Maharashtra Express

Two former DMK ministers raided

yogesh — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:20:03 +0000

The residences and business premises of two former DMK ministers in Tamil Nadu were raided Friday morning for allegedly having assets disproportionate to their known sources of income, said an official.

Typhoid outbreak in Himachal village

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:20:02 +0000

A village in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district has reported more than 15 typhoid patients, a health official said Friday.

India successfully test-fires missile interceptor

vish0382 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:20:02 +0000

India Friday tested a ballistic missile interceptor from a defence base in Odisha to create a shield against incoming enemy missiles, a senior defence official said.

Honour killing case: Father among two persons arrested

kalpesh8188 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:20:01 +0000

Mainpuri: Days after an 18-year-old girl was killed for honour, police have arrested her father and a relative in connection with the murder.

Two school students die in Ranchi road accident

vish0382 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:20:01 +0000

Two school students were killed and one injured when the bike they were riding hit a road divider in Ranchi Friday morning, police said.

Remove atomic scientist, expand expert panel: Kudankulam activists

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:20:00 +0000

Activists spearheading the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protests Friday requested the Tamil Nadu government to expand a new four-member panel that will look into the plant's safety aspects and also remove an atomic scientist from it.

20 feared dead in bus mishap

vish0382 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:20:00 +0000

At least 20 people were feared killed when a minibus in which they were travelling fell from a hilly road into the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir Friday morning, police said.

BJP makes Karnataka turf for scandals and self-goals

vish0382 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:19:59 +0000

Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be turning Karnataka from its 'gateway to the south' into its playground for scandals and self-goals.

Age row: Govt withdraws order rejecting army chief’s plea

Monyc — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:19:59 +0000

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence on Friday withdrew order rejecting Army Chief General VK Singh's petition to change his date of birth.

Captured: Polymath S. Balachander and his great wars

Monyc — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:19:59 +0000

Storming the world of Carnatic music and Tamil cinema with his non-conformist, controversy-creating ways in the 1940s, polymath and veena exponent Sundaram Balachander steadfastly fought many 'unholy cultural nexuses', earning his share of brickbats, says his biographer.