
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Friday ruled out the prospect of the state facing early assembly elections and asserted that the BJP government would complete its full term. Reports suggesting that the state might face assembly elections ahead of its schedule were "incorrect", he said. Gowda's remarks contradicted a claim by his predecessor BS Yeddyrappa who had said on May 30 that the state was likely to...

02:54 AM, Jun 02, 2012

Beirut: Peace envoy Kofi Annan said on Friday he was "frustrated and impatient" a week after a massacre in Syria of 108 people shocked the world, and there were signs Russia might be moving closer to the West's position on tackling the crisis. President Vladimir Putin denied that Russia, which has a base in Syria and supplies it with weapons, was providing the government with the means to crush rebels,...

01:45 AM, Jun 02, 2012

New Delhi: A high alert has been sounded across Bihar following the murder of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh on Friday morning. Eight companies of police personnel have been deployed and curfew was clamped in Arrah to control the law and order where Singh's supporters clashed with police, and damaged public and private property while protesting against the murder. The curfew was lifted in the afternoon after the situation was...

02:43 PM, Jun 01, 2012

Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday said that the murder of now defunct Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh should not be politicised. Lalu also commented that there is no law and order in the state. "Ranvir Sena Chief Mukhiaji is not a small name amongst the farmers of Bihar. The people in the area and across the state are very upset, " pointed Lalu. The RJD chief also demanded...

12:59 PM, Jun 01, 2012

Beirut: Syria on Thursday blamed up to 800 rebel fighters for the massacre in central Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children, in its most comprehensive explanation to date of the bloodshed. The narrative starkly contradicted accounts of witnesses who blamed "shabiha" or the shadowy gunmen who operate on behalf of President Bashar al Assad's regime. The UN also said it had strong...

03:21 AM, Jun 01, 2012

Hyderabad: Four Andhra Pradesh ministers may come under the CBI scanner for their alleged role in issuing controversial government orders that have become the basis for filing a case against YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Jagan was arrested in an alleged disproportionate assets case on May 27 after being grilled for three days by the investigating agency. Dharmana Prasada Rao, J Geeth Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaih and Sabitha Reddy...

11:46 PM, May 31, 2012

Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed another chargesheet in the Rs 5,700-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam of Uttar Pradesh. The chargesheet has been filed against former health minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and BSP MLA Ram Prasad Jaiswal in connection with the alleged irregularities in the implementation of NRHM funds in the state. The matter pertains to Rs 13.4 crore allotted to Construction Design Services...

06:55 PM, May 31, 2012

'Cinemakeldam Randi', starring Rajendra Prasad and Master Bharath, is described by its makers as a 'navarasa bharithamaina cinema'. Set to release in the second week of June, the film is directed by MMG Reddy. Surprisingly, Rajendra and Bharath are playing brothers in the film. Don't go by the title. The film has nothing to do with cinema. "Our movie is entirely different from Rajendra's previous comedies. Even Master Bharath's character...

11:03 AM, May 31, 2012

Beirut: As UN officials cited eyewitness accounts of shadowy gunmen slaughtering whole families in their homes, Western nations expelled Syrian diplomats on Tuesday in a coordinated move against President Bashar Assad's regime over the massacre of more than 100 people. UN special envoy Kofi Annan met with Assad in Damascus to try to salvage what was left of a peace plan, which since being brokered six weeks ago has failed...

03:22 AM, May 30, 2012

Beirut: Western powers sought to isolate the Syrian regime on Tuesday with a co-ordinated expulsion of senior diplomats from several nations as Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy, warned that the crisis had reached a "tipping point". Several countries including the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy said they would expel senior Syrian diplomats after Friday's killing of 108 civilians in Houla, a cluster...

12:12 AM, May 30, 2012

New Delhi: Renowned Bollywood villain of yesteryears Gavin Packard surrendered to his ailment related to respiratory disorders on May 18, 2012. He breathed his last at a nursing center in Vasai around 4 am. As per the reports, Gavin had met with an accident few days back while riding his bike at Kalyan Flower Market. He had got severely injured in that accident. He was admitted to the hospital only...

06:41 PM, May 29, 2012

Amman: President Bashar al-Assad faces renewed international pressure to end the bloodshed in Syria but, with peace envoy Kofi Annan visiting Damascus, his government blamed Islamist militants for a massacre in which UN observers had implicated his army. Annan, on a mission from the United Nations and Arab League, is scheduled to meet Assad on Tuesday, when he can be expected to urge compliance with the tattered ceasefire deal which...

04:01 AM, May 29, 2012

A regimen of disbelief When you attend any event surrounding B S Yeddyurappa, you'd be surprised by the stubborn disbelief over the fact that ...

06:52 PM, May 28, 2012

Bangalore: The problems in the ruling BJP resurfaced again with former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa renewing his oust Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda campaign with vigour. It is said that this time Yeddyurappa is using to his advantage the state governments alleged softly-peddled reply to the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on three former chief ministers - SM Krishna, N Dharam Singh and HD Kumaraswamy about their roles in illegal mining....

12:52 PM, May 28, 2012

Amman: The UN Security Council will meet on Sunday to discuss the killing of at least 109 people in the Syrian town of Houla, a council diplomat said, a sign of mounting outrage at the massacre which the government and rebels blamed on each other. Images of bloodied and lifeless young bodies, lain carefully side by side after the onslaught on Friday, triggered shock around the world and underlined the...

04:12 AM, May 28, 2012