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  • india to launch mars mission this year

    'India to launch Mars mission this year'

    February 21, 2013 16:31 IST

    New Delhi, February 21: India will launch its first space mission to Mars this year, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.“Several space missions are planned for 2013, including India's first mission to Mars and the

  • cbi court sentences killer of ips officer narendra kumar to

    CBI court sentences killer of IPS officer Narendra Kumar to 10 years in jail

    February 21, 2013 17:26 IST

    Indore, Feb 21:  A special CBI court today held the lone accused in IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh's murder, in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced him to 10 years of

  • ear chopped off for joining strike in bengal

    Ear chopped off for joining strike in Bengal

    February 21, 2013 15:10 IST

    Kolkata, Feb 21: Trinamool Congress workers allegedly chopped off the ear of a panchayat worker in West Bengal's Murshidabad district Thursday for joining the two-day nationwide strike by major trade unions, police said."We have received

  • no effect of bharat bandh on class xii exams in maharashtra

    No effect of Bharat Bandh on Class XII exams in Maharashtra

    February 21, 2013 14:45 IST

    Mumbai, Feb 21: Nearly 13 lakh students today sat for the Class 12 exams across Maharashtra on the first day of board examinations.  Out of 12,94,363 candidates throughout Maharashtra, Mumbai alone accounted for 3,22,193 students,

  • striking workers stone two factories in okhla stone another

    Striking workers stone two factories in Okhla, stone another factory in Noida

    February 21, 2013 14:34 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 21: Striking workers today stoned two factories in Delhi's Okhla Industrial Area, breaking glasspances. Nobody was injured in the stoning that took place on Day 2 of the industrial strike. The workers

  • cbi arrests gujarat ips officer singhal in ishrat jahan

    CBI arrests Gujarat IPS officer Singhal in Ishrat Jahan encounter case

    February 21, 2013 14:26 IST

    Gandhinagar, Feb 21: The Central Bureau of Investigation today arrested IPS officer G L Singhal in connection with the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. The senior officer was interrogated at length by CBI officials and

  • mumbai peaceful on second day of shutdown

    Mumbai peaceful on second day of shutdown

    February 21, 2013 12:21 IST

    Mumbai, Feb 21: The city remained peaceful with business as usual for private establishments Thursday, the second day of the nationwide shutdown called by major trade unions.Suburban trains, buses, taxis, autorickshaws and private vehicles plied

  • panel to probe noida violence

    Panel to probe Noida violence

    February 21, 2013 12:21 IST

    Lucknow, Feb 21: A two-member panel has been formed to probe the violence in Noida that broke out on the first day of the two-day countrywide shutdown, leaving many people injured and property worth crores

  • normal life hit in kashmir due to separatist sponsored

    Normal life hit in Kashmir due to separatist-sponsored strike

    February 21, 2013 12:30 IST

    Srinagar, Feb 21: Normal life was disrupted in Kashmir Valley for the second day today due to a strike called by hardline Hurriyat Conference in support of their demand for handing over the body of

  • poverty stricken woman sells baby daughter in bihar

    Poverty-Stricken woman sells baby daughter in Bihar

    February 21, 2013 12:13 IST

    Patna, Feb 21: A poverty-stricken woman in this Bihar capital has claimed that she sold her two-month-old daughter for Rs.5,000 to a neighbour to raise money for her ailing husband's medical treatment."I was compelled by

  • day 2 strike leads to chaos on delhi metro

    Day 2: Strike leads to chaos on Delhi Metro

    February 21, 2013 11:40 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 21: The Delhi Metro saw a huge rush of commuters during office hours both on Wednesday and Thursday due to the nationwide strike, leading to delays and chaos.With auto-rickshaws and taxis off

  • day 2 violence in delhi noida during strike workers join

    Day 2: Violence in Delhi, Noida during strike, workers join strike in Gurgaon

    February 21, 2013 18:52 IST

    New Delhi/Noida/Gurgaon, Feb 21: Violence broke out in an industrial area in South Delhi today and factories attacked in Capital's suburb Noida for the second day in the nationwide strike called by trade unions which

  • workers at maruti suzuki hero factories in gurgaon to go on

    Workers at Maruti Suzuki, Hero factories in Gurgaon to go on strike today

    February 21, 2013 8:03 IST

    Gurgaon, Feb 21: Production at leading automobile companies in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt, including Maruti Suzuki, Hero MotoCorp and Suzuki Motorcycle India, will be hit today as workers have decided to stay away from work in

  • sixty more swine flu cases in delhi total 570

    Sixty more swine flu cases in Delhi, total 570

    February 20, 2013 23:31 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 20: Sixty people tested positive for swine flu here Wednesday, taking the total number of those infected by the Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 570, an official said."Sixty people tested positive for

  • doctors remove 2.5 kg tumour from woman s body

    Doctors remove 2.5 kg tumour from woman's body

    February 20, 2013 23:24 IST

    Faridabad, Feb 20: Doctors removed a massive tumour weighing 2.5 kg from the abdomen of a 45-year-old woman here Wednesday, hospital authorities said.The surgical oncology department at the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) removed

  • two dead many injured in delhi building collapse

    Two dead, many injured in Delhi building collapse

    February 20, 2013 23:19 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 20: Two people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed and many injured when a two-storey building collapsed here Wednesday evening, police said.“The incident happened around 5.10 p.m. at Tahirpur area in east

  • delhi s connaught place is world s 4th most expensive

    Delhi's Connaught Place is world's 4th most expensive office location

    February 20, 2013 23:10 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 21: Connaught Place, located in the heart of the national capital, ranks 4th in the list of most expensive office locations in the world, according to latest report from property consultant Cushman

  • india britain sign mous on education

    India, Britain sign MoUs on education

    February 20, 2013 22:55 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 20: India and Britain Wednesday signed two MoUs for strengthening educational ties between the two countries.The Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) signed by Minister of State for Human Resource Development Jitin Prasada and

  • hc asks dda to probe illegal land deals

    HC asks DDA to probe illegal land deals

    February 20, 2013 22:44 IST

    New Delhi, Feb 20 : The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to decide the matter of illegal sale and purchase of residential plots under the scheme of large scale acquisition, development

  • centre notifies cauvery order jayalalithaa celebrates

    Centre notifies Cauvery order, Jayalalithaa celebrates

    February 20, 2013 21:28 IST

    Chennai, Feb 20:  Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday said the gazette notification of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal final award was the culmination of 22 years of struggle to get Tamil Nadu a fair share

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