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  • women grab top 2 slots in civil services exam

    Women grab top 2 slots in civil services exam

    May 04, 2012 19:23 IST

    New Delhi, May 4: For the second straight year, the top two positions in the Civil Services Examination 2011 have been bagged by women—an AIIMS graduate and a social scientist.Shena Aggarwal, who holds an MBBS

  • sc to hear chisti s plea to visit pak seeks centre s reply

    SC to hear Chisti's plea to visit Pak, seeks Centre's reply

    May 04, 2012 16:00 IST

    New Delhi, May 4: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear Pakistani scientist Mohammed Khalil Chisti's plea to visit his country and sought the Centre's response to it.The bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam posted

  • no deal in release of collector say cm maoists mediators

    No deal in release of Collector, say CM, Maoists' mediators

    May 04, 2012 13:06 IST

    Raipur, May 4: Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and the Maoists' mediators today emphatically said there was no secret deal or any quid pro quo between Naxals and the state government behind the release of

  • pranab dismisses report that he is front runner for prez

    Pranab dismisses report that he is front runner for Prez polls

    May 04, 2012 10:05 IST

    Manila, May 4: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today dismissed as speculation reports that he has emerged as a front runner in the race for presidential election."It is speculative. I don't want to comment on it,"

  • sc reserves verdict on guidelines for media reporting

    SC reserves verdict on guidelines for media reporting

    May 04, 2012 12:34 IST

    New Delhi, May 4: The marathon hearing on the issue of framing guidelines for media reporting of court proceedings concluded in the Supreme Court on Thursday, with some noted jurists terming the endeavour “judicial overreach”

  • power of attorney property deals banned in delhi wef oct

    Power of attorney property deals banned in Delhi wef Oct 2011

    May 04, 2012 9:30 IST

    New Delhi, May 4: The Delhi government's revenue department has declared all property sales through transfer of general power of attorney null and void with restrospective effect from October, 2011, through thousands of property transactions

  • bjp defeated cong jmm win rajya sabha seats in jharkhand

    BJP defeated, Cong, JMM win Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand

    May 03, 2012 22:15 IST

    Ranchi, May 3: Senior BJP leader S.S. Ahluwalia was on Thursday defeated in the Rajya Sabha elections in Jharkhand as Congress and JMM candidates emerged victorious in the two seats for which the polling was

  • 12 day hostage crisis ends sukma collector released

    12-day hostage crisis ends, Sukma collector released

    May 03, 2012 21:30 IST

    Raipur, May 3: After 12 days in captivity, Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon was today released unharmed by Maoists bringing to an end the hostage crisis in Chattisgarh marked by some anxious moments just before

  • sc refuses judicial probe in naxalite leader s case

    SC refuses judicial probe in Naxalite leader's case

    May 03, 2012 19:26 IST

    New Delhi, May 3:  The Supreme Court today refused to order any judicial inquiry or a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged fake encounter killings of top Naxalite leader Cherukuri Rajkumar

  • high court warns bidhan not to threaten suicide on sex

    High Court warns Bidhan not to threaten suicide on sex change operation

    May 03, 2012 18:10 IST

    Mumbai, May 3:  The Bombay High Court today warned Bhidan Barua, 21-year-old student from Guwahati, who wants to undergo sex change operation, that he cannot use pressure tactics and threaten to commit suicide unless his

  • aarushi case trial to be committed to sessions on may 9

    Aarushi case trial to be committed to sessions on May 9

    May 03, 2012 18:50 IST

    Ghaziabad, May 3: A special CBI judge today fixed May 9 to decide on sending the sensational 2008 twin murder case of teenager Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj to the sessions court for trial.Hearing the

  • abducted collector menon to be released today

    Abducted Collector Menon to be released today

    May 03, 2012 13:52 IST

    Raipur, May 3: After being held hostage by Maoists for 12 days, abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon is expected to be freed by this evening when he will be handed over to the two

  • man electrocuted by mahim bus stop hoarding

    Man electrocuted by Mahim bus stop hoarding

    May 03, 2012 14:58 IST

    Mumbai, May 3: A man named Mohammed Karim Shaikh was waiting for a bus at the Mahim bus stop on Wednesday, when death stalked him.While waiting, he absent mindedly touched the electric bus hoarding, which

  • nupur talwar spends another sleepless night in jail

    Nupur Talwar spends another sleepless night in jail

    May 03, 2012 8:34 IST

    Ghaziabad, May 3: Dentist Nupur Talwar, an accused in the Aarushi-Hemraj twin murder case, spent another sleepless night in her barrack in Dasna jail on Wednesday.The jailor said, she appeared to be perturbed after the

  • nearly 700 scrap shops gutted in delhi fire

    Nearly 700 scrap shops gutted in Delhi fire

    May 03, 2012 14:58 IST

    New Delhi, May 3: Nearly 700 plastic scrap shops were gutted in a devastating fire last night in Mundka area of Delhi.Several lakhs of rupees worth goods were gutted in the fire.More than 24 fire

  • hazare comes to the defence of ramdev

    Hazare comes to the defence of Ramdev

    May 02, 2012 23:15 IST

    New Delhi, May 2: Social activist Anna Hazare today came to the defence of Ramdev over his comments that MPs were devils in the form of humans, saying whatever the Yoga Guru had said “is

  • 108 dies fate of 250 more unknown in assam boat tragedy

    108 Dies, Fate of 250 More Unknown in Assam boat tragedy

    May 02, 2012 22:18 IST

    Dhubri, May 02: Divers today fished out bodies of five passengers of Monday's ferry disaster here, taking the death count to 108, but the fate of at least 250 more is still not known.Indian and

  • supreme court s nod for ec probe against chavan

    Supreme Court's nod for EC probe against Chavan

    May 02, 2012 22:13 IST

    New Delhi, May 2: The Supreme Court today asked the Election Commission to proceed with its probe into the authenticity of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's spendings during the 2009 State Assembly polls allegedly

  • lt gen retd tejinder singh questioned by cbi

    Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh questioned by CBI

    May 02, 2012 19:18 IST

    New Delhi, May 2: Carrying forward its probe on the bribery allegation made by Army Chief Gen V K Singh, the CBI today questioned retired Lt Gen Tejinder Singh for the first time for his

  • rahul gandhi visits ferry mishap site in dhubri

    Rahul Gandhi visits ferry mishap site in Dhubri

    May 02, 2012 18:51 IST

    Dhubri (Assam), May 2: AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today visited the site of the boat tragedy at Medartary ghat in Assam's Dhubri district and assured the people that the government was taking all steps

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