(Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:40)
Rohilkhand University Vice Chancellor (VC) Mohammad Muzammil has been directed by the Uttar Pradesh governor to take additional charge of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University (formerly Agra University) here. D.N. Johar, erstwhile vice chancellor of the university, had submitted his resignation to Governor B.L. Joshi in the state capital Lucknow Saturday afternoon. As the news of Muzammil taking ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:30)
Armed with "scientific evidence" that the African cheetah is "not an alien species" and can survive in India, the government is planning to petition the Supreme Court to allow the import of the animal that became extinct 60 years ago. The environment ministry's proposal comes after the apex court last month quashed the Rs.300 crore project to import and re-introduce the Namibian cheetah in ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:30)
Two days after three hearing- and speech-impaired girls alleged rape and molestation by employees of a residential school here, statements of all the victims has been recorded, police said Sunday. The incident occurred in a school run by an NGO. Statements of sixteen differently-abled inmates were also being recorded on suspicion that there may be more victims, police said. Police had arrested ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:16)
Ashutosh Verma who was arrested in 2008 for allegedly diluting I-T appraisal of companies of arms dealer Suresh Nanda, the enforcement directorate has registered a criminal case ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:16)
it was not a spy equipment. But surprisingly while the equipment has created so much security concerns in the border district no one came forward to claim the equipment. Cops have now claimed that it posed no security threat. On December 4 last year villagers had found ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:00)
A Kerala-based software engineer has come up with an anti-piracy device to check recording of movies in theatres using sophisticated mobile phones or handycams. Varghese Babu told IANS here that the product, which has gone for patent processing, was developed after three years of research. "It has been named as 'Demolish Duplica' and has a hardware unit which is placed in movie theatres. The ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:00)
The orange city Saturday recorded a maximum temperatures of 47 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest place in the country, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said here Sunday. An intense heat wave has been sweeping over large parts of Maharashtra's Vidarbha region even as early monsoon has arrived in Andaman and Nicobar isles, the official said. While Nagpur notched a fiery 47 ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:00)
Two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh charged in the Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy's disproportionate assets case are likely to resign following orders from the Congress central leadership, party sources said Sunday. Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy and Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao may submit their resignations to Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy later Sunday, party sources ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:00)
Four people were killed and five were critically injured after an electric current seeped into some houses in a Himachal Pradesh village, police said Sunday. Officials said that a technical snag in a transformer in Paleur village near Chamba town, some 345 km from here, led to electricity seeping into around 40 houses Saturday night, resulting in the tragic incident. The injured have been ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 05:50)
Film: "Fukrey"; Music Director: Ram Sampath; Singers: Amjad Bagadwa, Ram Sampath, Yash Divecha, Vrashal Chavan, Mika Singh, Tarannum Malik, RanaMajumder, Clint Cabral, Neisha Maskarenhas, Mimosa Pinto, Kailash Kher, Keerthi Sagathia, Pradipta Guha, Clinton Cerejo and Sona Mohapatra; Rating: The music album of director Mrighdeep Singh Lamba's "Fukrey" has six tracks. Simple and sweet, the tracks ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 05:30)
It was a warm Sunday morning in the capital with the minimum temperature settling at 25.9 degrees Celsius, average for this time of the year. The Met Office has forecast a hot, sunny day ahead. "A hot day lies ahead for Delhi with the maximum temperature expected to be around 44 degrees Celsius," an India Meteorological Department official said. The humidity recorded at 8.30 a.m. was 68 ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 05:26)
Kudankulam nuclear power project (KNPP), saying all equipments installed there has undergone multi-stage quality checks. Sixty scientists, most of them from state-run research institutions, had written letters to the chief ministers of Kerala ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 05:20)
In two months' time, motorists can expect to drive into a revamped New Delhi Railway Station, free of autorickshaws and taxis that block their way to the parking lot.Passengers coming out of the Airport Metro or DMRC station can go straight to the railway station via a pedestrian-only pathway. These modifications on station's Ajmeri Gate side (near platform number 16) are a part of the ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 05:20)
Mumbai : A 27-year-old woman has claimed that she was raped by a doctor at his clinic in Mumbai on Friday evening. A resident of Ghatkopar, she was visiting the doctor's clinic at Khar in suburban Mumbai, where she has been undergoing treatment for TB for the past year.The results of the woman's medical test to confirm rape are awaited. The doctor is now on the run. The woman alleges ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 05:20)
The West Bengal government has unveiled its draft industrial policy after a long wait to woo entrepreneurs by showcasing the state as an attractive investment destination. The state government uploaded the draft policy on its websites Saturday and invited suggestions from various industry bodies as well as business community. It said that several incentive schemes for new investors have been ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 05:17)
Rahul Gandhi, a lawmaker, speaks to Sonia Gandhi (R), who is his mother and India's ruling Congress party chief, during the Indian National Congress meeting in Jaipur, capital of India's desert state of Rajasthan January 20, ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 05:13)
Expressing surprise over S&P's threat to downgrade India's credit rating, India Inc termed the agency's affirming its negative outlook on the country as unfortunate and ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 05:10)
The 45th Session of the Indian Labour Conference concluded in New Delhi with a resolve to provide universal social security coverage and assured pension to the entire working population. During the course of Conference the Labour Ministers of State Governments, Central Trade Union Leaders, Employers' representatives, and Officials of the central and state governments also deliberated on service ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 04:50)
What began as an impulse to help those in need of dire medical attention in isolated areas of Assam, where the mighty river Brahmaputra is both a lifeline and a curse, is today a unique mission to reach healthcare to almost a million people spread over 13 districts of the far-flung northeastern state. Unfolding the miseries of these people, who are beyond the pale of the state's healthcare ...
(Sunday, 19 May 2013 04:39)
China's Li Keqiang flies to India on Sunday for the first leg of his maiden foreign visit as premier, and the itinerary evinces the importance of bilateral ties.During his stay, Li will hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, meet with President Pranab Mukherjee and other leaders, and deliver a speech on China-India ties. Also, the two sides will sign a series of cooperation ...
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