Mount Marapi in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province erupted Wednesday, shooting ash to the sky and incurring a downpour of ash and volcanic sand up to 10 km to the south of the crater, an official said. Powerful bursts of ash, sand and gravel erupted from the volcano located in Tanah Datar and Agam districts at […]
Indian Mujahideen operative Asadullah Akhtar alias Haddi has said he joined the terror outfit to protect the rights of Muslims and his aim was to die for a cause. In his confession before a magistrate in Miyapur, Andhra Pradesh, the aide of Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal admitted his role in various blasts, including the […]
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud arrived here Wednesday on a three-day official visit as India has actively begun engaging with major players in the Gulf region. “We have so much on stake from the point of view of population (Indian expatriates in the region), remittances and energy security,” Anil Wadhwa, secretary, […]
India romped home to a comfortable six-wicket win over Bangladesh in the second One-Day International (ODI) of the Asia Cup at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium here Wednesday. Chasing 280, the visitors achieved the target with one over to spare. India captain Virat Kohli scored a match-winning knock of 136, his 19th century in […]
Human Resource Development Minister M.M. Pallam Raju Wednesday highlighted the need for a national school leadership curriculum that has the capability to transform each school on a rights-based approach. “Academic findings indicate that the most critical part of any schooling system which impacts learning is the school leadership. We thus need a national school leadership […]
RJD chief Lalu Prasad said Wednesday that not aligning with the Congress in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections was a “mistake” and Nitish Kumar was not a factor in Bihar in the coming elections. “Not aligning with the Congress (in the last Lok Sabha) elections was a mistake,” Lalu Prasad said in the “Ghoshnapatra” programme […]
Raj Singh Rathore and C.S. Santosh held their positions to top the overall classifications in the Xtreme and Moto categories, respectively, at the end of Leg 2 near Bikaner in the 2014 Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm cross country rally which reached here Wednesday. Rathore, driving a Polaris Ranger with co-driver Vishnu Singh, came up with […]
Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that the city government has decided to scrap the five additional points to be given to children of parents who come under the inter-state transfer category in nursery admissions. Advocate Raju Ramachandran, appearing for Jung, informed Justice Manmohan that a survey was carried out in […]
The government has for the first time invited bids for the auction of captive coal blocks, the coal ministry said Wednesday. “The government has initiated auction of coal blocks by inviting applications for the first time for allocating coal blocks through competitive bidding for specified end-uses,” the ministry said here in a statement. It will […]
The CPI-M Wednesday expelled veteran leader and former West Bengal minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah for “serious anti-party activities” and “belittling the party’s image in public”. A nonchalant Mollah said he was waiting for the decision. The decision to show the door to the popular peasant leader, who has been a legislator for 42 years without […]