Music helps children improve listening, learning
byWashington: A little music training in childhood can help improve brain functions in adulthood, especially the complex processing of sound involving listening and learning. “Based…
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Virbhadra Singh meets Sonia, supporters
byNew Delhi: Former union minister Virbhadra Singh here today met his supporters in an apparent bid to exert pressure on the Congress top brass about…
No deregulation of diesel, kerosene, LPG prices
byNew Delhi: The government has no plans to deregulate diesel, cooking gas (LPG) and kerosene prices by withdrawing subsidy on them, Minister of State for…
CAG Vinod Rai’s Service Records and Dossier Missing
byLucknow: The service records of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai “are not traceable”, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has revealed in…
PM to head all-party meet on job promotion quota
byNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting today to discuss the issue of giving reservation in job promotions to Scheduled Castes…
Sharp hike in heroin smuggling across Punjab border
byAmritsar: Smuggling of heroin along the international India-Pakistan fenced border in Punjab has almost tripled over the last year if seizures made by the Border…
Coal allotment: Chorus for PM’s resignation, parliament adjourned
byNew Delhi: A combative opposition today demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report on coal block allocation, leading…
Central team to visit Assam for rehabilitation efforts
byNew Delhi: A central team of officials will pay a three-day visit to Assam from Tuesday to assist the state administration in the rehabilitation of…
Over 250 websites blocked for triggering northeast panic
byNew Delhi: In the wake of morphed images triggering an unprecedented exodus of northeastern people from major cities in other states, the government today blocked…
Facing flak over price-rise remark, Beni now bats for retail FDI
byNew Delhi: Yet drawing flak for his remark that he was “happy” with price-rise as it was beneficial for farmers, union Steel Minister Beni Prasad…