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  • fire in vaishali express nobody hurt

    Fire in Vaishali Express, nobody hurt

    October 17, 2012 12:30 IST

    Lucknow, Oct 17:  Hundreds of passengers on board the Barauni-New Delhi 12552 superfast Vaishali Express had a narrow escape when a fire that broke out in one of the general compartments (01494) was detected on

  • haryana govt says khemka himself wanted transfer

    Haryana govt says, Khemka himself wanted transfer

    October 17, 2012 12:16 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 17: The Haryana government today said it was IAS officer Ashok Khemka himself who had sought a transfer from his present post.  A government spokesperson said, Khemka cancelled the mutation of Vadra's

  • silver city cuttack goes for gold to decorate durga puja

    Silver city Cuttack goes for gold to decorate Durga Puja mandaps

    October 17, 2012 12:06 IST

    Cuttack (Odisha) Oct 17:  Shooting prices of gold are no deterrent for Durga Puja organisers here to decorate images with ornaments made of the yellow metal and to give a golden backdrop to the tableau.The

  • eighteen die of dengue in maharashtra so far

    Eighteen die of dengue in Maharashtra so far

    October 17, 2012 12:10 IST

    Mumbai, Oct 17:  With 18 people succumbing to dengue in Maharashtra this year including three from the metropolis,the state government has issued directives to authorities to take preventive measures to stop its spread.According to officials

  • alcoholism twice as deadly for women as for men

    Alcoholism twice as deadly for women as for men

    October 17, 2012 11:27 IST

    Berlin, Oct 17: The annual death rates of alcohol-dependent women are 460 percent higher than the non-drinking general population while male alcoholics have a 190 percent higher death rate than the general population, German researchers

  • haryana man at 96 become world s oldest father to have a

    Haryana man, at 96, become world's oldest father to have a second child in 2 years

    October 17, 2012 10:09 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 17: Almonds, milk and butter are the ingredients of my sex drive, says 96-year-old Ramjit Raghav, whose wife Shakuntala, 54, gave birth to a song Ranjit last month in Haryana.Ramjit Raghav  became

  • ganga has become a deadly source of cancer says icmr study

    Ganga has become a deadly source of cancer, says ICMR study

    October 17, 2012 12:49 IST

    Kolkata, Oct 17:  The Ganga river, which millions of Indians consider as holy, has now become a deadly source of cancer, says a study conducted by the National Cancer Registry Programme (NRCP) under the Indian

  • pilot lays foundation for electronic equipment testing

    Pilot lays foundation for electronic equipment testing centre

    October 16, 2012 23:56 IST

    Ajmer, Oct 16: Union Minister Sachin Pilot today laid foundation stone of an electronic testing and development centre to be set up at a cost of Rs 50 crore in Palra industrial area here.“The agencies

  • cbi files chargesheet against yeddyurappa for land deals

    CBI files chargesheet against Yeddyurappa for land deals

    October 16, 2012 22:24 IST

    Bangalore, Oct 16 : The CBI on Tuesday filed its chargesheet against former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa for allegedly granting undue favours to steel firms in return for donations to a charitable trust

  • pm pledges 50 million to protect bio diversity

    PM pledges $ 50 million to protect bio-diversity

    October 16, 2012 22:00 IST

    Hyderabad, Oct 16 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today  said  India will spend $50 million to strengthen the institutional mechanisms for protection of biological diversity during its two-year presidency of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

  • akhilesh yadav gets z plus category nsg security cover

    Akhilesh Yadav gets Z plus category NSG security cover

    October 16, 2012 21:41 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 16 : The Centre has extended a Z+ security cover of NSG commandos to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.Yadav, according to sources, will have a round-the-clock mobile security of 10-12 ‘black

  • pil against school for charging excess fee from disabled

    PIL against school for charging "excess" fee from disabled students

    October 16, 2012 20:04 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 16: A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the city government to take action against a private school for allegedly charging “excess” fees from students

  • no adf charges at delhi mumbai airports from january 1

    No ADF charges at Delhi, Mumbai airports from January 1

    October 16, 2012 19:30 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 16: Air fares out of Delhi and Mumbai would become cheaper with the government today deciding to abolish airport development fee (ADF) at the two airports from January 1 and directing state-run

  • sc lifts ban on tourism in core tiger reserve areas

    SC lifts ban on tourism in core tiger reserve areas

    October 16, 2012 19:25 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 16: The Supreme Court Tuesday lifted its ban on tourism-related activities in core areas of tiger reserves and allowed the use of up to 20 percent of the critical habitat of the

  • no malafide intention in khemka s transfer haryana govt

    No malafide intention in Khemka's transfer: Haryana govt

    October 16, 2012 22:16 IST

    Chandigarh, October 16: Under fire over the transfer of senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka in the wake of the Robert Vadra land row, Haryana government today said there was no malafide intention in its decision

  • mumbai attack chargesheet filed against jundal

    Mumbai attack chargesheet filed against Jundal

    October 16, 2012 19:03 IST

    Mumbai, Oct 16: Mumbai Police Tuesday filed a formal set of charges in a court here against Abu Jundal, the alleged handler of the Mumbai attackers, an official said.The over 13,000-page chargesheet was filed by

  • nightcrawling in delhi the trendiest night out places

    Nightcrawling in Delhi: the trendiest Night Out places

    May 12, 2014 7:41 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 16: When it comes to reviewing nightlife in Delhi, discotheques-cum-restaurants and nightclubs come first in the list where Delhites want to spend their whole night dancing to the music, having their best

  • rampant blackmarketing of lpg cylinders in gurgaon

    Rampant blackmarketing of LPG cylinders in Gurgaon

    October 16, 2012 17:04 IST

    Gurgaon, Oct 16: Forget the government's cap on subsidized LPG cylinders. In Gurgaon, an LPG cylinder is being sold in the grey market at Rs 1,200.Illegal sale of LPG cylinders is fast turning into an

  • 21 die of gastroenteritis in batala alone badal visits

    21 die of gastroenteritis in Batala alone, Badal visits

    October 16, 2012 16:59 IST

    Batala, Punjab, Oct 16 :  Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today took stock of the gastroenteritis situation here and said the state government would soon organise a mega health camp in the city to

  • time to turn navratra fasting into feasting

    Time to turn Navratra fasting into feasting

    October 16, 2012 16:48 IST

    New Delhi, Oct 16: Cookies, vegetarian 'mock duck', Parsi 'malai kulfi' and much more -- chefs have put together interesting recipes for those observing the nine-day Navratra fast. They have also brought "mouth-watering twists" to

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