A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading 1.34 points or 0.01 percent down in the pre-noon trade Tuesday. Good buying was seen in banking index (bankex) and auto sectors, while selling pressure was seen in IT and technology, media and technology (TECK) sectors. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock […]
Security has been beefed up across Uttar Pradesh after Intelligence Bureau (IB) inputs warned that terrorists might slip in from the porous Indo-Nepal border and try to create trouble on the Republic Day. Additional Director General (Law and Order) Mukul Goel has written to all district police chiefs asking them to step up vigil “in […]
The Supreme Court has ruled that the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) was the regulatory body for business schools, thus clearing the path for continuation of their autonomy. The apex court, in its Jan 16 order, was acting on an application filed in December last year by the Education Promotion Society of India […]
A minister in the Samajwadi Party government of Uttar Pradesh first slapped a party worker, who complained of hooliganism, and then punched him at a meeting in Varanasi. Surendra Patel, state minister for Public Works Department (PWD), Monday evening slapped the party worker in full public view. The incident happened at a party meeting in […]
Security forces have recovered 70 hand grenades during search operations in a Bihar district, police said Tuesday. In Munger, police recovered 70 hand grenades near Paisra during search operations against Maoists, a district police official said. Explosives were also recovered from Jamui district. Jitendra Rana, superintendent of police, Jamui district said that during a search […]
lThe Kerala assembly Tuesday saw a verbal spat between Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and the opposition over the 22-year-old palmoil case. Speaker G. Karthikeyan, before allowing the Left opposition permission to raise the palmoil case, pointed out this has been raised on numerous occasions and it is not proper to raise an issue that is […]
A rolling stone gathers no moss. So goes the old adage. But the human resource managers can’t agree more even today, a study suggests. According to the research by Robert Half, a premier US-based staffing agency, employers tend to term the employees “job hoppers” if they have changed five or more jobs in 10 years […]
Commending Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his team’s efforts, around 80-100 people have queued up at the protest site to support the agitation. Standing undeterred under the rain on a chilly winter morning, many supporters were waiting to “congratulate” the activist-turned-politician who took office Dec 28. “I am here to congratulate Kejriwal. He is […]
The Delhi Police Tuesday tried to persuade Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal twice to change his protest venue. However, he refused to budge, officials said. “We have spoken to Kejriwal twice, and tried to persuade him to shift the protest base to Jantar Mantar as, like here, Section 144 is not implemented in that area,” Deputy […]
Afghanistan’s human rights situation regressed in key areas in 2013, increasing uncertainty about the country’s future, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday in its World Report 2014. Government policies on human rights were negatively affected by the end-2014 deadline for the withdrawal of international combat forces and the negotiations over US troop presence after 2014. Human […]