President Pranab Mukherjee called on the youth of the country to lead India to the high table of the international community, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said. Addressing the first batch of NIT scholars’ “In-Residence” programme, the president said he was impressed by their willingness to take on challenges with courage and find solutions. “If the […]
Mukesh Singh, one of the four convicts in the December 16, 2012 gang-rape, on Wednesday urged the Delhi High Court to an order a CBI inquiry and prosecution of the maker of the controversial BBC documentary “India’s Daughter”. Advocate M.L. Sharma, appearing for convict Mukesh, alleged that the film is “outcome of fraud and conspiracy” […]
Some 400 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsized 120 km south of Lampedusa, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday, urging more effective patrols of the Mediterranean. The Italian coast guard rescued 142 survivors from the shipwreck and recovered nine bodies, but survivors said there were over 500 people aboard the double-decker boat. […]
Big Boss 5 contestant Pooja Mishra on Wednesday filed molestation charges against unidentified people in Udaipur, over 400 kms from here, police said. Mishra, in her complaint, has alleged that she was offered a drink laced with some drugs because of which she fell into a deep sleep. When she woke up in the morning […]
The movement for net neutrality gained further strength on Wednesday as individuals and organisations voiced their support alike, including technology evangelist Sam Pitroda and the Times Group. “#NetNeutrality is the only way forward for India of the future. Short-term issues cannot be allowed to create fog and confusion in the minds of people #NetNeutrality,” Sam […]
The European Commission on Wednesday formally accused Google of abusing its dominant presence to favour its own products in internet searches, and announced an antitrust probe into the Android mobile operating system. “The European Commission has sent a statement of objections to Google alleging the company has abused its dominant position in the markets for […]
About a month after being controversially released from a jail, separatist leader Masrat Alam was here on Wednesday booked for unlawful activities. But he was not arrested. Alam was part of a procession that gathered in uptown Hyderpora locality of Srinagar city to welcome hardline senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani who returned to the […]
The US presidential race took off with Hillary Clinton finally jumping into the fray with an aura of inevitability, but that analysts suggested may turn out to be the former secretary of state’s biggest handicap. In her second bid to break the glass ceiling and return to the White House, the former first lady chose […]
After losing its peak autumn tourist season last year due to unprecedented floods, Kashmir is bedecked with flowers to receive tourists this year. The good news is that tourists are already arriving here in encouraging numbers. In the first week of April, which traditionally marks the beginning of Spring tourism in Kashmir, 10,000 tourists arrived […]
Diesel, which is normally used in automobiles, buses, trucks and even railway engines and is considered “dirty”, has been turned into a clean fuel for cooking and lighting in rural areas courtesy a device developed at the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), an NGO in Phaltan, Maharashtra. Called “Lanstove”, the diesel-powered gadget is claimed to […]