Kolkata: With her ministry deciding to departmentalise catering services from the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said IRCTC catering staff were welcome to join the railways. "After complaints about the
New Delhi: India will formally convey its disappointment to the US over the ban imposed by the state of Ohio on offshore outsourcing at the high-level bilateral Trade Policy Forum meeting in Washington later this
New Delhi : Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Saturday. This was announced by Mufti Mohd Mukkaram Ahmed, the Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid, here on Thursday evening after a
New Delhi : The water level in Yamuna started receding on sunday even as several low-lying areas along the river in the national capital remained inundated with flood water The water level which had touched
New Delhi: The Union Government on Thursday said that a video clip, purportedly showing some uniformed personnel herding four naked men in Kashmir, had not been "authenticated" and agencies had been asked to investigate the
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will on Friday review the preparations for the Commonwealth Games, which are less than a month away, at a high-level meeting. This will be the second time within a
New Delhi: Bowing to demands by several political parties, government on Thursday decided to carry out a caste census next year. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided to carry out a
On the eve of Ganesh Puja falling on Saturday (Sept 11), 1.25 lakh ladoos were offered to Lord Ganesh at the famous Moti Doongri Temple in Jaipur. The breakup : 3 Ladoos of 251 kg
Srinagar: After days of unrest, the situation in the Kashmir Valley was calm on Thursday with curfew being lifted from all parts and a break in strikes called by the separatists in view of Eid-ul-Fitr.
A Court of Inquiry set up to probe the Air India Express mishap in May near Mangalore airport has been told that pilot 'error' led to the tragic mishap killing 158 people. The data retrieved
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court will pronounce its judgement on the 60-year-old Ayodhya title suits on September 24, a decision that may trigger a political fallout. The date for pronouncement of the
NEW DELHI: Almost one-third of Indians are "utterly corrupt" and half are "borderline", the outgoing head of the country's corruption watchdog has said, blaming increased wealth for much of the problem. Pratyush Sinha, who retired
Kolkata : Army jawans staged flag marches at Deganga in North 24 Parganas district even as stray clashes were reported from elsewhere in the district on Wednesday. Two columns of army jawans, deployed on Tuesday
New Delhi : Facing a massive shortage of well-qualified teachers, the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology(IIT) have mooted a proposal for hiring foreign nationals as permanent faculty members. With one-third teaching positions lying vacant, the
New Delhi : The 'B' samples of four athletes, including two Commonwealth Games-bound swimmers and a shot putter, today returned positive for banned substance piling on the embarrassment to the country less than a month
New Delhi : With the BJP raking up a controversy over the appointment of P J Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), government today said he was not in any way involved the 2G spectrum
New Delhi: Nearly 1200 resident doctors of Safdarjung Hospital in the city, on an indefinite strike for two days demanding adequate security, Wednesday called off their agitation following assurances from authorities that their demand will
Mumbai: Two persons have been arrested from Pune and Nashik by Mumbai's Anti-Terrorism Squad in connection with the German Bakery blast case in Pune that left 16 people dead, Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil
Ten-year-old Rahul, a class five student in Prem Nagar, outer Delhi, wanted to grow tall fast. A TV advertisement of a popular health drink appeared to provide the answer. With the Rs 70 that he had
Corrupt Ghaziabad cops thrashed a businessman on Monday morning, and ran the police jeep over him after he refused to pay a bribe of Rs 100, reports Mail Today. The policemen nearly killed the man
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