Chicago-bound Air India flight suffers snag, back to Delhi 6 hours after take-off
NEW DELHI: A Chicago-bound Boeing 777 ofAir India on Monday returned to Delhi six hours after taking off from IGI airport as the aircraft suffered a transponder failure just when it was about to cross Afghanistan. The flight, AI 127 with 313 passengers and 16 crew members, had flown for about three
End of the road for 50-paisa coins?
MUMBAI: The humble 50 paise coin is still legal tender, but could be close to extinction given that people refuse to accept it. From shopkeepers to traders, laundrymen, rickshaw drivers, bus commuters and provision store owners, the smallest denomination of the Indian currency is simply not accep
Third Front disappears faster than it appeared
NEW DELHI: The much-touted Third Front has disintegrated faster than it came together. The photo-op that the group presented barely two weeks ago now looks from a different era. After Jayalalithaa's AIADMK, Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and even JD(S) look set to break ranks. Asom Gana P
Nine phase Lok Sabha elections from April 7
The Election Commission on Wednesday announced a nine-phase poll for the 16th Lok Sabha from April 7 to May 12. The counting of votes will be taken up on May 16. The model code of conduct has come into force with immediate effect. The Lok Sabha has a strength of 543 (excluding two nominated members)
UP doctors on strike, 8 more die
LUCKNOW/KANPUR/ VARANASI/ALLAHABAD: Eight more patients died in medical colleges across UP in the past 24 hours as residents of super-specialty medical institution like Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences joined the junior doctors' strike which entered its fourth day on Tuesday
EC to announce poll dates today
The schedule for the Lok Sabha polls will be announced by the Election Commission on Wednesday. With the announcement of poll dates, the Model Code of Conduct for governments and political parties will come into force with immediate effect. The schedule will be announced at a press conference
Mumbai tops list of world's 10 least expensive cities, Delhi third: Survey
LONDON: For an average Indian, living costs in Mumbai may be a nightmare. But the newWorldwide Cost of Living 2014 index has thrown up an interesting finding. India's city of dreams has emerged as the world's cheapest city to live in. The analysis takes into account the concept of value of money
No change in policy on 2002 Gujarat riots: US
Omission of Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's name from a US human rights report was no indication of a change in policy, a US official has reiterated. "There is no change in policy. There's no editing error," State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporte
Report finds water at railway stations highly contaminated
New Delhi: Around 50 lakh passengers use the Northern Railways and drink water from the stations. It is highly likely they putting their health at risk. NDTV has accessed an Indian Railway's internal report, which says that the water across Northern Railways, which covers 700-plus stations, is extr
Govt approves Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension under EPFO scheme
NEW DELHI: Government approved on Friday the proposal to ensure Rs 1,000 minimummonthly pension under a scheme of retirement fund body EPFO that would immediately benefit 28 lakh pensioners. The decision to provide the entitlement under Employees' Pension Scheme-95, run by the Employees' Providen
Principal booked for asking Muslim student to cut beard in Moradabad
Image for illustration purposes only Lucknow: An FIR has been filed against the principal of a private college in Moradabad for reportedly refusing to give a Muslim student his admit card for the Class 12 board exams because he had not shaved his beard. The case has been lodged against Wilsoni
Army man shoots five colleagues dead before killing himself in J&K
Ganderbal: An army soldier on Thursday shot five colleagues dead at point blank range when they were sleeping before committing suicide in Kashmir's Ganderbal district. "A soldier of a Rashtriya Rifles unit ran amok in the wee hours, killing five soldier before killing himself," an army spokesman sa
Indian navy chief resigns after submarine accident: govt
NEW DELHI: India's navy chief has resigned after a submarine accident off the coast of Mumbai saw two sailors missing and another seven injured, the defense ministry said. "Taking moral responsibility for the accidents and incidents which have taken place during the past few months, the Chief of
Nitish, Mulayam in 11-party front to battle Cong, BJP
Regional parties and the Left Front on Tuesday announced a pre-poll alliance for the Lok Sabha elections to put forward an "alternative” to both Congress and BJP. In the presence of leaders, including H D Deve Gowda, Nitish Kumar, M Thambi Durai and Mulayam Singh, CPM’s Prakash Karat announced the c
Kejriwal says communalism bigger threat than graft
New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said communalism is a bigger problem facing the country than corruption, the main platform of his Aam Aadmi Party and the central theme of much of his politics so far. Addressing an audience comprising prominent Muslim academics and in
LPG dealers call off proposed strike
New Delhi: Cooking gas (LPG) dealers on Monday night called off their proposed indefinite strike after oil companies set up a panel to look into their grievances. The All India LPG Distributors Federation and Federation of LPG Distributors of India had jointly given a strike call from tomorrow t
Nearly 20,000 people killed on railway tracks in 2013
NEW DELHI: Nearly 20,000 people were killed on railway tracks across the country in 2013, Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. While 19,997 persons died on tracks, 1,63,645 were prosecuted for trespassing last year, minister of state for railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said in a written reply.
India witnessing NGO boom, there is 1 for every 600 people
NEW DELHI: For a country which till recently had a weak civil society movement, India is now witnessing a boom in the NGO sector. With a population of 1.2 billion, the country could well be the land of opportunities for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with the Central Bureau of Investigation c
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