 | As India's security agencies do a postmortem of the massacre of 55 policemen by Maoists in Chhattisgarh, experts say only a thorough overhaul of the way the police are trained, armed and cared for will help them win the war against increasingly... More |
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 | A month after twin blasts on an India-Pakistan peace train left 68 people dead and the two nations aghast, over 90 passengers of the train shockingly still remain 'unaccounted' for.
Call it the apathy of the Indian Railways or simple... More |
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 | The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has criticised the Rajasthan government on its poor implementation of the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) - a scheme to enrol all children to school.
The CAG, in its report tabled in the state... More |
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 | Three French skiers who were reported missing Friday have returned safely after miraculously surviving a chopper crash on the upper reaches of Dachigam National Park on the outskirts of Srinagar.
Led by world famous heli-skier Sylvan Sudain, the... More |
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 | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed that "time is not yet conducive" for withdrawal of troops from the state and intelligence inputs suggest that the "situation can escalate" if it... More |
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 | The central government has cleared a proposal for an underground Delhi Metro corridor from the Central Secretariat to the Qutab Minar, Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken said Thursday.
The 12.52-km-long corridor has been... More |
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 | India has made a diplomatic gesture to former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the form of a letter from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Delivered Wednesday by High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty on the eve of her departure to the... More |
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 | A meeting of the ruling United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) allies, to discuss the special economic zone (SEZ) policy and soaring prices of essential commodities March 23, may take up the police violence in Nandigram.
According to Railway... More |
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 | Two people were arrested for allegedly duping 10 prominent banks of Rs.80 million in the national capital, police officials said here Thursday.
Accused Sarabjit Singh and his accomplice Gurpreet were arrested on March 7 from Kalkaji in south... More |
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 | The central government has increased the retirement age for teachers in centrally-aided educational institutions from 62 to 65 years.
In addition, they can be re-employed beyond 65 years and up to 70 years against sanctioned vacancies if they... More |
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