Cheaper bus travel for over a million students in Karnataka
byBangalore: Karnataka Saturday reduced annual bus pass rates for students by up to Rs. 200, a step which will benefit nearly 1.5 million students. The…
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Himachal bus accident – toll rises to 51 dead, 46 injured
byShimla: At least 51 people, including 18 women, were killed and 46 others injured Saturday when an overcrowded bus rolled into a gorge in…
PM in denial on economic situation: BJP
byNew Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of living in denial over the country’s economic situation. Talking to reporters…
Hamid Ansari sworn in as vice president
byNew Delhi: Hamid Ansari took oath as India’s vice president for a second consecutive term at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan here Saturday. Ansari…
Don’t draw unwarranted conclusions, PM tells rating agencies
byNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday took international rating agencies to task for cutting India’s growth forecast and asserted that the fundamentals of the…
Indian Navy to Get New Budget Control System
byNew Delhi: In a revolutionary step to speed up its budgetary processes and macro-manage public funds, the Indian Navy will Saturday launch its force-wide automated…
India Can Win Gold for Corruption: Ramdev
byNew Delhi: If the Olympics gave a medal for corruption, India could have won a gold, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said Friday as thousands poured…
Yamuna Expressway Opens, Cutting Delhi-Agra Run to 150 Minutes
byNoida: The drive to Taj Mahal from New Delhi should take no more than two-and-a-half hours now with the inauguration of the Yamuna Expressway Thursday…
Agni II Missile Test Likely on Thursday
byBhubaneswar: India may test fire its nuclear capable Agni-II strategic ballistic missile Thursday from a base in Odisha, official sources said Wednesday. The test is…
Liberty a Priceless Gift of God: Supreme Court
byNew Delhi: In blistering criticism of the Jammu and Kashmir government for keeping a Pakistani in jail for long after his sentence was over, the…