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One Dead as Two Wild Jumbos Go Berserk in Mysore

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

Gujarat accident: 18 killed as truck runs over sleeping pilgrims

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

Ramdev threatens armed rebellion, Chidambaram warns him

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

'RSS wanted to burn Ramdev's anti-corruption camp, trigger Gujarat like riots in India'

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

Farmer dies under mysterious circumstances

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

Anna Hazare gives govt Aug 15 ultimatum

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

Yemen : Saleh has burns on 40% of his body

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

Naunihaal Students bag 'Muniri Award' in Islamiyaat Exams

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 Swabhiman Trust staged protest against police crackdown on Ramdev

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

PM defends crackdown on Ramdev, says there was no alternative

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

Man tries to attack Congress leader Janardhan Dwivedi with shoe

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

Moulana Rabey Sahab visits residence of Late Bader Muallim and offered condolences

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

Zaheer Khan prays at Saibaba temple

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

Nadal Equals Borg's Record With Sixth French Open Title

PARIS - Bjorn Borg could not make it to Roland Garros on Sunday, which turned out to be a pity. It would have made for just the right photograph: Borg handing over the Coupe des Mousquetaires to his successor in the soft evening light. It has been 30 years since Borg won his sixth and last French

Govt threatened me: Baba Ramdev

New Delhi - 05 June 2011: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday said the incident of Saturday night was a black moment for him. Addressing the media after reaching Haridwar, Baba Ramdev said innocent people were addressed to such barbaric acts on Saturday at the Ramlila Maidan. "I kept on telling the

BJP targets PM, Sonia for police crackdown on Ramdev

Lucknow - 05 June 2011: BJP today alleged the crackdown on ''peaceful and unarmed'' people at Baba Ramdev's hunger strike in Delhi as reminscent of the Emergency and accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi of ordering the police action. The party announced it would

Midnight police swoop on Baba Ramdev ends protest

New Delhi - 05 June 2011: With talks breaking down, police swooped down on Baba Ramdev a little past midnight and detained him after firing tear gas shells and resorting to lathicharge on his supporters to end his day-old indefinite hunger strike on black money issue. The dramatic police action

Baba Ramdev begins fast against black money

New Delhi - 04 June 2011: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday began his indefinite hunger strike against corruption and black money after the government failed in a last-ditch effort to talk him out of the protest. After a two-hour yoga practice and 'bhajan' session that started early in the morni