Central forces to guard Goa during tourist season
byPanaji : A day after the Goa government admitted to a specific input about a potential terror strike in Goa during the tourist season,…
December, 2011
‘Offensive matter on Facebook, Twitter will be removed’
byNew Delhi : The Indian government will not allow social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to host “objectionable” content and will take steps…
34 die in Afghanistan triple bombings
byKabul : Thirtyfour people were killed in massive explosions that rocked Kabul, Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan Tuesday, a day after the Bonn conference…
Shimla’s HPTDC lift to install CCTV cameras
byShimla : The Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation’s (HPTDC) popular lifts connecting the cart road and mall road will soon have CCTV cameras installed…
Uttarakhand bans mining in Ganga
byDehra Dun : Succumbing to the indefinite hunger strike undertaken by Shivanand Saraswati, founder head of the Matrisadan Ashram in the holy city of…
FDI in retail: Time India removed its blinkers
byThe opposition to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the retail business by some opposition parties in India is utterly regressive. FDI in retail will…
Gigantic planets holding billions of tonnes of diamonds
byWashington : Recent findings have revealed that some stars in the Milky Way could be harbouring carbon super earths — gigantic planets completely bereft…
Ministers to brief Congress chiefs on flagship schemes
byNew Delhi : In a bid to improve implementation and ensure that benefits percolate down to the most marginalised, union ministers will brief Congress…
Triple bombings rock Afghanistan
byKabul : Massive bombings rocked Kabul, Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan Tuesday, a day after the Bonn conference that focussed on the strife-ridden nation’s…
Maoists set ablaze mobile tower equipment, truck in Odisha
byBhubaneswar : Maoists Tuesday set ablaze the equipment of a mobile phone tower and a truck in Odisha in two separate incidents, police said….