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Minor girl commits suicide in Delhi
A 14-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her home here, police said Monday. Kiran's body was recovered hanging at her residence in west Delhi's Aman Vihar area Sunday night. "We are yet to ascertain the reason behind the extreme step taken by the girl as no suicide note was recovered from the spot," said a police ...
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Left seeks governors intervention in Bengals worsening law and order
Accusing the Trinamool Congress government of inaction in tackling the "deteriorating" law and order situation ahead of the panchayat polls in West Bengal, the Left Front Monday met Governor M.K. Narayanan seeking his intervention in the matter. "We wanted to draw the attention of the governor on the present law and order situation of the state. The state government is not acting against those ...
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Argentina India to explore cooperation in hockey other fields
After football, hockey could be another field for possible cooperation in training between Argentina and India, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Monday after talks with visiting Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman here. Addressing a joint media conference after the talks, Khurshid said both countries have vast scope for cooperation in sport and youth affairs. "Argentine ...
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15 killed flood alert sounded in UP
Fifteen people were killed in heavy rains and floods in Uttar Pradesh Monday and a flood alert was sounded in several districts of the state, officials said. All the casualties were reported from Saharanpur, where many pilgrims are trapped in the Shakumbhari Devi area following the rain and floods. The flood alert was sounded in many districts as rivers like the Ganga, Ghaghra and Sharda are ...
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Widespread June rains cheer Maharashtra
Spelling cheer for the people, farmers and industry, Maharashtra has received an average of nearly one-fourth of its total annual rainfall in just the first fortnight of June, officials said here Monday. Of the state's total annual average of 115.99 centimetres (cm), the state has so far received an average of 25.52 cm so far, figures released by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's office ...
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Almost all new ministers 65-plus
A day after the Congress touted its most youthful team of office bearers with an average age of 52 years, the UPA-II Monday inducted eight new ministers, most of them in the 65-plus age group. Of the new cabinet ministers, Sis Ram Ola is 86, Oscar Fernandes 72, Girija Vyas 66, and K.S. Rao 63, while of the ministers of state, Santosh Chowdhury is 69, Manik Rao Gavit 77, E.M.S. Natchiappan 65, ...
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MEA apathetic to Lankan attacks on fishermen Jayalalithaa
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday charged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of maintaining an "apathetic silence" on the issue of Indian fishermen being attacked by the Sri Lankan navy. She also urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the matter with the Sri Lankan government to release all the 57 Indian fishermen in the island nation's custody and five fishermen ...
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Reshuffle lame exercise BJP
The opposition BJP Monday called the Congress' cabinet reshuffle a "lame exercise" and said that it would fail to make any impact on the 2014 general elections. "It is a lame exercise which may not have any impact on the country," BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman told IANS. "If their objective was to send the message that economic and policy paralysis will be gotten over, the message will ...
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The musical chairs in council of ministers
Eight new ministers were inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's team Monday in the fourth major reshuffle of the cabinet and the council of ministers. The first cabinet appointments of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), led by the Congress, were made May 23, 2009, when seven cabinet ministers were appointed. Another 30 ministers were inducted May 28, 2009. Since then, there have ...
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India working for all communities to find place in Sri Lanka PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that India was working towards finding the rightful place for all communities in Sri Lanka. In a letter to DMK president M. Karunanidhi dated June 11 - a copy of which was released to the media Monday - Singh said: "The government of India has consistently worked for all communities in Sri Lanka, including Sri Lankan Tamils to find their rightful place and ...
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Court notice on plea for cancellation of government recruitment exam
The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the central government and the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) on a plea of a candidate seeking cancellation of the CGL examination in April on grounds the paper was leaked a day before the test. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, issuing show cause notice to department of personnel and training and the SSC, asked them to file their responses by July ...
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Manmohan inducts eight veterans with eye to polls
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday inducted eight veterans into the union council of ministers, evidently with an eye to state assembly elections this year-end, but the exercise was seen as lacklustre with no new or young faces and a preponderance of senior citizens. With general elections less than a year away, the prime minister evidently played safe and brought in only people with a proven ...
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K.S. Rao an engineer industrialist serving fifth term as MP
Kavuri Sambasiva Rao, who took oath as a cabinet minister Monday, is an engineer and industrialist who is serving his fifth term in parliament. Rao, 63, represents Eluru constituency in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in the Lok Sabha. Elected to the lower house for the first time in 1984, he is serving his fifth term. He has served as Congress secretary and has been on several ...
