The government has set a target for providing the benefit of scholarship schemes to one crore minority communities students in the next two years. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi yesterday, Minority Affairs Minister, Salman Khursid said that 60 lakhs students of such community have availed the benefit of […]
Now railway passengers can get their e-tickets on their cell phones instead of normal print-outs.Named as ‘m-ticket’, the mobile phone-based ticket booking system envisages a passenger to book his train ticket through mobile phones and carry the display ticket, sent to his cell phone through an SMS. An official release said that the passenger need […]
Rejecting charges of favouring Reliance Communications, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday insisted that the penalty of Rs 5 crore imposed on it for interrupting services briefly was as per the agreement between USO Fund and the private operator. He dismissed as “malicious, motivated and defamatory” the charges levelled against him by an NGO in […]
Citing compulsions of coalition politics in the delay in the Land Acquisition Bill, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday promised that the bill when finally passed will be in favour of farmers. While hearing the grievances of farmers assembled in this village along the Yamuna Expressway, Rahul said, “We have a coalition government at […]
Heavy rains continued to lash several parts of the metropolis for the second consecutive day on Friday, disrupting rail and air traffic, causing inconvenience to a lot of commuters. According to Met department in Mumbai, Colaba recorded 162.8 mm of rainfall and Santacruz received 116 mm of rainfall from 8.30 am Thursday to 8.30 am […]
After decades of brutal war which killed two million people, oil-rich South Sudan finally becomes independent from Sudan’s Khartoum-ruled north on Saturday in an emotional celebration to be witnessed by a host of foreign dignitaries, including Vice President Hamid Ansari. Some 99 per cent of southern Sudanese had voted for independence from the north of […]
Unfazed by the charges against Dayanidhi Maran that led to his exit from the union cabinet, DMK chief M Karunanidhi has said the party would stand by him and attacked the media for the developments. “Yes”, was the emphatic reply given by Karunanidhi when asked by reporters whether his party would back Maran, hours after […]
India’s hopes for extradition of Purulia arms drop case accused Kim Davy were dashed on Thursday with Denmark’s top law officer deciding not to file an appeal against the Danish High Court’s refusal to extradite him. “My decision means that the High Court (appeals court) verdict not to extradite Niels Holck (Kim Davy) stands,” Danish […]
Pakistani police have registered a First Information Report against Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed’s lawyer A K Dogar under section 420 of the Pakistan Penal Code for allegedly “defrauding public and courts”. Police in this eastern city registered the FIR following a complaint by lawyer Muhammad Afaq, who accused Dogar of defrauding public and courts. He […]
Military officials from Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US have met in the northwestern city of Peshawar to discuss a recent spike in tensions arising from militant incursions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. “During the meeting, a comprehensive review of the situation was undertaken so as to ensure the sanctity of (the) international border,” the Pakistani military […]
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