New Delhi - 09 June 2011: The government announced that it has earmarked Rs 258.39 crore for the preparation of athletes for the London Olympics, under 'Project Opex 2012'. Sports minister Ajay Maken, while addressing a press meet, said the estimated amount is for a period of 16 months, starting

Haridwar - 09 June 2011: Yoga guru Ramdev, who is on an indefinite hunger strike against black money and corruption, today made public details of his business empire worth over Rs 1,100 crore, claiming everything was in order. On his sixth day of fast, Ramdev addressed a press conference here du

The iOS preview stole the limelight at the WWDC event in San Francisco. The event also saw the beta release for iOS Developer Program members. The prominent features announced were Notification Center, iMessage, Twitter integration, Newsstand, Game Center, and Airplay.Apple claims that the Notifica

London - 09 June 2011: Legendary Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain, popularly known as 'Picasso of India' who earned both fame and wrath for his paintings, died here on Thursday at a hospital following over a month-long illness. He was 95. Husain breathed his last at 2.30am local time (0700 IST)

Bhatkal - 09 June, 2011: The annual deep-sea fishing ban along the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada will come into effect from Tuesday, June 15 forcing boat owners and the fishing community to allow themselves a break of nearly two months. The fishing ban in D.K. and U

Mysore - 08 June 2011: Two wild elephants stormed into Mysore early Wednesday, trampling one person to death and causing panic in this cultural city. "The wild elephants entered the city around 6 a.m. from a nearby forest, wreaked havoc in a suburb trampling one person to death and caused panic in

Ahmedabad: At least 18 pilgrims were killed when a truck lost control and ran over them on Bavla Bagodara highway in Ahmedabad on Wednesday night, police said.The victims, who were on their way to Peer Bana Dargah at Dholka, had taken a break and were sleeping on the roadside. T

Haridwar/New Delhi: Threatening an armed rebellion, yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday said he will raise a 11,000 force that will be trained to retaliate if authorities crackdown on their anti-corruption campaign, evoking a stern response from the government which termed it "anti-national". In Harid

New Delhi: In an absolutely shocking and disturbing revelation, a conspiracy has been alleged according to which the Rashtriya Swaysewak Sangh (RSS) had planned to burn Ramdev's anti-corruption camp in Delhi at about 3 am on June 5, and trigger post-Godhra like riots across the country. It was o

Bhatkal - 08 June 2011: A farmer died under mysterious circumstances after Forest officials raided the encroached forest land coming under Koppa gram panchayat limits in Telmungli forest area and destroyed the crop. The raid was conducted to vacate the forest land on Monday afternoon and on Tuesday

New Delhi - 08 June 2011: In the midst of his hunger strike today, Anna Hazare set an ultimatum for the government: unless it introduces the Lokpal Bill against corruption by August 15, he will begin another hunger fast. Mr Hazare drew thousands of people to Rajghat where, fla

Riyadh - 08 June 2011: Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has suffered much more serious injuries than first reported in a rocket attack on his palace, a US official says. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said on Tuesday that Saleh has burns covering over roughly 40 percent of hi

Bhatkal - 07 June 2011: Two students, Rabia Rayeen d/o Abdul Rrazzaq Ruknuddin and Maryam Imran d/o Syed Saleem Peerzade of Naunihaal Central School, Kidwai Road, Bhatkal havebagged the prestigious 'Muniri Award-2011' scoring 200 marks out of 200 in Islamiyaat examinations conducted by Moulana Alimi

Bhatkal - 07 June 2011: Bhatkal Swabhiman Trust in association with BJP, Seva Vahini, Ram Sene and HJV yesterday held a protest rally here in Bhatkal against police crackdown on Baba Ramdev camp at Delhi's Ramlila ground. The protestors gathered at Tahsildar office and before proceeding to Assistant

New Delhi/Haridwar - 06 June 2011: Breaking his silence on the police action at Ramdev's protest congregation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said it was "unfortunate" but unavoidable even as the political battle on the issue heated up with the BJP knocking at the President's door deman

New Delhi - 06 June 2011: High drama was witnessed at the AICC headquarters here on Monday when a person posing as a journalist tried to attack party general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi with a shoe, apparently miffed over the treatment meted out to Ramdev. The person, who was carrying an identifi

Bhatkal - 06 June 2011: Hazrath Moulana Syed Rabey Hasani Nadvi, President All India Muslim Personal Law Board, who was here in Bhatkal to attend National level seminar on 'Significance of media in Islamic Literature' yesterday visited residence of Late Dr Badrul Hasan Muallim, who passed away along

SHIRDI: Cricketer Zaheer Khan paid obeisance at the Samadhi mandir of Shri Shirdi Saibaba temple here on Thursday evening. Accompanied by friends, Zaheer Khan stayed in the sansthan for around one hour. After offering prayers at Samadhi mandir, Khan went towards Dwarkamai and Chawdi before being fac