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When TV celebs danced to Shiamak Davars tune
The 10th edition of "Star Parivaar Awards" was not just about the grand sets and trophies, it was also about entertaining and scintillating dance sequences choreographed by Shiamak Davar. This was the first time Shiamak choreographed something for the small screen and the performances by the celebrities turned out to be a visual delight for the audience. Sooraj-Sandhya from "Diya aur Baati ...
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AIADMK to support CPI in Rajya Sabha polls
In a dramatic turn on the last day of filing of nominations for the June 27 Rajya Sabha polls, AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Monday announced her party's support to CPI's candidate and withdrawal of one party candidate. After much dilly-dallying, the principal opposition party DMDK also entered the poll fray with its candidate A.R. Elangovan filing his nomination. In a statement ...
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Dena Bank to focus on West Bengal Haryana and Punjab
State-owned Dena Bank would focus on West Bengal, Haryana and Punjab by opening more branches in the three states to grow its business, a top bank official said Monday. "Our strategy would be to focus on particularly two to three states and grow business there. West Bengal is one of the focus areas. Then we are opening branches in Haryana and Punjab," Dena Bank chairman and managing director ...
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Yamuna to rise in Delhi Tuesday as Haryana releases 8 lakh cusecs
The water level of the Yamuna in Delhi would start rising Tuesday evening as an unprecedented over eight lakh cusecs of flood water released from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana's Yamunanagar district reaches the capital, officials said. All downstream districts in Haryana along the Yamuna river have been put on high alert for flooding as nearly 13 lakh cusecs of water has been released from ...
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British monuments on display in watercolours at Kolkata
England's past would enchant you with paintings of its historic monuments, courtesy a month-long exhibition by an Indian artist that began at the iconic British-era Victoria Memorial here Monday. City-based artist Swaroop Mukerji takes viewers on a picturesque journey of Britain in the exhibition titled "English Heritage Monuments". Displaying 10 paintings of landmark edifices like Marble Hill ...
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Filmmaker Balachander lauds new Thillu Mullu
Tamil filmmaker K. Balachander has lauded the efforts of the makers of "Thillu Mullu", a remake of his own film of the same name starring superstar Rajinikanth, saying the new version is apt for the audiences of this generation. The 1981 "Thillu Mullu" was an official remake of Hindi classic "Golmaal" featuring Amol Palekar. "I'm happy the makers have taken efforts and made my film into a ...
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Gogoi announces Rs.5 lakh each to HIV victims four officials suspended
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday announced compensation of Rs.5 lakh each to the three people who tested HIV-positive after receiving blood from a state-run hospital, and said the government would bear the expenses for their treatment. The Assam government had already instituted a one-man inquiry commission by the state's Additional Chief Secretary P.P. Varma into the incident. The probe ...
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BJP protests bus fare hike in Karnataka
The BJP Monday staged a rally in Bangalore and a few other places in Karnataka demanding withdrawal of recent hike in bus fares in the state. However, Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy ruled out reversing the hike. This is the first public protest by the Bharatiya Janata Party which lost power to the Congress in the May 5 assembly elections. The fares went up by 16 percent in Bangalore and ...
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Indian army says militants may attack Hindu pilgrimage in Kashmir
Indian army on Monday said militants might attack Hindu pilgrims going to revered Lord Shiva shrine in Jammu and Kashmir. Lieutenant General, Kaiwalya Trivikran Parnaik, intelligence reports pointed that rebels could disrupt Hindu pilgrimage as well as tourism in the state. "As far Amarnath pilgrimage and tourism are concerned, I would say in the last two years, we witnessed very fruitful ...
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Narendra Modi no threat to us PM
Prime Minister Singh Monday said BJP leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is not a "threat" to the Congress as people know what he "stands for". "(He is) No threat to us. People of India know what Modi stands for," he said to queries about the Gujarat chief minister, who was appointed the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) election campaign committee at the party's national ...
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Ghaziabad custodial death 12 ante-mortem injuries says report
The autopsy conducted on a suspected auto lifter who allegedly died in police custody revealed 12 ante-mortem injuries even as his kin accused police of offering them Rs.15 lakh as bribe to withdraw their complaint. Mohammad Shakeel's body bore abrasions on the back, legs and arms, the report stated. The family's counsel said residents of Dasna in Ghaziabad, where Shakeel lived, would go to ...
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Sunny Monday afternoon in Delhi rains to return Tuesday
After a cloudy morning that saw intermittent rain, Delhi had a sunny and pleasant Monday afternoon as the maximum temperature settled nine notches below average at 30.3 degrees Celsius. The Met office has forecast more rains Tuesday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the city received 58.5 mm of rain from 8.30 p.m. Sunday to 8.30 a.m. Monday and the minimum temperature ...
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