Hyderabad bomb blasts: Andhra Pradesh Police register case

HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Police has registered a case on the twin blasts that ripped through a crowded market in Dilsukhnagar area of the state capital, leaving 16 dead and 120 injured.The case was registered at Saroornagar police station under...

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Recommendations on retro-tax laws under examination: Govt

NEW DELHI: The government today said it is examining recommendations of the Parthasarathi Shome panel on controversial retrospective tax laws introduced in the last budget."The recommendations of the committee on retro-tax laws are under examination...

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Recommendations on retro-tax laws under examination: Govt

NEW DELHI: The government today said it is examining recommendations of the Parthasarathi Shome panel on controversial retrospective tax laws introduced in the last budget."The recommendations of the committee on retro-tax laws are under examination...

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Snowfall, rain bring back chilly conditions in Uttarakhand

DEHRADUN: Fresh snowfall in the higher reaches and showers in the plains on Thursday brought back chilly conditions in Uttarakhand which was swept by icy winds.High altitude areas including Badrinath, Kedarnath, Auli, Joshimath, Gangotri, Yamunotri,...

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Gurgaon hospital gets cutting-edge technology for cancer detection

NEW DELHI: A private hospital in the national capital region Friday launched cutting-edge imaging technology for early cancer detection, which works on a combination of m-Dixon and diffusion weighted imaging with background suppression (DWIBS).While...

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Amarnath pilgrimage registration to start from March 18

JAMMU: The process of registering pilgrims for this year's Amarnath pilgrimage will commence from March 18 for both the Baltal and Pahalgam routes through over 400 designated bank branches, said a shrine board spokesman Thursday. A health certificate...

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Helicopter scam: PIL seeks implementation of defence production policy 2011

LUCKNOW: Social activist Nutan Thakur on Thursday filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on large scale import of defence goods in India.Thakur has stated in her petition that India declared its defence...

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Trade unions warn of bigger agitation, say 2-day strike only 'beginning of the chapter'

NEW DELHI: Major trade unions on Thursday warned the central government of bigger agitation in the country, describing the two-day national strike as "the beginning of the chapter"."The two-day countrywide agitation has been successful but we will launch...

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Chopper deal, Kurien controversy to dominate Parliament

NEW DELHI: The VVIP chopper deal and P J Kurien controversy are expected to dominate proceedings in Parliament tomorrow, practically the first working day of the budget session after the President's address today. The opposition is united in plans to...

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Chopper deal, Kurien controversy to dominate Parliament

NEW DELHI: The VVIP chopper deal and P J Kurien controversy are expected to dominate proceedings in Parliament tomorrow, practically the first working day of the budget session after the President's address today. The opposition is united in plans to...

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Stones pelted at Sri Lankan Airlines office in Chennai, no injuries

CHENNAI: In an apparent fallout of the alleged cold blooded killing of the 12-year-old son of slain LTTE chief V Prabhakaran, some persons pelted stones at the office of Sri Lankan Airlines in Chennai, causing minor damage to property.Police said nobody...

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BJP protests against Sushilkumar Shinde, senior leaders detained

NEW DELHI: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including national president Rajnath Singh, were detained by Delhi Police at the Jantar Mantar here on Wednesday during the protest against Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde over his 'saffron...

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Nepalese ex-prince suffers heart attack in Thailand

BANGKOK: Former Nepalese crown prince Paras Shah is in intensive care in Thailand after suffering a heart attack, the Nepalese embassy in Bangkok said Wednesday. Shah, 42, who had been living in Thailand, was admitted to hospital late Tuesday, acting...

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DRDO says it has capability to produce VVIP choppers

NEW DELHI: With the deal for procuring VVIP choppers from AgustaWestland facing the prospect of being scrapped, DRDO today said it has the capability to manufacture such helicopters even though it contended that producing anything entirely indigenously...

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Pro-Kannada activist ransack railway office complex

MYSORE: The Centre government's notification of the controversial final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal led to violence with pro-Kannada organization attacking railway property. Angry activists attached to Karnataka Rakshana Vedike on Wednesday...

