Mumbai | 10 days ago
Japan's JFE to invest Rs.4,800 crore for JSW Steel stake
Mumbai, July 27 - JSW Steel Tuesday announced that JFE Holdings, Japan's second largest steelmaker by output, would pick up 14.99 percent stake in the company for over Rs.4,800 crore -.A strategic tie-up between the two announced in November provides for JFE maintaining its shareholding at not more than 14.99 per cent in JSW. Asked whether going forward JFE would raise its stake in JSW Steel, Saj ... read more

New Delhi | 18 days ago
Delhi University hostellers 'homeless', thanks to Games
New Delhi, July 20 - Some 3,000 Delhi University students are now desperately looking for places to stay as they have been asked to vacate their college hostels to make way for the Commonwealth Games athletes. And with rents spiralling, many students are forced to stay in cramped accommodations.Students of Hindu College, Kirori Mal, Ramjas, Hansraj and Daulat Ram colleges were asked to vacate thei ... read more

Hyderabad | 1 month ago
World Cup rekindles hopes of Hyderabad's football revival
Hyderabad, June 24 - The World Cup has rekindled interest among football fans in this city that has produced 15 Olympians and 150 internationals. Former Olympians feel that, if nurtured properly, young talent can help revive the past glory of Hyderabad's football that saw its heydays in the sixties and seventies.The mega event in South Africa is providing a rare opportunity for youngsters here to ... read more

Ghaziabad | 1 month ago
Protest against police failure to trace stolen child
Ghaziabad, June 16 - Residents of Ghaziabad's Vijaynagar area Tuesday held a sit-in to protest the deteriorating law and order situation and the worsening power supply scenario after police failed to trace a one-month-old baby who was stolen from his mother's side while sleeping outside their house during a power cut.According to police, when the light went off in Vijaynagar area around Sunday mid ... read more

1 year ago
Priest, wife arrested with four human skulls
Lucknow, July 24 - A priest and his wife have been arrested after four human skulls were found in their house in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, the police said Friday. The skulls were recovered from the roof of the Kabir temple in the Vijaynagar locality in Kanpur, about 80 km from Lucknow. According to police, the priest, Shyamlal, and his wife, Rajkumari, have confessed that they used human ... read more

1 year ago
Stars cast a spell on Andhra election scene
Hyderabad, March 20 - Star power is exploding on the Andhra Pradesh election scene, with popular actors attracting fans and curious voters alike in thousands as they campaign for the simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha polls. They have all been roped in by various political parties to lure cinema-crazy Telugus. One of these is heartthrob Junior NTR - the young and popular star and grandson of l ... read more

1 year ago
'No chance', Rahul Gandhi brushes away PM possibility query
Ahmedabad, Feb 23 - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi brushed off suggestions of his becoming prime minister after the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls with a 'no chance', and said he couldn't hypothesize about the 2014 polls, which are 'so distant in the future'. The young Congress MP, who was on a two-day visit to north Gujarat, interacted with people in Sabarkantha district late Sunday night ... read more

2 years ago
Maoists blast railway station in Andhra Pradesh
Bhubaneswar, March 26 - Maoist insurgents have blasted a railway station on the border of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, the police said Wednesday. No casualties have been reported. A group of six to seven leftist guerrillas Tuesday night 'came to Gumuda railway station in the district of Vijaynagaram in Andhra Pradesh and triggered the land mine blast at the control panel cabin,' Andhra Pradesh pol ... read more

2 years ago
DNA test restores child to 'real' mother
Hyderabad, March 7 - A two-and-half-month-old baby boy being claimed by two women as their child was restored to his 'real' mother Friday after a DNA test. The baby was given to Santoshi and her husband. The laboratory established that the baby boy is their son and not that of Padmavati, the other woman. The intriguing case was reported from Vijaynagaram district in north coastal Andhra, about 6 ... read more

2 years ago
Uneasy calm north Gujarat after police firing kills two
Ahmedabad, Feb 14 - An uneasy calm prevailed in Sabarkantha district of north Gujarat Thursday, a day after two tribal protestors were shot dead in police firing. There were no reports of any violence in what is known as Polo Forest area in Vijaynagar sub-district, about 200 km from here. Divisional Forest Officer M.J. Parmar told IANS the area did not witness any fresh incidents. Asked if this ... read more