New Delhi | 6 days ago
SC clears decks for admissions to medical colleges
New Delhi, May 13 - In a big relief to aspiring medical students, the Supreme Court Monday paved the way for government and private medical colleges to admit students to under-graduate and post-graduate medical and dental courses for the 2013 session.The court lifted curbs on the declaration of entrance tests' results for the courses and said: ...the students, who aspire to gain entry into the m ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
UPSC denies result goof up, link to candidate's 'suicide'
New Delhi, May 13 - The Union Public Service Commission - Monday said IAS aspirant V.Y. Manjunath, who allegedly committed suicide over a goof up in the civil services exam results, had not even qualified the preliminary exam held in 2012.Engineering graduate Manjunath, 24, allegedly committed suicide at Napoklu in Karnataka's Madikeri district, about 250 km from Bangalore, Saturday. He left Banga ... read more

New Delhi | 8 days ago
He first proposed marriage, then shot her: Delhi Police
New Delhi, May 11 - Delhi Police said Saturday that the 22-year-old Subhash shot dead a class 12 girl student the day before as she had spurned his marriage proposal, telling him that she was more educated.Police said Subhash had proposed marriage to 18-year-old Pinki even shortly before shooting her dead. Pinky, was shot dead at her house in Munirka area of south Delhi Friday morning. Friday even ... read more

New Delhi | 9 days ago
Dec 16 gangrape accused's assault allegations fabricated, court told
New Delhi, May 10 - Tihar Jail authorities, in a report to the fast-track court trying the Dec 16 Delhi gang rape case, Friday said the contention of accused Akshay Thakur that he has been beaten and suffered injury on the chest is a highly fabricated one.Thakur Thursday alleged that jail officials and inmates had beaten him on his chest following which court directed the jail authorities to medic ... read more

Jaipur | 9 days ago
Gehlot to fund kidney transplant of merit student
Jaipur, May 10 - Impressed by a 17-year-old student who figured on the state merit list and also cleared the first stage of the IIT entrance exam despite undergoing dialysis twice a week, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Friday said he will bear the cost of his kidney transplant.Gehlot said he was moved by the story of Jaipur resident Prakhar Deroliya, who secured fifth rank in the merit list ... read more

New Delhi | 9 days ago
Gang-rape accused misbehaved with inmates, court told
New Delhi, May 9 - The Tihar Jail authorities Thursday filed a complaint in a Delhi court trying the Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape alleging that accused Akshay Thakur was misbehaving with and harassing fellow inmates. The accused denied the charge.Jail officials said they received a complaint by a newly-admitted inmate against Thakur for allegedly misbehaving and violating rules and regulations.Thakur ... read more

New Delhi | 10 days ago
Counsel says gang-rape victim's friend 'womaniser'
New Delhi, May 9 - The male friend of the woman gang-raped here Dec 16, 2012 was Thursday described as a womaniser by a defence counsel in a Delhi court.Advocate V.K. Anand, appearing for accused Mukesh, appeared before Additional Session Judge Yogesh Khanna and cross-examined the victim's male friend, the complainant in the case, on the issue of his women friends.The court, however, intervened an ... read more

New Delhi | 10 days ago
Tutor held for sexually assaulting 4 boys
New Delhi, May 9 - A 57-year-old tutor was Thursday arrested here for sexually assaulting four minor boys who attended coaching sessions in his house, police said Thursday.Sudhir was taken into custody from his house in Rajinder Nagar in central Delhi in the morning on the complaint of a Class 9 student, police said.A 14-year-old student, resident of Rajinder Nagar told his parents that Sudhir for ... read more

Dubai | 10 days ago
96 percent UAE school students pass Kerala board exam
Dubai, May 9 - School students in the United Arab Emirates -, who appeared for the higher secondary examinations held by India's Kerala state, recorded a 95.9 pass percentage.In all, 499 students sat for the examinations, of whom 477 became eligible for higher studies, the Khaleej Times reported Thursday.Two of the schools - The Model High School, Abu Dhabi, and the the New Indian Model Higher Sec ... read more

Chandigarh | 10 days ago
Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah is dead
Chandigarh, May 9 - Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay who was hospitalised here after being attacked in a Jammu jail last week died Thursday morning due to multiple organ failure, doctors said.Sanaullah was declared dead around 7 a.m. due to multiple organ failure. The team of doctors headed by Y.K. Batra tried their best to revive him, a spokesperson of the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Ed ... read more