Ramanavami festival begins today in temples at Matunga.

- April 1, 2014

Viswanathan KA   The nine-day Sri Ramanavami festival and Vasantha Navarathri  has begun at  two temples in Matunga. The 70 year old Shri Sankara mattham  began the ceremony with Maha ganapathy homam , Go pooja , and Rama moola mantra japam followed by Sri Vidya homam,Suvasini pooja and Srimadh Valmiki Ramayana Moola Parayanam.   Besides

Gandhis hope to win in Rae Bareli, Amethi

- April 1, 2014

 Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday hoped they will be again elected to the Lok Sabha from Rae Bareli and Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.     "I hope the people of Rae Bareli continue to support us," Gandhi told the media in brief comments after arriving here to file her nomination for

BSP also wants quota for poor upper castes, says Mayawati

- April 1, 2014

 BSP chief Mayawati Tuesday sought to reach out to poor people of the upper castes, asserting her party would also fight for reservations in education and government jobs to economically under-privileged members of the community in the country.    Attacking Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial nominee Narendra

EC not happy with Pawar’s explanation on voting

- April 1, 2014

The Election Commission Tuesday said it was not satisfied with NCP chief Sharad Pawar's explanation over his controversial statement asking people to vote from more than one place, but said it would not pursue the matter further.    "The commission has considered that you have overlooked the provisions of section 171D of the Indian Penal