A top US official on Wednesday described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as "a man of uncommon decency and grace" who has led the way in building the Indo-US partnership, as he presented the Indian leader `The World Statesman Award`.
The engine and a bogie of the Kirandul-Vishakhapatnam passenger train derailed near Bhansi railway station in Chhattisgarh`s Dantewada district early on Thursday with police suspecting the involvement of Naxals in the incident. The train d
Two archers -- Kevin Tataryn and Dietmar Trillus -- have become the first Canadian athletes to pull out of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing health and safety concerns. Manitoba`s Tataryn and Dietmar withdrew from the international c
The Yamuna river continued to flow above the danger mark today, a day after it crossed the 207-meter mark for the first time in 32 years submerging various areas of the city. The river was flowing above the danger mark at 206.92 meter toda
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was kept away by Railway Ministry from the ceremony to mark the start of a new Metro Rail project, today presided over a cabinet meeting when the programme was underway in Joka. No representa
In continuing attacks on CPI-M activists, suspected Maoists today shot dead a school employee in Jhargram in West Midnapore district, two days after they killed a school clerk at Silda in the same district. Srikanta Mondol, an employee of the Seba
The shocking revelation of the prolonged sexual abuse of a 12 year old school-going girl (and her two younger brothers) by the driver of a private cab is just a pointer to a much larger and more serious problem, suggests a survey of the young girl
Even after more than five months since the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009 came into effect across the country, many states are yet to notify the rules. The states, according to their specific conditions and requireme
Soon road safety lessons will be included in schools’ and colleges’ syllabus. The ministry of road transport and highways has asked the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) to prepare the course outline. Once curriculu
Railways today cancelled 22 trains in view of the closure of the Old Yamuna bridge here and announced diversion of 65 other trains. The cancelled trains were mostly local trains, a Northern Railway spokesperson said. Mail and express trains to Del
For the second time in as many days, authorities today announced relaxation in curfew in parts of Srinagar, Ganderbal and Pulwama districts even as the toll in the ongoing agitation rose to 104 after a youth succumbed to injuries in a hospital her
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today demanded Rs 2000 crore from the Centre for conducting flood relief operations in the state. "We need Rs 2000 crore for flood relief operations in the state. Of the Rs 2000 crore, Rs 1
The Supreme Court today deferred hearing a plea to postpone the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya title suit dispute due to be pronounced on Friday after a bench said it did not have the "determination" to take up the matter.
Maharashtra government is all set to install India’s first ever noise barrier on 1,150 metre stretch of road in Mumbai for noise abetment measures in the city. The project will be implemented by the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Deve
A team of ecology experts will scrutinise the proposed nuclear power park at Jaitapur and four thermal power plants in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra on a nine-day visit there from October 4. The western ghats ecology ex
The National Advisory Council (NAC) headed by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi may force the government to include resettlement and rehabilitation in the new Land Acquisition Bill which will hopefully be introduced in parliament’s upcoming winte
President Pratibha Patil today said growing urbanisation in the country required advance planning and proper mass transport and transit facilities for a better living. "Urban population in India is increasing. Today half of the
Chef de Mission of England Craig Hunter today warned the Commonwealth Games organisers that time is running out for them to clean up the preparation mess even as sports minister Hugh Robertson said it would be "an utter tragedy" if next
With just two days left for the verdict on Ayodhya title suit dispute, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court today seeking deferment of the judgement and to allow mediation. The application moved by retired bureacrat Ramesh Chan
Pushed to the margins of Bihar politics, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, who till a few years back dominated the state`s political landscape, is set to wage a do-or-die battle in the coming assembly elections to reemerge as the top leader. B
