Rain likely in Delhi Thursday
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) It will be a cloudy Thursday here, with rain likely in some areas, said the Met Office. "The sky will be generally cloudy with the possibility of rain/thundershowers in some...
View ArticleKejriwal seeks appointment from Delhi LG
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal sought an appointment with Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Thursday, a day after the BJP indicated that it could form a government in Delhi....
View ArticleDelhi to get more rain Friday
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Delhiites woke up to an overcast Friday morning and saw light rainfall which is expected to continue through the day, the Met Office said. The minimum temperature was 24.6...
View Article298 dead, says Malaysian Airlines
Kuala Lumpur, July 18 (IANS) Malaysia Airlines Friday confirmed that there were 298 people on-board flight MH17 which crashed in Ukraine Thursday. According to a statement, MH17 was carrying 283...
View ArticleDhoti controversy: Do clubs need a dress code?
Chennai, July 18 (IANS) Clubs in Tamil Nadu are waiting for a law by the state government that would make it illegal to ban the entry of dhoti-clad people in such places. But club officials say it is...
View ArticleIslamic finance, Bollywood and S.D. Burman (IANS Books This Weekend)
The roots of Islamic finance lie in the foundations of Islam and Sharia law, fragmented memories of musician and composer S.D.Burman's life and interesting titbits from the lives of Bollywood...
View ArticleIndian-origin steward on-board MH17
Kuala Lumpur, July 18 (IANS) An Indian origin flight steward was among the 15 crew members on-board the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine Thursday, media reported Friday....
View ArticleSC acquits Surat bomb blast accused
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday acquitted all the 11 accused convicted for January-February 1993 Surat bomb blast in Gujarat, in which a woman was killed and several people were...
View ArticleMH17 passenger expresses flight jitters in video
Kuala Lumpur, July 18 (IANS) The last glimpse of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that crashed Thursday over Ukraine, was captured by Malaysian passenger Md Ali Md Salim moments before departure, a...
View ArticleOur prayers with crashed Malaysian plane victims: Modi
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said his thoughts and prayers were with the families of those who lost their lives in the Malaysian Airlines flight that crashed in...
View ArticleDowned Malaysian plane had clean bill of health
Kuala Lumpur, July 18 (IANS) The Malaysian aircraft that was went down over Ukraine had a "clean bill of health", a media statement said here Friday. As many as 298 people were killed when the...
View ArticleOdisha's most wanted Maoist Sabyasachi Panda held
Bhubaneswar, July 18 (IANS) Odisha's most wanted Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda was nabbed Friday in the state's Ganjam district, police said. Panda was wanted in more than 50 criminal cases,...
View ArticleOsho on yoga and meditation (Book Review)
Title: New Dimensions of Yoga; Author: Osho; Publisher: Penguin Ananda; Pages: 200; Price: Rs.299. Title: Nowhere To Go But In; Author: Osho; Publisher: Penguin Ananda; Pages: 429; Price: Rs.499. As...
View ArticleFalling stone kills girl on way to Vaishno Devi
Jammu, July 21 (IANS) A nine-year old girl, on way to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu along with her family, was killed Monday after being hit by a falling stone, police said. Vidushi, daughter of...
View ArticleRajya Sabha disrupted over corruption in judiciary
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was disrupted Monday as AIADMK members raised the issue of corruption in judiciary. As soon as the upper house met, the AIADMK members were on their feet...
View ArticleBad weather hampers gas leak plug operations
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) The ONGC is waiting for conducive weather conditions to plug and seal a gas leak from one of the wells at Bombay High, an official said here Monday. The rough monsoon sea in the...
View ArticleManipuri man beaten to death in Delhi
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A 29-year-old man from Manipur was beaten to death here by a group of five to six men, police said Monday. Shaloni, a resident of Munirka in south Delhi, was allegedly beaten...
View ArticleHuman-elephant conflict: Bengal considers South African birth control route
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) In the wake of the escalating human-elephant conflict (HEC) in West Bengal, the state is considering a hugely successful South African birth control route to regulate the...
View ArticleOdisha rivers flowing close to danger levels
Bhubaneswar, July 21 (IANS) Most of the Odisha rivers were flowing close to the danger level Monday due to heavy rainfall across the state, an official said. The water level was on the rise in major...
View ArticleKejriwal asks Jung to dissolve Delhi assembly
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Monday told Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung that the delay in dissolving the Delhi assembly was encouraging the poaching of legislators. After meeting...
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