Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Friday night on a three day visit. He was received at the airport by Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, cabinet ministers and others. Manmohan Singh will spend the night at the Kerala Raj Bhavan and Saturday morning will unveil the plaque of the Central University’s campus […]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notices to the ministry of rural development and chief secretaries of seven states over reports of non-payment of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The NHRC took suo moto cognisance of a media report that seven families across Maharashtra and Jharkhand killed […]
At least two people were killed and nine others injured Friday in clashes across Egypt between supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and security forces, the country’s health ministry said. Following the Friday prayers, hundreds of Morsi’s supporters took to the main squares in Egypt to protest the armed forces, the police and the new […]
Indian and Chinese troops jointly celebrated New Year at Bumla on the India-Chinese border in Arunachal Pradesh in sub-zero temperatures, a defence ministry release said Friday. “Against a backdrop of clear blue sky and sub-zero temperatures, the New Year ringed in a rare bonhomie between Indian and Chinese troops at 16,000 feet, amidst friendly handshakes […]
Over 1,600 prisoners were released across the country Friday under an amnesty order of President U Thein Sein, local media reported. The president granted the pardon to mark the country’s Independence Day which falls Saturday, Xinhua reported. The freed prisoners included over 40 foreigners. Under the pardon order, the prisoners on death row are commuted […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities market fell for the third consecutive day Friday, a day after it tanked 252 points on profit booking. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 20,819.91 points, closed at 20,851.33 points, down 37 points or 0.18 percent from its previous day’s […]
Private schools in the Indian capital Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a government notification on the criteria for nursery admissions. The plea filed by the Action Committee of Unaided Private Schools challenged the Dec 18 notification of Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, claiming it was “absolutely illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction”. The […]
Deepika Padukone will be starring with Rajinikanth in the animated movie ‘Kochadaiiyaan’. But, we won’t be able to hear her voice in the film. It is learnt that since Deepika is not familiar with Tamil; her voice in the Southern version of the film is dubbed by voiceover artist Savitha Reddy. Soundarya, Rajinikanth’s daughter, who […]
German scientists have developed a prototype of artificial bone marrow, which can simplify the treatment of leukemia in a few years, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) announced Friday. Scientists from KIT, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart and the University of Tubingen have artificially recreated basic properties of the natural bone marrow in […]
Social activist Anna Hazare has written a letter to BJP chief Rajnath Singh, complaining that a leader of his party from Haryana was creating hurdles in the installation of his statue in Gurgaon. Hazare has urged Singh to help. Rajnath Singh Friday met Anna Hazare’s Gurgaon-based activists at his Delhi residence following the letter he […]