Monday 21st May, 2012
'Grexit' Not Happening, Lemierre Tells India Daily
Greece won't abandon the euro, says Jean Lemierre, chief negotiator for private lenders in Greek bailout fiasco. Grexit. It's a great sound byte. It's a great Tweet. But the ...
Goddess ‘warns’ against polluting her shrine
pollution and littering near the temple is not worth forgiving, goddess Hadimba, the presiding deity of Manali, on Sunday warned residents, who had gathered at her ancient temple on Sunday, of more ...
Gang involved in PMET paper racket busted
pre-medical entrance test (PMET) and helping candidates clear the exam, conducted in the state on Sunday. Police claimed that the accused were taking Rs 12 lakh from candidates on the pretext of ...
Principal to ‘pay’ for not giving information
Times of IndiaPunjab government to initiate minor misconduct proceedings against him. Kulbhushan Agnihotri, the applicant, had in April last year, sought to know from the department of technical education and ...
Clashes at McLeodganj restaurant leaves many injured
Times of IndiaDHARAMSHALA: McLeodganj on Saturday night witnessed clashes after the IPL match, when fans tried to force their way into a restaurant to meet celebrities inside. This happened ...
Man booked for throwing acid on wife
Times of IndiaMoga civil hospital on Sunday after a relative allegedly threw acid at them. The acid has disfigured their faces and arms, police said. Kulwant Kaur of Salina village has alleged that her son-in-law ...
Work on Operation Bluestar memorial begins
Times of IndiaOperation Bluestar , the work on the '1984 memorial' to be devoted to "Sikh martyrs" has begun. Hundreds of Sikh devotees and representatives of various Sikh religious ...
Seven-year-old treks to Everest base camp
Times of IndiaAaryan Balaji , has created history of sorts by becoming one of the youngest ever to trek up to Mt Everest's southern base camp at an altitude of 5,364 metres in Nepal. Accompanied by his ...
Shankar's family says politicians have forgotten how to value arts
Times of IndiaNCERT textbook , the legendary cartoonist's family members lashed out at politicians for creating a controversy at the expense of real issues. Speaking to TOI, Shankar's daughter-in-law ...
World's oldest university poised for revival in India after 800 years
SifyNalanda University, an ancient seat of learning destroyed in 1193, is poised for revival. According to The Independent, an ambitious plan to establish an international university with the same ...
Jayalalithaa seeks Shiromani Akali Dal support for PA Sangma
Times of IndiaPA Sangma as the candidature for the post of President. Badal, who was touring the state on Sunday, is believed to have communicated to Jayalalithaa that his party, which is in alliance with the ...
Cartoon row: Adi Dharam Samaj extends support to ex-NCERT adviser
Times of IndiaYogendra Yadav , who was NCERT's chief adviser and resigned after the controversy erupted. It was not just that ADS leaders and activists led by its founder Darshan Rattan Rawan expressed blind ...
Rs 20L spent, Air India pilot fails Dreamliner test
Times of IndiaBoeing 787 Dreamliner back to India after the pilot was not found fit flying the aircraft. This despite the fact that the airline managed extra training slots for him but even then commander, who ...
Seven 'errant' pilots reply to DGCA
Times of IndiaDGCA has received reply from six to seven of the 11 AI pilots whose licences the airline management wants to be cancelled. DGAC had asked them last week to reply within seven days so that a decision ...
Maoist leader Kishenji's aide arrested at Ranchi railway station
Times of IndiaA principal aide of late Maoist leader Kishenji was arrested from Ranchi railway station on Sunday sending the Communist Party of India (Maoist) into ...
Govt against trial of foreign sex workers
Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The Centre has asked all states to start deportation proceedings against any foreigner involved in prostitution if the woman is a victim ...
'China spying on Dalai Lama's health'
Times of IndiaTibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala on Sunday claimed that China is gathering intelligence on the Dalai Lama's health and secretly trying to procure his blood, hair and urine samples. ...
Govt looks to move Lokpal bill in this session
Times of IndiaFinance minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the government will sound out the business advisory committee and sources said Congress is keen to move the bill despite a lack of consensus over major ...
Haryana police to launch 'Pehchan Kaun' programme
Times of IndiaHaryana Police criminal identification programme. In a move that will help detect roving lawbreakers, Haryana Police will introduce mobile vehicles fitted with equipment that can read fingerprints ...
Rejig IPC to make it women-friendly: NCW
Times of Indiaoffences against women . The NCW placed its recommendations before the National Human Rights Commission and both statutory bodies are mulling bringing out a combined paper on the matter with the ...
The head of U.S. diplomacy, Hillary Clinton, said today that as part of its obligations to the international community, India must suspend its imports of Iranian oil. Clinton acknowledged the Indian stance on various issues of global importance, but added
PravdaClinton calls on India to stop buying oil from IranPrensa LatinaThe head of U.S. diplomacy, Hillary Clinton, said today that as part of its obligations to the international community, India must ...
Longer course proposal for MBBS
The TelegraphNew Delhi, May 20: Undergraduate medical students across India may need to spend more time in rural areas under a proposal being examined by the Medical Council of India that may extend the duration ...
Dysentery cure in arthritis pill
The TelegraphNew Delhi, May 20: A drug approved for years for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis may also be effective against an intestinal infection that causes amoebic dysentery, research by a ...
Hurriyat UN rift triggers free-for-all
The TelegraphSrinagar, May 20: A brawl erupted at a seminar at the Hurriyat headquarters today with rival factions clashing over a senior leader’s remark that UN resolutions cannot be implemented in Jammu ...
Brawl major goes to cops
The TelegraphLeh, May 20 (PTI): The army major involved in the recent brawl among military personnel in Ladakh had approached Jammu and Kashmir police to register a case against a sahayak for allegedly molesting ...
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