New Delhi: The capital got no respite from the bitter cold as the minimum temperature today settled at 2.9 degrees Celsius - four notches below average. The Met office has forecast a clear day ahead. "The city was enveloped by the fog in the morning, but the day will be clear. The maximum tempera

New Delhi: Rapes are rare in "Bharat" (rural India) but occur frequently in "India", said Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the right-wing RSS or Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The organisation is the ideological mentor of the main opposition party, the BJP. "You go to villages and forests of the count

The Supreme Court would on Friday hear matters related to setting up of fast track courts for speedy trial in rape cases and effective implementation of existing laws for safety of women. The Petition signed by retired lady IAS Officer Promilla Shanker was listed before the bench following Thursd

The commercial hub of Lal Chowk and adjoining areas on Friday observed a two-hour shutdown against the acid attack on a woman here earlier this week. All the shops and other commercial establishments in Lal Chowk and surrounding areas downed their shutters from noon as a mark of protest against t

In April last year Google was planning three data centres in Asia and invested $300 million in the Hong Kong facility in 2011. Now fresh reports from The Economic Times suggest that Google's new data centres that are likely to become operational this year, are set to increase speeds of Google's serv

New Delhi: Delhi’s Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna has asked the Delhi Metro to extend its services to enhance safety and security of commuters in general and women in particular, an official said on Thursday. “A group of college students from I P College in Delhi university and many women organisati

Taking its investigation into the 2006 Malegaon blast forward, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested an RSS member as one of the main planters of the bombs. The agency arrested Manohar Singh from Gurdakhedi village in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on Saturday. Sources said

Chhota or Little Pakistan is what a nondescript grimy slum area in Nalla Sopara near Mumbai is called on electricity bills generated by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution company. This shocker came to light when locals submitted these power bills as proof for unique identification or

The spell of bone-chilling cold continues in Delhi, a day after the national capital witnessed its coldest day in 44 years. The maximum temperature dropped to 9.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. This was 11 degrees below normal. The minimum temperature yesterday was 4.8 degrees. At Palam, on the fring

NEW DELHI: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Monday lost his grudge battle with Governor Kamla Beniwal over the appointment of Justice R A Mehta as Lokayukta with the Supreme Court on Wednesday upholding her choice and rejecting Modi's objections as misplaced. A bench of Justices B S Chauha

While dismissing the Gujarat government's petition challenging the Governor's authority to appoint Justice R. A. Mehta the Lokayukta, the Gujarat High Court passed strong strictures on Chief Minister Narendra Modi, terming his efforts to stonewall the appointment of the anti-corruption ombudsm

New Delhi: The New Year may usher in loads of cheers for job seekers, as companies are likely to hire up to 10 lakh employees and dole out pay hikes in the range of 10-15 percent to high-performers, say experts. As per the estimates of human resource consultants, hiring will definitely see an upt

NEW DELHI - A fast track court to try sexual offence cases against women was on Wednesday inaugurated in New Delhi by Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir who advocated speedy trial of the case relating to the December 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old girl. The CJI, who justified the public reaction

To prove the complicity of those accused of raping and murdering the 23-year-old physiotherapy student last month, nearly 30 witnesses would be enlisted in the charge sheet, besides all the forensic and material evidence. The police have reconstructed the sequence of events leading up to the inci

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 31, 2012 (PTI) Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has prohibited its students from using mobile phones with cameras and seized 14 such devices from the hostel here. The students were warned that disciplinary action will be taken against them if found using mobile pho

Pitching in for harsher punishment for rape, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said her government would request the Centre to make necessary changes in the law to provide death penalty and chemical castration to those involved in such crimes. Expressing grief over the death of th

NEW DELHI: There has been only one conviction out of over 600 cases of rape reported to Delhi Police this year even as crime against women has been on the rise in the national capital. As many as 754 accused were arrested in the 635 cases reported to Delhi Police between January and November, the

Mangalore- MCC Commissioner Harish Kumar K. said that the water supply was proportionate to number of connections in the area, and dismissed claims of scarcity Even before the intense summer heat tests the water supply system in the city, the Ullal Town Municipal Council (TMC) and the Mangalore C