Five Bajrang Dal activists have been held for staging protests against a European Union (EU) delegation that will visit Orissa’s Kandhamal district to interact with riot victims.
The Bajrang Dal workers were detained Tuesday evening from the airport here, police said.
The slogans began shortly after the 11-member EU delegation, which is scheduled to visit [...]
Three people died and 17 were injured when a mini bus overturned near the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) in north Delhi Wednesday, an official said.
A mini-bus plying from Wazirabad to ISBT overturned at around 8 a.m. near Majnu Ka Tila.
‘Three people, including a student, were killed and 17 passengers injured in the accident,’ Deputy [...]
A warm day and clear skies greeted Delhiites Wednesday. The pleasant weather will continue in the coming days, the weatherman has forecast.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the minimum temperature Wednesday was 8.7 degrees Celsius, which is normal for this time of the year.
‘The minimum temperature is 8.7 degrees Celsius and the maximum [...]
The series of attacks on Indians will take a toll on Australia’s education revenue with the latest data on applications by overseas students suggesting negative impact on vocational colleges in the last three months.
The new data released by the government Tuesday suggested a sharp fall in number of overseas candidates seeking admission in various [...]
Three people, including a student, were killed and about two dozen people were injured when a mini bus overturned near Majnu Ka Tila in north Delhi Wednesday, an official said.
The accident occurred after a tyre of the mini bus burst Wednesday morning.
‘Three people died and at least 22 people were injured in the incident. [...]
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Caracas, Feb 3 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez celebrated 11 years in power on his 55th birthday and hopes to continue as head of state for another similar term.
‘I like that number 11. And the next 11 (years) I promise to take care of myself a little more, and if you want, I’ll be 66 [...]
Twelve people, including nine students, were killed and 25 injured when a school bus collided head-on with a truck in western Brazil, officials said.
The accident occurred Monday on a bridge when the driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle and collided with the school bus coming from the opposite direction, Xinhua reported [...]
World energy dialogue, focus on technologies and innovative ideas for conservative and renewable energy will be the chief features of the Hannover Messe – one of the globe’s largest trade fairs – scheduled to be held April 19-23 at Germany’s Hannover Fair Grounds.
The fair is rated as an international gateway to world markets for [...]
The Orissa High Court Tuesday asked district collectors and superintendents of police (SP) to prevent the misuse of red beacons atop official vehicles.
The high court has asked district officials to ensure that the Orissa Motor Vehicle Rules 1993 are adhered to and those who are not entitled to use red beacons must remove them [...]
An angry mob blocked a busy road here Tuesday and pelted stones at vehicles, protesting the theft and slaughter of four cows, police said.
Sharmishtha Chauhan, a resident of Sikandarpur area on Loni Road here, complained early Tuesday that her cows had been stolen overnight. Her neighbours started searching for the animals in the area [...]
Expressing resentment over alleged harassment of youth from the minority community by police on the pretext of tackling terror, a Muslim clerics’ organisation Tuesday said it would hold protests against Congress leaders, who would visit Azamgarh district.
‘We will sport black badges and will also wave black flags at the Congress leaders, including Digvijay Singh [...]
An Air India Chennai-New Delhi flight made an emergency landing late Tuesday at the Nagpur airport due to a technical failure in the hydraulic landing system, airport sources said. No one was hurt.
There were 148 passengers on board when the plane made an emergency landing at around 10.30 p.m.
The aircraft is undergoing repair and [...]
Supermodels Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Lara Stone have bared all for the fashion and lifestyle magazine Love.
All models have been photographed naked in identical poses by photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot in a 40-page shoot, reports guardian.co.uk.
The other models who will appear in the magazine are Natalia Vodianova, Amber Valetta, Jeneil Williams, [...]
A 42-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting an Australian woman tourist inside a Mathura-bound train in Uttar Pradesh, an official said Tuesday.
Shekhar Sharma, a resident of Lucknow, allegedly molested 29-year-old Australian woman in the Patna-Mathura Express in the Tundla region in Ferozabad district, some 350 km from here.
‘Acting on the complaint [...]
Budding singer Aditya Jassi, who was once a part of the music show ‘Fame X’, says reality shows are not the key to Bollywood. He feels hard work and luck are more important.
