Games Village unsafe and unfit: Scotland
After New Zealand, it is now Scotland that has hit back at the “filthy living conditions” at the Commonwealth Games Village here saying it was “unsafe and unfit for human habitation”.
BJP against meeting separatists in groups: Sushma
Srinagar, Sept. 21: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj, member of the all-party delegation on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, said the decision to meet separatist leaders in the valley
Omar hopes something substantial after meetings
Srinagar, Sept. 21: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah hoped that the Central government would come out with something substantial following an ice-breaking visit to the Kashmir Valley by
PM steps in after complains regarding CWG Village
Amidst complaints by some countries about the "substandard" and "filthy" conditions in the Commonwealth Games Village, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has stepped in again to put in order the arrangemen
India to install 400 million power saver lamps
India's Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is working on a plan to replace 400 million incandescent light bulbs with energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) across the country, an official sai
2 army climbers buried under snow avalanche
Two Indian Army officers of a mountaineering team were killed when a snow avalanche hit their camp during an expedition in Uttarakhand, an official said on Tuesday.
The officers, Lt. Col. Poornachand
BSY minister threatens suicide over Cabinet rejig
Bengaluru, Sept. 20: There was high drama here on Monday as the Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa met his ruling BJP leaders in Delhi to discuss cabinet reshuffle plan.
One minister threa
Jet inks $62 mn IT deal with IBM
India's premier private carrier Jet Airways Tuesday said it has signed a 10-year business transformation and information technology services agreement with global IT major IBM for $62 million.
"We pl
‘NZ team to take part in event’
Wellington, Sept. 19: New Zealand’s sporting greats on Sunday exhorted the country’s athletes to participate in the Commonwealth Games.
The former athletes comprising runners John Walker and Dick Qu
Stringent law in offing for Bangladesh border guards
A protest by two or more border guards could be termed a mutinous act under a legislation proposed for the force that is being revamped after hundreds of troopers took part in a rebellion in February