Ten people were killed and at least 35 injured when the luxury bus they were travelling in fell into a deep ditch along the Pune-Solapur Highway late Monday, officials said. A majority of the dead on the Kolhapur-Mumbai luxury bus were from Porbandar city in Gujarat. The dead include seven women, officials said. The accident […]
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members Tuesday protested outside BJP leader Arun Jaitley’s house following which BJP workers held a counter protest against the party. While the supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party accused Jaitley of trying to topple the AAP government in Delhi, Jaitley said the AAP does not know about governance and was more […]
The government Tuesday announced setting up of the Seventh Central Pay Commission under the chairmanship of retired Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Mathur to review the salaries of over 5 million employees. The panel will submit its report in two years and the recommendations would be implemented from Jan 1, 2016, a finance ministry statement […]
The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its verdict on a plea by the three assassins of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi seeking commutation of their death sentence to life imprisonment on the grounds of an inordinate delay of nearly 11 years in deciding their mercy petitions. The centre has opposed the plea. Responding to the plea […]
In the new year is there something that you want to change about yourself? I just want to let myself go and fight. I don’t want to control or stop myself from not saying this or that and worry that people might misunderstand me or I might hurt someone. These things kept me in control but I […]
December-January is the season when the rest of the world descends on Goa. The local real- estate market heats up; so does the entertainment sector and the focus on Goa’s vibrant if less controversial food culture. No wonder then that we are seeing food-related books make it to the market at this time of the […]
Under Khemka’s leadership, West Nottinghamshire College has become one of the most successful colleges in Britain. Rooted in the communities of Nottinghamshire, it also has a national footprint and is the largest college provider of apprenticeships for 16 to 18-yearolds in the country. Asha Khemka, an India-born educationist in Britain, has been named for the highest British civilian award […]
Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj, a 69-year-old India-born professor at Stanford University, has won the prestigious Marconi Prize 2014 for his pioneering work on developing wireless technology to transmit and receive data at high speeds. Paulraj’s contributions to wireless technology and the resulting benefit to humankind are indisputable. Every WiFi (wireless fidelity) router and 4G phone uses Multiple Input Multiple […]
New York City’s new Mayor Bill de Blasio has named Ramanathan Raju, a respected Indian-American doctor, as commissioner of Health and Hospitals Corporation, the nation’s largest public hospital system. The mayor announced Chennai native Raju’s appointment along with Maria Torres-Springer, as Commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services, with a pledge to deepen each agency’s connections to neighbourhoods […]
Shamsheer Vayalil Parambath, one of the youngest winners of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, India’s highest award recognising achievements of overseas Indians, says he has big plans for expansion of his healthcare business and India is on top of his list. “I feel highly privileged and honoured to receive this prestigious award. I am very grateful to the […]