Chennai:Retired army officer K. Ramaraj was sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast track court here Friday for last year’s killing of a 13-year-old boy who had entered his residential premises to pick almonds. The court also levied a fine of Rs.60,000 on Lt. Col. (retd) Ramaraj, 50, of which Rs.50,000 has to be given [...]
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday recorded Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh’s statement at his South Block office following the allegation that a retired officer had tried to bribe him in 2010 to clear a tranche of substandard vehicles. CBI sources said the general was questioned by the team led by [...]
Kolkata:A fire broke out in the West Bengal state secretariat Writers’ Buildings Friday morning, police said. No casualty was reported. The fire, noticed at around 9.15 a.m. on the third floor of the building, housing the information and cultural affairs department, was doused by three fire tenders after a 65-minute-long effort, a police official said. [...]
New Delhi: Italy Friday moved the Supreme Court to secure custody of its two Marines arrested in Kerala for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen. The Marines were posted on cargo ship M.V. Enrica Lexie when they killed the two fishermen, mistaking them to be pirates. The Italian government in its petition moved through its ambassador in [...]
Gurgaon:Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev will jointly sit on a day’s token fast in Delhi June 3 to press for a strong Lokpal bill and to mobilise opinion against black money Addressing a joint press conference here, Hazare and Ramdev slammed the government for being involved in corruption. Hazare said they had [...]
This year too girls outsmarted boys in the first intermediate examination results declared today. The upper hand of girls was common in general and vocational streams. Total number of candidates appeared in general were 850433 and in vocational 82310. Of this, 457146 candidates passed in general and 27330 in vocational.189479 students received A grade in [...]
Overindulgence of only son by a rich business family leads him astray. S Ajay, 21, began practicing thievery in his own home to find money for his lavish style. Caught at last, he is in prison. They were puzzled at the repeated thefts of gold and cash from their home. Michael Francis and his wife [...]
The much hyped Right to Education Act is being looked at as a tool to bridge the divide between education systems and as a means for downtrodden students to get better education. However, there are several unseen hitches in the act which will cause severe inconvenience to parents, students and teachers. One such rule in [...]
Migrant women working in Hyderabad believe the City reasonably safe but uncouth behaviour of some still leaves many women sceptical about their safety Hyderabad is home to thousands of migrants from different states. They get trained and secure well-paid jobs and add to the cultural tapestry of the historical city.While a major part of the [...]
The GHMC has drawn a plan to set up theme parks, many with herbal plants Here’s some good news, at last. If things go as planned, the City will get relief from the stink of garbage. Rather, aroma may waft into your home. The GHMC has drawn up a plan to set up 110 theme [...]
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Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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