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  • misuse of red beacons and flashers to invite jail sentence

    Misuse of red beacons and flashers to invite jail sentence

    May 17, 2013 21:59 IST

    Kolkata, May 17: The Calcutta High Court today directed that henceforth anyone using red beacons or red flashers on vehicles unauthorisedly would be tried for cheating by impersonation, entailing a maximum punishment of three years.The

  • girls outperform boys in icse class x and xii exams

    Girls outperform boys in ICSE Class X and XII exams

    May 17, 2013 21:37 IST

    New Delhi, May 17: Girls have once again outperformed boys in this year's ICSE Class-X and ISC Class-XII examinations the results for which were declared today.  In all, 98.78 per cent of girls and 97.73

  • indian experts team on brahmaputra in china ahead of li s

    Indian experts team on Brahmaputra in China ahead of Li's visit

    May 17, 2013 21:27 IST

    New Delhi, May 17: An Indian experts' team is currently in China to review sharing of the Brahmaputra river data two days ahead of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to New Delhi during which India

  • kolkata taxi driver runs orphanage and school for orphans

    Kolkata taxi driver runs orphanage and school for orphans, wants govt help

    May 17, 2013 19:28 IST

    Kolkata, May 17 :  In an attempt to transform the lives of orphaned, abandoned and neglected children, a taxi driver, Jalaluddin Gazi provides foster care to 150 orphans, nearly 60  kilometres away from Kolkata in

  • teacher held for beating student to death in west bengal

    Teacher held for beating student to death in West Bengal

    May 17, 2013 19:17 IST

    Canning/Kolkata, May 17: A class III student has died after his teacher allegedly banged his head against a wall for playing with another student in the classroom, prompting the authorities to order an inquiry and

  • promiscuous character of woman can t be ground of defence

    Promiscuous character of woman can't be ground of defence for rapist: SC

    May 17, 2013 18:54 IST

    New Delhi, May 17: Promiscuous character of a woman is irrelevant in rape cases and a rapist cannot take it as ground of defence for his henious act, the Supreme Court has ruled saying even

  • know more about mata amritanandamayi known as amma

    Know more about Mata Amritanandamayi known as Amma

    January 29, 2014 7:19 IST

    New Delhi: Mata Amritanandamayi, primarily known simply as Amma, is a Hindu spiritual leader and guru, who is revered as a saint by her followers.  Born to a family of fishermen, she was the third

  • 1993 mumbai blast tada court issues nbw against 2 convicts

    1993 Mumbai blast: TADA court issues NBW against 2 convicts

    May 17, 2013 18:24 IST

    Mumbai, May 17: The special TADA court today issued non-bailable warrants against two convicts of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case as they failed to surrender within the deadline set by the Supreme Court.  Actor

  • sc refuses to interfere in gom s work on cbi autonomy

    SC refuses to interfere in GoM's work on CBI autonomy

    May 17, 2013 14:58 IST

    New Delhi, May 17: The Supreme Court today refused to interfere in the functioning of the GoM examining the issue of CBI's autonomy and turned down the plea of the agency's officers for a direction

  • shinde congratulates delhi police for ipl probe

    Shinde congratulates Delhi Police for IPL probe

    May 17, 2013 14:13 IST

    New Delhi, May 17: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Friday congratulated Delhi Police for the Indian Premier League spot-fixing investigation following which three cricketers and 11 bookies have been arrested."I congratulate the Delhi Police. Whenever they

  • tripura registers improvement in literacy rate

    Tripura registers improvement in literacy rate

    May 17, 2013 14:06 IST

    Agartala, May 17: Literacy rate in Tripura has risen to 87.22 per cent from the previous 73.3 per cent, ranking the state fourth in the country, according to the preliminary census report of 2011.The state's

  • former sp mla son booked for demanding money from contractor

    Former SP MLA son booked for demanding money from contractor

    May 17, 2013 13:56 IST

    Ballia (UP), May 17: An FIR has been registered against the son of a former SP MLA for allegedly demanding money from a contractor and beating him, police said today.  Rameshwar Pandey, who is a

  • hc concludes hearing on italian tourist death case

    HC concludes hearing on Italian tourist death case

    May 17, 2013 13:50 IST

    Cuttack, May 17: The Orissa High Court has reserved its order on a PIL alleging that an Italian tourist died in SCB medical college and hospital here due to negligence.  The PIL was filed by

  • desalination plant to come up in gopalpur

    Desalination plant to come up in Gopalpur

    May 17, 2013 13:55 IST

    Berhampur (Odisha), May 17: A desalination plant to make sea water potable is being planned near Gopalpur in Ganjam district of Odisha.Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) is planning to install a 5-million litre per day

  • cricket bookies raided in chennai

    Cricket bookies raided in Chennai

    May 17, 2013 12:26 IST

    Chennai, May 17: Police in Tamil Nadu took into custody four cricket bookies here Friday, a day after three Rajasthan Royals players were arrested for allegedly spot fixing matches in exchange for money."We have raided

  • agra industrialist shot dead on highway

    Agra industrialist shot dead on highway

    May 17, 2013 12:19 IST

    Agra, May 17: An industrialist from Agra was shot dead by unidentified assailants who ambushed his car on the Agra-Jaipur highway, police said Friday.Manish Goyal was killed late Thursday while he was coming back from

  • it seeks expense details of lalu s parivartan rally

    IT seeks expense details of Lalu's Parivartan rally

    May 17, 2013 12:09 IST

    Patna, May 17: The Income Tax (IT) department has served a notice to Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), seeking details of expenses incurred during the party's Parivartan rally held here May 15, an official

  • court grants bail to liyaqat shah

    Court grants bail to Liyaqat Shah

    May 17, 2013 11:54 IST

    New Delhi, May 17: Suspected Hizbul militant Liyaqat Shah, arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror attacks in the national capital, was today granted bail by a special NIA court

  • two jawans injured in naxal attack in chhattisgarh

    Two jawans injured in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

    May 17, 2013 10:59 IST

    Raipur, May 17: Two security personnel were today injured in a Naxal attack in Maoist-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.“The incident took place when the joint party of district force, Chhattisgarh Armed Force and Special Task

  • special status will boost private investment in bihar nitish

    Special status will boost private investment in Bihar: Nitish

    May 17, 2013 8:56 IST

    Patna, May 17: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar defended today his repeated demand for special status to the state saying it (the status) will boost private investment in a big way to accelerate its industrial

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