A latest survey of 1,100 Scientists has revealed that one in four Indian Scientists believe in god and accept the existence of higher power. The conclusions have been drawn after surveying the Scientists across 130 universities and research institutes across the country. As many as 93 percent of ...

The government on Monday issued a showcause notice to TV news channel India TV for telecasting a vulgar MMS featuring the victim of Noida twin murder, Aarushi Talwar. The information and broadcasting ministry (I&B), found the content obscene, defamatory and denigrating of children and against ...

Shiv Sena leader and editor of ‘Saamna’ Mr Bal Thackeray has condemned the attack on Mr Kumar Ketkar, editor of Loksatta. Earlier on Friday Ketkar was attacked at his house in Thane for his editorial. Thackeray said that Loksatta editorial was not against Shivaji and Ketkar just wanted ...

The Gurjjar leaders early morning on Saturday, June 07, 2008 announced the 50 member panel that will hold talks with the Rajasthan government over their demand for ST status. The Gurjjars proposed to hold talks on Saturday afternoon in Bayana, in a letter sent to the Vasundhra Raje government ...

Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani has been asked by the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) to pay up Rs 2.43 lakh as premium for the additional Floor Space Index (FSI) that is being employed for building a helipad over the 19-storey Ambani residence, Sea Wind at Cuffe Parade. It was informed ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ahs expressed its doubt that the twin murder of Aarushi Talwar and the domestic help Hemraj was the handiwork of one person. According to the CBI it is very likely that at least two people were involved in the murdering. The CBI pointed out that there were ...

In a shocking incident, a tourist from Ukrania was killed and three others injured on Sunday, June 1, 2008 when a bus hit them at the departure terminal at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. The accident occurred at the peak time of airport, around 12.45 am, when the departure terminal ...

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) special award for contribution to the control of tobacco consumption has gone to two Indians this year. One of them is a doctor, Mumbai-based oncologist Surendra Shastri and the other is a health activist, Bobby Ramakant. Both Shastri and Ramakant were ...

The key witness and perhaps the motive of the murder of Nitish Katara, Bharti Yadav has claimed that her brothers Vikas Yadav and cousin Vishal Yadav are innocent and have not murdered Nitish. Bharti flew down to India on Wednesday from London and for the first time has made a statement to the ...

The directorate general of shipping (DGS) has revealed that a merchant navy officer was killed in a fire that broke out aboard the Indian ship, M.V Oel Aishwarya, near the Sri Lankan coast. The person who was killed during the early morning Saturday firing was the ship’s Second Officer Babu ...

Pakistan on Friday, May 23, 2008 released 96 Indian fishermen, coinciding with the resumption of the composite dialogue process. During the talks held this week in Islamabad, the two sides have agreed to allow consular access to prisoners still in jail in both the countries. Islamabad had announced ...

The father of fourteen year old Arushi Talwar, Mr. Rajesh Talwar has been arrested for the murder of his daughter and servant Hemraj. The dentist was arrested on Friday afternoon for the brutal murder of his daughter and domestic help on May 15, 2008. Though there are different versions of the ...

Mehul Kumar, a class X student of the Sanjay Public School, Jaipur has made the country proud by being one of the ten winners of the Destination NASA Knowledge Challenge 2008 which has enabled him to participate in a NASA sponsored meet. The Jaipur boy flew to New York via Delhi on Wednesday, May ...

Five Indians figure on a recent list of 40 most influential people in the global pharmaceutical industry compiled by a reputed UK magazine. It is the World Pharmaceutical Frontiers' magazine based in London that has complied these rankings, which feature prominent Indians like Ranbaxy chief ...

Shortly after rumors about the arrest of god man and astrologer fraudster Santosh Madhavan alias Amrita Chaitnya had subsided, yet another god man, swami Himaval Maheswara Bhadrananda surrendered before Ernakulam Police Assistant Commissioner PM Varghese on Friday, May 16, 2008. Swami Bhadranandan ...

In a shocking incident in Nandigram, two women have filed an FIR against Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) DIG Alok Raj, alleging that they were molested by him late on Saturday night. The women belonging to Sonachura village of Nandigram filed the FIR on Sunday, May 11, 2008. The DIG CRPF ...

Animal activist and former Union minister Maneka Gandhi has become the second India after ISRO Chairman, G Madhvan Nair to be honored with the prestigious A.S.G. Jayakar award. The award is named after an Indian who came to Oman in the 19th century and did pioneering work flora and fauna in Oman. ...

Renowned cardiac surgeon of India P Venugopal has been reinstated as the director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday, May 08, 2008. The honorable Supreme Court also in its ruling stroked down the act that limits the tenure of the office of the Director. The Supreme Court ...

The Forbes Magazine has revealed that the 27-storey sky scraper being built by billionaire Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai could be the world’s costliest home, with a price tag nearing two billion dollars. The head of Reliance Industries, a oil and petrochemicals giant, Mukesh Ambani was recently ...

Rajya Sabha MP Nirmala Deshpande passed away early this morning (May 1, 2008) at her residence in Shahjahan Road in New Delhi. She was 79. She is survived by her sister. According to the family sources she breathed her last while she was asleep. Deshpande was suffering from fever last ...

A 23 year old Indian student, working part time as a taxi driver was brutally stabbed and left bleeding on the roadside in Melbourne on Tuesday, April, 29, 2008. The Indian student was spotted lying near a hotel in Clifton Hill, several yards away from his smashed car. The victim, whose name has ...

Yoga and spiritual Guru Baba Ramdev has been approached by Central Reserve Police Officers (CRPF) to de-stress its officers. Nearly ninety eight percent of the CRPF officers are deployed in strife-torn areas, which have a considerable effect on their state of mind. The world’s largest ...

The execution of Indian prisoner, Sarabjit Singh has been delayed for a month by the Pakistani authorities. According to the reports of a TV news channel, Sarabjit was to be hanged on May 1, 2008 but the Indian government has requested Pak authoroties to show mercy on the prisoner on ...

According to the reports of a TV news channel, Times Now, Sarabjit Singh is to be hanged on May 1, 2008. The report says that the Indian prisoner in Lahore\'s Kot Lakhpat Jail has been issued fresh death warrant on Thursday. Sarabjit\'s lawyer Rana Abdul Hameed has also confirmed of the issue of ...

The former captain of the Indian cricket team, Mohammed Azharuddin suffered minor injuries after his car was hit by a speeding ST bus in Mumbai on Sunday, 13 April. He was on his way to watch a cricket match with his children when this incident took place at the Belapur end of Palm Beach Road. ...

The Gujarat High Court has given Bollywood actor Aamir Khan and four others temporary relief in a case of alleged filming of the Chinkara during the movie Lagaan. Aamir and the others had appeared the Gujarat High Court after the Bhuj Court had proceedings against them. Jutice Harsha Devani has put ...