The Bihar Police Friday seized over Rs.1 crore in cash and documents related to movable and immovable property in raids against a senior govenrment official. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohd Moquim, simultaneous raids were conducted at 10 places across the state including Patna. The Economic Offences Unit targeted Jhakhri Ram, a senior officer […]
In your 40s and not been able to cut that extra flab? It could be the end of ‘good’ brown fat in the back of your neck. As we age, thermogenic activity of brown fat – good fat that helps burn bad white fat around our bellies – slows down, claimed a new study. To […]
A 16-year-old boy, who was charged with attacking an Indian student in Australia, was granted bail after he briefly appeared in a court Friday. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was granted bail a day after a 17-year-old was remanded in custody in connection with the attack on Manriajwinder Singh in Melbourne […]
A day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal proved his majority in the Delhi assembly, AAP’s M.S. Dhir was Friday elected speaker of the house. A chief warden in the civil defence, Dhir defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Jagdish Mukhi 37-32 in the 70-member legislature – the same margin by which the Aam Aadmi Party government […]
The BSF has heightened vigilance, while other security forces in Tripura are keeping a close watch on India’s border with Bangladesh in view of the political turmoil ahead of parliamentary polls in that country Jan 5, an official said. “The government has asked the BSF (Border Security Force) to keep maximum alert along the border. […]
Bored of 24X7 online viewing, listening and chatting? It’s time to satiate your palate in the virtual world now. If we believe scientists, a digital device can actually recreate the taste of virtual food and drinks by non-invasive electrical and thermal stimulation of the tongue. A team led by Nimesha Ranasinghe, an engineer of Sri […]
Andhra Pradesh assembly was Friday adjourned for the day without debate on the bill for the formation of a Telangana state as legislators from Seemandhra stalled the proceedings to protest state’s bifurcation. Speaker N. Manohar adjourned the house twice and the third time for the day amid ruckus and slogans and counter-slogans by legislators from […]
BJP Friday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s attack on their party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was “laughable”. He also said that Manmohan Singh ruling out a third term showed he has conceded defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. Manmohan Singh said at a press conference here that it will be “disastrous for the country […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has “outstanding credentials” to be nominated the UPA’s prime ministerial candidate. “…I do not intend to be prime ministerial candidate if the UPA were to come to power after the general elections,” the prime minister said at a media interaction here. “Rahul Gandhi has […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday inflation remained unexpectedly high and his government did not succeed in creating adequate jobs in the manufacturing sector during his decade-long tenure. “I am concerned that we have not been as successful as we need to be in generating employment in the manufacturing sector. This is an aspect of […]