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  • 13 year old bihar boy cracks iit jee prelim

    13-year-old Bihar boy cracks IIT-JEE prelim

    May 08, 2013 17:28 IST

    Patna, May 8: A 13-year-old boy from Bihar has cracked the preliminary examination of the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE). He is the youngest to pass the exam.Satyam Kumar of Bakhorapur

  • amid border tensions chinese dig tunnel for delhi metro line

    Amid border tensions, Chinese dig tunnel for Delhi Metro line

    May 08, 2013 16:31 IST

    New Delhi, May 8: Amid the media brouhaha in India over the border incursions by their troops, Chinese engineers were last week calmly tunneling in the heart of the national capital for the heritage line

  • court notice on plea against kendriya vidyalayas

    Court notice on plea against Kendriya Vidyalayas

    May 08, 2013 16:04 IST

    New Delhi, May 8: The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government and the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) on a petition seeking direction to the schools body on its failure to provide

  • no deal between india and china to end stand off in ladakh

    No deal between India and China to end stand off in Ladakh

    May 08, 2013 15:53 IST

    New Delhi, May 8: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said there was “no deal” between India and China for ending the 21-day stand-off between the armies of the two countries in Ladakh.“No deals in

  • coalgate cbi is a caged parrot says sc

    Coalgate: CBI is a caged parrot, says SC

    May 08, 2013 17:28 IST

    New Delhi, May 8: The Supreme Court Wednesday termed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) a "caged parrot" that "speaks in its master's voice".A bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha also asked the government whether

  • du gets notice over four year undergraduate programme

    DU gets notice over four-year undergraduate programme

    May 08, 2013 14:42 IST

    New Delhi, May 8: The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to Delhi University on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging its proposed four-year undergraduate programme with multiple degrees in its present form.A division bench

  • another record tourist season for kashmir this year locals

    Another record tourist season for Kashmir this year? Locals pray

    May 08, 2013 14:31 IST

    Srinagar, May 8: As the temperatures rise in the plains so do the tourist arrivals in Kashmir, with people associated with the industry praying for another record season this summer.Last year, over 1.4 million tourists

  • sc raps j k over lack of foresight in sanaullah attack

    SC raps J&K over lack of foresight in Sanaullah attack

    May 08, 2013 14:14 IST

    New Delhi, May 8: The Supreme Court Wednesday frowned on the failure of the Jammu and Kashmir government to anticipate the possibility of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah being attacked in jail in the wake of the

  • 703 kashmiris get freedom fighters pension in jk

    703 Kashmiris get Freedom Fighters' pension in JK

    May 08, 2013 14:05 IST

    Jammu, May 8: A total of 703 Kashmiris are among 858 persons receiving Freedom Fighters' pension in Jammu and Kashmir, according to an official document.  “The aggregate number of freedom fighters and dependents drawing monthly

  • baby olive ridley turtles pop up along gahirmata beach

    Baby Olive Ridley turtles pop up along Gahirmata beach

    May 08, 2013 13:31 IST

    Kendrapara (Odisha), May 8: Surfacing of millions of baby Olive Ridley marine turtles along the serene Gahirmatha beach along Odisha coast has cheered conservationists across the globe.Wildlife lovers are elated as hatchlings broke out of

  • second unit of maps to be functional by june end

    Second unit of MAPS to be functional by June end

    May 08, 2013 13:12 IST

    Chennai, May 8: India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) is likely to install a new transformer for its second unit at Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) that was shut

  • tripura to ask cbi to probe illegal chit funds in state

    Tripura to ask CBI to probe illegal chit funds in state

    May 08, 2013 13:06 IST

    Agartala, May 8: The Left Front government in the northeastern state of Tripura has decided to ask the CBI to probe the illegal activities of the non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in the state, Chief Minister

  • fearing action up s last cable tv sets blink

    Fearing action, UP's last cable TV sets blink

    May 08, 2013 12:53 IST

    Lucknow, May 8: The last of television sets hooked on to cable networks blinked Tuesday midnight in Uttar Pradesh after operators cut transmission fearing the information and broadcasting ministry's wrath.With a meeting called by the

  • agra schools to shut by 11 a.m. to escape heat

    Agra schools to shut by 11 a.m. to escape heat

    May 08, 2013 12:24 IST

    Agra, May 8: With the mercury crossing the 44 degrees Celsius mark, the Agra district administration has ordered all schools till Class 8 to close by 11 a.m.The order, passed by District Magistrate Zuher Bin

  • sarabjit killing leaves jailed bsf sepoy s family in despair

    Sarabjit' killing leaves jailed BSF sepoy's family in despair

    May 08, 2013 9:09 IST

    Faridkot May 8: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's killing in a Lahore jail has left the family of another prisoner of war in Pakistan, a worried lot.  Surjit Singh, a BSF sepoy who is a prisoner

  • nomination process for panchayat polls ends in punjab

    Nomination process for panchayat polls ends in Punjab

    May 08, 2013 8:58 IST

    Chandigarh, May 8: The process of filing of nominations for the forthcoming Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections in Punjab was over yesterday amid clashes between ruling Akalis and opposition Congress activists at few places

  • haridwar saint dies in road accident

    Haridwar saint dies in road accident

    May 08, 2013 11:21 IST

    Haridwar, May 8: The paramadhyaksha of Shri Yantra Mandir and Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Mahanirvani Akhada Swami Vishwa Devanandji Maharaj died in a road accident here on Tuesday.He was going to attend the Shrimad Bhagavat Katha

  • five die after drinking liquor in amethi

    Five die after drinking liquor in Amethi

    May 08, 2013 7:55 IST

    Amethi, UP, May 8: Five people died and two others were admitted to hospital in critical condition on tuesday after consuming country liquor at Mahona village in Amethi, the constituency of Rahul Gandhi.Local residents of

  • two killed as motorbike rams into bus in powai mumbai

    Two killed as motorbike rams into bus in Powai, Mumbai

    May 08, 2013 7:49 IST

    Mumbai, May 8: Two youths were killed when the motorbike they were riding dashed into a stationary bus parked on the roadside in Parksite near BMC garden in Powai on Tuesday night.John Mangesh died on

  • inaugural event of khwaja urs begins in ajmer sharif

    Inaugural event of Khwaja Urs begins in Ajmer Sharif

    May 08, 2013 9:29 IST

    Ajmer, May 8 : The 801st Urs of Sufi saint Khwaja Gharib Nawaz got to an initial  start here on Tuesday with the main event to begin from May 12. On Tuesday, thousands of pilgrims

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