Medical student gangraped in K’taka
In the first incident of its kind in the university town of Manipal, a 22-year-old student of Kasturba Medical College at Manipal University was gangraped as she left the university library at 11.30 pm...
View ArticleBig stir against Mamata
In what should serve as a wake-up call for the Mamata Banerjee government, the civil society on Friday hit the streets of Kolkata, protesting against its failure to check the rise in crime against...
View Article21,110 qualify for IIT counselling
The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) declared result on Friday and 21,110 candidates were qualified, out of 1,26,704 registered candidates for JEE (advanced). IIT-JEE (Advanced) Results 2013 were...
View ArticleIntellectuals not behind my success: Didi
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that it was wrong to think that the campaigning by intellectuals and prominent members of civil society was responsible for her victory in 2011 Assembly...
View ArticlePunjab rescue claim hollow
The Orissa government on Friday said 80 pilgrims from the state stranded in flood-hit Uttarakhand were rescued and there was no information of any casualty, even as reports from Sambalpur town in...
View ArticleCong legislators to give month’s pay
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday directed all party MPs, MLAs, MLCs to donate their one month’s salary for relief work in the flood-ravaged Uttarakhand as the magnitude of the flash flood...
View ArticleProbe damage done by power projects: left
The Left parties on Friday sought a probe into the “indiscriminate” damage caused to the hills in Uttarakhand due to construction of several power projects in the state. Expressing shock at the...
View Article2 cops shot dead ahead of PM visit
In a broad day light sneak attack, gunmen shot two Jammu and Kashmir policemen dead at Srinagar’s Hari Singh High on Saturday, causing momentary commotion in the busy marketplace. A girl passerby was...
View Article13-year Bihar boy cracks IIT for 2nd time
A Bihar farmer’s 13-year-old son has become India’s youngest student to crack the tough IIT-JEE for the second consecutive year as he was unhappy with his rank last year despite the prestigious feat...
View ArticleOman plane lands in Mumbai after bomb hoax
An international flight made an emergency landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) after a bomb scare on the aircraft. The airline’s office had received a call about an explosive...
View ArticleAnother building falls in Mumbai, 7 killed
In the second collapse in two consecutive days, a ground-plus-four-structure in Dahisar (east) came crashing down on Saturday morning, killing seven and injuring an equal number of people....
View ArticleUS bid to deceive Kabul, Delhi
Details coming out regarding the US appeasement of Pakistan by according treatment to the Taliban — which the Americans have been fighting for years — on par with the elected government of Afghanistan,...
View ArticleFacebook glitch exposed 6m users’ contact info
Facebook has inadvertently exposed 6 million users’ phone numbers and email addresses to unauthorised viewers over the past year, the world’s largest social networking company disclosed late on Friday....
View ArticleGovt mulls immunity for intel brass
In what is being viewed as a direct fallout of the CBI questioning a top Intelligence Bureau official in connection with the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, the government is now contemplating providing...
View ArticleBJP plans to spend big money in UP for 2014
In its bid to come to power, the BJP is set to unleash its money power in Uttar Pradesh. With 80 Lok Sabha berths and a total electorate of 116,189,383, the saffron brigade is expected to spend nearly...
View ArticleRajnath asks Muslims to ‘ignore’ 2002 riots
In a veiled reference to the 2002 post-Godhra riots, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Saturday appealed to the Muslim community to “ignore it”.“There may have been some incidents but can we not ignore...
View ArticleRescuers race against tomorrow’s rain
The 10,000 pilgrims rescued on Saturday brought the total number of people evacuated from rain-ravaged Uttarakhand to 70,000. With heavy rain expected to pummel Uttarakhand starting Monday, the next 24...
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Plastic behind rise in cancer: NIT expert
Kozhikode: Beware when lip smacking food is delivered home in hot plastic containers or enveloped with plastic coated packing materials. Now, experts, in the wake of increasing cancer cases and...
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MiG-29 fighter aircraft crashes; pilot safe
Jamnagar: A MiG-29 fighter aircraft on a routine sortie on Monday crashed near Lalparda village in Gujarat's Jamnagar district, with the pilot ejecting safely. "A MiG-29 fighter jet today crashed at...
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Mega structure to highlight SmartCity
Kochi: The first building of the SmartCity to be constructed at a cost of Rs 160 crore to Rs 170 crore near Kadambrayar here, will be the first such structure in the state, with each storey having a...
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