Guwahati, Feb 10 (IANS) Two home guards were killed and seven others injured Tuesday when a bomb went off accidentally at an Assam Police firing range in Golaghat district, an official said. The incident took place at the Kalyani firing range in Deopahar near Numaligarh, a police spokesman said. “The home guards personnel were undergoing […]
Bengaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) A very positive campaign focusing on development and governance led to a spectacular victory for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi assembly election, former Infosys director and AAP leader in Karnataka V. Balakrishnan said Tuesday. “We ran a very positive campaign focusing on development and governance in Delhi. We […]
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Four Congress candidates came second in the Delhi assembly polls with one of them losing the election by a small margin of votes. Hasan Ahmed, who contested the poll from Mustafabad, lost the seat to Jagdish Pradhan of the BJP by 6,031 votes. Devender Yadav, who contested from Badli, lost […]
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda Tuesday reviewed the swine flu situation in Gujarat, one of states worst affected by the disease. Gujarat has recorded 831 cases of swine flu and 88 people have succumbed to the disease. Nadda held a high-level meeting with state Health Minister Nitinbhai Patel and senior […]
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) He campaigned like a local leader, handpicked his own chief ministerial candidate for Delhi and made it a personal referendum on his leadership. Yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi could not halt the AAP juggernaut in these assembly polls and in the process lost his first election since his winning streak […]
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Journalist Diptosh Majumdar, who was national affairs editor with NewsX television channel, died Sunday following illness, his colleagues said. He was 56. Majumdar, who was born in 1958, had worked in senior positions both in print and electronic media. He is survived by his wife. He was admitted to Apollo […]
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday told vice chancellors of central universities that they must act as “gurus” and guide scholars and students to achieve the highest standards of academic brilliance. The vice chancellors Thursday adopted a set of recommendations, including taking steps to create an atmosphere for research and innovation. Following […]
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday told Delhi Police to enhance security of churches in the capital following attacks on some of them in the last three months. The move came hours after a group of Christian leaders called on Singh and demanded security for Christians and their places of worship, […]
Bhubaneswar, Feb 5 (IANS) The Odisha government Thursday decided to set up 45 new courts across the state to ensure speedy disposal of pending cases. The new courts will include 22 first class magistrate courts, 15 subordinate judge courts, five additional district judge courts and three family courts. This was decided at a meeting chaired […]
When we want to achieve any goal, we must have a means or method for reaching that goal.This necessity of a “means” is true in the material as well as in the spiritual world. To reachanywhere, there must be a way of getting there. Means in itself, however, does not guaranteethe reaching of a desired […]