Over 7.57 million homes in Bihar lack toilets
August 27th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 27 (IANS) Millions of poor families in Bihar are still living without toilets as the state government has failed to provide the facility at their homes, an official ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Mamata-Antony meeting on important Bengal projects
August 18th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony had an 80-minute meeting Saturday with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on issues like Ganges riverfront beautification, a metro project ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lake hits rock bottom (Letter from Chandigarh) (With Images)
June 11th, 2012 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 11 (IANS) Chandigarh's famous Sukhna Lake, the most-visited tourist spot in the 'City Beautiful', is gasping for breath and attention.Built in 1958, huge areas of the lake's ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Rajasthan court orders probe against ex-bureaucrat
May 1st, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 1 (IANS) A Rajasthan court here Tuesday ordered a probe against a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and five others for irregularities in tenders for drinking water ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Bhanwari Devi case: CBI quiz three accused together
January 28th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 28 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday took Pukhraj Bishnoi, an accused in the government nurse Bhanwari Devi disappearance case, to the Jodhpur Central Jail and ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Bhanwari Devi case: Arrested teacher sent to CBI custody
January 27th, 2012 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Jan 27 (IANS) A court here Friday remanded a government teacher to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody till Jan 30, a day after he was arrested for his ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
CBI arrests two more in missing nurse case
January 25th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday arrested two more accused in connection with the disappearance and killing of nurse Bhanwari Devi, sources said.A court had ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Properties of Madhya Pradesh officials raided
January 17th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 17 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta Tuesday raided the premises of a sub-engineer of the Public Health Engineering Department and an inspector in the labour welfare department and ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
MCD engineers face heat after court rebuke
December 18th, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) How can civic engineers allow illegal constructions? Why do these guilty officials who take bribes go scott-free? These questions are surfacing fast and furious, especially ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Bihar has not utilised sanitation funds: CAG report
July 21st, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 21 (IANS) The Bihar government has failed to utilise the huge funds allocated for the total sanitation programme, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has revealed in its ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Narmada water reaches Bhopal
June 5th, 2011 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, June 5 (IANS) The people of this Madhya Pradesh capital received an apt gift on the World Environment Day Sunday -- supplies from the Narmada river that is supposed ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Bihar minister gets Rs.20 lakh extortion demand
March 22nd, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 22 (IANS) A Bihar minister has alleged that an unidentified man demanded Rs.20 lakh from him and threatened to kill him if he did not pay up, police ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
IAS officer painted black over ‘misconduct’
March 18th, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), March 18 (IANS) An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer was attacked here by a political party's workers, who painted his face black, after a woman employee alleged that ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Taps gone dry, Bihar braces for parched summer
March 10th, 2011 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 10 (IANS) For Maheshwar Singh and Mohammed Fazal in Bihar's Gaya district, it's going to be a long and dry summer. They have asked their families not to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
HMAS Success engineers blamed for sexual misconduct
February 22nd, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 22 (ANI): A report on the sexual misbehaviour aboard the Royal Australian Navy supply ship HMAS Success has blamed a small group of sailors in the engineering department.Defence Minister Stephen ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Two injured in separate attacks in Sopore
February 10th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 10 (IANS) Two civilians were injured in two separate guerrilla attacks in Sopore town of Baramulla district in north Kashmir Thursday, police said.In the first case, separatist guerrillas shot at ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Pakistan team to assess Jammu lake project
February 4th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 4 (IANS) A team of Pakistani experts will visit Jammu and Kashmir in the third week of February to assess an artificial lake under construction here."Since we have nothing to ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Delhi’s new civic centre has poor connectivity
December 30th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The 28-storey brand new headquarters of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is virtually cut off from the rest of the world as it has poor mobile ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Why unsafe Delhi schools not demolished, asks rights body
December 30th, 2010 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has issued a notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), asking why there is a delay in ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Mumbai’s Engineering Hub building to be ready by June
December 14th, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS) The Engineering Hub building of Mumbai, housing offices of all the engineering departments of the city, will be operational by June 2011, an official said Tuesday."The municipal headquarter ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Two Manipur militants arrested in Delhi
December 7th, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Two members of outlawed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) were arrested in Delhi, city police said Tuesday.Huidrom Nanao Singh and Mayengbam Santon Luwang were hiding in the capital ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Chattisgarh tribals learn to use the toilet
December 5th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
By Dinesh SahuAdesar (Chhattisgarh), Dec.5 (ANI): Adesar village in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh is an innocuous village by the one of the main roads that run through the district.Development in terms of infrastructure ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Militants abduct government engineers in Manipur
November 28th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Imphal, Nov 28 (IANS) Four engineers of the Manipur public health engineering department and their driver were abducted by separatist militants in the state, police said here Sunday."Heavily armed Kangleipak Communist Party ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Female worker claims American Airlines staff grabbed her breasts
November 3rd, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
Chicago, Nov 03 (ANI): An American Airlines staffer has filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that co-workers, and even bosses, grabbed her breasts and made lewd comments.Donna Montefusco had been ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Delhi to be sparkling clean — before Diwali
October 25th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Monday asked its officials to carry out special sanitation drives to keep the city "clean and beautiful" ahead of Diwali.MCD Standing ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Silicon ‘can radically increase capacity of lithium-ion batteries’
October 14th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 14 (ANI): Rice University and Lockheed Martin scientists have found that silicon can radically increase the capacity of lithium-ion batteries."The anode, or negative, side of today's batteries is made ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Life is without toilets for millions in Bihar (Feature)
August 4th, 2010 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 4 (IANS) Parvatia Devi and her young daughter, residents of Ranipur village near the Bihar capital, make their way to an open field under the cover of darkness every day ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Jaipur district encounters water shortage
July 15th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Jaipur, July 15 (ANI): Due to lack of rain in Rajashthan locals in Jaipur and nearby villages are complaining about the shortage of water and the hardships they have to bear to ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Learnt lessons, prepared for monsoon: MCD
July 5th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi , July 5 (IANS) As the monsoon sets over the national capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) claims that it has learnt lessons from the past years and is ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Four BJP ministers attend Bihar cabinet meeting (Lead)
June 22nd, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 22 (IANS) Four of the twelve Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) led Bihar government attended the cabinet meeting here Tuesday after Deputy Chief Minister ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Bihar BJP ministers likely to stay away from cabinet meeting
June 22nd, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Patna, June 22 (ANI): Ministers of the Nitish Kumar Government in Bihar representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are likely to stay away from Tuesday's cabinet meeting.BJP ministers took the ... Read more...
Posted in National |
JD-U, BJP rift widens as Nitish cancels march (Lead)
June 20th, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 20 (IANS) The rift between Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) widened Sunday, with Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi boycotting a joint march in ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Jharkhand government transfers IAS officials
June 16th, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, June 16 (IANS) In a major reshuffle, the Jharkhand government Wednesday effected transfers of five Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officials.
A government notification said that Rajbala Verma, who was finance commissioner, has ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Shrinking lakes of Jammu pose threat to environment
June 15th, 2010 - 9:06 pm ICT by ANI
ZCZCANI 0186 (Feature)By Taheer Nadeem KhanMansar, Samba, June 15 (ANI): Mansar and Saruinsar lakes in Jammu have the potential to become a major tourist destination and can draw over a thousand tourists ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Chandigarh to spend Rs.48 crore on schools
May 22nd, 2010 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 22 (IANS) The Chandigarh administration will spend nearly Rs.48 crore this fiscal to upgrade facilities and infrastructure in existing schools and construct new schools in this union territory, an official ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |