Breaking their silence, the authorities at La Martiniere for Boys School issued a statement denying charges and expressing deep anguish at the death of Class 8 student Rouvanjit Rawla. The school authorities, however, voiced their unhappiness at “attempts to hold the school entirely responsible”.

49 companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will be deployed in J&K for smooth conduct of the Amarnath Yatra, commencing from July 1. Of these, 11 companies would be deployed in Jammu at the vulnerable spots while 38 companies would assist other security agencies as a part of the three-tier security grid to be put in place for Amarnath Yatra. Two all women companies too would be part of this security grid.

Mumbai-born sculptor Anish Kapoor, who is building a tower in London to celebrate the Olympic Games, launched Britain’s biggest sculpture at Middlehaven Dock in Middlesbrough.

The heat on former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior Congress leader Arjun Singh is increasing by the day. His own party on Friday appeared to be pointing a finger towards him for allowing Mr Warren Anderson, the chairman of Union Carbide Corp. at the time of the Bhopal gas disaster, to flee to the US.

The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on Friday asked airports across the country to be on high-alert following an alert sent by the Mumbai police on Thursday night about possible attempts by terrorists to hijack aircraft to demand release of terrorist Ajmal Kasab.

Less than three weeks after the Ambani siblings signalled a second truce, elder brother Mukesh has made his move. On Friday, Reliance Industries announced a Rs 4,800-crore acquisition — giving it 95 per cent stake in Infotel Broadband, which emerged Friday as the surprise winner in the just-concluded broadband spectrum auction, with all 22 circles under its belt.

A 22-year-old employee of a multinational software firm was allegedly smothered to death in Madangir area of southeast Delhi on Wednesday night by a 28-year-old boy with whom she was to get married next week.

On the strength of her impressive track performance, the Darius Byramji-trained Rimpuche holds a thin edge over others to win the Civil Services Cup, the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday.

The Centre on Friday announced a new scheme for assistance towards damaged movable and immovable property during action by Central paramilitary forces and the Army in Jammu and Kashmir. A home ministry spokesperson said that the scheme is effective from June 3 this year.

The Centre has decided not to use the armed forces in anti-Naxal operations and is now looking at involving ex-servicemen for de-mining operations and assisting state police forces in the fight against Maoists. After the defence ministry turned down the home ministry’s proposal, including the request for more IAF choppers to ferry