India

I Did Not Say All Govt Schools Breed Naxalism: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's statement on government schools on Wednesday instantly drew flak from the teaching fraternity and other communities as well. In order to pacify those who were hurt by his statement, the spiritual leader came out with an explanation on Thursday.

Mar 22, 2012

Karnataka: Yeddyurappa Emerges Victorious In Battle For CM's Chair?

If the latest reports are to be believed on the internal faction for power in the BJP government in Karnataka, B.S.Yeddyurappa has been promised with the chief minister's post.

Mar 22, 2012

What's Preventing BJP High Command From Awarding CM's Post to Yeddyurappa?

The chief ministership for D.V. Sadananda Gowda came as a windfall with a strong recommendation from his mentor B.S. Yeddyurappa. However, for CM Gowda, the mentor has turned into a tormentor in a power struggle to run the BJP government in Karnataka.

Mar 22, 2012

Govt Gives in to Mamata's Demand; Mukul Roy Announces Rollback in Rail Fare Hike

The government has given in to the demand of the Trinamool Congress to rollback rail fare hike in the Railway Budget presented by former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on March 14.

Mar 22, 2012

Dia Mirza Urges Her Fans To Stop Wearing Animal Skins

Actress Dia Mirza, who shot for People For the Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) India's ad campaign recently, has urged her fans to stop wearing animal skins.

Mar 22, 2012

Fire Breaks Out In Kolkata's Hatibagan Market

A massive fire broke out in Kolkata's Hatibagan market in the wee hours of Thursday, destroying a large number of shops. No casualties were reported.

Mar 22, 2012

One More Crown: Priyanka Chopra Wins India's Glam Diva Title

Actress and Miss World 2000 Priyanka Chopra won the India's Glam Diva crown Tuesda

Mar 21, 2012

India-Zimbabwe Trade Doubles in Four Years

Trade between India and Zimbabwe has reached to US $ 125 million in the financial year, 2010-2011, said Commerce Ministry Tuesday.

Mar 21, 2012

Karnataka: BJP Loses Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha seat to Congress

Giving a setback to the BJP party in Karnataka, Congress candidate, K Jayaprakash Hegde defeated BJP nominee V Sunil Kumar by a significant margin of over 40,000 votes in the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha by poll. The by poll result was announced on Wednesday.

Mar 21, 2012

Government Schools Breeding Naxals, Alleges Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a spirtual leader has accused government schools of being breeding grounds for Naxalism. Meanwhile, he has suggested privatizing all the government schools across the country

Mar 21, 2012

Karnataka Budget 2012-13: Corp Loan Exempted From Interest

CM DV Sadananda Gowda presented two separate agriculture state budgets (2012-13) in Karnataka assembly Wednesday, in which he has focused mainly on providing reliefs and benefits for farmer's community. In such an attempt, he had exempted short term corp loan up to Rs I lakh from interest.

Mar 21, 2012

Morphed Pictures Of Pakistani Cricketer And Poonam Pandey Lead To Protests In Kolkata

Kolkata saw a string of protests Monday after a city-based English daily carried the morphed image of a Pakistani cricketer bowing before the portrait of a Hindu god the photograph, along with another, supposedly morphed, nude photograph of model Poonam Pandey.

Mar 21, 2012