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  • yet another suicide at metro alarmed dmrc ropes in ngo

    Yet another suicide at Metro, alarmed DMRC ropes in NGO

    September 07, 2012 7:27 IST

    New Delhi, Sep 6: Delhi's pride Metro, which is fast gaining notoriety for the numerous suicides on its premises, today saw a 24-year-old youth allegedly jumping to his death from a station onto the road,

  • prepare niira radia phone transcripts supreme court directs

    Prepare Niira Radia phone transcripts, Supreme Court directs I-T dept

    September 06, 2012 20:45 IST

    New Delhi, Sep 6: The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Income Tax (I-T) department to prepare the transcripts of the tapes of Niira Radia's telephone conversations that it had tapped in the wake of allegations

  • bandh disrupts normal life in northeast

    Bandh disrupts normal life in Northeast

    September 06, 2012 16:48 IST

    Guwahati, Sept 6: Normal life was today disrupted in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh due to a 12-hour bandh called by the North East Students' Organisation to protest “harassment” of students from the region

  • sleep disorders are early signs of alzheimer s

    Sleep disorders are early signs of Alzheimer's

    September 07, 2012 17:12 IST

    Washington, Sept 6: A pattern of disturbed sleep could be an early warning sign of Alzheimer's disease, suggest scientists.Working on a mouse model, researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, found

  • want to improve your memory drink green tea

    Want to improve your memory? Drink green tea

    September 07, 2012 17:13 IST

    New Delhi, Sept 6: Scientists now have an explanation for why green tea is good for the brain -- it lies in the chemical properties that affect the production of brain cells, improving memory and

  • seven arrested for sivakasi fire factory owner absconding

    Seven arrested for Sivakasi fire, factory owner absconding

    September 06, 2012 16:51 IST

    Sivakasi (TN), Sep 6: Seven persons were arrested today in connection with the massive fire at a cracker manufacturing unit near here that claimed 39 lives even as police are on the lookout for the

  • arvind kejriwal says cbi raids on coal companies were an

    Arvind Kejriwal says, CBI raids on coal companies were an eyewash

    September 06, 2012 16:43 IST

    New Delhi, Sept 6 : India Against Corruption leader Arvind Kejriwal today tweeted to say that the raids on companies allotted coal blocks by the Central Bureau of Investigation were an "eyewash" as the company

  • sachin pilot commissioned as territorial army officer

    Sachin Pilot commissioned as Territorial Army officer

    September 06, 2012 21:36 IST

    New Delhi, Sep 6: Sachin Pilot today became the first Union Minister to be commissioned as a regular officer in the Territorial Army, fulfilling his desire to follow his father's footsteps to be in the

  • 56 charred to death in blaze at fireworks unit in sivakasi

    56 charred to death in blaze at fireworks unit in Sivakasi

    September 05, 2012 21:49 IST

    Sivakasi(TN) Sept 5: At least 56 persons were burnt to death and 100 injured today in a devastating blaze that raged through a fireworks factory on the outskirts of Sivakasi, the country's cracker manufacturing hub.The

  • niit to pay rs 1.73 lakh to ex student for not paying

    NIIT to pay Rs 1.73 lakh to ex-student for not paying stipend

    September 05, 2012 14:24 IST

    New Delhi, Sept 5: Global computer education firm NIIT Ltd has been ordered by the apex consumer commission to pay Rs 1.73 lakh to its former student for cutting short her duration of professional practice

  • 2 assam rifles personnel injured in manipur blast

    2 Assam Rifles personnel injured in Manipur blast

    September 05, 2012 11:38 IST

    Imphal, Sept 5:  Two Assam Rifles personnel were injured, one of them seriously, in a bomb blast at Keisampat in the heart of Imphal town this morning.The bomb, planted in a two-wheeler, exploded at 9

  • 1 killed 11 injured in metro bridge collapse in mumbai

    1 killed, 11 injured in Metro bridge collapse in Mumbai

    September 04, 2012 21:33 IST

    Mumbai, Sep 4: A section of an under-construction Metro rail bridge collapsed here today, killing one and wounding 11.The incident occurred near Leela Hotel in suburban Marol when a huge slab caved in this afternoon,

  • cbi conducts nationwide searches in coalgate scam

    CBI conducts nationwide searches in Coalgate scam

    September 04, 2012 18:52 IST

    New Delhi, Sep 4: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday filed cheating cases against five private companies allocated coal blocks and also conducted raids at 30 locations in 10 cities, an official said.The CBI

  • series of accidents on yamuna expressway raises concerns

    Series of accidents on Yamuna Expressway raises concerns

    September 03, 2012 21:38 IST

    Aligarh, Sep 3: A series of road accidents ever since the much-awaited Yamuna Expressway was thrown open last month has raised concern among authorities, who are planning for steps to check over-speeding and penalise the

  • sir ganga ram s grandson passes away

    Sir Ganga Ram's grandson passes away

    September 03, 2012 21:30 IST

    New Delhi, Sep 3: Sir Ganga Ram Trust Society Chairman Tej Ram passed away here today after a brain hemorrhage.  He was 88.Born on June 1924, Ram was closely associated with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

  • govt rejects bjp demand for cancellation of coal block

    Govt rejects BJP demand for cancellation of coal block allocations

    September 03, 2012 21:24 IST

    New Delhi, Sep 3 : Government on Monday rejected BJP's demand for immediate cancellation of 142 coal block allocations but appealed to the Opposition to allow Parliament to function and participate in a debate on

  • heavy rains continue in mumbai maharashtra

    Heavy rains continue in Mumbai, Maharashtra

    September 04, 2012 12:43 IST

    Mumbai, Sep 4 : Torrential rain continued to lash Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra for the second day Tuesday, disrupting road and rail traffic.Mumbai's lifeline, the suburban trains, were hit badly due to waterlogging

  • cji recommends justice altamas kabir as his successor

    CJI recommends Justice Altamas Kabir as his successor

    September 03, 2012 19:10 IST

    New Delhi, Sep 3: Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia, who retires this month, has recommended the name of seniormost Supreme Court judge Justice Altamas Kabir as his successor, setting in motion the process

  • student jumps to death after school bars him from board

    Student jumps to death after school bars him from board exams

    September 03, 2012 19:06 IST

    Srinagar, Sep 3: A Class X student, barred by his school to appear in the annual board examinations, allegedly committed suicide in Baramulla district, prompting police to arrest a school teacher after registering a case. 

  • supreme court pulls up pmo in cauvery water dispute

    Supreme Court pulls up PMO in Cauvery water dispute

    September 03, 2012 17:45 IST

    New Delhi, Sep 3: The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure over the PMO officials' failure to hold a meeting of the committee, headed by the Prime Minister, to resolve the Cauvery water-sharing dispute between Tamil

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