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  • bihar to introduce road safety in high school syllabus

    Bihar to introduce road safety in high school syllabus

    April 29, 2013 14:17 IST

    Patna, Apr 29: After introducing road safety in the syllabus of middle schools, the Bihar government has decided to include the subject in the syllabus of high schools also from the 2014 academic session, a

  • four hawkers run over in burdwan town

    Four hawkers run over in Burdwan town

    April 29, 2013 14:28 IST

    Burdwan (WB), Apr 29: Four hawkers were run over by a vehicle when they were sleeping on a road divider on the National Highway at Nababhat in Burdwan town early today, police said.The four hawkers

  • 3 maoists killed in latehar

    3 Maoists killed in Latehar

    April 29, 2013 13:28 IST

    Ranchi, Apr 29: At least three Maoists were today killed in an encounter with the security personnel in Latehar district's Katia forests, a senior CRPF official said.  “At least three naxalites were killed in the

  • kashi widows get sulabh pension maintenance bill proposed

    Kashi widows get Sulabh pension; maintenance bill proposed

    April 29, 2013 13:21 IST

    Varanasi, Apr 29: As the sun rose across the sandy banks of the Ganga at the Rajendra Prasad ghat at Varanasi Sunday, life turned a new leaf for the 100-odd widows of Kashi -- NGO

  • married woman raped in mp village

    Married woman raped in MP village

    April 29, 2013 13:09 IST

    Shahdol (MP), Apr 29: A 27-year-old married woman was allegedly raped at a village here, police said today.The incident took place when the woman was alone at her house at Semaria Tola village of the

  • amdavad book fair to celebrate 100 years of cinema

    Amdavad Book Fair to celebrate 100-years of cinema

    April 29, 2013 13:06 IST

    Ahmedabad, Apr 29: Visitors at the Amdavad National Book Fair, beginning from May 1 here, will get a slice of literature and movies through an exhibition organised to celebrate 100 glorious years of Indian cinema.“Posters,

  • temperatures soar in mp sidhi hottest

    Temperatures soar in MP, Sidhi hottest

    April 29, 2013 12:43 IST

    Bhopal, Apr 29: The mercury has been rising all over Madhya Pradesh including Bhopal which recorded the highest maximum temperature of the season yesterday, Met office said here.The city recorded a maximum temperature of 40.6

  • goods train derails at renigunta 11 passenger trains

    Goods train derails at Renigunta;11 passenger trains cancelled

    April 29, 2013 13:03 IST

    Hyderabad, Apr 29: As many as 11 passenger trains were cancelled due to derailment of a goods train at Renigunta railway station yard in Chittoor district of Andhra  Pradesh, railway officials said today. In view of

  • 1984 riots hc to further hear sajjan s plea in sultanpuri

    1984 riots: HC to further hear Sajjan's plea in Sultanpuri case

    April 29, 2013 14:07 IST

    New Delhi, Apr 29: The Delhi High Court today said “further hearing is required” in the plea of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who had challenged the trial court order framing charges against him in a

  • a mistake gave india a new species of butterfly

    A mistake gave India a new species of butterfly

    April 29, 2013 11:10 IST

    Kolkata, Apr 29: The mistake of shipping weed to India along with a consignment of wheat from the USA during the 1950s inadvertently gifted India a beautiful species of butterfly.The simple but elegantly attractive Bath

  • assam minister attacked for slamming muslim leader

    Assam minister attacked for slamming Muslim leader

    April 29, 2013 10:48 IST

    Guwahati, Apr 29: People hurled shoes, sandals and empty water bottles at Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain in Western Assam's Chirang district Sunday after he hit out at All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief

  • mumbai eateries on strike against new service tax

    Mumbai eateries on strike against new service tax

    April 29, 2013 10:29 IST

    Mumbai, Apr 29: Millions of Mumbaikars could go hungry Monday as around 20,000 hotels, restaurants, licenced tea and snacks outlets as well as ubiquitous vada-paav stalls go on strike to protest the new service tax

  • two assam rifles personnel injured in ied explosion

    Two Assam Rifles personnel injured in IED explosion

    April 29, 2013 10:16 IST

    Imphal, Apr 29: Two Assam Rifles personnel were injured when three Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), planted at a roadside by militants, exploded at interior Yairipok area in Imphal East district of Manipur, police said today.The

  • girls hostel warden arrested for seeking sexual favours

    Girls' hostel warden arrested for seeking sexual favours

    April 29, 2013 10:02 IST

    Jaipur, Apr 29: The warden of an educational institute for visually challenged children was arrested Sunday for seeking sexual favours from the 15-year-old daughter of a sanitation worker here, police said.An investigation is now on

  • tragic end for bengal s stunt world record holder

    Tragic end for Bengal's stunt world record holder

    April 29, 2013 9:50 IST

    Siliguri, Apr 29: A stuntman who held the Guinness World Record for covering the longest distance on a zip wire hanging by a tuft of his hair met a tragic end in West Bengal Sunday

  • mumbai engineer missing in pakistan

    Mumbai engineer missing in Pakistan

    April 29, 2013 9:05 IST

    Mumbai, April 29: A 27-year-old engineering and management graduate from Mumbai, Hamid Ansari, who went to Afghanistan in November to find a job, has gone missing in Pakistan.His distraught family in Mumbai's upmarket Versova area

  • sarpanch fired upon injured in kashmir

    Sarpanch fired upon, injured in Kashmir

    April 29, 2013 8:51 IST

    Srinagar, April 29: A sarpanch in north Kashmir's Baramulla district was injured after unidentified gunmen opened fire at him yesterday evening, police said. He suffered a superficial injury and was discharged after first aid."Gunmen shot

  • sudipta sen interrogated by assam police

    Sudipta Sen interrogated by Assam Police

    April 29, 2013 8:45 IST

    Kolkata, April 29: Scam-ridden Saradha Group boss Sudipta Sen, arrested for being the alleged kingpin of the multi-billion rupee chit fund scam, was grilled by Assam Police in the cases of fraud and forgery lodged

  • fire at drdo s chandipur complex none hurt

    Fire at DRDO's Chandipur complex, none hurt

    April 29, 2013 12:22 IST

    Balasore (Odisha), Apr 29: A fire broke out today in a magazine store of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Chandipur near here, triggering a string of explosions but the blaze was contained

  • artists protest against rapes in delhi oppose death penalty

    Artists protest against rapes in Delhi, oppose death penalty

    April 29, 2013 7:41 IST

    New Delhi, April 29: The national capital yesterday witnessed a rare event as artists and civil society members came together to protest against rising insidents of rapes and to register opposition to death penalty through

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