Twenty-three people, including children and women, have been killed in an accident that took place near Patan in Gujarat late on Wednesday night. 18 other people were injured when the van they were travelling in, was hit by a Gujarat state transport bus. ...
08:18 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Eighteen pilgrims, including five children and eight women, were killed when an open loading van in which they were travelling collided with the state transport bus near Jhilwada village of Patan district, police said on Wednesday. Fifteen others were injured in the head-on collision. ...
11:40 PM, Jan 30, 2013
More than 1,000 people from across India and around the world will march here to celebrate India's Republic Day on the banks of the Ganga at the Kumbh Mela on January 26. This is part of an environmental parade seeking independence from pollution and to pay homage to war heroes. The march will be led by Swami Chidanand Saraswati, founder of Ganga Action Parivar. ...
01:23 PM, Jan 26, 2013
The actor mainly known for her Bollywood films will feature in 'Aadhi Bhagavan'. ...
11:42 AM, Jan 26, 2013
As David Headley appeared before the court for his sentence hearing, American victims of the Mumbai terror attack said it would be an outrage if he was let off with just a 30-year imprisonment for his involvement in the massacre of 2008. ...
11:32 PM, Jan 24, 2013
The government on Thursday said it will set up a committee to look into the allegations that US retail giant Walmart indulged in lobbying activities in India to gain entry in the country's market. Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot said the government will set up a committee to look into the matter. ...
07:12 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Mumbai-based pilots of grounded Kingfisher Airlines on Monday served it an ultimatum to clear their dues by January 31 or face another winding-up petition even as the beleagured management on Monday appealed to its Delhi-based engineers not to resort to any legal action. ...
04:42 AM, Jan 22, 2013
A month after releasing the three-digit emergency number for women in Delhi, the government on Monday said it will make available the '181' women helpline number to all states of the country. "We will give single emergency number 181 to women across the country," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters. ...
03:20 PM, Jan 21, 2013
The government on Monday said it will auction spectrum in 700 Mhz band, which is used for offering high-speed Internet services through fourth generation technologies, in 2014. ...
02:54 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Former Kingfisher Airlines pilots have sent a legal notice to the management seeking compensation for mental harassment and salary dues, according to sources. The management has been given a period of 21 days to comply with the notice. ...
11:43 AM, Jan 21, 2013
On Day One of the Congress's Chintan Shivir in Jaipur on Friday, Rahul Gandhi occupied the centrestage as a majority of the Congressmen said he should be named as the Prime Ministerial candidate. Seniors within the party, however, were quick to play it down. ...
07:28 AM, Jan 19, 2013
Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said that the Congress was yet to take a call on the PM candidate. ...
11:55 PM, Jan 18, 2013
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and the Delhi Police after a Chandigarh-based lawyer filed a PIL seeking that the juvenile accused in the horrific Delhi gangrape case be considered as an adult. The PIL stated that the mental age, and not the physical age, of the accused should be taken into consideration, considering he had been involved in such a heinous crime. ...
12:46 PM, Jan 18, 2013
The government on January 17 approved a 50 per cent reduction in the reserve price of spectrum used by CDMA mobile operators. "The Cabinet has approved 50 per cent reduction in CDMA spectrum (reserve) price which was fixed earlier at Rs 18,200 crore (pan India 5MHz)," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said. ...
01:52 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Noting that convergence across media, entertainment and telecom was inevitable, I&B minister Manish Tewari on January 16 said that he would raise with the Telecom Minister the need to create a statutory mechanism to address emerging issues. ...
05:45 PM, Jan 16, 2013
An Indian-origin coach driver has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of two men in a horrific motorway crash in 2012 after he parked his vehicle on a carriageway and a lorry ploughed into it. Jasminder Singh Dhesi, 50, who will be sentenced in February, 2013, was arrested in March last year after a coach carrying fruit-pickers was struck by a lorry on the M5 near Birmingham. ...
04:28 PM, Jan 16, 2013
