Newdelhi: The Government has launched a new Employment Scheme to create jobs for skilled manpower. The scheme was launched by the Finance Minister P Chidambaram at a function in New Delhi on Friday. The scheme is likely to create one million jobs in the next 12 months. Titled as National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward […]
Lucknow: Heavy rains lashed north India disrupting normal life at many places. In Uttar Pradesh, 11 people lost their lives in rain-related incidents on Friday. Rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Ghaghra are flowing above the danger level at various places. Heavy rains continued to lash national capital since Friday. Delhiites woke up to heavy showers for […]
Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering his girlfriend, will face new charges of recklessly discharging a weapon in public when he appears in a South African court next week , local media reported on Friday. Neither prosecutors nor lawyers for Pistorius would comment on the reports carried by TV broadcaster ENCA, radio’s Eyewitness […]
Mumbai: Naval divers on Friday found bodies of three naval personnel from ill-fated submarine ‘INS Sindhurakshak’ which exploded and sank at the Mumbai dockyard early on Wednesday. “Three bodies have been recovered from the submarine by our divers but their identity has not yet been ascertained,” Navy sources said. There were 18 personnel, including three […]
Ahmedabad: Pitching himself firmly as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate even before being formally anointed, Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on national security and challenged him to a public debate on governance, saying the nation is “restless for change”. He also slammed the Prime Minister for India’s “weak […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday said ‘unnecessary’ controversies and agitations have hampered development of the state and stressed the need to utilise the energy of the youth to take Kerala forward. “Unnecessary agitations and controversies are posing an obstruction for development. It is time to utilise the skills of youth,” he said while […]
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned illegal sand and minerals mining without environmental clearance on beaches and other coastal areas in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. A five-member bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also directed the chief secretaries of the two states to file personal affidavits before August 29, the next […]
Cairo: The death toll from the violence engulfing Egypt rose to more than 600, as supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi vowed to continue their protests despite a crackdown by the military-backed government. At least 638 people were killed and 3,994 injured in clashes ignited on Wednesday when security forces broke up two sit-ins by […]
Kochi: Kerala sportspersons came down against the controversial deletion of the name of Tom Joseph, former International spiker from the list of those selected for Arjuna award. Former Asian Games silver medalist Mercy Kuttan, told reporters here that Kerala athletes and players had always been discriminated. She claimed that she herself was given the Arjuna […]
Mumbai: Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s close aide Iqbal Mirchi, an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, died of a heart attack in London. Mirchi, 63, the right hand man of India’s topmost terrorist, was also facing drug smuggling charges in India. Ranked among the world’s top 50 drug barons, Muhammed Iqbal Memon or […]