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  • bihar netas use social networking sites to woo youngsters

    Bihar Netas use social networking sites to woo youngsters

    April 09, 2013 14:08 IST

    Patna, Apr 9: Politicians are increasingly using social networking sites as a tool to further their political agenda and the latest to join the bandwagon is Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.When Kumar launched his campaign

  • teenage girl protests marriage wants to study further

    Teenage girl protests marriage, wants to study further

    April 09, 2013 14:03 IST

    Bundi, Apr 9: Standing up for her right to study, a 16-year-old girl approached the district collector here to complain that her step-mother was forcing her to marry even though she wants to complete studies.Kosheliya

  • tuki wants to make pasighat education hub

    Tuki wants to make Pasighat education hub

    April 09, 2013 13:57 IST

    Itanagar, Apr 9: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said his government's vision was to make Pasighat, the centurion town, as an education hub and the knowledge city of the state.“The town has been in

  • j k to introduce nanotechnology to check fake pashmina

    J&K to introduce nanotechnology to check fake Pashmina

    April 09, 2013 13:53 IST

    Srinagar, Apr 9: The Jammu and Kashmir government is in the process of using nanotechnology to authenticate the genuineness of Pashmina shawls - a step that will curb counterfeiting of the world famous handloom product

  • ambedkar mahakumbh in mp on april 14

    Ambedkar Mahakumbh in MP on April 14

    April 09, 2013 13:47 IST

    Bhopal, Apr 9: The Madhya Pradesh Government will hold a grand Ambedkar Mahakumbh at Ambedkar Nagar in Mhow on April 14 to mark the birth anniversary of Babasaheb.Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed preparations for

  • tripura remains on top in providing rural jobs

    Tripura remains on top in providing rural jobs

    April 09, 2013 13:24 IST

    Agartala, Apr 9: Left-ruled Tripura provided 86.27 days of work under the central government's flagship rural jobs scheme in fiscal 2012-13, the highest in the country, a minister said here Tuesday.Quoting the performance report of

  • telugu star navdeep pledges to donate organs

    Telugu star Navdeep pledges to donate organs

    April 09, 2013 13:15 IST

    Chennai, Apr 9: A recent visit to an organ donating organisation made Telugu actor Navdeep Pallapollu to realise the importance of organ donation. The visit ended up convincing him to pledge to donate his organs

  • minor rape victim in lockup blow for up police

    Minor rape victim in lockup, blow for UP Police

    April 09, 2013 13:03 IST

    Lucknow, Apr 9: Desperately looking for an image makeover, the Uttar Pradesh Police suffered a major setback when a 10-year-old who was allegedly raped was thrown into a lockup in Bulandshahr. The officers responsible have

  • modi starts his kolkata visit on holy note

    Modi starts his Kolkata visit on holy note

    April 09, 2013 11:35 IST

    Kolkata, April 9: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday started his day here by visiting Dakshineswar Kali Temple and Belur Math.Modi, who will address around 800 representatives from the business community, has been invited by

  • errant builder told to pay over rs.50 lakh to flat applicant

    Errant builder told to pay over Rs.50 lakh to flat applicant

    April 09, 2013 11:30 IST

    Noida, Apr 9: A builder who failed to start a Greater Noida residential project on time has landed in trouble as a consumer court here has directed him to pay compensation of Rs.3 lakh and

  • warm tuesday morning lightening expected ahead

    Warm Tuesday morning, lightening expected ahead

    April 09, 2013 11:24 IST

    New Delhi, April 9: The national capital woke up to a warm morning Tuesday with minimum temperature recorded at 21.7 degrees Celsius, two notches above average.The Met department has forecast lighting towards the evening. Humidity

  • opposition shutdown in andhra hits normal life

    Opposition shutdown in Andhra hits normal life

    April 09, 2013 10:36 IST

    Hyderabad, Apr 9: Normal life in Andhra Pradesh was hit Tuesday as opposition parties in the state called for a shutdown to protest the hike in electricity tariff.Buses of the state-owned Andhra Pradesh State Road

  • youth commits suicide in police custody

    Youth commits suicide in police custody

    April 09, 2013 10:19 IST

    Satara (Maha), Apr 9: A 21-year-old youth, who was held on charges of damaging a state-owned bus, allegedly committed suicide in police custody in the district.  Pilya alias Sunil Kabulya Shinde, a resident of Watharnimbalkar

  • raje demands apology from rbi governor

    Raje demands apology from RBI governor

    April 09, 2013 10:12 IST

    Jaipur, Apr 9: BJP Rajasthan president Vasundhara Raje demanded apology from RBI Governor D Subbarao for his comment on the rise in food inflation.  The RBI Governor by saying that rural people's shift to protein

  • swine flu toll reaches 14 in indore

    Swine flu toll reaches 14 in Indore

    April 09, 2013 10:07 IST

    Indore, Apr 9: With one more person succumbing to H1N1 virus at a private hospital here, the death toll due to the deadly infection in the city has risen to 14 since January, health officials

  • exhibition documentary on virbhadra s 30 years in assembly

    Exhibition, documentary on Virbhadra's 30 years in Assembly

    April 09, 2013 10:02 IST

    Shimla, Apr 9: An exhibition was organised on Monday in the premises of Himachal Pradesh Assembly to celebrate the 30-year association of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh with the House.The exhibition “Remarkable contributions of Virbhadra Singh

  • maha cong asks partymen to gear up for early ls polls

    Maha Cong asks partymen to gear up for 'early' LS polls

    April 09, 2013 9:57 IST

    Mumbai, Apr 9: The Congress in Maharashtra Monday asked its workers to gear up for Lok Sabha polls, amid speculations that the general elections will be held in November this year.Addressing a meeting of the

  • pakistani man two others get ten years of jail for spying

    Pakistani man, two others get ten years of jail for spying

    April 09, 2013 9:51 IST

    Bhopal, Apr 9: A Pakistani national and his two Indian associates have been sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a local court Monday on charge of spying for the neighbouring country.The court also imposed

  • bharti praises chouhan says mp ahead of gujarat

    Bharti praises Chouhan, says MP ahead of Gujarat

    April 09, 2013 9:44 IST

    Bhopal, Apr 9: Claiming that Madhya Pradesh was “ahead of Gujarat” in development, BJP Vice President Uma Bharti on Monday said the party would add to its tally in this year's assembly elections under leadership

  • odisha to set up country s first public health university

    Odisha to set up country's first public health university

    April 09, 2013 9:37 IST

    Bhubaneswar, Apr 9: With an aim to create experts in public health, Odisha is all set to establish the country's first public health university in the state.  The state government today signed an MoU with

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