SRINAGAR: Three persons, including two devotees, were killed and over 10,000 pilgrims stranded as heavy rains lashed parts of Jammu and Kashmir prompting authorities to suspend the annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath on Sunday."Heavy rains rendered
Sathya Sai Baba said: "I came across a tragic incident in a newspaper. It was about an uneducated and helpless mother and her three children. They were in such a pathetic state of poverty that the mother had to starve
Barry Pittard has written: "Some readers may be interested in unraveling the mass of Sathya Sai Baba's own confusions and contradictions (e.g., with regard to dates and details of characteristics of himself as compared to Shirdi Sai Baba), concerning his
He demanded the Prime Minister prove majority in Parliament after the Left parties withdraw their support. "We have already demanded that the PM seek a vote of confidence to prove majority if Left support is withdrawn." He said being 'dual-faced'
Singh, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar here that the Samajwadi Party had now taken up the role of the CPI-M in propping up the Congress. He said the stand taken
It is for senior leader Pranab Mukherjee to reply. He will reply in an appropriate manner," was what AICC media department chairperson Veerappa Moily said when asked whether the head of the UPA-Left joint mechanism on the nuclear deal would
Police said there were reports of some shots fired and bombs hurled in the area which remained tense after the Trinamool win in the rural polls recently. There was, however, no report of any casualty or injury. The identity of
The meeting with Bush on the sidelines of the G-8 Summit in Toyako in Hokkaido between July 7 and 9 is expected to provide an opportunity for the two principals to review the latest position about the deal less than
Highly-placed sources claimed that till date not a single piece of evidence has been unearthed against Talwar. At the same time, the needle of suspicion was pointing towards the alleged involvement of Rajkumar, a domestic help of a family friend
How can we allow extra flow of water to Haryana, when peasantry of the state is already facing acute shortage of water," Badal, who was here at a function organised by the Ram Navami Utsav Committee, told reporters. Badal said
For the next two months, the flying skills and endurance of India's ace fighter pilots and their Russian-made Sukhoi fighters will face the ultimate test at the world's most advanced air force base. The multinational air exercise is scheduled to
Assistant Commandant of 143rd Battalion BSF Satish Kumar and his family members were travelling to Srinagar when the driver lost control while negotiating a curve near Baltal, official sources said. While the officer died on the spot, seven others, including
District Magistrate Rakesh Srivastava, however, described the situation as normal and peaceful as no untoward incident had taken place from anywhere in the city. He said curfew was relaxed in areas under 13 police stations out of the total 27
CBI has registered three cases against Rakesh Kumar, a 1971 batch IFS officer, who retired some months ago, and Madhup Mohta of the 1985 batch for alleged financial irregularities during their tenure in the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Three
People from different walks of lives offered prayers for his long life at the official function organised at the Tibetan main temple om McLeodganj here. It was attended by all ministers of the Tibetan government-in-exile and Prime Minister Prof. Samdhong
