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Massive fire breaks out in 200yr old Sufi shrine in Srinagar

Massive fire breaks out in 200yr old Sufi shrine in Srinagar

Srinagar, Jun 25: A massive fire has broken out in a 200 year old heritage Sufi shrine of Dastageer Sahib. The incident happened on Monday morning reportedly close to 6am. Fire tenders have been rushed to the area. There is considerable anger among locals since it took a long time for officials to...
Jawans lose battle, little Mahi is dead

Jawans lose battle, little Mahi is dead

  All hopes of four-year-old Mahi coming alive out of the 70-foot-deep borewell at Kasna village here were dashed on Sunday afternoon, when Army personnel brought out her decomposed body after an 86-hour rescue operation that had kept the people nationwide glued to their TV sets. The operation...
Jagan DA Case: India Cements head Srinivasan quizzed again

Jagan DA Case: India Cements head Srinivasan quizzed again

The Vice Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Ltd (ICL) N. Srinivasan appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the second time this week in connection with the probe into the disproportionate assets case against YSR Congress president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy. He first appeared...
Nithyananda accused of mixing drugs in ‘holy water’ in TN

Nithyananda accused of mixing drugs in ‘holy water’ in TN

Chennai, Jun 23: The self-styled godman Nithyananda encountered with another legal trouble. He has been accused of mixing drugs in “holy” water in the oldest religious centre in South India – Madurai Adheenam in Tamil Nadu. According to sources, M Solaikannan of the Hindu Makkal Katchi...
Haunted by Jagan, Andhra CM rushes to Delhi to meet Sonia

Haunted by Jagan, Andhra CM rushes to Delhi to meet Sonia

New Delhi, Jun 23: YS Jaganmohan Reddy seems to have become one of the most disturbing issue for ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh. A week after YSR congress’ landslide victory in the by-poll, the Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday, Jun 22 rushed to New Delhi to meet the party president...
2014 a distant dream for Congress, says Chiranjeevi

2014 a distant dream for Congress, says Chiranjeevi

Hyderabad, Jun 23: Actor turned politician, Chiranjeevi hit at Congress saying that the party failed to recognize the contribution of Prajarajyam Party leaders and workers and it would lose 2014 elections if ‘sorry states of affairs continue’. “If the same sorry state of affairs continues,...
Pranab to resign tomorrow as FM

Pranab to resign tomorrow as FM

  Pranab Mukherjee, who has been selected as the UPA’s Presidential nominee, will resign tomorrow as the Union Finance Minister. “I will resign on June 24”, Mukherjee told reporters here before leaving for his ancestral house in Birbhum district. Earlier sources had said that Mukherjee is...
Alan Mathison Turing’s 100th birthday: Google pays tribute with a doodle

Alan Mathison Turing’s 100th birthday: Google pays tribute with a doodle

NEW DELHI: Google on Saturday marked the celebrations of the 100th birth anniversary of computer scientist Alan Mathison Turing with an attractive doodle. Turing, who is also known as the founder of computer science, played a significant role in breaking the wartime Enigma- enciphered messages. Alan...
Govt. to announce steps to boost economy on Monday

Govt. to announce steps to boost economy on Monday

Expressing concern over signs of weakness in the Indian economy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the government is set to announce certain measures on Monday to improve market conditions in consultations with the Reserve Bank. He said the Department of Economic Affairs had consulted...
Karnataka Minister resigns

Karnataka Minister resigns

Karnataka Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Urban Development S.Suresh Kumar resigned from his post today in the wake of charges that he had secured a residential site violating rules. “The Minister has submitted his resignation letter (to the Chief Minister) and also written to the Bangalore...