NEW DELHI: P A Sangma today moved the Supreme Court challenging the election of Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee as President of India.The petition filed by Sangma has contended that Mukherjee was holding an office of profit as the chairman of Indian Statistical Institute when he had entered the race for President.BJP leader and senior advocate Satpal Jain, who was...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rejected as "unfounded" India's assertion that elements in this country were using social media networking sites to whip up communal sentiments and create a scare among people from northeast and asked New Delhi to provide evidence in this regard.The matter figured in a phone conversation between Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik and his Indian counterpart Sushi...

NEW DELHI: Stepping up its drive against "erring" portals, government has ordered blocking of more than 250 websites in which morphed images and videos were uploaded to incite Muslims leading to exodus of people belonging to the northeast from Karnataka and some other states.Home ministry officials said more than 130 websites have been blocked till now while the rest...

BANGALORE: With confidence-building measures and scaled up security in place, exodus of Northeasterners from here for their home-states fearing backlash over Assam violence has stopped, police and railway officials said today.The country's IT capital came under a thick security cover with over 17,000 police personnel, bolstered by Rapid Action Force and Karnataka State Reserve Police, deployed to instill a...

BANGALORE: Former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde says a political party floated purely on the anti-corruption plank will not succeed in elections at this stage as money power and diversity play a role.Hegde, a former Karnataka Lokayukta, who has distanced himself from erstwhile Team Anna's decision to start a political party on October 2, said cultural, linguistic and...

BARABANKI(UP)/NEW DELHI: Union minister Beni Prasad Verma was today at the centre of a controversy with remarks that he was "happy" over rising prices of food items as it will benefit farmers, evoking a sharp attack from BJP and other parties."Dal, atta, rice and vegetables have become expensive.The more the prices, the better it is for farmers. I am...

BANGALORE: India's proposed Mars mission in November next year would boost its credentials to take part in possible international collaborative ventures on exploring the Red Planet."Besides doing it on its own, ISRO will obviously be roped in an international team, including the United States, Europe and other countries (in possible international missions to Mars in future)", former Indian Space...

CINCINNATI, USA: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna had to be content with a runners-up finish at the ATP Cincinnati Masters as they lost the summit clash in straight sets to Sweden's Robert Lindstedt and Romania's Horia Tecau, here.The sixth seed Indian pair lost 4-6, 4-6 to the fourth seeded rival team in the summit clash of the USD 2,825,280...

TOWNSVILLE, Australia: India's tail-enders held their nerves in the tense dying moments to edge out arch-rivals Pakistan by one wicket in a low-scoring thriller to cruise into the semifinals of the under-19 cricket World Cup here today.After dismissing Pakistan for a paltry 136, India made rough weather of a small target as they were reduced to 127 for nine...

WASHINGTON: A 16-year-old high school student has been arrested on charges of killing an elderly Sikh in Milwaukee, where only days back a shootout at a Gurdwara had left six worshippers dead.Identified as Deangelo Williams, the suspect has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide-party to a crime and possession of a firearm by a felon.If convicted he could be...