Dr. Manmohan Singh had on Friday sworn in as the Prime Minister heading a 20-member United Progressive Alliance government by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at a ceremony in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Dr Singh has become the Prime Minister for the second time and he is the first leader of the Congress [...]
Pro-LTTE leaders in Tamil Nadu today reiterated LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was not killed as claimed by the Sri Lankan Army and that he was ”very much alive”. Speaking at a renaissance rally organised by the Sri Lankan Tamils Protection Committee, an umbrella organisation formed to espouse the cause of suffering Eelam Tamils, leaders of [...]
At least five employees have been killed and eight others injured when the bus they were traveling was overturned at Sankeshwar, 40 kms from Belgaum, in the early hours on Thursday. The mishap occurred when the driver of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus in which they were traveling lost control while negotiating [...]
JMM Leader Shibu Soren’s son Durga Soren passed away this morning following a kidney failure at the latter’s Sector 1-C residence in the Bokaro. He fell ill last night after the urea level increased in his body. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. He was 39 years old.
Durga, who had done his schooling [...]
Slain LTTE Chief V Prabhakaran’s Wife, Daughter and Younger son were found dead on Wednesday. The Sri Lankan Army, which have recovered the bodies of LTTE Chief V Prabhakaran and his son Charles Anthony, now confirmed the death of Prabhakaran’s wife Mathivathani Erambu, daughter Duwaraka and his younger son Balachandran.
Prabhakaran’s family members were found dead [...]
With the early onset of monsoon in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Wednesday, Mumbai experienced pre-monsoon showers in some parts of the city today. Meteorology Department has forecast light rains in various parts of the city during the next 48 hours.
An official of Meteorology Department said, “This is pre-monsoon showers. There is development of thunderclouds [...]