New Delhi : On July 29, a Bihar court has summoned AICC & UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, MP and UP Congress chief Ms. Rita Bahuguna to answer charges. M.K. Srivastav, district judge of Muzaffarpur (where George Fernandes got elected to Lok Sabha years ago) has promulgated a notice to the two women for portraying the [...]

New Delhi : Youth Congress activist Nishant Patel, an aide of Rahul Gandhi, was on Tuesday found injured in Lucknow, a day after he went missing under mysterious circumstances from a hotel in the adjoining Hardoi district. 35-year-old Patel, son of senior Congress leader and former Gujarat Minister Hasmukh related storiesRahul Gandhi’s close aide goes [...]

Bangalore : Talking to newsmen, Gali Janardhan Reddy of Bellary iron ore mines fame, came out against state Governor, Hans Raj Bhardwaj, by saying that HRB had a personal agenda to fulfil and had exceeded his limits by his own conduct as a Congressman. On being asked by newsmen, if BJP govt, would ask for [...]

Bangalore : Retired High Court Justice S.B. Majage was sworn in at the Raj Bhawan today, as Upa Lokayukta of Karnataka. The post was vacant for over 6 months. Majage said he would work within the ambit of Law, making honest efforts to check official corruption in places. If anyone was aggrieved by corruption, Majage [...]

Bangalore : The four-day stand off in Karnataka legislature between the government and the opposition over the latter’s demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into illegal mining ended Friday as the two houses were adjourned sine die after passing various bills amid slogan shouting. ‘We have called off the dharna (sit-in) as [...]

New Delhi : We run short of one – rupee notes. Even 2- rupee and 5 rupee notes are hardly in general currency. Coins seem to have replaced the notes of 1,2 and 5 rupees. But the 10 rupee coin has been a failure, as so many announcements made since 2 to 4 years have [...]

Mangalore : After a month or more, the debris at the Boeing crash site in a gorge amidst forests has been cleared, and the effects left by the 158 dead (such as are not stolen by the living and the thieves) have been sorted out, and now they are being transferred to the genuine families [...]

Kasaragod : Inaugurating a Convention of Kerala Tulu Academy in VJT auditorium in Kerala capital city on July 14, Wednesday, CM V.S. Achyuthanandan assured that he would make sincere attempts to get Tulu languages included in the 8th schedule of the attending a cultural session as part of the Tulu Academy Convention in city. The [...]

Mumbai : Due to a Chlorine gas cylinder leak in Mumbai early this morning, 59 affected persons have been admitted to JJ hospital, including 14 college students and six in the cardiac intensive care. Leak has been terminated soon, though started at 4 Am on Wednesday. 4 fire guards who rushed to plug the leakage, [...]

(Analysis by P. Ramesh Rao) Mumbai : Indian cricket captain M.S. Dhoni is in danger of rocking two boats. Even since Sachin Tendulkar started making money, other Indian cricketers are running round trees of  fortune. Sachin pays income tax in crores of rupees, and now Dhoni is on the same path. Having their legs in [...]