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

The proportion of Muslim women who are illiterate is substantially higher for rural north India than for the entire country - more than 85 per cent reported themselves to be illiterate. Fewer than 17 per cent of Muslim women ever enrolled completed eight years of schooling and fewer than 10 per

NEW DELHI: An all-party meet on Lokpal on Sunday agreed that a "strong and effective" bill should be brought in the monsoon session of Parliament with consensus on maintaining the supremacy of Parliament and established procedures. However, there were differences on various provisions of the propo

World Number 2 Novak Djokovic of Serbia on Sunday rolled out a near-flawless performance to outgun defending champion and World Number 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 to win his first Wimbledon title in his debut appearance in the final. Djokovic won the first two sets easily, but Nada

India could not force victory over West Indies despite an early, attacking declaration on the final day of the second Test in Bridgetown as the weather closed in late on. The tourists made a surprising decision to come in midway through the morning session, ending their innings on 269 for six -

Yingluck Shinawatra set to be country's first female leader as prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva prepares for opposition Thailand's Democrat government has conceded defeat in Sunday's election - putting Yingluck Shinawatra on course to become the country's first female leader, five years after he

Chennai: In a heart throbbing incident, a 13-year-old boy was shot dead, allegedly by Army personnel while trying to trespass into an Army compound here on Sunday, according to a news report by a private television news channel. Dilshan has been immediately rushed to a government hospital nearb

Bhatkal - 02 July 2011: Bhatkal unit of Rama Sene today held a protest by blocking NH-17 here in Bhatkal and demanded immediate arrest of murderers of Late Timapa Naik. When the traffic was badly affected due to this blockade, police took strong action against the protesters and detained around 10 a

Bhatkal - 02 July 2011: Anjuman College for Women achieved 94.5 pc overall results in the recently concluded 6th semester BSc examinations. According to the press release issued by the Anjuman office, out of 37 appeared for the exams, 26 students secured distinction and 9 passed with first class. Fa

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The legend ofEl Doradowas definitely not set on theSree Padmanabhaswamy temple. But the seven-member panel, which is drawing up a list of assets at the famed shrine here, had a feel of the lost city of gold as they set foot in one of the two secret vaults located inside the spraw

WASHINGTON:US warslaunched since the attacks of September 11, 2001 have left 225,000 dead and cost up to $4.4 trillion, according to a new study by university researchers.The study published byBrown Universitythis week focused on the wars in Iraq,Afghanistanand counter-terrorism campaigns inPakistan

BANGALORE/MUMBAI: Now, IIM aspirants don't have to wait to get a bachelor's degree before taking the entrance test; at least a few can hope to step into India's topmanagement schoolright after school.The Indian Institute of Management-Indore has launched a five-year integrated post-graduate programm

New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare and other representatives of the civil society will meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi here on Saturday to seek her support on the Jan Lokpal Bill. The civil society activists will meet the UPA chairperson at her 10, Janpath residence at around 4.30 pm. I

Munger (Bihar), July 2 (PTI) In a pre-dawn strike, Maoists posing as CRFP personnel attacked a village in the district today, leaving six villagers dead.The heavily-armed rebels attacked Kareili village around 5 AM and shot dead the villagers including some tribals.While five villagers were killed o

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