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  • 86 people affected by food poisoning in gujarat village

    86 people affected by food poisoning in Gujarat village

    May 17, 2013 8:46 IST

    Banaskantha(Guj), May 17: Eighty six people were taken ill after having meal at a marriage party in Madanagadh village near Palanpur today, health officials said.Over 700 people had gathered for a marriage ceremony and some

  • district authorities to seal engineering college tomorrow

    District authorities to seal Engineering college tomorrow

    May 17, 2013 8:27 IST

    Agra, May 17: In compliance with the Allahabad high court order, district authorities will tomorrow seal an Engineering College, which is constructed inside eco-sensitive Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary on the Delhi-Agra highway here. The wildlife

  • saradha boss now denies links with mamata regime

    Saradha boss now denies links with Mamata regime

    May 17, 2013 8:05 IST

    Kolkata, May 17: The Saradha chit fund scam's suspected kingpin Sudipta Sen who earlier had reached out to the CBI accusing West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of complicity in the swindle, has now approached the

  • mumbai underworld involved in ipl spot fixing more arrests

    Mumbai underworld involved in IPL spot-fixing, more arrests likely: Police

    May 17, 2013 7:58 IST

    New Delhi/ Mumbai, May 17: Pakistani links and the involvement of the Mumbai underworld have surfaced in the investigations into spot-fixing in Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in which Indian fast bowler S. Sreesanth and

  • man shot by relative over family dispute

    Man shot by relative over family dispute

    May 17, 2013 7:53 IST

    New Delhi, May 17: A 28-year-old man was shot dead by a relative following an argument, police said Thursday. The relative and his two sons have been arrested."Rajeev Kumar, a private security guard, was shot

  • woman maoist rebel nabbed in assam

    Woman Maoist rebel nabbed in Assam

    May 17, 2013 7:45 IST

    Guwahati, May 17: A woman Maoist cadre was arrested here and a man detained for alleged links with the rebels, police said yesterday.Kabita Rabha was arrested Wednesday night from a rented house from Odalbakra area.

  • gehlot hits out at bjp on kataria issue

    Gehlot hits out at BJP on Kataria issue

    May 17, 2013 7:36 IST

    Jaipur, May 17: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot yesterday hit out at the BJP, which has called the CBI case against its leader Gulabchand Kataria politically motivated, saying that the party has double standards."When CBI

  • 9 ias officers shifted in up

    9 IAS officers shifted in UP

    May 17, 2013 6:58 IST

    Lucknow, May 17: In an administrative reshuffle the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday shifted nine IAS officers.District Magistrate Rampur Subhra Saxena has been put on the waitlist and municipal commissioner Kanpur N K S Chauhan

  • 60 per cent polling in arunachal panchayat polls

    60 per cent polling in Arunachal panchayat polls

    May 17, 2013 6:47 IST

    Itanagar, May 17 : An estimated 60 per cent voters exercised their franchise for the three-tier Panchayati Raj system in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday. Polling percentage for Itanagar and Pasighat municipalities being held for the

  • delhi govt s 181 helpline gets over 2 lakh calls from women

    Delhi govt's 181 helpline gets over 2 lakh calls from women in four months

    May 17, 2013 6:35 IST

    New Delhi, May 17: The Delhi Government's 181 helpline for women in distress, which was launched in the wake of the December 16 gangrape, has received over two lakh calls in the last four-and-half months.Officials

  • no lpg to houses having multiple connections from june 1

    No LPG to houses having multiple connections from June 1

    May 17, 2013 6:31 IST

    New Delhi, May 17: Cooking gas or LPG supplies to households having unverified multiple connections will stop from June 1, state-owned oil firms announced Thursday. The three state-owned fuel retailers have been "directed to stop

  • common memorial complex in delhi for vvips from now onwards

    Common memorial complex in Delhi for VVIPs from now onwards

    May 16, 2013 23:44 IST

    New Delhi, May 16: There will be no separate samadhis for VVIPs in Delhi as the government today decided to have a common complex for memorials of departed national leaders like Presidents, Vice Presidents and

  • ordinance for elected medical council of india board

    Ordinance for elected Medical Council of India board approved by Cabinet

    May 16, 2013 23:35 IST

    New Delhi, May 16: The Union Cabinet today gave its nod for the issue of an ordinance to pave the way for an elected body of the apex medical regulator.The term of the Medical Council

  • interesting facts to know about dinosaurs

    Interesting facts to know about dinosaurs

    May 17, 2013 9:59 IST

    News Delhi: Dinosaurs became extinct about 65 million years ago. During that period about 70% of all animal life on earth died out. Scientists call it a mass extinction – it wasn't the first mass

  • dec 16 gang rape victim s mother to depose friday

    Dec 16 gang-rape victim's mother to depose Friday

    May 16, 2013 21:25 IST

    New Delhi, May 16: The mother of the Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape victim will Friday appear before the fast track court to depose as a prosecution witness.Meanwhile, the Tihar Jail Superintendent and medical officer also

  • punjab announces 2 per cent quota for sportspersons in govt

    Punjab announces 2 per cent quota for sportspersons in govt plots

    May 16, 2013 19:22 IST

    Chandigarh, May 16: Punjab government has announced a new reservation policy of keeping aside two per cent quota in allotment of residential plots for sportspersons of the state.The quota would be given to sportspersons on

  • lt. gen retd nirbhay sharma appointed arunachal governor

    Lt. Gen (retd) Nirbhay Sharma appointed Arunachal Governor

    May 16, 2013 17:59 IST

    New Delhi, May 16: Lt Gen (retd) Nirbhay Sharma was today appointed as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh after the term of present incumbent Gen (retd) J J Singh ended inJanuary this year.President Pranab Mukherjee appointed

  • spires of kashi vishwanath temple to be plated with gold

    Spires of Kashi Vishwanath temple to be plated with gold

    May 16, 2013 17:49 IST

    Varanasi, May 16: Two spires of the 18th century Kashi Vishwanath temple here will soon be plated with gold replacing the enamel paint on the temple structures.Authorities in a meeting yesterday decided that gold donated

  • baby roona undergoes life saving successful surgery in

    Baby Roona undergoes life saving successful surgery in Gurgaon Fortis Hospital

    May 16, 2013 17:36 IST

    Gurgaon, May 16 : Roona Begum, the 18-month-old baby from Tripura, underwent a life saving successful surgery for severe hydrocephalus, a rare disorder that caused her head to swell to nearly three times its size

  • cyclone mahasen likely to hit tripura tonight

    Cyclone Mahasen likely to hit Tripura tonight

    May 16, 2013 17:08 IST

    Agartala, May 16: With cyclone Mahasen likely to hit Tripura on Thursday night, the State may witness heavy rains and a gale with a speed of 50-60 kmph, the meteorological office said here.“There is likely

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