Three candidates from Maharashtra are among the top eight scorers in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013, a CAT official said Wednesday. “Among the eight 100 percentile scorers, three are from Maharashtra and even in the 100 to 90 percentile score, the state is leading,” CAT convenor Rohit Kapoor told IANS. “From the national capital, […]
The draft of the much-touted Jan Lokpal bill, which the Delhi government announced it will introduce in the first week of February, will be ready by Friday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Wednesday. “The chief secretary has told me that he will submit the draft Thursday or Friday”, Kejriwal told reporters. Earlier, Chief Secretary S.K. […]
Nine school students were injured Thursday when a truck rammed into their bus in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida town, a suburb of Delhi, police said. The school bus was hit by the speeding truck at the sector 25-31 intersection in Noida early Thursday, police said. The bus belonged to the Army Public School and was carrying […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat at 28.93 points or 0.14 percent down in the pre-noon trade Thursday. Selling pressure was seen in auto and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sectors, while good buying was observed in metal sector. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), […]
Large numbers of devotees are thronging the Brajeshwari Devi temple here every day to pay obeisance and have glimpse of a 1,400 kg butter idol, temple official said Thursday. The 14 quintal butter idol, made by 18 priests, will remain on the ‘pindi’ or iconography of the goddess till Jan 20, temple official Pawan Patial […]
The BJP’s national executive and national council will meet for three days from Friday to chalk out a strategy for the Lok Sabha election. BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the national executive will meet Friday at the NDMC Convention centre here. He said the national council will meet Jan 18-19 at the Ramlila […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government to place before it the guidelines that the screening committee followed in allocating coal blocks to applicants. “What were the guidelines followed by the screening committee? Whether guidelines were disclosed in the advertisement inviting applications for allocation of coal blocs,” asked a bench of Justice R.M.Lodha, Justice […]
The government Wednesday announced that it has decided to defer Rs.15,000 crore bond issue scheduled for Jan 17, a move seen to aimed at containing fiscal deficit. The finance ministry said in a statement that the bond issue has been deferred after taking into account the “Government of India’s cash position and funding requirement”. “It […]
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday took a dig at the chaos at the ‘Janata Durbar’ of his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal and advised the AAP leader to take some lessons from him. Badal was addressing a gathering in Lohara village in his Lambi assembly constituency in Muktsar district, 250 km from here. “Kejriwal […]
A Delhi Police constable high on liquor who described Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as “god” and tried to force his way into his apartment here has been arrested. Police here seized the constable Tuesday night for trying to get into the Girnar Tower where Kejriwal lives with his family. The constable, who was later […]