Congress wins Mandi LS bypoll

Congress candidate Pratibha Singh has won the Mandi Lok Sabha by-election, defeating her nearest BJP rival Jai Ram Thakur by a massive margin of over 1.36 lakh votes, the by-poll was necessitated after Virbhadra Singh was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Assembly in Dec last year. The polling was held in sixteen assembly segments on […]

200 pilgrims rescued from Badrinath; disposal of bodies posing fresh challenges

Over 200 pilgrims were rescued safety from Badrinath on Sunday with the Uttarakhand government saying that only 500 more remained there with adequate food and medical care even as disposal of bodies in affected areas and transportation of relief material posed a fresh challenge. Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said a 200-member team consisting of officials […]

ROTARACT to begin blood donation drive from tomorrow

1st July, 2013, the first day of a new Rotaract year (2013-14) starts off with a pan-Mumbai Blood Donation Drive, held by the Rotaract Clubs of Mumbai under the directions of the Mumbai District Council (RID – 3140). Blood Donation camps would be organized at over 16 different venues in Mumbai & Thane by the […]

Rescue operations conducted despite bad weather in Uttarakhand

Fresh floods reported from Uttarkashi are hampering relief and rescue operations yet stranded persons were rescued from Govindghat area and nearly 1300 people rescued from Badrinath. In Uttarakhand, as many as 1381 people from Badrinath and 500 from Pithoragarh district were evacuated today despite inclement weather. Addressing in Dehradun, Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar informed that […]

P Sathasivam to be new Chief Justice of India

Supreme court Judge P Sathasivam will be appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) to succeed current CJI Altamas Kabir’s who will retire next month, Sathasivam, who will be the 40th CJI, will have tenure till 26th April 2014. President Pranab Mukherjee has given his nod for the appointment of Sathasivam as the […]

Election Commission issues notice to BJP leader Gopinath Munde for his poll expenditure remarks.

We link and care -WeSchool and NINA Foundation celebrate the Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day

Mumbai : Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development (WeSchool) along with NINA foundation, a 12 year old NGO established for the rehabilitation of friends with spinal cord injury celebrated the 5th Spinal Injury Awareness Day on June 25, 2013. The ceremony was  held at the WeSchool campus in Mumbai.  Shri Kiranbhai Jani from […]

Delhi set for an action-packed year long cultural extravanganza

  New Delhi : From the richness of Hindi theater to the charm of Punjabi poetry to the rhythm of Thumri and suaveness of Urdu literature, the citizens of Delhi are in for a year long cultural delight that will not only keep them entertained but also bring them closer to the diverse cultural heritage […]

64-hour countdown for India’s first Regional Navigational System satellite which began this morning going on as per schedule

The 64-hour countdown process for India’s first Indian Regional Navigational system satellite – IRNSS-1A began at 7.11 this morning. ISRO officials said that the propellant filling operations in the fourth stage and the reaction control of first stage has been completed. This will be the first satellite in a constellation of seven satellites and the […]

Suryanelli case: Sessions Court in Kerala dismisses petition filed by victim, seeks inclusion of P J Kurien

In Kerala, the Sessions Court at Thodupuzha in Idukki district today dismissed a petition filed by the victim of the Suryanelli case, seeking the inclusion of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Prof P J Kurien in the case. Dismissing the complaint, the court noted that the victim’s plea for the inclusion of Prof Kurien was not […]