After 25 years, Punjab teachers yet to get pension
Chandigarh: A prolonged fight of nearly 25 years by teachers of government-aided private colleges in Punjab for a pension scheme has come back to square…
Shutdown affects life in Valley
Srinagar: Life across the Kashmir Valley was partially affected by the separatist shutdown call Monday to protest last week’s firing by security forces on protesters…
Girls’ school blown up in Pakistan
Islamabad: Extremists blew up an all-girls school in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency, a tribal area, leaving one person killed, Geo News reported Monday. The extremists had…
Universities should be enablers of society: Pranab
Mumbai: President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday called upon all universities to reinvent themselves to deliver relevant knowledge and actionable skills. “Universities will need to reinvent themselves…
Spiritual values need of the hour, says Ravi Shankar
Bangalore: Rekindling spirituality is the need of the hour, spiritual guru Ravi Shankar said today, following the death of the Delhi gang-rape victim. “This is…
Woman’s body found by riverside in Bengal
Kolkata: The body of a young woman, strangulated with a muffler, was found by a riverside in West Bengal Sunday, police said. Police are not…
RTI activist in Andhra given poison shot
Hyderabad: Unidentified assailants forcibly administered a poisonous injection to a Right to Information (RTI) activist in Andhra Pradesh. His condition is said to be critical….
3,500 kg ancient coins found in China
Beijing: Archaeologists have excavated about 3,500 kg of ancient coins in China’s Inner Mongolia Region, Xinhua reported today. Most of these coins were in prevalence…
2012 saw birth of new IT companies and sustained growth (2012 in Retrospect)
Bangalore: India’s $100-billion IT industry in 2012 saw the emergence of new companies to serve global and local markets and sustained growth, despite tough business…
Biodiversity panel to balance conservation with development
hiruvananthapuram: The challenge before the proposed National Innovation Council (NIC) on biodiversity is to ensure a balance between conservation and economic development, National Biodiversity Authority…