Shirdi, Maharashtra:  The famous Shirdi Sai Baba shrine in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district received 36 kg gold and Rs. 401 crore in cash as donations in year 2011, a top official said on Wednesday. The offerings are at least 20 per cent higher that 2010, he said. “The Trust received 36 kg of gold which is [...]

Bangalore, Feb 6: All websites, including social media sites, would have to operate within the India laws and be responsible for hosting any content, Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot said Monday.   “Be it a social media website or any other site on internet, they all have to operate within the [...]

New Delhi: Yuvraj Singh’s father and former cricketer Yograj Singh spoke about his son’s ongoing battle with cancer and said the cricketer was responding well to the treatment in the United States. “Yuvi is recovering well from treatment for cancer in USA. And the doctors there say he will come back stronger,” Yograj said. Yuvraj’s [...]

Bangalore: The Lokayukta Court on Saturday issued summons to former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and five others to appear before it on March 3 for their alleged involvement in an illegal land denotification case. Besides Yeddyurappa, Lokayukta Judge NK Sudhindra Rao also issued summons to Yeddyurappa’s sons BY Raghavendra, BY Vijayendra, his son-in-law RN Sohan [...]

Bangalore: Karnataka Government is moving in the direction of banning the “made snana”,a ritual of rolling by lower caste people on plantain leaves left by Brahmins after partaking lunch in some temples, Minister for Religious Endowments V S Acharya told the state assembly. “The issues pertain to a belief of people.It is being practised for [...]

Bangalore: Social activist Anna Hazare arrived here on Thursday for treatment at a private hospital on the city outskirts. Hazare, 74, who is leading a campaign for a strong Lokpal Bill, has been unwell for some time. A group of his supporters from India Against Corruption movement were at the Bangalore airport to greet him [...]

Bijapur: Pramod Muthalik who was ousted from Shiv Sena and other out fits in Maharashtra, and who was exposed inside Karnataka with a red point by local Kannada welfare out fits in recent years as a reactionary, has slapped the allegation of hoisting a flag in Sindgi (Bijapur dt.) at Tahsildar’s office on New Year’s [...]

Bangalore: In the joint legislators’ session on Monday, January 30, addressed by state Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj he confirmed that his government was striving every nerve for state development, especially in basic amenities creation. There was less rainfall in 2011, and several talukas went dry. Nevertheless, his Government gave top priority to what actually would [...]

Bangalore: In a surprise move, former ISRO chief and an award winner on Chandrayana project, sent in his resignation to the post of IIT, Patna(Bihar) chairman scandalized by the Antrix- Devos rare spectrum deal, involving lakhs of crores of rupees cheating by a group of scientists, when he headed ISRO. He had a bitter verbal [...]

Chikkaballapura: A Border Security Force Jawan died after he was allegedly administered poison by his wife in Chikkaballapura district, police said on Friday.  The deceased was identified as Venkatesh (36), working at the BSF base in Yelahanka. Venkatesh allegedly had extra-marital affairs and used to threaten his 35-year-old wife, Shanthamma, whose first husband was a [...]