Disabled persons hold placards during a hunger strike to press for their various demands outside Shastri Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday.
When in 2007, VMMC students were shifted from the cramped teaching rooms to the new six-storey building, liitle did they know that the lifts in the designer building will never work. They did not know that to use the toilets, they will have to wal
The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during April 1- May 31 2010 were Rs. 14714.04 crore compared to Rs. 13710.66 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 7.32 per cent. Ac
With the situation in Manipur improving, the government today said it was hopeful that the economic blockade in the state would be lifted in the next few days. Union home secretary G K Pillai also said it would have been better if s
A former union cabinet minister today said that there were "rogue" elements in the government in 1984 who helped former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson ` flee the country after the Bhopal gas tragedy. "Yes," replied f
The Mumbai-Howrah Duronto Express and some other trains resumed their journey on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar section in West Midnapore district today after being stopped last night following a tip off that Maoists were planning to target the train.
Voting for the biennial elections to fill in 10 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council began at Vidhan Bhavan here today. The voting began at 0900 hours. There are 11 candidates in fray and Congress and NCP have fielded three eac
Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik today accepted a proposal of six political parties including the left, for holding talks on the displacement issues relating to the proposed Posco project near Paradip. The chief minister would meet a d
Cementing its ties with the US in the education sector, India will be ready with an Indo-US education council by November this year. Both the countries plan to announce the setting up of a joint educational council during US president Bara
The Mumbai civic body, pinning hopes on a bountiful monsoon, may do away with the ongoing water cuts if seven lakh million litres of water is collected in the lakes by mid-July. "We are closely monitoring the situation. There i
A Gaya-based social worker, Nonu Singh today dashed off a letter to the CEC and Bihar Assembly secretary against former Prinicpal Secretary to the Chief Minister, R C P Singh to know as to how a person against whom a case was pending could contest
Following an official order, the Kanpur district administration has started serving healthier milk products like lassi and sweets in place of cold drinks and chips in the official functions as well press conferences. The practise fo
Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar today said he had requested union home minister P Chidambaram to take steps to repatriate 37,000 displaced Reang or Bru tribespeople to Mizoram. "During a recent visit to New Delhi, I met Chi
Urban development minister S Jaipal Reddy today said all projects related to the Commonwealth Games were going on the right track and that they will be completed by the end of this month. Reddy, who is the chairman of the Group of M
Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar has urged union home minister P Chidambaram to increase the strength of Border Security Force (BSF) along Indo-Bangla border to check the movement of insurgents. "Insurgents of North-East who
Barely four days before the BAI elections, Badminton`s long-serving boss V K Verma today set himself on a collision course with the government by rejecting its financial support and guidelines, saying the body was self-sufficient to run the game i
A special exhibition train will promote Commonwealth Games across the country and is likely to be flagged-off from here by the month end. Railway Ministry officials say the train will travel to each state and have stoppages at selec
As no political party has the numbers to form a government in Jharkhand, which is under President`s Rule, the BJP today appealed to Governor M O H Farooq to recommend dissolution of the assembly. "I will appeal to the Governor
Alleging the hand of church behind the recent merger of Kerala Congress (Joseph), a former LDF constituent, with the Kerala Congress (Mani), Democratic Youth Federation of India today demanded the resignation of erstwhile KC(J) MLAs, elected on LD
