Mumbai - 09 August 2011 (PTI):Anna Hazareon Tuesday alleged he is being targeted by the government, claiming his records in theArmywere being checked and people sent to his village in Maharashtra to check on his organisation."I have not done anything wrong throughout my life," Hazare said.The 74-yea

Kabul - 08 August 2011: Thirty members of the American special forces have been killed in Afghanistan in the deadliest day of the 10-year war for US military personnel when the Taliban shot down a Chinook helicopter. The majority of those killed were from Navy Seal Team 6, the unit that killed O

Is the US heading towards another financial crisis? Although it might be a bit early to predict with certainty the future implications of the debt crisis facing the US today, the situation is fluid enough to raise an alarm for theUS governmentas well as foreign investors. Because of the recent finan

Mumbai - 08 August 2011 (PTI): Gold price breached the Rs 25,000/10 gram mark for the first time, as the yellow metal became the safe haven in a global economy rapidly turning stormy. In Mumbai, gold of 99.9 purity surged Rs 460 to Rs 25,230/10 grams while 99.5 purity gold rose by a similar amou

London - 08 August 2011 (PTI): The British capital continued to smoulder under a series of 'copycat' riots that engulfed the city for a second day, with looting and arson reported in new areas, just miles from the site of next year's Olympic Games, prompting authorities to arrest as many as 160 peop

Bangalore - 08 August 2011 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today expanded his five-day-old ministry inducting 21 with Cabinet rank but left out the mining magnates Reddy brothers and their close associate Sreeramulu. All the ministers who were inducted had served in the outgoi

Mumbai - 08 August 2011: The Indian stocks continue to be under tremendous selling pressure in late morning trade, as investors continue to flee risky assets like equities and commodities in the wake of the S&P;'s decision to downgrade US' "AAA" rating by one notch. The BSE Sensex is down more th

Bhatkal - 08 August 2011: Rotary Club of Bhatkal has recently organized a Quiz Competition here at Anand Ashram Convent School located at Sagar road. The students from 8 Schools have been participated in the competition which was open for 8th, 9th and 10th class children. Anand Ashram Convent School

Bhatkal - 08 August 2011: Passenger Reservation System (PRS) facility was recently launched here at Bhatkal Railway Station. With this, residents of Bhatkal can now book their train tickets to travel anywhere in India. According to the Station Master, Mr K S N Murthy, this facility will be available

Dubai - 07 August 2011: ECAT Dubai Municipality defeated Uniforge Bhatkal CC by six wickets in the 10th Dulsco Ramadan T20 tournament being played at Zabeel Park. ECAT Dubai Municipality achieved the victory target of 92 in just 12 overs after they had bundled out their rivals in just 19.1 overs. Kh

Chennai - 06 August 2011: In a desperate move, the national cricket selectors on Saturday recalled the man for all seasons Rahul Dravid to India's One-Day Internationals (ODI) squad after two years and left out injured Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh for the five-match series against England, be

The United States has always been a featherbed for scientists and researchers, irrespective of their origins or nationality. That is because of its unique institutional ecosystem that keeps the ground fertile for creativity, as well as individual entrepreneurship and commercial success. The cont

05 August 2011: NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft blasted off on its five-year mission to Jupiter on Friday, the first mission launched after the end of the space shuttle program last month and the first representing NASA's new emphasis on unmanned space missions. Juno will explore the largest

Mumbai - 05 August 2011 (PTI): The investors were left poorer by over Rs 1.33 lakh crore after Friday's stockmarket crash, even as the market managed to recover nearly half of the losses suffered earlier during the day.The plunge in investors' wealth, which is notional in nature and is measured in t

Beirut - 05 August 2011: Security forces opened fire as tens of thousands of protesters poured into the streets across Syria on Friday calling for the downfall of President Bashar Assad's regime, defying a deadly military siege on the city of Hama where government tanks blasted residential areas bef

Guwahati: The Al-Ameen Welfare Society, a Guwahati based Non-Political voluntary organization formed in June 2003 has undertaken a project to chronicle the rich history of the Muslims of Assam with their cultural heritage and contributions to greater Society of Assam. Komoruzzaman Ahmed, founder

The anti-graft Lokpal Bill was introduced in Parliament on Thursday amid vehement protests from the opposition. Civil society activists, led by Gandhian Anna Hazare, too criticised the government draft. Here are the key points of disagreement between the government and the civil society on the bill

New Delhi - 04 August 2011: Home-grown terror was a new challenge India was facing because the problem was ignored and allowed to grow when the nation was fighting cross-border terrorism, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Thursday. Replying to a parliamentary debate on the security situation in t