US tightening visa rules for students
byWashington, May 4 (IANS) In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, the US will tighten oversight to help ensure that foreign students seeking…
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Bird support group branded ‘foreign agent’ in Russia
by Hill Post WireMoscow, May 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An ecological support group in Russia, running a protected site for cranes, has been branded as a “foreign agent”…
Russians asked not to visit China over bird flu
by Hill Post WireMoscow, May 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia’s chief public health official Gennady Onishchenko has recommended the country’s nationals not to visit China where a new…
Pakistani prisoner in coma, on ventilator support: PGIMER
by Hill Post WireChandigarh, May 3 (IANS) Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah, who was critically injured after being attacked by an Indian prisoner Friday in a Jammu jail, is…
Census of Eastern Swamp Deer starts in Assam’s Kaziranga
by Hill Post WireGuwahati, May 3 (IANS) A three-day exercise has begun in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park to monitor the exact number of Eastern Swamp Deer there,…
Udaipur doctor arrested for taking bribe
by Hill Post WireJaipur, May 3 (IANS) A senior doctor at a government hospital in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district was arrested Friday for taking bribe of Rs.500 for…
Mercury touches 44 degrees Celsius in Odisha
by Hill Post WireBhubaneswar, May 3 (IANS) Unrelenting heat continued to grip many parts of Odisha with Sonepur town Friday recording a maximum temperature of 44 degrees…
Delhi has warm Friday, similar Saturday expected
by Hill Post WireNew Delhi, May 3 (IANS) It was a warm Friday in the national capital with the maximum temperature being recorded at 38.3 degrees Celsius,…
Unsafe abortions claim lives of 4,500 women per year
by Hill Post WireNew Delhi, May 3 (IANS) As many of 4,500 deaths or eight percent of all maternal deaths occur due to unsafe abortions every year,…
Keralites corner glory in civil service exams
by Hill Post WireThiruvananthapuram, May 3 (IANS) For the first time since 1991, a Keralite has come first in the Civil Services Examinations while the second and…