch, Android tablet, sourced from Chinese telecom major ZTE, is custom-made for the Reliance network. The device

Moroni - 09 August 2011: At least 50 people including children drowned in rough seas when a passenger boat sunk off the Comoros archipelago in the early hours of Tuesday after its engines failed, the country's public prosecutor said.The vessel was ferrying more than 100 people from the capital Moron

New Delhi - 09 August 2011 (PTI): The government intends to set up six AIIMS-like medical institutions in different states and Rs 847 crores have been released so far for them.Stating this in theRajya Sabhain reply to a written question, health and family welfare ministerGhulam Nabi Azadsaid the gov

London - 09 August 2011 (AP): A wave of violence and looting raged across London and spread to three other major British cities on Tuesday, as authorities struggled to contain the country's worst unrest since race riots set the capital ablaze in the 1980s. In London, groups of young people ra