NEW DELHI: Giving in to demands from almost all political parties, government today decided to hold caste census next year under an exercise to be carried out separately from the enumeration of population. After several deliberations within the government on the politically-sensitive issue, the Unio

BANGALORE: Holding that there was a prima facie case against PDP leader Abdul Nazar Madhani, the Karnataka High Court today dismissed a criminal petition filed by him, seeking quashing of a charge sheet regarding the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case.

"The material collected so far by the invest

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister A K Antony has ordered a re-investigation into the mysterious death of Captain Sumit Kohli in Jammu and Kashmir, heeding to the demands of his family that had maintained that it was a murder and not a suicide as claimed by the Army.

Antony, who had met the family of Su

NEW DELHI: Eight major trade unions including Congress-affiliated INTUC Sunday gave a call for a country-wide general strike on September 7 against price rise, violation of labour laws and disinvestment of PSUs. "All central trade unions have together decided to go on a general strike on September

KOLLAM: The Centre today said crackdown on Maoists in Bihar would continue, even as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appealed to the rebels to shun violence and join the mainstream.

"The ongoing operations against Naxals in Bihar will continue," Union Home Secretary G K Pillai told reporters here.

Patna;A self-proclaimed Maoist spokesman today claimed that the three policemen abducted by the rebels were safe and the
proof about this would be provided shortly, but demanded the Bihar government immediately halt operations and call for talks.
The spokesman, Avinash, rang up media offices inclu