Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Thursday said Delhi Police are “highly compromised”, and if any crime is prevented in the national capital, it is not because of the police force but rather god’s grace. “The security of the people has been left to god, and whatever little crime incidents are not happening is not because of […]
At least 22 spotted female deer were Wednesday found dead at the Kanan Pendari zoo in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district, forest officials said. Officials are yet to confirm the exact cause of the death but suspect that the deer died of poisoning. Divisional Forest Officer Hemant Pandey said the cause of death would be known after […]
India’s growth is projected to rise to over six percent in fiscal 2014-15, increasing to 7.1 percent by fiscal 2016-17 with the world economy expected to strengthen this year, according to the World Bank. Growth is picking up in developing countries and high-income economies appear to be finally turning the corner five years after the […]
Three candidates from Maharashtra are among the top eight scorers in the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013, a CAT official said Wednesday. “Among the eight 100 percentile scorers, three are from Maharashtra and even in the 100 to 90 percentile score, the state is leading,” CAT convenor Rohit Kapoor told IANS. “From the national capital, […]
The draft of the much-touted Jan Lokpal bill, which the Delhi government announced it will introduce in the first week of February, will be ready by Friday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Wednesday. “The chief secretary has told me that he will submit the draft Thursday or Friday”, Kejriwal told reporters. Earlier, Chief Secretary S.K. […]
Nine school students were injured Thursday when a truck rammed into their bus in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida town, a suburb of Delhi, police said. The school bus was hit by the speeding truck at the sector 25-31 intersection in Noida early Thursday, police said. The bus belonged to the Army Public School and was carrying […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat at 28.93 points or 0.14 percent down in the pre-noon trade Thursday. Selling pressure was seen in auto and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sectors, while good buying was observed in metal sector. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), […]
Large numbers of devotees are thronging the Brajeshwari Devi temple here every day to pay obeisance and have glimpse of a 1,400 kg butter idol, temple official said Thursday. The 14 quintal butter idol, made by 18 priests, will remain on the ‘pindi’ or iconography of the goddess till Jan 20, temple official Pawan Patial […]
The BJP’s national executive and national council will meet for three days from Friday to chalk out a strategy for the Lok Sabha election. BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the national executive will meet Friday at the NDMC Convention centre here. He said the national council will meet Jan 18-19 at the Ramlila […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government to place before it the guidelines that the screening committee followed in allocating coal blocks to applicants. “What were the guidelines followed by the screening committee? Whether guidelines were disclosed in the advertisement inviting applications for allocation of coal blocs,” asked a bench of Justice R.M.Lodha, Justice […]