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Norms may be relaxed in appointment to IIT faculty: SibalSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 16:56 IST

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has said that norms could be relaxed in 'exceptional cases' while making direct appointments to the IIT faculty.

Give more powers to DGPs; Centre tells statesSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 16:42 IST

The Centre has asked states to give more operational and financial autonomy to Directors General of Police to acquire logistics and have a larger say in administrative matters,Home Ministry officials said.

2 shot dead in MuzaffarnagarSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 16:33 IST

Two persons,including a Dalit,were shot dead in two separate incidents in the district on Monday,police said in Muzaffarnagar.

Saraswati faced threat for his activities: DGPSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 14:46 IST

Security was provided to slain VHP leader Swami Laxamananda Saraswati because of threat perception stemming from his activities in Orissa's Kandhamal district.

Businessman arrested for supplying fake registration platesSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 14:19 IST

A Delhi-based businessman was on Monday arrested from the national capital for allegedly supplying fake high security number plates for vehicles in Goa.

Govt for courses in fine arts,music,carpentrySubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 13:50 IST

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said children and parents should look beyond the traditional courses of humanities,science and commerce to suit the abilities and preference of the students.

Howrah-Mumbai Duranto Express begins its inaugural runSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 13:36 IST

The bi-weekly Howrah-Mumbai Duranto Express began its inaugural run from Kolkata on Monday.

Jammu SSP,2 others arrested in Amandeep murder caseSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 12:47 IST

The SIT,probing the murder of a former NC legislator's son,has arrested three police officers including SSP Jammu Manohar Singh in connection with the case.

IAF denies ‘espionage’ incidentSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 12:42 IST

Indian Air Force said none of its senior officers was made to part with sensitive information by a foreign embassy official posing as a Defence Ministry joint secy.

Shopian case: Experts begin exhumation of bodiesSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 11:26 IST

A team of senior doctors from AIIMS began exhuming the bodies of the victims after their family members gave consent for it.

Three LeT militants,woman killed in J-K encounterSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 11:10 IST

Three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants,including two from Pakistan,and an elderly woman were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of South Kashmir.

Muslim family kills top Lashkar commanderSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 11:09 IST

In a significant development - first of its kind during the last 20 years of militancy in J-K - a Muslim family killed a top Lashkar commander and injured his two associates.

India expects ‘tangible results’ from Pak on 26/11 probeSubscriber Only

September 28, 2009 09:14 IST

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said that India has not set a 'benchmark' for Pak but expected it to deliver tangible results in the investigations and prosecutions.

Many Chinese still see India as their main enemy: ReportSubscriber Only

September 27, 2009 18:01 IST

Nearly 47 years after the two countries fought a war,many Chinese still perceive India as their main enemy,a British newspaper has claimed.

Shopian case: Doc sent fictitious slides for forensic lab,CBISubscriber Only

September 27, 2009 17:33 IST

In a new twist to the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian,a doctor who prepared the vaginal slides of the victims has told the CBI that no samples from the duo had ever been taken.

Two people with alleged links to LeT arrested in BaramullaSubscriber Only

September 27, 2009 15:42 IST

Police arrested two people with alleged links to Lashkar-e-Toiba from Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district and recovered a AK-47 rifle from them.

Kashmiris in UK condemn Pak over Gilgit-Baltistan packageSubscriber Only

September 27, 2009 14:40 IST

A UK-based Kashmiri group has accused Pakistan of never hesitating to fund militants in the Northern Areas and rejected that country's move to give the Gilgit-Baltistan region a province-like status.

Lt Gen M C Badhani new BRO chiefSubscriber Only

September 27, 2009 13:18 IST

Lieutenant General M C Badhani will take over the reins of elite Border Roads Organisation from incumbent Lieutenant General A K Nanda.

No ‘partition’ yet for Jaswant from BJP bench in LSSubscriber Only

September 27, 2009 12:20 IST

Jaswant Singh could stick out like a sore thumb for BJP even in the LS after its attempt to remove him from the Chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee has been virtually rejected by Speaker.

Foreign universities need to adhere to quota laws: SibalSubscriber Only

September 27, 2009 11:35 IST

Adherence to Indian laws,will be one of the pre-requisite conditions for foreign universities interested in setting-up their campuses.

BJP MP’s sons shot by suspected Naxals in ChhattisgarhSubscriber Only

September 26, 2009 15:26 IST

Suspected naxal rebels ambushed and shot at two sons of BJP leader and Bastar Lok Sabha MP Baliram Kashyap in Chhattisgarh.

Cong,JMM not joining hands will help BJP in Jharkhand: RJDSubscriber Only

September 26, 2009 15:13 IST

RJD warned that if they went solo,it would benefit BJP by splitting secular votes.

Both development,law enforcement needed to fight Naxalism: PMSubscriber Only

September 26, 2009 15:08 IST

Manmohan Singh said that both development and maintenance of law and order would be his government's twin approach to fight the Naxal menace.

PM turns 77; thanks the nation for giving chance to serveSubscriber Only

September 26, 2009 14:39 IST

Grateful to the people of India that he has been given an opportunity to serve,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,who turned 77 on Saturday,said he can never repay this debt.