Life limps back to normal in Tamil Nadu border areas
Life limped back to normal in Tamil Nadu, especially in the border areas with Karnataka after the tension between the two states escalated over the Cauvery issue.The Cauvery supervisory committee is...
View ArticleSingur to be part of school textbooks
What is common between the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 and the recent political movement at Singur? The two events will be a few chapters apart in history textbooks of secondary school students...
View ArticleAnantapur in dengue grip, AP declares emergency
The Andhra Pradesh government, which was inactive till dengue fever spread across Anantapur, declared a medical emergency in the district on Sunday.The government shut down all Registered Medical...
View ArticleRonchi makes a case with ton
Back-up opener Luke Ronchi made his case for selection in the first Test with a cracking century as New Zealand's only warm-up match of the India tour ended in a draw against Mumbai at the Feroze Shah...
View ArticleSecurity agencies ignored repeated alerts in Valley
Hours after the deadly fidayeen attack on an army camp in Uri, it has come to fore that security agencies ignored the repeated alerts of a major terror attack.In the last two months, since the civilian...
View ArticleGuv wants enhanced security in J&K
In the backdrop of a deadly terror attack, a high level security review meeting was held at Raj Bhavan here on Sunday to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.Officials said Jammu and...
View ArticleArms used by attackers bore Pakistani markings
A top Indian Army officer on Sunday called up the Pakistan Army establishment to convey New Delhi's "serious concerns" on Pakistan-sponsored fidyaeen (suicidal) attack.The arms and ammunition carried...
View ArticleAfter Uri, focus back on strengthening border infrastructure
Only an investigation will prove how the terrorists, who targeted the Uri Army camp, entered Kashmir.The incident, however, has once again brought to focus the need for strengthening security...
View ArticleShivpal expels Ram Gopal's nephew, shunts out Akhilesh loyalists
Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Singh Yadav showed the door to Akhilesh Yadav's loyalists immediately after taking charge as the party state unit chief.Shivpal, whose anointment as the state...
View Article'Didn't send best team to Olympics'
Leander Paes raised questions over Olympic selection stressing that India didn't send the best team for the last two Olympics. "I can very clearly say that in this Olympics and last Olympics we didn't...
View ArticleGovt wants IIMs to do away with guest faculties
The government wants the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to replace ad hoc and guest faculties by recruiting permanent faculties and filling up vacant teaching posts.This is expected to be taken...
View ArticleIt was a tough match, says Nadal
The great Rafael Nadal acknowledged that doubles had never been a strong point of Spain, the five-time champion Davis Cup team, and was happy to pull out a "tough match" against the doughty Indians to...
View ArticleScores injured as violence continues in Kashmir
Scores of civilians were injured during fresh clashes that broke out across Kashmir on Sunday as violence, curfew and strike continued unabated for the 72nd consecutive day in a row.Reports said that...
View ArticleDominant Spain blank India
Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan played their hearts out in the reverse singles contests but couldn't stop the inevitable. The hosts were handed a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of five-time champions...
View ArticleShahabuddin issue: Why Lalu won't rock Nitish's boat
As the apex court on Monday takes up the hearing of two petitions related to the cancellation of the bail granted to convicted RJD leader Md Shahabuddin, one question hotly debated inside and outside...
View ArticleApex court to hear two petitions against bail
The Supreme Court on Monday will take up the hearing of two petitions for cancellation of bail of former RJD MP Md Shahabuddin.One of the petitions was filed by the Bihar government and the other by...
View ArticleKejriwal seeks support to fight mosquito menace
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday assured a drive on "war footing" against the chikungunya and dengue in coming days and urged politicians of all hues to collectively fight the menace."If...
View ArticleNagaland guv calls for 'emotional integration' of Northeast India
A five-member committee has been formed to chalk out a roadmap for the "emotional integration" of northeastern states with the rest of India, Nagaland Governor P B Acharya said on Sunday. The team...
View ArticlePreventive steps put in place, no load shedding: Energy minister
Energy Minister DKShivakumar on Sunday said there will be no load shedding in the state despite Karnataka facing the worst drought in the past 25 to 30 years. The water storage in dams across the...
View ArticlePoojary has crossed limits of decency: KPCC working president
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)working president Dinesh Gundu Rao has said that veteran leader of the party, B Janardhan Poojary, had crossed all limits of "decency" and the party can no...
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