Crores of rupees changed hands as defying the police ban, people in parts of Andhra Pradesh bet on cockfights as part of Sankranti festival. Despite the ban, cockfights were organised openly in villages in some districts, mainly in the coastal Andhra region. Powerful politicians of all hues, celebrities and businessmen, who consider the cockfights a […]
A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here has awarded a compensation of over Rs.41 lakh to family members of an MTNL employee, who was killed in a road accident in 2009. “I hold that petitioner (kin of the deceased) succeeded in proving that Dec 10, 2009, an accident had taken place due to the rash […]
Mumbai’s landscape, never dull, harvested a rich crop of festivals Tuesday. Its skies were dotted with kites marking Makar Sankranti, Punjabis danced around the Lohri fires, south Indians churned up Pongal dishes, north-east Indians celebrated Bhogali Bihu, and Muslims celebrated Eid Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed. Maharashtrian families were seen distributing the traditional sweetmeat, […]
Rahul Gandhi behaved like a “joker” during his visit in the state Monday and such a person is being projected as the prime ministerial candidate by the Congress, a CPI-M leader said here Tuesday. Communist Party of India-Marxist state leader Pinarayi Vijayan said: “His candidature as the Congress’s PM candidate is more or less finalised […]
More than 10 lakh people have enrolled as Aam Aadmi Party members till now since the party launched its free membership helpline number four days ago, senior AAP member Gopal Rai said here Tuesday. Speaking to media, he said people in large numbers have joined the party through the membership helpline number by giving a […]
Over 90 touts were arrested in the last three days near government o Add New ffices in Bihar’s twelve districts during special drive to check corrupt practices, police said Tuesday. Bihar Police chief Abhyanand said the “operation dalal” was launched against middlemen, who are part of rampant corruption in government offices in the state. Police […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets fell 101 points in closing trade Tuesday after metal and banking stocks dipped. Selling pressure was seen in banking, metal and IT sectors while marginal buying was observed in healthcare scrips. The 30-scrip S&P Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 21,115 points, closed at […]
The Common Admission Test (CAT) results were declared Tuesday, an official here said. “The CAT results will be available for access until Dec 31, 2014 on the CAT website and the candidates are advised to retain a printed copy of their score card,” said CAT convenor Rohit Kapoor. CAT 2013 was conducted in 76 test […]
The Supreme Court Monday directed the central government to file before it the report of Justice (retd.) M.B.Shah on illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand by Jan 27. The green bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik, Justice S.S.Nijjar and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla sought copies of Justice Shah’s report on illegal mining be placed before […]
Polio eradication in India has been possible only because of unwavering political will at the highest levels, adequate financial resources and technological innovations, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Monday after India completed three years without any polio case. Azad said the role of the millions of volunteers and vaccinators was also important to make […]