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  • germany reaches out to young indians

    Germany reaches out to young Indians

    May 10, 2013 15:47 IST

    New Delhi, May 10: In a bid to reach out to young Indians, the German embassy here Friday launched a new interactive programme on its website, which it said it was designed specially for school

  • kolkata s famed kalighat temple set for makeover

    Kolkata's famed Kalighat Temple set for makeover

    May 10, 2013 15:08 IST

    Kolkata, May 10: The over 200-year-old Kalighat Kali temple, one of the city's landmarks visited by tens of thousands of devotees and tourists every day, is set for a makeover, thanks to the intervention of

  • court rejects up govt s plea to withdraw case against two

    Court rejects UP govt's plea to withdraw case against two

    May 10, 2013 15:04 IST

    Barabanki, May 10: The UP government's plea to withdraw case against two alleged HuJI operatives in connection with seizure of explosives here after the 2007 Gorakhpur blasts was today rejected by a local court.  Special

  • maoist politburo member arrested in assam

    Maoist politburo member arrested in Assam

    May 10, 2013 14:54 IST

    Guwahati, May 10: A CPI (Maoist) politburo member, wanted in several cases, was arrested from Silchar in Cachar district of Assam, police said today.Anukul Chandra Naskar alias Pareshda (65) was caught by a joint team

  • varanasi citizens file firs against polluting ganga

    Varanasi citizens file FIRs against polluting Ganga

    May 10, 2013 14:23 IST

    Lucknow, May 10: In a first, citizens of Varanasi Friday lodged police complaints against "unknown" people for polluting the Ganga.The first information reports (FIRs) were lodged at the Lanka police station by Varanasi citizens led

  • army police hunt for terrorists in kashmir

    Army, police hunt for terrorists in Kashmir

    May 10, 2013 14:02 IST

    Srinagar, May 10: Some 700 soldiers and police personnel Friday combed a mountainous area in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district to track down five or six terrorists, army sources said.The massive operation began a day

  • karuna demands that india boycott chogm in lanka

    Karuna demands that India boycott CHOGM in Lanka

    May 10, 2013 13:58 IST

    Chennai, May 10: DMK president M Karunanidhi today described as “important” Queen Elizabeth II skipping the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka in November and once again demanded that India boycott the meet. 

  • one held with fake passport

    One held with fake passport

    May 10, 2013 13:01 IST

    Chennai, May 10: A man was arrested at the airport here for possessing a fake passport after an aggrieved relative tipped off immigration authorities, police said today.Kalandar Mohideen (28) of Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu's Sivagnagai

  • defence controversies that rocked india

    Defence controversies that rocked India

    May 11, 2013 6:50 IST

    New Delhi: India has been rocked by a series of defence-related controversies—both small and big. Be it the Army chief age row or the Adarsh Society controversy.  Whatever the outcome had been, India as a 

  • two girls commit suicide in separate incidents in up

    Two girls commit suicide in separate incidents in UP

    May 10, 2013 12:41 IST

    Muzaffarnagar, May 10: Two girls allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in the district here, police  said today.A 17-year-old girl committed suicide by consuming poison after her parents opposed her relationship with a boy at

  • lakhs appear for medical engineering exam in andhra

    Lakhs appear for medical, engineering exam in Andhra

    May 10, 2013 12:08 IST

    Hyderabad, May 10: Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) for admission to engineering and medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh began amid tight security arrangements across the state Friday morning.In all, 3,96,143 candidates are

  • medicine shops closed in nagaland

    Medicine shops closed in Nagaland

    May 10, 2013 12:00 IST

    Kohima, May 10: All medicine shops remained closed in Nagaland from 6 AM today in response to a 12-hour bandh call by the Nagaland Medicine Dealers Association (NMDA).The bandh was in support of the All

  • straying tiger pits wildlife activists against locals

    Straying tiger pits wildlife activists against locals

    May 10, 2013 11:44 IST

    Bhubaneswar, May 10: A wild male tiger, which strayed into the Nandankanan Zoo here, has put the Orissa government in a spot as locals demand that it should be kept in the zoo while wildlife

  • maharashtra pharmacists join all india strike

    Maharashtra pharmacists join all-India strike

    May 10, 2013 10:33 IST

    Mumbai, May 10: Over 50,000 retail and wholesale pharmacists and chemists in Maharashtra Friday joined the all-India strike called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists Associations (AIOCDA) in support of various demands,

  • two dozen police officials transferred in up

    Two dozen police officials transferred in UP

    May 10, 2013 10:28 IST

    Lucknow, May 10: The Uttar Pradesh government late Thursday transferred one Indian Administrative Service (IAS), over 100 provincial civil service (PCS) and 24 Indian Police Service (IPS) officials, a government spokesman said.The transferred officials include

  • policeman arrested for human sacrifice skeletons recovered

    Policeman arrested for human sacrifice, skeletons recovered

    May 10, 2013 9:30 IST

    Ranchi, May 10: A senior constable was arrested in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on charges of trying to sacrifice two girls, police said Friday.According to police, Munnilal, a senior constable, was arrested and two girls were

  • assam police to seek custody of saradha group chief gogoi

    Assam Police to seek custody of Saradha Group chief: Gogoi

    May 10, 2013 9:02 IST

    New Delhi, May 10: Assam Police will soon approach a court in Kolkata seeking custody of Sudipta Sen, chairman of Saradha Group which has gone bust, for allegedly duping people in the state.Chief Minister Tarun

  • lbt ncp comes out in support of traders

    LBT: NCP comes out in support of traders

    May 10, 2013 8:55 IST

    Mumbai, May 10:  Nationalist Congress Party has  said it was not against the imposition of Local Body Tax but wanted Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to address the concerns of trading community, which is strongly

  • kashmiri teenager develops android game using physics

    Kashmiri teenager develops Android game using physics concept

    May 10, 2013 8:14 IST

    Srinagar, May 10: A 19-year-old techie Fazil Mir has developed an android game using the concept of physics.Fazil Mir, a software engineering student, has become the first Kashmiri to develop android game in Jammu and

  • implement sethusamudram project demands karunanidhi

    Implement Sethusamudram project, demands Karunanidhi

    May 10, 2013 8:10 IST

    Chennai, May 10:  Raising the pitch for implementing the Sethusamudram project, which the ruling AIADMK Government is opposing, DMK Chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday sought to draw a parallel between it and the Kudankulam nuclear

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