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  • haryana ias officer dies after fall from apartment staircase

    Haryana IAS officer dies after fall from apartment staircase

    June 13, 2013 0:00 IST

    Gurgaon, June 12 : A Haryana IAS officer Wednesday died under mysterious circumstances after allegedly falling from the staircase of his apartment building here, police said.The 1981 batch IAS officer, Harbaksh Singh, 56, was financial

  • pmo declares records on robert vadra as confidential

    PMO declares records on Robert Vadra as confidential, refuses RTI query

    June 12, 2013 23:49 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 12 : The Prime Minister's Office has refused to part with records related to its affidavit filed in Allahabad High Court in response to a writ petition seeking probe into allegations made

  • six officers indicted in army top secret letter leak

    Six officers indicted in Army top secret letter leak

    June 13, 2013 8:10 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 13 : Army's top secret details about operational plans and deployment along the India-China border could have been compromised and around six military personnel have been indicted by a Court of Inquiry

  • govt bans pain killer drug

    Govt bans pain killer drug

    June 12, 2013 23:53 IST

    New Delhi, June 12: The government has banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of painkiller drug dextropropoxyphene in the country.  The drug was under the scanner of authorities for quite sometime after it was banned

  • student hangs himself after failing to repay loans for

    Student hangs himself after failing to repay loans for betting

    June 12, 2013 22:55 IST

    Hyderabad, Jun 12: A 22-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Nalgonda district, reportedly after he failed to repay loans taken to bet on cricket matches, the police said.  Bhagyaraj, a fourth-year

  • protests in ghaziabad against power tariff hike

    Protests in Ghaziabad against power tariff hike

    June 12, 2013 21:59 IST

    Ghaziabad, June 12: Traders, industrialists and members of opposition political parties protested here Wednesday against a hike in power tariff, an organiser said.The protestors took out a procession which ended with a sit-in at the

  • naveen patnaik holds rally in delhi demands special status

    Naveen Patnaik holds rally in Delhi, demands special status for Odisha

    June 12, 2013 20:55 IST

    New Delhi, Jun 12 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today hit out at the Centre accusing it of following a policy of "political discrimination" in grant of central assistance even as he made a

  • v c shukla cremated with full state honours

    V C Shukla cremated with full state honours

    June 12, 2013 20:46 IST

    Raipur, Jun 12 : The mortal remains of former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Vidya Charan Shukla were today consigned to flames at his farmhouse 'Radheshyam Bhawan' here with full state honours.His grandson Vinayak

  • rajasthan govt sign mou with irctc on free pilgrimages for

    Rajasthan govt sign MoU with IRCTC on free pilgrimages for senior citizens

    June 12, 2013 19:10 IST

    Jaipur, June 12: Rajasthan government on Wednesday signed an MoU with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. for a scheme which will see it bear all the expenses for senior citizens to go

  • bsnl to discontinue 160 year old telegram service from july

    BSNL to discontinue 160-year old telegram service from July 15

    June 12, 2013 17:39 IST

    Tiruchirapalli (TN), June 12:  Smart phones, emails and SMS seem to have pushed the humble telegram service to a quiet corner with the BSNL deciding to discontinue the 160-year-old telegraph service from July 15.Once the

  • india concerned about its peacekeepers in golan heights

    India concerned about its peacekeepers in Golan Heights

    June 12, 2013 15:18 IST

    New Delhi, June 12: India is concerned about its 190 peacekeepers stationed at the Golan Heights with Austria withdrawing its forces from the ceasefire zone that has grown volatile due to the intensification and the

  • himachal s apple basket bountiful this season

    Himachal's apple basket bountiful this season

    June 12, 2013 12:15 IST

    Shimla, June 12: There is good news for apple lovers this year as they can soon expect a good supply of the deep, crunchy crimson apples from Himachal Pradesh, the country's largest apple basket.The state

  • two dead in lightning in uttar pradesh

    Two dead in lightning in Uttar Pradesh

    June 12, 2013 12:10 IST

    Badaun (UP), Jun 12: Two persons were killed and five injured after being struck by lightning in separate incidents in the city, official sources said today.Sunil (21) was killed and four injured in village Omnagaria

  • odisha s tribal youth gets into iim

    Odisha's tribal youth gets into IIM

    June 12, 2013 11:47 IST

    Bhubaneswar, June 12: For the students of many tribal groups in Odisha, clearing the Class 10 exam is considered a huge achievement. But a little help can bring out the best as it did for

  • two insurgents arrested in manipur

    Two insurgents arrested in Manipur

    June 12, 2013 11:26 IST

    Imphal, June 12: Two insurgents were arrested during search operations in Manipur, the police said today.Yumnam Ibungomacha (29) of United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and Yengkhom Momo Singh (41) were arrested by a combined team

  • andaman tsunami warning system can alert in 3 min scientist

    Andaman tsunami warning system can alert in 3 min: Scientist

    June 12, 2013 10:23 IST

    Port Blair, June 12: The Early Tsunami Warning System installed at Rangachang in Andaman and Nicobar Islands can predict a tsunami immediately after an earthquake, Chief Scientist of National Institute of Ocean Technology Vinith Kumar

  • chhattisgarh mourns shukla s death

    Chhattisgarh mourns Shukla's death

    June 12, 2013 9:38 IST

    Raipur, June 12: The death of Vidya Charan Shukla, one of the leading political figures of central India, left his thousands of supporters in Chhattisgarh sobbing on yesterday when the news came while political leaders

  • v.c shukla killed for revenge say maoists

    V.C Shukla killed for revenge, say Maoists

    June 12, 2013 9:32 IST

    Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), June 12: Maoists here said yesterday that they killed state Congress leader V.C. Shukla in revenge for the violence by state forces on innocent people.A spokesperson of the Maoists said that the May

  • punjab asks tata memorial centre to train state doctors

    Punjab asks Tata Memorial Centre to train state doctors

    June 12, 2013 9:25 IST

    Chandigarh, June 12: With the incidence of cancer in the Bathinda belt of south-west Punjab growing over the years, the Punjab government yesterday asked the Mumbai-based Tata Memorial Centre to train its doctors and paramedic

  • bihar nod to preparing dpr for patna metro rail

    Bihar nod to preparing DPR for Patna metro rail

    June 12, 2013 9:16 IST

    Patna, June 12: Bihar moved a step closer to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's dream of a Metro train service in Patna with the state cabinet yesterday approving the proposal to prepare a detailed project report

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