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Curfew relaxed at last, but Valley still on edge
Curfew was lifted for 24 hours in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir, barring the volatile Anantnag district, on Friday evening, bringing respite to the people. As restrictions were lifted at 8 pm, people came onto the streets and markets to buy essential commodities and medicines but were disappointed to find most shops closed.
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Nilekani’s UID budget slashed
The Unique Identification Authority of India had sought Rs 6,734 crore from the government for the first phase of it scheme. But a government committee has slashed the budget of the high-flying project by half, approving only Rs 3,000 crore, which could slow down its implementation. Chetan Chauhan reports. Funds halved, cover reduced. |
For second time, Sharad Pawar looks to third front
Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party needled the Congress on Friday, by declaring it would set up a non-Congress Secular Democratic Front across different states, all the while remaining part of the UPA at the Centre. Saroj Nagi reports. |
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Pak wants resolutions of all issues with India
Pakistan wants the peaceful resolution of all contentious issues with India, including Kashmir, so t... |
Is Afzal Guru your son-in-law? Gadkari asks Congress
Taunting the Congress over the delay in hanging Afzal Guru, BJP President Nitin Gadkari asked the party whether the Parliament attack death row convict was its "son-in-law". |
India sends maximum number of sci, engineering students to US
India with 67,800 students accounts for largest number of foreign students in science and engineering in the United States and is followed by China with 53,740 pupils, the National Science Foundation has said. |
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Medical insurers curb cashless facility
NEW DELHI: If you have a mediclaim policy that entitles you to cashless facilities, here's some bad news. You will no longer be able to get these facilities at high-end hospitals like Apollo, Fortis, Ganga Ram, Max or Medicity in Delhi, the national capital region (NCR) and the metros of Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. |
CBI to probe 'credit' tussle over IIT topper
NEW DELHI: In a step that could check private coaching institutes from poaching successful candidates to make false claims about their strike rate, HRD ministry has ordered a CBI inquiry into specific allegations against two IIT coaching institutes -- FIITJEE and Aakash Institute -- for misusing the name of Nitin Jain, topper of IITJEE and AIEEE in 2009, for commercial gains. |
Supreme Court lifts ban on Shivaji book
MUMBAI: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Friday upheld an order of the Bombay high court to lift a four-year-old ban imposed by the Maharashtra government on publication and circulation of a controversial book -- 'Shivaji - The Hindu King in Muslim India', authored by American scholar James Laine. |
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Ishqiya to go international again
NEW DELHI: After receiving critical acclaim at home, Ishqiya is all set to make waves internationally. It will be screened at the inaugural edition of the Indian Film Festival of London-2010 at London's historic Riverside Studios on August 25. |
Special children put up a special show
NEW DELHI: Association for Learning Performing Arts and Normative Action (ALPANA), a non-government organisation, presented a kaleidoscope of dance forms and music items at Poorva Sanskritik Kendra in East Delhi this past weekend. |
All eyes on the dance floor this weekend
NEW DELHI: An annual dance extravaganza, “Showcase-2010”, featuring the best performers from the Big Dance Centre will be held at Kamani Auditorium on Copernicus Marg here this Sunday. |
