New Delhi: All non-Congress Chief Ministers, barring Mamata Banerjee, who had come together to oppose the Centre on the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and other issues, will be attending Monday’s Chief Ministers’ conference on internal security, which has been called by the government. Strengthening of counter terror capabilities and intelligence apparatus, Maoist violence, police [...]
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) Kader Khan, absconding prime accused in the alleged rape of an Anglo-Indian woman in a moving car here in February, has been declared a proclaimed offender by a city court, police said Sunday. The detective department of police had sought permission from a city court to declare Khan a proclaimed offender [...]
New Delhi: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to restrict Haj pilgrimage at government subsidy to Muslims only as a “once in a lifetime” affair as against the existing policy of “once in five years”. In an affidavit filed before the apex court, the government said the new guidelines have been [...]
New Delhi: All non-Congress Chief Ministers, barring Mamata Banerjee, who had come together to oppose the Centre on the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and other issues, will be attending Monday’s Chief Ministers’ conference on internal security, which has been called by the government. Strengthening of counter terror capabilities and intelligence apparatus, Maoist violence, police [...]
Patna, Apr 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday told Home Minister P. Chidambaram to not to work in an authoritarian manner while building consensus on formation of National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). Commenting on the meeting of Chidambaram with state chief ministers to discuss the establishment of NCTC, BJP spokesperson Shahnwaz Hussain [...]
President Pratibha Patil has noticed the Presidential Reference by which the government has sought simplicity from the Supreme Court on auctioning of natural reserves including range. With many telecom companies testing the cancellation of their licenses by the Supreme Court, the government wants complete clearness on those landmark judgments. The Department of Telecom feels [...]
Plot Summary: One of the world’s most popular characters is back on the big screen as a new chapter in the Spider-Man legacy is revealed in “The Amazing Spider-Man.” Focusing on an untold story that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story, the new film stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, [...]
Devasthanam is not an educational or informative film, it is a guide to good living with a beautiful story, supreme yet simple. Writer, director and producer Janardhana Maharshi uses senior citizens and stalwarts K. Viswanath and SP Balasubramaniam to run a human drama with a light-hearted approach but towards the end of the film, brings a [...]
Teja’s upcoming film new romantic thriller film “Neeku Naaku Dash Dash” censor certification formalities have been successfully completed. This film was rated as “A” by the censor officials. This story is a love story in the back drop of Liquor syndicate. V Anand Prasad is producing this movie under Bhavya creations banner. Close sources from [...]
Lucknow, Apr 5 (IANS): In a rare and a first-of-its-kind phenomenon, a Silver Pheasant, a bird belonging to the peacock family, has changed its sex from female to a male. Confirming this and terming it a kind of “sex dimorphism”, zoo director Renu Singh told IANS that the phenomenon had surprised most of the staff in [...]
Tomatoes are enriched and loaded with several minerals and nutrients that can be useful in the health problems of individuals. It is incredibly full of nutrient contents such as vitamin A, C, B, K, coumaric acid, Calcium, lycopene, and many others that can be used to develop good health. A tomato has been considered forever [...]
Ayurveda says that the holistic wellbeing of human beings is fundamentally sustained on three major factors, just like three pillars holding a building. Each of these factors is equally important and disturbances to even one will cause imbalance in the being. And the qualities of these three aspects determine the quality of ones being too. [...]
Bangalore: Apr15, 2012 Ajinkya Rahane scored the maiden century of Indian Premier League (IPL) season five to power Rajasthan Royals (RR) to a mammoth 195 for two against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday. Rahane produced a scintillating 103-run unbeaten knock off just 60 balls and together with Owais Shah (60) [...]
Kolkata finished their last two overs – with both bat and ball – badly to lose by two runs in a home game KOLKATA: Piyush Chawla bowled Kings XI Punjab to a thrilling two-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens here, on Sunday. Chawla picked up three wickets, including those of the [...]
New Delhi: Statistical highlights of the IPL 5 match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. # Kieron Pollard’s tally of seven sixes is the most by a batsman in the IPL 2012. # Pollard became the third all-rounder after Paul Valthaty and Yuvraj Singh to register an all-round feat of a fifty and four wickets in [...]
Jewellers across India have been on a for 21 days; they say this has resulted in losses of Rs 20,000 crore already. They are upset with the finance minister’s decision to increase the import duty on gold and the excise duty on unbranded jewelry. (Watch: Jewellers’ strike enters 21st day) Here are 10 big facts on [...]
Rajesh Rao is among a handful of Indian entrepreneurs who may prevent the country’s software industry from getting “Bangalored”. The 41-year-old self-confessed geek runs Dhruva, a firm that sells content and services to global online But plain vanilla outsourcing – help desks and back office operations – is finding cheaper locations abroad. India’s software industry [...]
Shoppers in the euro zone cut back on their spending in February as households faced stubborn inflation, growing unemployment lines and pay freezes across the public and private sector. Retail sales in the 17 countries using the euro fell 0.1 percent month on month, Eurostat said on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected sales volumes [...]
Patna: With only about 2,000 Gangetic river dolphins left in India, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago, the Bihar government is planning to set up Asia’s first research centre to strengthen conservation efforts to save the endangered mammal. An official in the chief minister’s office said the Gangetic dolphin research centre would [...]
Taliban militants attacked a prison in north-west Pakistan on Sunday, freeing at least 380 prisoners, including at least 20 insurgents described by police as “very dangerous,” authorities and the militants said. The raid by more than 100 fighters was a dramatic display of the strength of the insurgency gripping the nuclear—armed country. The escaped prisoners [...]
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has called for bringing women’s self-help groups (SHGs) under the priority sector lending (PSL) norms and increasing the credit flow to them. “I want women’s SHGs to get bank funds at the priority sector lending rates,” Mr. Ramesh said here. “I don’t want to put a percentage number to [...]
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