Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Goa to frame guidelines for students' safety in schools

Goa to frame guidelines for students' safety in schools


Goa to frame guidelines for students' safety in schools

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 02:25 AM PST

Goa education department on Wednesday said they will draft guidelines for the safety of students in state schools in wake of the sexual abuse of a 7-year-old girl inside the school toilet two days bac...


Passengers headed for Kumbh to get updated train information

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 01:37 AM PST

With lakhs of devotees converging at Allahabad for the Maha Kumbh Mela, Railways have added a new initiative on its train enquiry website to help passengers get updated information on trains going to ...


Decision on Boeing 787 Dreamliner after Boeing report, says aviation regulator

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 01:23 AM PST

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will decide on whether or not to ground national carrier Air India's Boeing Co Dreamliner jets after the US company submits a report on the aircraft's ...


Pakistani troops planted landmines on Indian soil, says Army, releases pictures as proof

Posted: 16 Jan 2013 01:13 AM PST

The Indian Army today released photographs of landmines allegedly planted by Pakistani troops in Indian territory. The Army says it shared these photographs with Pakistan at the recently held flag mee...


Pak landmines planted on Indian soil: Army releases pictures

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:22 PM PST

There have been five ceasefire violations by Pakistan since the flag meeting on Monday but besides the repeated violations of ceasefire, the border along the Poonch and Mendhar sectors in Jammu and Ka...


Cold conditions persist in Punjab, Haryana

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:15 PM PST

Army Chief meets martyred soldier's family, says 'his sacrifice will not be in vain'

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 10:40 PM PST

India reviewing Boeing 787 Dreamliner safety, says aviation regulator

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 10:29 PM PST

India is reviewing the safety situation of Boeing Co Dreamliners and will also talk to component makers of the US aircraft but there are no plans to ground the planes, the aviation regulator said on W...


Teachers' recruitment scam: former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, son convicted, taken into custody

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 09:50 PM PST

A Delhi court has found former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and 53 others guilty in the case of alleged illegal recruitment of over 3000 junior basic trained (JBT)...


Indians 'migrated to Australia 4000 years ago'

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 08:16 PM PST

Pakistan violates ceasefire again, fifth time since flag meeting

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 08:15 PM PST

There have been five ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops since the flag meeting between India and Pakistan on Monday. Yesterday two rounds of firing were reported near the Line of Control (LoC) w...


'War mongering from across the border,' says Pakistan Foreign Minister

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 08:15 PM PST

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that her country is committed to getting relations with India back to normal, and that the two neighbours cannot afford a setback to the progress...

'War mongering from across the border,' says Pakistan's Foreign Minister

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 08:00 PM PST

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that her country is committed to getting relations with India back to normal and that the two neighbours cannot afford a setback to the progress ...


Special investigation team to probe Goa rape case

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 07:27 PM PST

A day after thousands protested against the rape of a seven-year-old girl in a school toilet in Goa, the state police constituted a special investigating team to crack down the case.


Ahead of Congress' brainstorming session, focus on coalition strategy

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:11 AM PST

Pehle mahila ka samman, phir Bharat nirman (First respect women, then build nation) - a new slogan that will be debated at the Chintan Shivir (brainstorming session) of the Congress party in Jaipur th...


Army Chief to visit martyred soldier Hemraj Singh's family on Wednesday

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 10:15 AM PST

SM Krishna to skip Congress' 'Chintan Shivir' at Jaipur

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 09:52 AM PST

Petrol price hiked by 35 paise from midnight

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 09:37 AM PST

Petrol price was tonight hiked by about 35 paise per litre in line with firming raw material cost. Petrol will cost Rs 67.56 per litre in Delhi with effect from midnight tonight, industry sources s...


Jawans' killings overshadow Rahul Gandhi's visit in Amethi

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 09:30 AM PST

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today visited his parliamentary constituency in Amethi and interacted with women members of self-help group and youth. However, instead of development issues, t...


At business summit, Mamata Banerjee makes investors sing

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 09:20 AM PST

An industrialist climbing the dais at an investors' summit to sing a popular Rabindra Sangeet. The perhaps unseen scene was made possible on Tuesday by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.


Mamata Banerjee blames media, Opposition for negating industrial feats

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 09:15 AM PST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the opposition and a section of the media today for negating industrial growth during the 21 months of Trinamool Congress rule in the state.


Fake Twitter account in the name of Salman Khurshid

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 08:56 AM PST

A fake Twitter account in the name of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid was created on Tuesday, prompting the Ministry to complain to the social networking site operator and seek its blocking....

Delhi court directs police to investigate Zee News' complaint against Naveen Jindal

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 08:24 AM PST

A Delhi court today asked the Delhi Police to investigate the defamation complaint filed against Congress Member of Parliament Naveen Jindal and 16 others by Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary who had a...


Maharashtra government orders judicial probe into Dhule riots

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 08:12 AM PST

Iran charters oil ship with Indian insurance: sources

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 07:51 AM PST

A loophole in an Indian insurance scheme has allowed Iran's state-run tanker company NITC to bolster oil exports by chartering a vessel insured by India's state-run firms, industry and shipping source...


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