Congress must now build on Karnataka win, say experts
byNew Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Karnataka win will be a sure morale booster for the Congress, now battling charges of corruption, but the…
May, 2013
Karnataka Congress chief Parameshwara loses
byBangalore, May 8 (IANS) He may have helped steer the Congress win in Karnataka but the party’s state unit president G. Parameshwara Wednesday lost…
Declare thalassemic patients as disabled: Himachal trust
byShimla:Shimla-based public welfare trust Umang Foundation today asked the state government to include thalassemics in the category of disabled so that they could avail…
Akhilesh seeks Delhi Metro extension to Noida, Ghaziabad
byLucknow, May 8 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday wrote to the central urban development minister to expedite the extension of the…
Five weeks before monsoon, Maharashtra running dry
byMumbai, May 8 (IANS) With at least five weeks before the normal onset of monsoon, Maharashtra has just 20 percent water in all its…
Tourists slump hits Shimla
byShimla: There being not enough attractions to hold the interests of summer visitors other than the cool air of a hill station, tourists are…
Odisha activist seeks release of confined wild tiger
byBhubaneswar, May 8 (IANS) An animal rights activist Wednesday demanded the release of a wild tiger who walked into a zoo in Odisha and…
Pakistani Punjab deploys 300,000 security men for polls
byIslamabad, May 8 (IANS) Nearly 300,000 security personnel, including 32,000 army men, are to be deployed for elections in Pakistan’s Punjab state, a media…
CBI a caged parrot speaking in master’s voice: SC
byNew Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday termed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) a “caged parrot” that “speaks in its master’s…
Indian-origin mayor in South Africa faces racist slur
byDurban, May 8 (IANS) The Indian-origin mayor of a South African town has said that he would claim damages from an officer for subjecting…