‘There is no shortcut to success. A reality show alone cannot guarantee you songs in films. Luck plays a very important role [...]
A 42-year-old woman was Tuesday murdered in her house in northwest Delhi. Police said burglary could have been the motive behind the killing.
Mamata Thakur was found dead with her throat slit in her apartment in Rohini Sector 9. Her husband Praveen Thakur, a broker, and three children were all out of their Friends Apartments [...]
The indefinite shutdown called by the Maoist-backed People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) in three West Bengal districts received mixed response on the first day Tuesday.
‘Life has been hit in some particular pockets in Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore districts,’ state Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Surajit Kar Purakayastha told IANS.
According to [...]
In another gotra (clan) row, Khanda village panchayat (council) in this Haryana district Tuesday directed a newly-wed couple to stay away from the village periphery as they were not permitted to marry as per village customs.
The panchayat observed that no boy of Khangwal gotra, who lives in Khanda village, can marry a girl of [...]
Malawi President Bingu Wa Mutharika was elected as the new chairman of the African Union (AU) during a summit of the 53-member group in this Ethiopian capital Tuesday.
African leaders have elected President Bingu wa Mutharika the new chairman of the AU at the Heads of State and Government Summit, BuaNews reported.
The leaders rejected a [...]
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Tuesday decided to hold fresh entrance examination to post-graduate medical courses after student groups alleged irregularities and a probe committee confirmed some shortcomings.
Following the students’ complaints about the entrance test to the MD/MS/MDS courses held Jan 24, Vice-Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis set up a a three-member enquiry committee to [...]
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said Tuesday he would go ahead with his visit to Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh town Wednesday, despite objections by some political parties and groups, to probe allegations that some local youth had been picked up by police without reason.
‘People have told me that some innocent youth had been picked up [...]
At least 10 people were killed in a fresh missile strikes by the US drones in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region Tuesday.
Thirteen missiles were fired from about five unmanned spy aircrafts on a suspected militant compound in Dattakhel village near Afghanistan border, Geo TV reported quoting sources.
The toll is expected to rise.
The attacks came [...]
The arrested editor of the Bengali edition of the banned Maoist magazine People’s March, Swapan Dasgupta, a blood cancer patient, died in a state-run hospital Tuesday, sparking allegations that the authorities had hastened his death through neglect and lack of proper treatment.
A senior official of the SSKM hospital said a post-mortem and forensic examination [...]
Human failure, lack of observance of safety guidelines, defunct devices and faulty safety audits seemed to be some of the reasons for the fire at the Indian Oil Corp terminal in Jaipur in October last year, an independent inquiry committee has found out.
‘The basic or root cause is an absence of site specific, written [...]
There are many filmmakers who are keen to sign Amitabh Bachchan for their projects, but the megastar is impressed with none other than Vishal Bhardwaj and says they may work together in future.
‘What a range of subjects he (Vishal) puts forth with innocent ease of reference. His exuberance for ‘Paa’ and the desire on [...]
India’s NTPC Ltd, one of Asia’s largest power generation companies, plans to hire 6,000 people over the next five years, a senior company official said here Tuesday.
‘For the past four years we have been hiring around 1,200 people every year. This trend will continue for the next five years,’ R.C. Shrivastav, director (Human Resources), [...]
The indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas would be a reality at last and will soon join the Indian Air Force (IAF), Defence Minister A.K. Antony said here Tuesday.
‘I can declare that LCA is going to be a reality, at last. I can tell you with confidence that by December 2010, the initial [...]
A mountaineer died Tuesday after he slipped and fell from the Ayodhya hill in West Bengal’s Purulia district while on a trekking mission, police said.
Amitava Sen, who was trekking along with two others, fell 100 feet down into a gorge, an official said.
‘He is dead. He slipped and the rope bound to his waist [...]
Youngsters living in smaller cities of China are more likely to develop addiction to internet surfing than their peers in developed regions, a survey released Tuesday said.
The survey, conducted by the Communication University of China, showed that between eight to nine percent of young internet users in major cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou [...]
Three students from Bangalore, Kolkata and Mumbai are set to receive the 2010 Manmohan Singh scholarship to fund their undergraduate studies at the University of Cambridge.
For 2010, the scholarship will be given to Neal Duggal from Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore, Jesika Haria from Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai, and Rudrajit Banerjee from The [...]
