With Telangana leaders rejecting the terms of reference of the Srikrishna panel and student groups calling for a shutdown Saturday, police went on alert in Hyderabad and nine other districts of the region.
Anticipating violent protests, police tightened security at the chief minister’s camp office, universities, the state assembly and other vital installations.
As soon as the [...]
Amid reports of students taking to the streets in protest against the possibility of 44 educational institutions losing their deemed university status, Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said the affected students would still get their degrees whatever be the fate of their universities.
Task force report
At a press conference here, [...]
Normal life was paralysed in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh for the second consecutive day on Thursday due to bandh called by Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) to protest the police cane-charge on students in Osmania University here.
The Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has suspended its services in Telangana districts like Nalgonda, Medak and [...]
President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party raced to re-evaluate their health care plans and electoral strategy following their stunning loss of a Senate seat in Massachusetts long held by Edward M. Kennedy.
The embarrassing defeat to Republican Scott Brown in a Democratic stronghold was a bitter end to the president’s first year in office Wednesday, [...]
Nearly two and a half months after imposing a ban on pre-paid mobile phones in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre on Thursday lifted its order with immediate effect but put stringent conditions on operators for verification of customers.
The decision to lift the ban was taken after the Centre finalised a “foolproof” plan to ensure proper [...]
The World Bank on Thursday projected that the global economy is likely to grow at a rate of 2.7 per cent in 2010, but warned that the economic recovery is still fragile.
It also added that the process of recovery would gradually slow down later this year as the impact of fiscal stimulus wears away.
In its [...]
People in Ladakh had some respite from the cold wave on Thursday, while the rest of Jammu and Kashmir reeled under intense cold.
Ladakh, which recorded a drop in night temperature, experienced snowfall this morning, Met office said.
Leh registered a low of minus 7 deg C, while Kargil recorded minus 8 deg C.
Night temperature further dipped [...]
A division bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday ordered CBI probe into the Paul M. George murder case. The Bench comprising chief justice S.R. Bannurmath and Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan issued the directive while allowing a writ petition filed by M.G. George (Muthoot group), father of Paul M. George, seeking CBI investigation into [...]
India defeated Bangladesh by 113 runs in the first Test at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Thursday.
Needing 415 for an improbable victory, Bangladesh resumed the day at 67 for two on the final day. Bangladesh struggled to stay afloat in its second innings despite vice-captain Mushfiqur Rahim’s fighting hundred – 101 (114b, 17×4, [...]
Honda’s premium compact car Jazz is being sold at discounts of up to Rs. 40,000 with attractive interest rates on loans as dealers look to clear stocks of the 2009 model.
The Jazz, coming at a price range of Rs. 6.98 lakh to Rs. 7.33 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi), had witnessed stock pile up last month with [...]
