Karat said that the attempt of the CBI to implicate party Kerala secretary Pinarayi Vijayan was the latest of the organised attacks on the CPM.
The Mangalore police reported the occurrence of an encounter on the outskirts of the city in which one person was killed.
India is set to sign an inspection agreement with International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday. The inspection deal with the United Nations' nuclear watchdog is a precondition of the United States-led agreement allowing nuclear nations to supply India with nuclear material and technology for its domestic power sector.
On Wednesday,the Mission Steering Group (MSG) of the UPA Government's flagship National Rural Health Mission (NRHM),headed by Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss,approved a proposal to provide Rs 500 monthly 'honorarium' for the six lakh Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) working in the rural areas.
BJP MLA Y Sampangi was arrested by Lokayukta police for allegedly accepting bribe from a businessman.
Chhattisgarh HC directed the authorities to conduct post-mortem of eight tribals who were killed in an alleged fake encounter.
In a move aimed at avoiding pressure from regional allies seeking seats in several states,Congress rulled out a national alliance in coming Lok Sabha elections.
The cyclonic circulation extending upto 0.9 km a.s.l. over south Tamil Nadu and adjoining south Kerala persists.
Under criticism that his remarks could amount to moral policing,Rajasthan CM said that his move to end the pub culture in the state has nothing to do with Mangalore incident.
Condemning Gehlot's statement,BJP accused the Congress of conservatism and of indulging in politics on such issues.
Security has been heightened as Pramod Muthalik was to be produced in a court in Mangalore in connection with pub attack.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has said he will discuss the issue of banning Sri Ram Sene in the state cabinet.
More chief ministers on Thursday joined the debate on pub culture with Karnataka's B S Yeddyurappa opposing it while Ashok Gehlot of Rajasthan seeking to distance himself from the Mangalore incident. Delhi CM Shiela Dikshit saw nothing wrong in boys and girls going out together.
A day after creating a stir by claiming that her husband has been kidnapped,Fiza allegedly attempted suicide at her residence.
CPI-M in Kerala appears to be heading for a crisis with CM V S Achuthanandan refusing to budge from his position against Pinarayi Vijayan.
Flight operations came to a standstill this morning after dense fog engulfed the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
A 26-year-old man tried self-immolation at Chennai passpot office to highlight the suffering of Tamil people in Sri Lanka.
Despite increasingly pervasive anti-tobacco legislation and tax structures,farmers in UP have taken up tobacco cultivation.
Orissa police CID filed the chargesheet in the rape case of a Catholic nun before a Sessions court in Baliguda block of Kandhamal.
Uttar Pradesh is ahead of other states in atrocities against SC and ST with Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in second and third positions.
Kochi traffic police are now armed with Blackberry mobiles,especially designed to track down vehicle details from RTO database in a jiffy.
From Thursday,petrol and diesel will cost Rs 5 and Rs 2 a litre less,respectively. Domestic LPG rate has also been brought down by Rs 25/cylinder.
Strange as it may sound,authorities in the infiltration hub of Mahakalpada have recognised only half of a 10-member family as Indians.
Interpol issued RCNs issued against 6 accused in connection with one of the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots in Central Gujarat.
Prime Minister,who is recuperating after a successful coronary by-pass surgery,walked in the hospital corridor and did his exercises.







