In a major boost to the Congress, the party not only emerged victorious in Karnataka urban body elections but also dealt a massive blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by relegating the ruling party to a distant second place. ...
04:30 PM, Mar 11, 2013
The CBI on Monday carried out searches in five cities after registering a fresh case against Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited for alleged irregularities in the allotment of coal blocks. CBI sources said that Jharkhand Ispat Private Limited, a company of RC Rungta Group, was allotted North Dhadu coal block on January 13, 2006 for its sponge iron plant. ...
03:46 PM, Mar 11, 2013
In a morale-boosting performance ahead of Assembly polls, the opposition Congress in Karnataka on Monday put up an impressive show in the elections to urban local bodies, leaving JDS and the ruling BJP way behind. ...
02:33 PM, Mar 11, 2013
The Congress not only made huge gains by winning the highest number of wards across the state, but the party also routed BS Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party and ended the rule of Reddy brothers in Bellary by decimating their BSR Congress across central Karnataka. ...
10:15 AM, Mar 11, 2013
After suspending visa on arrival for Pakistani senior citizens, India may put on hold the proposed group visa facility to the nationals of that country in the wake of the unease in bilateral ties following the killing of two Indian soldiers along the LoC. ...
11:26 AM, Mar 10, 2013
Over 400 people on Thursday were detained from across Punjab to thwart road block plans of farmers, who had called an agitation in protest against the arrest of their workers, even as a policeman died in Tarn-Taran while conducting raid at a hideout of union workers. ...
01:47 AM, Mar 08, 2013
In what is being seen as a "semi-final" before Assembly elections due in May, polls to urban local bodies in BJP-ruled Karnataka will be held on Thursday. ...
07:01 AM, Mar 07, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the barbaric killing of Indian soldiers in Kashmir had cast a shadow on bilateral ties and asked Pakistan to create a conducive environment to take the normalisation process forward. Singh also underlined that enhancement of bilateral cooperation and economic relations with Pakistan was in the mutual interest of the two countries. ...
08:41 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The New Zealand batsman joined Graeme Pollock as the second-highest individual score in List A history. ...
01:09 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The US is looking for a long-term strategic partnerships with India as it has a tremendous capability to be a security guarantor in South Asia, but America's ties with Pakistan poses challenge to the bilateral relations, a top American military leader said on Tuesday. ...
12:26 AM, Mar 06, 2013
She made a debut in films with 'Gunasagari' in 1953 and was noted for her roles in the South cinema as well as Hindi films. ...
12:11 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Cellphone users should be allowed to switch their devices to any mobile carrier, the White House said on Monday in response to an online petition against the recent banning of the practice. ...
10:38 AM, Mar 05, 2013
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the government on a public interest litigation (PIL) over killing of two Indian soldiers at the LoC by Pakistan army. The PIL raised questions over what steps the government was taking to prevent such incidents in future. ...
11:47 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Indian Army sources have confirmed that there have been at least 24 cases of ceasefire violations from Pakistan in 2013 alone. ...
09:38 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Alleging negligence towards Kerala in the rail budget, MPs from the state's ruling Congress-led UDF on Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought his intervention to get an improved budgetary allocation. ...
02:35 AM, Mar 02, 2013
Delhi Police will get Rs 4,455.21 crore for next fiscal, an increase of Rs 587.88 crore from the last budget, after the year saw demands that it spruce up training and infrastructure to provide better security to people, especially women, in the national Capital. For upgrading training facilities and installation of traffic signals Rs one crore and Rs four crore respectively have been allocated while another Rs two crore has...
05:13 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Pakistani troops on Tuesday violated ceasefire to provide cover fire to an infiltrating militant who was gunned down in a fierce gunbattle with security forces along the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. "At around 1345 hours, troops guarding the borderline observed suspicious movements at Keri sector in Rajouri," PRO Defence SN Acharya said. ...
11:53 PM, Feb 26, 2013
