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CBI arrests four for defence canteen racket
The CBI has arrested four people and busted a corruption racket involving officials of the canteen stores department (CSD) of the defence ministry and a private company, an official said here Saturday. Bikas Ranjan
Read More »Reactor pressure vessel inspected at Kudankulam
Atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) Saturday commenced the pre-service inspection of the reactor pressure vessel of the first 1,000 MW reactor at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP),
Read More »Teenaged girl raped, friend molested in West Bengal
A teenaged girl from Jharkhand was gangraped at a railway station in West Bengal’s Birbhum district Saturday, police said. Another girl was molested. The victim, a resident of Dumka district was sexually assaulted at
Read More »Eight killed in China road accident
At least eight people, including three toddlers, were killed in China Saturday after their taxi crashed into a tanker in Sichuan province. The accident occurred when a taxi carrying eight people collided head-on with
Read More »Congress walks out of UP assembly after dig against N.D. Tiwari
Congress members walked out of the Uttar Pradesh assembly Saturday after a tiff with legislators of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) when Parliamentary Affairs Minister Azam Khan made some remarks against former chief minister
Read More »Flood situation improves in Assam, Sonia to visit Monday
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will visit the flood-affected areas of Assam Monday, a senior party leader said Saturday. “Sonia Gandhi will reach the state Monday with a day-long schedule to take stock of the
Read More »Caste council in Rajasthan ostracises 40 Dalit families
A caste council in a village in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district ordered residents to ostracize 40 Dalit families when one of them disobeyed its dictat to stop constructing a new house, police said. According to
Read More »Wimbledon: Errani thrashed by record-breaker Shvedova
Tenth seed Sara Errani crashed out of Wimbledon Saturday against wildcard Yaroslava Shvedova, who became the first player to win every point in a set at the tournament. Shvedova won 6-0, 6-4 and utterly
Read More »Lakhs worship at Pandharpur Vithoba temple
Lakhs of devotees Saturday worshipped the famous deity Vithoba, a manifestation of Lord Vishnu, at the temple town of Pandharpur. Vithoba is often depicted as a dark young boy, standing arms akimbo on a
Read More »Vikas Khoker wins MTV Roadies 9
Vikas Khoker of Hyderabad Saturday won season 9 of youth reality show “MTV Roadies” . Khoker defeated 13 contestants including seven women and six men and took away a cheque of Rs. 61,700. Abhishek
Read More »Islamist Morsi sworn in as Egypt’s president
Mohamed Morsi was sworn in as the first freely-elected president of Egypt Saturday before the country’s highest court here following his victory in the presidential election caused by Hosni Mubarak’s ouster following a civilian
Read More »Migrants causing birth ratio problem in Shanghai
A population and family planning commission in China’s Shanghai city has said most children born outside its family planning policy last year were born to migrants and their preference for boys caused an imbalanced
Read More »Bikaner residents block roads to protest murder
Tension prevailed in Rajasthan’s Bikaner town as residents blocked roads, including National Highway 11, to demand the arrest of four men who stabbed to death a man protesting the harassment of a woman, officials
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