Devotees throng Sabrimala As millions of devouts set to trek the famed Sabarimala Ayyappa temple with the two-month-long pilgrimage season beginning on Saturday, crowd-management, security and pollution-control are the prime tasks before the state authorities, the temple board and voluntary outfits.
Chhath: Lakhs take holy dip in Ganga Lakhs of devotees took a holy dip in the Ganga and offered Arghya (obeisance) to the Sun God on the occasion of Chhath, here on Friday.
ICICI bank, police nexus exposed A businessman's three-year effort to recover his car, illegally auctioned by ICICI bank, has unearthed a nexus between unscrupulous bank officials, car brokers, police and the road transport authority in Goa.
A new government has been installed in Karnataka. What should be the priorities of the Yeddyurappa-led government? Transparency, focus on power sector and infrastructure, curbing graft and warding off terror threats to Bangalore... the list of priorities set by Deccan Herald readers for the government is endless. Some of them have also insisted that the Bharatiya Janata Party should prove that it indeed is a party with difference.