New Delhi, May 11:  In a setback to former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Supreme Court Friday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the allegations that the Prerana Trust managed by members of his immediate family received a huge donation from the mining company favoured by him. An ...

New York, May 11: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recalled two "remarkable experiences" in India, including a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Benerjee to focus on efforts for the upliftment and empowerment of women. "I try, whenever possible, to find time to meet with women who are trying to ...

New Delhi, May 11: The Supreme Court Friday issued notices on the presidential reference seeking clarification whether the natural resources could only be allocated by auction. An apex court constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia issued notices to all states, the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Janta Party president ...

Guwahati, May 10: A day after security forces killed four Maoist cadres in Assam, the anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) said Thursday that the "red rebels" had its moral support. "Everyone has the right to protest and it is the circumstances that decides on whether the protest ...

Ranchi, May 10: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda was recovering well but continued to be in hospital, his aides said Thursday, a day after he survived a helicopter crash landing with multiple injuries. "Munda in his message to people of the state has said he is well," the chief minister's political advisor ...

Ranchi, May 9: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda suffered multiple injuries Wednesday when the chopper in which he was travelling with his wife developed a technical snag and toppled to its side after crash landing at the airport here. Munda and his wife Meera, who were on their way to Saraikela Kharsawa ...

Ranchi, May 9: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda's helicopter crash landed at the airport here Wednesday, shortly after taking off, an official said. Munda and his wife Meera received minor injuries. The chopper had taken off around 12.30 p.m. and developed technical snags. The chief minister and his wife were going to ...

Bhubaneswar, May 8: The bullet-riddled body of a police officer was found in Odisha's Nuapada district shortly after he had been kidnapped by Maoist guerrillas Tuesday, official sources said. Assistant Sub Inspector Kruparam Majhi had been kidnapped near Budhas village in Nuapada district, about 550 km from here, Deputy Inspector General of ...

Kolkata, May 8: Rabindrasangeet was played at traffic intersections, in schools and colleges, events were held across the state and television channels competed with one another to air his songs, poems and dances as West Bengal Tuesday marked the end of the yearlong 150 th birth anniversary celebrations of Nobel laureate ...

New Delhi, May 7: Classical sitar maestro Ravi Shankar has been awarded the first Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony by a jury chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, it was announced Monday. The National Implementation Committee for Tagore's anniversary celebrations, chaired ...