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Page 1/13 Three states go to polls on October 13
New Delhi: The three Congress-ruled states of Haryana, Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh will elect new assemblies on October 13 in the first popularity test after the April-May Lok Sabha elections.
The Election Commission said the results of the single-phase balloting will be known on October 22 [more...]
Posted on:9/1/2009 India-Namibia sign uranium supply deal
New Delhi: India and Namibia yesterday signed five agreements, including one on civil nuclear energy which allows for supply of uranium from the African country.
This was decided at the start of President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s five-day visit to India — which is the first state visit by a foreign [more...]
Posted on:9/1/2009 Supreme Court admits Pinarayi Vijayan’s plea
Thiruvananthapuram: A major legal battle, concerning the Governor’s powers, has been set in motion with the Supreme Court admitting CPM leader Pinarayi Vijayan’s petition challenging Kerala Governor R S Gavai’s decision to prosecute him in the Lavalin corruption case.
Ordering notices to the [more...]
Posted on:9/1/2009 CBSE Class 10 exams become optional
New Delhi: From the current academic year, the tens of thousands of students studying in Class 10 need not burn the midnight oil or get stressed over the board exams — the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 examination has been made optional.
Making this announcement here l [more...]
Posted on:9/1/2009 ‘Unwell’ Vasundhara not to quit in a hurry
New Delhi: Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje of the BJP, who was yesterday expected to submit her resignation as leader of opposition in the state assembly, appears reluctant to give in easily, conveying to the party leadership that she was unwell.
Raje, who is being blamed for the [more...]
Posted on:9/1/2009 Negotiations with Pakistan put on hold
New Delhi: Unhappy with Pakistan’s lack of action against the Mumbai attackers after the Sharm El Sheikh summit, India has decided to put on hold a meeting between the foreign secretaries who were expected to meet this month.
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is unlikely to go to Islamabad for talk [more...]
Posted on:9/1/2009 ISRO plans mission to Mars after 2015
Bangalore: India will embark on an unmanned mission to Mars after 2015 to explore the red planet in quest of its space ambitions, a senior space official said yesterday.
Clarifying the statement made by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair at Panaji earlier in the da [more...]
Posted on:9/1/2009 Man arrested for abusing teenager in Germany 12 years ago
New Delhi: After months of investigation, the Delhi Police arrested from the national capital a man who had allegedly raped a teenager in Germany 12 years ago, police said yesterday.
Jaswant Singh, 36, was arrested on Sunday night from his house in Adarsh Nagar area in northwest Delhi. “The [more...]
Posted on:9/1/2009 Australian minister reassures students
New Delhi: Allaying fears that Australia is a racist country, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday reassured the Indian student community of her country’s safety record and appealed to them to come and study there.
Beginning her five-day visit to India yesterday in a bid to boost bilater [more...]
Posted on:9/1/2009 Lanka journalist given 20 years on terror charges
Colombo: A Sri Lanka court sentenced a Tamil reporter, cited by US President Barack Obama as an “emblematic example” of a persecuted journalist, to 20 years in prison yesterday on charges of supporting terrorism.
J S Tissainayagam, 45, who contributed to the local Sunday Times and ran a website, [more...]
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