Bureaucrats Don’t Need Fixed Tenures – They Need Stronger Spines
by[ The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that all bureaucrats should have fixed tenures and that states must set up Civil Services Boards to…
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Messanger, Krasnove in lead at Paragliding Pre World Cup 2013
byBir / Billing: It was a close contest at the second task flight yesterday with Jamie Messenger of Great Britain coming out on top…
Part of Rohtang tunnel collapses, work halted
byManali: Construction work on the strategically important Rohtang tunnel , a 1,495-crore ($290 million) project near Manali in Himachal Pradesh came to a partial…
India Supreme Court concedes Right to Negative Vote
byNew Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court today said that for a vibrant democracy the voter has the right to negative voting by…
Saving convicts ordinance is crap – should be torn up: Rahaul Gandhi
byNew Delhi: In what is being seen as a divide between the government and the ruling party, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said the…
Himachal bus accident in Sirmaur leaves all 21 passengers dead
byShimla: There were no one left alive in the early morning bus accident, today in the interiors of Sirmaur district as the two accident…
Man shot at for not putting onions in omelette
byLucknow: A man was shot at in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah town for not putting onions in an egg omelette, police said today. The incident…
Heads I Win, Tails you Lose
byHeard that before, haven’t you? Hobson’s choice! A week from now we cross the Autumnal Equinox yet again; then as winter slowly sets in,…
Delhi gang-rape case: All four convicts awarded death sentence
byNew Delhi: Four men were sentenced to death today for the Dec 16, 2012, gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy intern here. The…
Prayers resume at Kedarnath after 86 days
byDehradun : The bells chimed yet again and shouts of ‘har har Mahadev’ reverberated in the heights of the valley, as token prayers were…