New Delhi | 21 hours ago
Congress on massive recruitment drive in Bihar among youth
New Delhi, Feb 14 - Having altered the electoral calculus in Uttar Pradesh in his party's favour, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is hoping to replicate the same in Bihar by sending out 16 young MPs in a massive membership drive ahead of the assembly elections due this year-end.What's more, the party is all set to unleash 22 central ministers involved in social welfare programmes, who will ... read more

Bhubaneswar | 2 days ago
Two Maoists arrested in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Feb 12 - A woman Maoist guerrilla was among two rebels arrested in Kesinda area of Orissa's Sambalpur district Friday, police said.The woman Maoist was identified as A. Dehury alias Nalini Biswal. 'We have managed to arrest two Maoists. Of the two, Dehury was involved in several violent activities including the bombings of several public buildings,' Sambalpur Superintendent of Police ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Mughal Gardens to open for public Saturday
New Delhi, Feb 12 - There's Christian Dior, Queen Elizabeth and First Prize. There's also Macho Man and Just Joey. Confused? These are the names of some of the flowers that are in full bloom in the beautiful Mughal Gardens at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The gardens will be open to the public for a month from Feb 13.A kaleidoscope of varied hues, the gardens have long attracted enthusiastic visitors ev ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Didn't approve Manmohan's photo on highway billboards: PMO
New Delhi, Feb 12 - The Prime Minister's Office - has denied giving permission to put up Manmohan Singh's photograph on billboards on national highways across India.The National Highways Authority of India - had decided to put up nearly 1,500 billboards - one every 25 km - with photographs of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Congress president has already ask ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
District magistrates should ensure borewells are capped: court
New Delhi, Feb 11 - District magistrates would be held responsible in case of children falling into open borewells in areas under their jurisdiction and it is their responsibility to ensure that such death-traps are capped, the Supreme Court said Thursday.A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan said, 'Information on all such data - is to be maintained in the respective district collectorate/blo ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
Solicitor general accused of professional misconduct
New Delhi, Feb 11 - A Delhi-based lawyer Thursday accused Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium of committing professional misconduct by first defending Bofors scam accused Win Chadha in early 2000 and then appearing for the prosecuting agency Central Bureau of Investigation - in the Supreme Court.Ajay Agrawal made the allegation against Subramanium - the government's second ranking law officer - du ... read more

New Delhi | 3 days ago
Hansraj student's death: Police waiting for autopsy report
New Delhi, Feb 11 - Delhi Police are awaiting the post-mortem examination report of the 22-year-old visually impaired student of Hansraj College of Delhi University, found hanging in his hostel room, before carrying out further investigations.'The post-mortem was conducted by the medical board today -. We are waiting for its report,' Deputy Commissioner of Police - Sagarpreet Hooda told IANS. 'The ... read more

3 days ago
Villagers sleepless as IAS officer's fraud unravels
Kharora -, Feb 11 - On paper, he is the director of a steel factory, with two bungalows in posh localities and Rs.16 crore - in a bank account. In reality, Bhola Yadav, a resident of this village, owns two goats and a cycle and is almost starving.Last week income tax - officials visited Yadav's shanty and informed him that he was a millionaire. The physically challenged Yadav was left stunned and ... read more

New Delhi | 4 days ago
Hansraj College shut after student's death
New Delhi, Feb 10 - Hansraj College of the Delhi University was closed Wednesday after a 22-year-old visually challenged student was found hanging in his hostel room, a college official said. The autopsy will be conducted Thursday.'We have registered a case of murder. A medical board has been constituted and it will conduct the post-mortem examination Thursday,' said Delhi Police spokesman Rajan B ... read more

New Delhi | 4 days ago
IGNOU launches six FM radio stations on education
New Delhi, Feb 10 - The Indira Gandhi National Open University - Wednesday launched six new FM radio stations on education. These will be in addition to the 31 radio stations the university already has.The new stations, launched by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Mohan Jatua, will be operational in Agra, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Srinagar, Trichy and Thiruvanaathapuram. Gyan Vani, ... read more