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Kolkata's Park Street rape: Charges framed against three accused

KOLKATA, A fast-track court on Tuesday framed charges of gang rape and criminal conspiracy against three people arrested in the politically controversial Park Street rape case, in which an Anglo-Indian woman was allegedly raped in 2012."The court today...

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Pakistan PM orders 'targeted operation' against militants in Quetta

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday directed authorities to launch a "targeted operation" against militants in Quetta following the killing of nearly 90 people in a terror attack in the Shia-dominated southwestern Pakistani city.The...

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Veteran Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Radhakishan Malviya passes away

INDORE Former union minister and senior Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Radhakishan Malviya passed away on Tuesday at a private hospital here after a brief illness, party members said.He was 68. Malviya was elected MLA from Sanver in Indore district in...

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Pandemonium in Bihar assembly over 'surya namakar'

PATNA: Bihar assembly today saw bedlam with RJD members demanding resignation of two BJP ministers for allegedly calling them 'Pakistani agents' after they protested against school students being made to do the 'surya namaskar' yoga asana.RJD members...

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Centre not releasing funds on time, alleges Akhilesh Yadav

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused the Union government of not releasing funds of the centrally-aided projects and schemes in time, thus slackening the development process in the state.Interacting with reporters after...

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BBC journalists go on strike over job cuts

LONDON: BBC journalists walked off the job Monday in a 24-hour strike to protest job cuts at the broadcaster. Staff mounted picket lines outside of the BBC's studios in central London and around the country. Programs went on, but many shows were canceled,...

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Advani, Antony most suitable choices for PM: Govindacharya

BHOPAL: Former BJP ideologue Govindacharya has said that BJP leader LK Advani and defence minister and Congress leader AK Antony are suitable prime ministerial candidates while Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi will be a good choice for home minister.Asked...

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Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar takes holy dip at Sangam

ALLAHABAD: LokSabha Speaker Meira Kumar took a holy dip at Sangam on Monday while attending the Mahakumbh here and said she had offered prayers for "roots" of democracy in the country to grow "deeper and deeper".Upon her arrival in the city, Kumar drove...

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Terror attack at government office in Pakistan leaves seven dead

ISLAMABAD: At least seven people, including five security personnel, were killed and seven injured on Monday in a terror attack at a government office in Pakistan's northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar, media and officials said.The brazen attack...

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Extremist group Ansaru claims abduction of seven foreigners in Nigeria

BAUCHI, NIGERIA: A shadow Islamic extremist group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of seven foreign workers in northern Nigeria. In a statement on Monday, the group that calls itself Ansaru claimed the kidnapping of the one British citizen,...

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Gunmen kidnap seven foreigners in northern Nigeria

BEIRUT: Two Lebanese were among six workers kidnapped by gunmen at a Lebanese-owned construction site in northern Nigeria, a government source said on Sunday. "Two Lebanese working for the Setraco construction company were abducted," the official said...

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Yeddurappa's political outfit seeks coconut as party symbol

MANGALORE: The Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) headed by former CM BS Yeddyurappa has moved the election commission to allocate the coconut as its party symbol, V Dhananjay Kumar, senior KJP leader said. The state election commission has recognised KJP...

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Yeddurappa's political outfit seeks coconut as party symbol

MANGALORE: The Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) headed by former CM BS Yeddyurappa has moved the election commission to allocate the coconut as its party symbol, V Dhananjay Kumar, senior KJP leader said. The state election commission has recognised KJP...

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At least 10 dead in Indonesia landslides, floods

JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain in northern Indonesia have killed at least 10 people and sent hundreds fleeing for safe ground. Disaster official Sutopo Purwo Nugroho says mud and rocks cascaded down hills on Sunday...

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At least 10 dead in Indonesia landslides, floods

JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain in northern Indonesia have killed at least 10 people and sent hundreds fleeing for safe ground. Disaster official Sutopo Purwo Nugroho says mud and rocks cascaded down hills on Sunday...

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