Farmers block rail, road traffic in Punjab
Chandigarh : Road and railway traffic was affected in various parts of Punjab Thursday as hundreds of farmers blocked railway tracks and highways to…
‘No black money abroad’, BJP MPs to declare Friday
New Delhi : Main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said its MPs will give a declaration on the occasion of world anti-corruption day…
Supreme Court nod to JNU students’ union polls
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday permitted elections to the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) for the current academic year by relaxing…
Madhya Pradesh peon worth Rs.12 crore
Ujjain : A peon working in the city’s municipal corporation was found to own assets worth around Rs.12 crore during a raid by the…
Back to square one: Anti-Chidambaram protests disrupt parliament
New Delhi : After only a day of peace and normal business in parliament, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were back to…
Anthony Hopkins to play Hitchcock
London : Veteran actor Anthony Hopkins has been roped in to play legendary director Alfred Hitchcock in a new biopic. The film “Alfred Hitchcock…
New hope for Mahatma Gandhi’s schools in Bihar
Patna : There is new hope for an important but forgotten part of Gandhian heritage. After decades of neglect, the 391 Buniyadi Vidyalayas (basic…
Court allows Swamy to be recalled as 2G witness
New Delhi : A special CBI court Thursday allowed Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy to recall himself as a witness to prove Home Minister…
Mini-laptop market to shrink by 40 mn in 2012
Taipei : Tablet computers will eat into the miniature laptop market by 40 million units in 2012, the head of a Taiwanese research institute…
US discounts Pakistan coup rumours
Washington : The US has discounted rumours of a “silent coup” against Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari after reports that he had gone to…