At 12, he’s youngest editor of ‘DAISY’
Thiruvananthapuram: Visually impaired Manav Sujith, at age 12, has achieved a rare feat – of becoming the world’s youngest DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) editor. The boy from Thiruvalla...
View ArticleKarnataka poll: Campaign goes into last lap today
Bengaluru: Did you wake up to loudspeakers blaring and somebody screaming into the megaphone to vote for so-and-so? Did you pick up the morning newspaper and find a bunch of pamphlets dropping from its...
View ArticleMamata trying to stall CBI probe into chit-fund scam: CPIM
The CPIM on Saturday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was opposed to a CBI investigation into the chit-fund scam, because it would mean the 'end' of the party."She is saying that...
View ArticleAP drops out of top 10 ranks in IAS race
Hyderabad: Continuing a trend that began two years ago, Andhra Pradesh bagged a few top ranks in the civil services examination conducted by the UPSC. In the results declared on Friday, the state...
View ArticleKonda couple might join Congress soon
Hyderabad: Will former minister Konda Surekha and her husband, former MLC Konda Murali, remain in the YSR Congress or land up in the Congress? This will be known in a couple of days. The couple is...
View ArticleJD-U: How is it Bansal’s fault?
Even though the BJP bayed for the blood of railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal over the bribery scam, JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav came out in his support. Mr Yadav maintained that what could be the fault...
View ArticleBansal won’t go, Cong tells Opp.
Even as the Opposition demanded the dismissal and prosecution of railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the light of the CBI arresting his nephew for allegedly taking bribes to facilitate top-level...
View ArticleBJP seeks Railway Minister Pawan Bansal's ouster
Stressing that an impartial probe will not be possible if Pawan Kumar Bansal remains on his post, the BJP on Sunday sought ouster of the Railway Minister in connection with the Railway Board bribery...
View Article3,450 missing children still untraced in Delhi
Close to 3,450 children who went missing in Delhi in the past over three years are yet to be traced and girls accounted for 55 per cent of them. The capital witnessed the missing of 17,252 children,...
View ArticleUK dy speaker held for gay rape
Nigel Evans, one of the House of Commons’ three deputy speakers, was held Saturday on suspicion of raping one man and sexually assaulting another, but said Sunday, after being released on bail till...
View ArticleTop cop: Verdict in gangrape trial by end of month
Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar said Sunday the verdict in the December 16 gangrape trial was likely by the end of this month. He said the police had completed 90 per cent of court proceedings...
View ArticleTip of the iceberg? Scanner on more rail appointments
In an indication that the bribe scam involving suspended Railway Board member (staff) Mahesh Kumar and railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla is just the tip of an iceberg pointing...
View Article2 embattled mantris to stay on, for now
The Congress core group that includes party president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, met Sunday evening for the second time in 24 hours and indicated that Union ministers Pawan Kumar...
View ArticleCongress set for a big K’taka win: Exit polls
An impressive 70 per cent turnout of voters in elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Sunday indicated a decisive vote for a change of government in the state, bolstering the prospects of a...
View ArticleChinese, Indian troops end standoff on Ladakh border
The three-week-long India-China military faceoff in the Daulat Beg Oldi sector of eastern Ladakh ended Sunday evening with both sides agreeing to pull back troops. The end to the three-week standoff...
View ArticleParliament adjourned till noon amid uproar
Parliament was adjourned till noon today amid demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over twin issue of coal scam and allegations of bribery in connection with senior-level postings in...
View ArticleAfter the suicides, first homicide in Saradha group chit fund scam
Hooghly/Barasat: The tragic fallout of the multi-crore Sudipta Sen-led Saradha group chit fund scam in West Bengal escalated today with the first case of murder being reported in the state after eight...
View ArticleWill India concede some Chinese demands?
The Chinese demand, made ahead of the mutual withdrawal from the face-off site in eastern Ladakh by India and China, that India dismantle its bunkers and other infrastructure, such as sophisticated...
View ArticleAP minister caught in sting
Andhra Pradesh primary education minister S. Sailajanath is in a fix after the online portal Cobrapost alleged in a sting operation that he had a role in money-laundering. Cobrapost on Monday claimed...
View ArticleFood Security Bill taken up amidst ruckus in LS
The ambitious yet controversial National Food Security Bill was taken up for consideration in the Lok Sabha on Monday amid pandemonium. Almost 67 per cent of the population will benefit from it, which...
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