Bank loans to minorities at all-time lown
HYDERABAD: Loans continue to evade minorities and figures show that less than Rs 14 crore of the earmarked Rs 32,219.85 crore priority sector lending (PSL) was disbursed to minority communities in FY 2012-13. Worse, the 46 banks of the State Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC) have recorded an abysma
JD-U to snap ties with BJP, Mamata calls Nitish, Navin
New Delhi/Kolkata/Patna, June 12, 2013, (IANS): The political drama around the rise of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday threatened to impact Bihar, with the state's ruling JD-U expected to snap its 17-year-old alliance with the BJP and the impending development triggering talk of a th
India asks Saudi Arabia to reconsider 20% Haj quota cut
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday asked Saudi Arabia to reconsider its decision to reduce the number of overseas pilgrims to the country by 20%. "We have been informed by the Saudi government that they intend to bring about reduction of 50% internal pilgrims from Saudi Arabia for the Haj and 20% fr
From July, just SMS to book train tickets
MUMBAI: Train passengers will be able to use their mobile phones to book tickets through a simple text-messaging-based facility or a menu-based dialling service from July 1. The two non-internet systems developed by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) can be used with eve
Voter ID to be valid as address proof: EC panel
The Elector’s Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) will be treated as residential proof of a citizen in India, an Election Commission official said here on Tuesday. "An intensive house-to-house survey will be launched soon to incorporate latest information about the residential address of a citizen. T
BJP’s ‘crisis’ may be part of the strategy
From outside it may look to be a crisis within BJP. It appears as if Modi and Advani, the former King and the grooming Prince, are in an open confrontation. Within less than 24 hours of Modi’s elevation as the Leader of BJP for the coming Lok Sabha elections, Advani has expressed his anguish at the
LK Advani resigns from all positions in BJP
NEW DELHI: The rift in BJP was on Monday wide open with LK Advani quitting from all the party posts, apparently opposing the elevation of his one-time protege Gujarat chief ministerNarendra Modi as election campaign committee chief. 85-year-old Advani, a founder member of the BJP and consider
Maharashtra infant gets polio from vaccine, third such case in the country
AURANGABAD/PUNE: An 11-month-old boy from Maharashtra's Beed district has been found infected with the vaccine derived polio virus (VDPV). This is the first such case in the state and the third in the country since March 2012. Health officials said the boy's stool sample tested positive for VDPV
Address registration with govt ‘a must’
JEDDAH: Last Update 4 June 2013 10:26 am Individuals and companies in the Kingdom have been instructed to register their local addresses with the Civil Affairs Department or Saudi Post as the Council of Ministers yesterday passed a decision making it mandatory. The Cabinet passed a law activating
Jet Airways flight aborts take-off as cargo door remains open
Mumbai: A Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight from Mumbai aborted take-off today after the aircraft’s cargo door was found open, airport sources said. The runway was vacated following the incident which happened around 6 PM and the aircraft taken to a parking bay, they said. “The pilot of the Jet Air
Political parties are under the RTI Act: CIC
New Delhi, Jun 3, 2013 (PTI) Setting a new bench mark in transparency in politics, the Central Information Commission today held political parties are answerable under the Right to Information Act. A Full Bench of the Commission comprising Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra and I
Akhilesh Yadav to give away 8,000 free laptops to students on Monday
Ghaziabad: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will on Monday give away 8,000 laptops to students in Ghaziabad near Delhi. Ghaziabad Development Authority chairman Santosh Yadav said today that projects worth Rs.3,750 crore would be launched by the Chief Minister on Monday. In addi
Dubai-Pune AI flight lands without 50 passengers’ luggage
PUNE: When D Vijay and his family stepped off the Air India flight from Dubai on Sunday afternoon, little did they know that they would have to rush to a shopping mall to get some essentials. Only two of their six items of checked luggage had arrived and after the family had waited by the bag
Advani props up Shivraj Singh Chouhan, runs down Narendra Modi
GWALIOR: Barely two weeks after he embarrassed BJP by saying the party lost Karnataka due to "opportunistic" politics, L K Advani sought to run down Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi suggesting his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Shivraj Singh Chouhan deserves more credit. Advani reiterated his
CET toppers welcome reimbursement of fees
MANGALORE, May 30, 2013 Three students from Mangalore colleges, who are among the top five rank holders in engineering and medicine streams in the Common Entrance Test, have welcomed initiative of the State government to reimburse course fees for the top five rank holders if they join colleges in t
From June 1, look for cabbies’ display card
The Bangalore City Traffic Police will strictly enforce driver display card rule for cab drivers, introduced to ensure the safety of passengers, from June 1. More than 35,000 drivers have obtained display cards and another 5,000 to 6,000 drivers are yet to obtain them. The authorities have gea
CBI files charge sheet against Janardhan Reddy, others
A charge sheet was filed against the jailed former Minister G. Janardhan Reddy, his aide Mehfouz Ali Khan and five others before the Special CBI Court here on Monday by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation. The case, which was referred to the CBI by the Supreme Court o
Qanoon ki Rehguzar: A legal guide book in Urdu released
Bangalore. May 23, 2013. While majority of the Urdu readers aren’t aware of the laws mentioned in the Indian Constitution or find difficult to comprehend as fewer books on legal matters were penned in Urdu, Mr. Zia-ul-haq Karnataki, a well known writer, an Urdu columnist for various news papers and
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