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After buses,CNG on offer for cars now,but auto drivers not convincedSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 01:11 IST

It began with Pune Mahanagar Parivhan Mahamandal Ltd buses,in time for the Commonwealth Youth Games in October.

Girls from Bengal in Surat prostitution net,one rescuedSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 01:10 IST

The prostitution racket in Surat is being fuelled by girls from Bengal. The police are on the hunt for a gang of three who had bought at least six girls from the villages of Bengal in the guise of getting them jobs in Surat.

Another jobless diamond worker commits suicideSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 01:08 IST

With no respite in sight for the diamond industry,one more worker has ended his life in Saurashtra. A 22-year-old resident of Vandalia village in Babara taluka of Rajkot district committed suicide on Wednesday.

Farmers son brings Vidarbha on filmSubscriber Only

January 10, 2023 00:30 IST

When Satish Manwar penned a heart-wrenching tale of a farmers family in Vidarbha,it was a reaction of sorts.

Govt to increase wind power purchase rateSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 01:07 IST

In its new Wind Power Policy announced on Thursday,the Gujarat government proposed to increase power purchase rate from Rs 3.37 per unit to Rs 3.50 per unit in order to attract more investment.

Petrol pumps dry up in citySubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 01:05 IST

Long queues could be seen outside petrol pumps across the city on Thursday,the second day of the nationwide strike called by Oil Sectors Officers Association.

5,000 hands this unit never sawSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 01:04 IST

At the Hinjewadi facility of Satyam Computer Services,many of the 400-odd employees decided to go in for a motivational exercise Spirit of Satyam on their own.

Satyam pep talk falls flat on 2,000 jittery employeesSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 01:03 IST

Switch off your TV and dont read the newspapers,stop believing rumours, says one of the mails from top officials of Satyam Computer Services that the employees found in their inbox on Thursday.

Hotels can grow vertically,at a lower priceSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:52 IST

In a boost to the hospitality sector,the central Urban Development Ministry has decided to provide financial incentives to hotels in the Capital that are interested in expanding their infrastructure.

MBA student,Manipur woman killed in separate road accidentsSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:51 IST

Two persons were killed and three injured in separate road accidents in less than 24 hours.

Delhi trips on power,blackouts in many areasSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:50 IST

With executives at the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and GAIL India on an indefinite strike since Wednesday,Delhi is facing power problems.

Oil PSU strike delays 36 flights,Air India,foreign airlines worst hitSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:49 IST

At least 36 flights were delayed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Thursday evening owing to delays in aviation-refuelling services with oil PSU officers on strike for the second day on Thursday.

Now a Gurgaon twist in DDA taleSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:48 IST

The Delhi Police have specific leads on a few property dealers of Gurgaon,suspected to be hand-in-glove in the DDA housing scam.

Flat owners had no clue of their luckSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:47 IST

The impact of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flat allotment scam,is being felt in far flung villages in Rajasthan's Jhunjunu district,where close to 200 Meenas had unwittingly signed applications for flats in New Delhi.

Fuelling panicSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:45 IST

Petrol pumps across the Capital were either out of supply or had long queues as the nationwide strike by oil PSU executives hit petrol supplies on Thursday.

State-of-the-art cyber crime cell for Ahmedabad DCBSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:45 IST

In an effort to equip the police to cope with high-tech terror attacks and other such crimes,the Gujarat government has approved a proposal to set up a state-of-the-art cyber crime cell for the city police.

Promise of PeaceSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:42 IST

Leningrad is under siege in the winter of 1942 as a bitter battle rages between the Russian army and the Nazi invaders.

Two for OneSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:41 IST

It is a café that seems to be hands in glove with a fashion store,where you can have both mufflers and masala chaas,shop for a skirt and slurp on a soup.

Be a ManSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:40 IST

In the late 1960s and 70s,it was a quirky French designer who thought it worth his time to take a close look at the lives of everyday men and women and incorporate their design sensibilities into the world of haute couture.

Woman dies on Air-India flight from JeddahSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:38 IST

A 64-year-old woman died on board an Air India flight on her way to Aurangabad from Jeddah.

VeryfilmySubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:37 IST

Seems like Farhan Akhtar just cant bring himself to leave the sets of his show OyeIts Friday!

Month-long bougainvillaea exhibition held in PanvelSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:36 IST

This month,a weekend drive to Panvel holds an indisputable treat for plant and flower enthusiasts. A bougainvillea exhibition...

FACE TO FACE with Namit DasSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:35 IST

I gifted my sister my iPod. But when I had it,I used to listen to a lot of Sade...

Tackle root causes to fight terror,says author Mahmood MamdaniSubscriber Only

January 9, 2009 00:35 IST

After penning the much appreciated book Good Muslim,Bad Muslim ,based on cold war politics and roots of terrorism,anthropologist,author and professor,Mahmood Mamdani was in the city to dispel many myths surrounding the much abused word terrorism.