Armed Maoists blew up a panchayat building and a godown in Orissa`s Malkangiri district early today, police said. Around 50 gun-totting rebels stormed into Mandapalli under Kalimela police station area, about 65 km from here, in the wee ho
The IIT-JEE Board today rejected suggestions that online counselling for admission to IITs is non-secure and prone to misuse, saying that not a single complaint has been received in this regard so far. "Overall, 11555 out of 12
Train services of South Eastern Railway have been disrupted following to agitations staged by the bandh supporters at different stations such as Baripada, Ramrajatala, Jaleswar, Bhadrak, Midnapur, Chandrakona Road, Jharsuguda, Purulia, Bali
Stinking urinals, no loos for women or people defecating in the open. This image of the national capital with not enough toilets and no strict action against people who commit `public nuisances` needs to change, especially ahead of the Commonwealt
Terming the Planning Commission as an "armchair advisor", oblivious to the ground realities, Road and Transport Minister Kamal Nath today said he was forewarned that the Plan panel would not allow him to achieve a 20 km-a-day road-buildi
India, it seems, is closed today. All opposition parties have come together to oppose the fuel price hike and the government is isolated. Activists of BJP, CPI-M and other parties have managed to down the shutters of shops and offices, stopped pub
Ahead of the march by separatists to curfew-bound Anantnag in south Kashmir, authorities today reimposed curfew in Pulwama and Kakpora towns, parts of Srinagar and Baramulla districts. The step to clamp curfew again was taken to avoid any
A group of armed Maoists today set afire an MSRTC bus plying between Malewada and Gadchiroli during their bandh call given to protest against killing of CPI (Maoists) Central Committee member Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad in Andhra Pradesh.
A Delhi court today deferred the pronouncement of its order on a plea by an advocate opposing CBI`s move to withdraw the two-decade-old Bofors pay-off case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi. Chief Metropolitan Magistra
Atabhai owns a sprawling farm in Vanger village where he grows onion, maize, coconut, mango, and a variety of vegetables. He earns Rs 50,000 every six months, which makes him one of the more affluent farmers in this region in Mahuva taluka of Bhav
Delhi commuters pay the price Movement of 31 Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses remained affected in the National Capital Region on Monday following the agitation over price hike. Tyres of 29 buses were deflated while
With a view to further promoting tourism under the Public-Private Partnership model, and to encourage production of adequate publicity material of international standards, for use in the domestic and international markets, the union ministry of to
Operating on a single machine at a time, A Muruganantham explains his every move in broken English to four village women who watch carefully as he delicately handles lumps of cotton-like substance and rolls them to make sanitary napkins.&nbs
Delhi`s three private power discoms are earning an additional profit of Rs 300 crore monthly due to holding back of the announcement of the revised tariff structure by the city government, power regulator DERC said today. In its detailed r
Divided over whether caste should be included in census, a Group of Ministers (GoM) today failed to reach a conclusion on the politically-sensitive issue and decided that the government would seek views of political parties on the matter.
A day after union home minister P Chidambaram had suggested Chhattisgarh government redeploy CRPF in Maoist-hit areas, the state`s police chief tonight shot back by saying "we cannot teach the paramilitary personnel how to walk".
Despite satisfactory rainfall for sowing seeds, the district is still reeling under acute shortage of drinking water, district collector Sanjay Deshmukh said here. The district has received 10.5 percent of the annual average rainfall till
The Opposition in Karnataka today withdrew its two-day-old dharna in the Assembly, ending the stalemate over the mode of debate regarding the sudden resignation of Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde. The Opposition began the dharna well of t
A special court here today posted the hearing of CBI`s petition seeking police custody of S N Sharma, the suspended chairman of the Railway Recruitment Board (Mumbai), and others involved in the alleged multi-crore recruitment scam to July 2.
Bombay High Court today dismissed a PIL which had questioned eligibility of 12 members of the State Legislative Council, nominated by the Governor. Can a Governor`s decision be challenged in a PIL, the High Court asked the petitioners earl
