Agartala, April 13: Tripura will emerge as a total literate state in the country before World Literacy Day on September 8, a minister said yesterday.A meeting of the State Literacy Mission Authority presided by Chief
Patna, Apr 13: Educational programmes in Bihar have resulted in pushing literacy growth rate in the state to 16.82 per cent, much ahead of national average of 9.28 per cent, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar
Lucknow, April 13: Pushed on the backfoot after "strong political reactions" from New Delhi, the Uttar Pradesh government Friday restored 24x7 power supply to Rae Bareli and Amethi - parliamentary constituencies of Sonia Gandhi and
Haridwar/Amritsar/New Delhi, Apr 13 : Thousands of devotees took a holy dip in lakes and rivers on the occasion of Baisakhi, the festival of joy for farmers.At Haridwar's Har ki Pauri ghat, thousands of devotees
Mumbai, Apr 13: A heavy truck carrying 12 tonnes of material hit a divider on Mumbai Western Express highway on Friday night and tilted precariously causing a huge traffic snarl. The driver Mohammed Aslam, who
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Apr 13: A Maoist, who was on bail, went "missing" from the premises of Hazaribagh District and Session Court here, police said yesterday.Sohan Bhuiyan, who came to the court yesterday with his son
Thane, Apr 13: A fire broke out at Naupada branch of the Punjab National Bank here yesterday, fire brigade sources said.The fire started in the ATM room around 9 pm and soon spread elsewhere, sources
New Delhi, April 13: Amnesty International India Friday said that the dismissal of the plea of 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar could affect cases of at least 17 more prisoners on
New Delhi, April 13: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here at 10.30 p.m. yesterday from a three-day "successful" and "fruitful" visit to Germany that saw the signing of six agreements and a strong commitment to
Kolkata, April 13: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan Friday apologised to the students of Presidency University for failing to prevent vandalism of its campus."I accept that as governor and chancellor, I have failed in my
Lucknow, Apr 12 : With the rising crime graph and communal flare-ups affecting its image, the Samajwadi Party government of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday axed Director General of Police (DGP) A.C. Sharma and replaced
New Delhi: Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high accuracy. It is a guided missile, the major portion of whose flight path to its target is conducted at
New Delhi, Apr 13 : Even as a controversy raged over 'wife swapping' charges in Navy's Southern Command in Kochi, Defence Minister A K Antony today ordered the dismissal of a Naval officer after he
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), Apr 12: Seven people, including a policeman, were killed Friday in a shoot-out between police and alleged Maoist cadres in a village in Gadchiroli district, an official said.The Maoists had opened fire on
Lucknow, Apr 12: In a first, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow Friday reduced the fees for its post-graduate programme in management for the academic term 2013-2015.The IIM's director Devi Singh said the fees
Kolkata, Apr 12: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's condition was improving with relief from pain and slight improvement in blood pressure, a medical bulletin said today.Her pulse rate continued to be low and she
New Delhi, Apr 12 : The wife of Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, whose plea to commute death sentence to life term was today dismissed by the Supreme Court, today said all her hopes have
Patna, Apr 12: Bihar Police Friday formally decided to reserve 35 percent posts for women and to set up women's desk at all police sations."It was decided that 35 percent of the 47,000 vacant posts
Agartala, Apr 12: India's northeastern state of Tripura will be declared fully literate in September this year, state finance minister Badal Choudhury said here Friday."On the occasion of World Literacy Day (Sep 8), Tripura will
New Delhi, Apr 12: At least two children died and five people were injured when a major fire broke out in a sprawling slum cluster in west Delhi's Narela area Friday afternoon.Four firemen also sustained
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