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Gujarat incident cannot be forgotten or pardoned, Nitish Kumar says

PATNA: Slamming Bollywood superstar Salman Khan for defending Narendra Modi, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said what had happened in Gujarat in 2002 cannot be "forgotten or pardoned". "You may talk anything but what happened in Gujarat cannot be forgotten or pardoned," Kumar told re

Get Visible with Recruiters: 12 LinkedIn Groups for Job Seekers

LinkedIn Groups are the "happy hunting ground" for recruiters. Many recruiters join groups for the specific professions and industries that are relevant for their clients or employers. They also join the groups that cover job hunting in general. For job seekers, LinkedIn Groups are a two-fer: you

Bakery fined after customer bites into rusty SCREW inside her bread roll

A bakery has been fined more than £10,000 after a woman found a SCREW inside her lunchtime bread roll. The female customer was seconds from biting into the white roll when she noticed the rusty object in the bread. She had purchased the £1.20 pack of buns from Budgens supermarket in Waddington

Rural govt schools in State score good marks in RTE survey

Government schools across rural Karnataka have seen a steady improvement in a number of basic infrastructural parameters prescribed under the Right to Education Act, according to the Annual Survey on Education Report (ASER).  Under the RTE Act, which the State has implemented in 2010, schools hav

Micromax MAd A94 smartphone, priced at Rs 8,490, lets you earn too

Built with design precision, the Micromax MAd A94 - priced at Rs 8,490 - sports a 4.5 inch full touch screen sporting a 5MP rear and front camera allowing users to capture all their favorite moments in supreme clarity. Promising efficiency, the smartphone packs a 1.2 GHz quad core processor and a

India to pull out pre-2005 currency notes from April

23 January 2014 | (IANS) The central bank said from April 1, 2014, public would be required to approach banks for exchanging these notes. Currency notes issued before 2005 will be completely withdrawn from circulation by the end of the current financial year ending March 31, the Reserve Bank o

PU students to get free laptops in Karnataka

Governor HR Bhardwaj addressing the joint session of the assembly at Vidhan Soudha in Bengaluru on Wednesday.  PTI Photo. The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced that it would provide free laptops and electronic notepads to pre-university (PU) students across the State.  The announceme

Emiratis now can extend Emirates ID card validity to 10 years

In its quest to provide the best services to its customers, the Emirates Identity Authority has announced that UAE citizens can now extend the validity of their new or renewed Emirates ID cards for 10 year. The new service is in line with Emirates ID efforts to save the time and effort of its custom

India surrender top ODI ranking after back-to-back defeats

HAMILTON: India were on Wednesday dethroned as the number one ODI team after they suffered an agonizing 15-run defeat in a rain-truncated second ODI against New Zealand, who have now taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. India, who desperately needed a win to retain their top spot, made a va

Four Pakistani students die in accident, four critical

Muscat: Four Pakistani school students have lost their lives when a vehicle transporting them met with an accident near Qurum Heights this morning. According to information available from Khoula hospital sources at 8am, four have been brought dead to the hospital. "Four were brought dead. 26 a

New initiatives to make Madinah eternal capital of Islamic culture

Madinah: Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman on Tuesday announced 13 initiatives aimed at making Madinah the eternal capital of Islamic culture. He said the initiatives have won the support of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. The announcement comes at the conclusion of activitie

Job satisfaction hits a new low, private sector staff unhappy: IIM-A study

AHMEDABAD: An average private sector employee in India is not a happy man as India Inc. feels the pinch of a global slowdown! Dissatisfaction levels among employees of India have gone up since 2009 when the economic slowdown set in, says a survey on job satisfaction by Paycheck India, a research

Debit card machines in India infected by trojan

Cyber-security sleuths have detected a "black" private information stealing trojan in the Indian online banking transactions space, and have alerted consumers who swipe debit or credit cards at shopping counters to make payments. The "severely" spreading trojan been detected conducting its clande

Muslims reject Modi govt relief for shrines

AHMEDABAD: After refusing for 12 years to compensate for religious structures damaged during the 2002 riots, the Gujarat government came up with a scheme under which Rs 50,000 would be paid ex gratia in each case. To this proposal of Rs 50,000 for each shrine, the religious organization, Islamic

Violence at CM's dharna, police lathi-charge AAP supporters

Police today cane-charged Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters as they turned violent and broke barricades to enter the area where Chief Arvind Kejriwal is protesting against the Delhi Police. AAP supporters, who have assembled in large numbers, wanted to enter the portest site near the Rail Bhavan,

New fine for smoking with children in your car

Abu Dhabi: Motorists who smoke in a car with a child inside will be fined Dh500, as the anti-tobacco federal law goes into effect on Tuesday. The law also bans shops located near schools from selling tobacco. “This law intends to make it difficult for smokers to light up. It also ensur

Samsung launches budget 7-inch Android 4.2 tablet

Samsung's long-rumoured Galaxy Tab3 Lite tablet is now official, and expands the company's overall Galaxy Tab line-up. The South Korean manufacturer has not revealed the pricing of the new Galaxy Tab3 Lite. However, Samsung has announced that the new tablet will be offered globally and will be av

Sachin Tendulkar to turn coach now

New Delhi:  Retired cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar will mentor 11 emerging players, including Parvez Rasool and Unmukt Chand, as part of an initiative by sports apparel giant Adidas. Adidas, which has already signed Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina, added a few more names to its roster.