‘50% of Bihar Class 3 students can’t add’
Nearly 50 per cent of students in Class 3 in Bihar’s government schools cannot perform addition of three-digit numbers while only 64 per cent can correctly add two-digit numbers. Only 40 per cent...
View ArticleCBI books 6 sitting, ex-MPs in LTC scam
The Trinamul Congress claimed Rajya Sabha MP D. Bandopadhyay was ‘innocent’ The CBI’s investigation of the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) scam on Friday reached the doorstep of the Trinamul Congress...
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Narendra Modi gives Army LoC orders
Narendra Modi gives Army LoC ordersPM writes to his Pak counterpart Nawaz Sharif, saying he ‘looks forward’ to working with him ‘in a violence-free atmosphere’. Forces told to respond promptly,...
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Blast-accused Lieutenant colonel writes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Blast-accused Lieutenant colonel P.S. Purohit writes to Prime Minister Narendra ModiHopeful after the formation of the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, Malegaon blast case accused Lt. Col. P.S....
View ArticleCongress’s ‘non-core’ leaders jubilant
Congress leaders feeling ignored in the decision making process are jubilant over the all-powerful “core group” becoming irrelevant after the historic fall of the party in the Lok Sabha elections.The...
View Article‘CBI overburdened due to work, cases’
The minister said every institution, including the CBI, has to live up to the expectations of people Union minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that the...
View ArticleCentre plans nationwide irrigation scheme
The Modi government is planning to launch a nationwide irrigation network to ensure every field in every village gets the water it needs for crops, said Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh on...
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N.R. Narayana Murthy talks of tough, hard choices
N.R. Narayana MurthyAs he signed off from his second innings as chairman of Infosys at the company’s 33rd annual general meeting on Saturday, a full four years ahead of his term, founder N.R. Narayana...
View ArticleCongress divided on claim for Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
While some leaders think it is the ‘right’ of the party to stake claim to the post, others feel the party should not ‘beg’ for the position Division in the Congress is clearly perceptible on the issue...
View Article‘NDFB faction likely to strike’
National Democratic Front of Bodoland plans offensives in BTC before council elections, security sources said The security agencies have alerted Assam that the outlawed National Democratic Front of...
View ArticleShed ‘importer’ tag, says Narendra Modi
Dedicates INS Vikramaditya to nation, says warship is ‘new milestone’ India’s Russia-made largest aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya was on Saturday dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra...
View Article4 Bihar criminals flee jail
In a disturbing pointer to the increasing ease with which prisoners in Bihar have been escaping from custody, four prisoners accused of an undertrial prisoner’s murder in a court complex in May escaped...
View ArticleMass corruption in land conversion
Section 90 of Rajasthan Land Revenue Act was misused to benefit colonisers, the commission said State Commission on urbanisation has acknowledged mass level corruption in land conversion in Rajasthan....
View ArticleBJP to snap ties with ally HJC?
Kuldeep Bishnoi wants to contest 90 seats Confident after the good performance in the parliamentary elections in Haryana, the BJP could snap ties with alliance partner Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) in...
View ArticleSurvivors want to move out of city of widows
For 26-year-old Manoj Purohit, following his ancestor’s profession to perform Hindu rites is a bygone story. He does not want to follow in the footsteps of his forefathers. Instead, he wants to move...
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Government fast-tracks national e-library project
E-libraryThe Union human resources development ministry is preparing a Cabinet note to create a national e-library, aimed at establishing an e-books and e-magazine, besides designing an audio-visual...
View ArticleUttarkhand faces crisis of livelihood, housing
As the Uttarkhand 2013 flash floods complete its first anniversary on June 16, the state is now facing a bigger crisis of livelihood and safe housing. The state government has been claiming that over...
View ArticleHigh on Lok Sabha victory, BJP set for Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Haryana polls
After its spectacular show in the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is now gearing for the coming Assembly polls in states including Jharkhand, Haryana and Maharashtra. In all three states, the saffron...
View ArticleChief Minister keeps suspense on Cabinet expansion
Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday chose to keep the suspense over the much-awaited state Cabinet expansion alive. “It’s not my decision, the Congress high command should initiate the process,” he...
View ArticleFor Parsi population, 8 small beginnings
Less than a year after the government launched “Jiyo Parsi”, a scheme to check the alarming decline in the country’s Parsi population, the stork is set to visit eight couples from the community who are...
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