US visa row: India hopes for an amicable solution

US visa row: India hopes for an amicable solution
Kerala lecturer removed from college
Another arrest in Jnaneshwari train sabotage case
Azamgarh: School van catches fire, 10 children injured
Winds of change in Maoist bastion Lalgarh?
Madhya Pradesh: 7 H1N1 deaths in a day
Liquor spins gold for Kerala
Now, grain drain in Karnataka
Naxals claim 3 hostages safe; police nab 2 involved in abduction
Tharoor, Sunanda host wedding reception in Delhi
Away from the farm? Use phone to water it
Protests for Mayawati to give in, new rehabilitation policy for UP farmers
Lalgarh: Alleged CPM cadres beat journalists
N-Bill report fiasco: Rajya Sabha probe fixes blame
Sonia Gandhi re-elected Congress president, unopposed
Former Armyman lynched in West Bengal
Many Central, state ministers behind illegal mining: Yeddyurappa
At this SBI branch, it takes Rs 1 crore to open an account

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India expressed hope that the issue of visa fees hike by the US, likely to make Indian IT companies less competitive in the American market, would be resolved amicably.

Kerala lecturer removed from college

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The Kerala lecturer whose right hand was chopped off by radicals of the Popular Front of India(PFI) outfit has been removed from service by college authorities. The management of the Christian-run New Man college informed T J Joseph that he has been removed from service effective from September 1 on the grounds of hurting religious sentiments of a certain community, college sources said.

Another arrest in Jnaneshwari train sabotage case

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A second arrest has been made in the Jnaneshwari train sabotage case. Manoj Mahato, secretary of the PCPA, the outfit that spearheaded the anti-police movement in the Lalgarh area of West Bengal, has been arrested in West Midnapore.

Azamgarh: School van catches fire, 10 children injured

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A school van caught fire in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. Ten children are being treated for burn injuries in the district hospital after the school bus burst into flames, three of them are said to be in critical condition.

Winds of change in Maoist bastion Lalgarh?

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As the country watched the Maoist hostage drama unfold in Bihar, a wind of change blew across a village in West Bengal's Lalgarh which was virtually declared a Maoist takeover on 15 June 2009. The CPM returned to Dharampur village in Lalgarh.

Madhya Pradesh: 7 H1N1 deaths in a day

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It's the H1N1 alarm for Madhya Pradesh. With seven deaths in one day, the virus has claimed 27 lives since July. There are 102 positive cases at present, of which 56 patients are in a critical state.

Liquor spins gold for Kerala

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Jostling for their turn at a government run liquor shop has become a common sight in Kerala. Liquor sales touched a whopping 235 crore rupees in a single week during the Onam festival.

Now, grain drain in Karnataka

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Even as the Supreme Court cracked its whip on foodgrain rotting issue, the grain rotting trail doesn't seem to end. Now, the Southern state of Karnataka too has joined the ill-famed league.

Naxals claim 3 hostages safe; police nab 2 involved in abduction

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It's more than 24 hours since the second deadline set by the Naxals ended. But the Naxals are claiming that the three policemen in their custody are still safe. Four policemen were taken hostage during an encounter with Naxals in Lakhisarai, 150 kilometres east of Patna on Sunday.

Tharoor, Sunanda host wedding reception in Delhi

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A large number of political leaders, diplomats and others attended a wedding reception hosted by Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor and his new wife Sunanda Pushkar in New Delhi on Friday. Among those who attended the reception at the India Habitat Centre were Union Ministers, BJP leaders L K Advani and Arun Jaitley and envoys from several countries, including China and Pakistan.

Away from the farm? Use phone to water it

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For decades, farmers in Maharashtra's Satara village would spend their day waiting for power to irrigate their fields. Now that's changed, thanks to a simple innovation. Today, sitting at home, farmers like Shobha can turn on the water pump a few kilometres away in the fields.

Protests for Mayawati to give in, new rehabilitation policy for UP farmers

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The Uttar Pradesh government today announced a rehabilitation policy with the provision of annuity for farmers against acquisition of their land. The UP government had to give in to the farmers demands for better compensation after 6 weeks of protests by farmers against land acquisition for the Yamuna Expressway project.

Lalgarh: Alleged CPM cadres beat journalists

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Six journalists and TV crew were injured, three of them seriously, in an attack allegedly by CPM cadres near Pirakata, close to Maoist-stronghold of Lalgarh in troubled West Midnapore district of West Bengal on Friday.

N-Bill report fiasco: Rajya Sabha probe fixes blame

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Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has virtually pulled up T Subbirami Reddy, Chairman of a Parliamentary Committee that went into the Nuclear Liability Bill for the insertion of some words beyond agreed terms that threatened the passage of the measure.

Sonia Gandhi re-elected Congress president, unopposed

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Sonia Gandhi has been re-elected the Congress chief for a record fourth time. She was re-elected unopposed. The process of her re-election as Congress president was set in motion on Thursday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi besides several prominent party leaders proposing her name for the top post.

Former Armyman lynched in West Bengal

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A former army major was lynched by a mob in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district Friday after he allegedly misbehaved with a woman, police said.

Many Central, state ministers behind illegal mining: Yeddyurappa

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Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said Friday many central and state ministers were involved in promoting illegal iron ore mining in the state in the last 10 years and he would expose them.