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  • Job scheme for JK youth: Big corporates ready to associate

    The Centre’s ambitious scheme of providing job opportunities to one lakh youths of Jammu and Kashmir has got a boost with corporate majors like Infosys, Tatas, Godrej and Bajaj evincing interest in joining the initiative. Taking forward the special scheme on the basis of the recommendations of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed C Rangarajan Committee, […]

    Normal weather returns to Mumbai after days of downpour

    Mumbai heaved a sigh of relief last night as heavy rains subsided and weather conditions were back to normal. For the last two days, Mumbai was lashed by heavy rainfall resulting in water logging in many low lying areas including Dadar, Parel, Santacruz, Andheri and Malad. The city recorded a rainfall of 94 millimeters on […]

    SC to decide on Kanimozhi’s bail plea tomorrow

    The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, accused in the 2G spectrum case. Kanimozhi, the 43-year-old daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, and Kumar have challenged the Delhi High Court verdict rejecting their bail pleas. A vacation bench of justices B S […]

    Sonia Gandhi condemns journalist’s murder

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday expressed shock over the killing of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey in Mumbai and asked the party’s government in Maharashtra to leave “no stone unturned” to apprehend the culprits. In a message, Gandhi expressed “shock and dismay” over Dey’s killing in broad daylight and said that such “dastardly acts” will […]

    HC rejects plea for staying bidding in vehicle plates project

    The Delhi High Court has refused to stay the bidding process in the high security registration plates (HSRP) project, intended to prevent vehicle thefts in the national capital. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Rajiv Sahai Endlaw did not entertain the plea of Tonnjes Eastern Security Technologies Pvt Ltd seeking stay of the bidding […]

    Ramdev ends nine-day-old fast

    Yoga guru Ramdev  ended his nine-day-old fast on Sunday in the presence of some spiritual leaders. Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravishankar, who met the 46-year-old yoga exponent for the third day at a Dehradun hospital, said, “Ramdev has broken his fast by taking juice. He ended the fast in the presence of various religious and […]

    One of the longest lunar eclipses on 15th June

    One of the longest total lunar eclipses will occur on the night of 15th June and be visible everywhere in India. The celestial event, the first lunar eclipse this year, will be best visible almost near the zenith, according to Director (Research and Academics), M P Birla planetarium D P Duari. It can be seen […]

    Govt fully committed to draft Lok Pal bill by 30th June: Moily

    The government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that the draft Lok Pal Bill is ready by 30th June. Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Saturday said in Bangalore that few contentious issues remain in framing the Lok Pal Bill by the joint drafting committee. Moily said the draft would come before the Cabinet […]

    Journalist Shot Dead in Mumbai

    A senior investigative journalist, who extensively covered underworld and crime for over two decades, was shot dead in broad daylight on Saturday by four motorbike-borne persons who pumped at least four bullets into him from behind at close range in suburban Powai. Jyotirmoy Dey (56), Editor (Special Investigation) with an English tabloid ‘Mid-Day’, was riding […]

    UN General Assembly sets new target to combat AIDS

    The UN General Assembly has adopted a political declaration at the end of its three-day high-level meeting on AIDS, setting ambitious new targets to end AIDS and charting a new path in the global response for the next five years. The unanimously adopted declaration set a target of treating 15 million people with life-saving drugs […]