NEW DELHI: At least 33 people were killed and 35 others injured when a train rammed into a bus at an unmanned crossing near here in Uttar Pradesh in the wee hours on Thursday.The accident occurred at around 2.20 AM when the train on its way from Mathura to Chapra in Bihar rammed into the bus carryin

WELLINGTON: A powerful 7.6-magnitude underseaearthquaketriggered tsunami alerts forNew ZealandandTongaThursday but warnings were cancelled as the quake proved less destructive than feared.ThePacific Tsunami Warning Centerissued a tsunami alert after the quake struck off New Zealand's Kermadec Island

Palo Alto - Facebook will integrate Skype video chat into its social networking service, striking a deal to cement its role as a hub for communications. The agreement, announced by Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg at the company's Palo Alto, California headquarters on Wednesday, deepens i

Bhatkal - 06 July 2011: Anjuman Engineering College, a premier Engineering and Management Institution in coastal Karnataka achieved wonderful results in the final year B.E. Degree examinations held last month. According to the Anjuman sources, this year total 275 students appeared for their final de

Bhatkal - 06 July 2011: Heavy downpour since from 3 days here in Bhatkal created a flood like situation in low line areas. Several canals, rivulet and fields were flooded with rain waters. The water level in Daranta (Sharabi River) and Kadvinakatte Dam is above danger mark and therefore a large quan

Bhatkal - 06 July 2011: A burglary incident has been reported on Monday here at Anand Ashram Convent School office which is located off Sagar Road on Monday. According to the sources, thieves reportedly broke into the office on Sunday night and escaped with Rs 10,000 cash. Following this incident, o

Karwar, July 6, DHNS: This is a government school with perhaps the highest teacher-student ratio in the country. The school in Karwar has a lone student, who enjoys the undivided attention of a lone teacher.What has saved this government school at Sanamudageri in the taluk from being closed is that

Bhatkal - 05 July 2011: Bhatkal Taluka Journalist Association felicitated famous Journalist and Author, Dr V Saraf on the occasion of 'Journalism Day' here at his residence in Shirali. Dr Saraf has played an active role in eliminating social evils through his writings. On this occasion Bhatkal Journ

Lucknow: To protest against several clauses in Right to Education, 2009, Waqf Amendment Bill 2011 and Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2011 the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will hold a protest meeting on July 24 at Mumtaz PG College here in Lucknow. Earlier, the AIMPLB in its executive mee

Riyadh - 05 July 2011: A Chadian man died while praying in a packed mosque in Saudi Arabia a day after he performed Umra (mini pilgrimage) in the holy city of Makkah, a newspaper in the Gulf kingdom reported on Monday. Ahmed Adam Hassan bent down along with scores of Muslims at a mosque in the west

NEW DELHI: In a month or so,Delhiwill have twoPassport Seva Kendras(PSK), an e-governance initiative, which aims to provide passport in a jiffy in a "reliable and transparent'' manner. These centres, which can handle as many as 300 applications in a day, will facilitate online appointment dispensing

Dubai - 04 July 2011: A 30-year oldIndian nationalhas won a brand new 2012 modelBMW 3-seriesas the first lucky winner of alocal promotionhere.Fahd Abdullah, a resident of UAE, won the Dubai Shopping Malls Group (DSMG) promotion, which gives 10 lucky winners the chance to win BMW cars during Dubai Su

New Delhi - 04 July 2011: Nine ruling Congress party MPs resigned on Monday to press their demands for a separate state of Telangana, roughly halving the government's majority and heaping more pressure on the beleaguered party. The members giving up their seats called for government action on th

HYDERABAD: The stage was set for a constitutional crisis in Andhra Pradesh with almost 87 of the legislators in the 294-strong state assembly belonging to theTelanganaregion submitting their resignations to deputy speaker Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka in support of their demand for a separate state on Mon

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Call it the mother of all treasure hunts. The stock-taking by a panel of experts at theSree Padmanabha Swamy templehas catapulted the shrine located in Thiruvananthapuramto the country's richest, with reports claiming that the value of recoveries may have touched close to Rs 1 la

Karwar - 04 July 2011: A 15-foot long king cobra was spotted at the Vailavada village in Karwar taluk on Sunday. The snake was spotted by Sainath Naik, a resident of the village, when he was fetching water from a overhead tank constructed on top of a hillock in the village. He immediately rushed b

The Supreme Court on Monday set up a special investigation team (SIT) led by two retired judges to probe the black money issue and criticised the government in the matter. Jeevan Reddy and MB Shah, who are retired Supreme Court judges, will head the SIT. The Supreme Court has been monitoring the gov

Ahmedabad: The State government is maintaining stoic silence after its counsel at the GT Nanavati-Akshay Mehta Commission S B Vakil told media persons on Wednesday that crucial intelligence records of 2002 communal riots had been destroyed by the government in 2007. Senior government officials re