Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju on Thursday said India is to achieve 80 percent literacy rate in the next two years. Dr. Pallam Raju, who inaugurated an International Conference on Achieving Literacy for All, said that more than 20 crore people have become literates since the last Census of 2001 out of which more than half of them are females. He said ...
Medical students death Pilot urges Akhilesh to intervene
Minister for Corporate Affairs Sachin Pilot Thursday urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to intervene in the murder of a medical student in Moradabad town to ensure that culprits are brought to book, sources in Pilot's office said. The sources said that Pilot wrote a letter to the UP chief minister and visited the victim's house in Faridabad, Haryana, to attend her last rites ...
Energy audits to help Delhi consumers save power
Delhi's private power distribution company BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) Thursday signed a pact with French energy major Schneider Electric to help consumers reduce power consumption by 30 percent through energy audits. "Schneider, as a technical partner, will study the electricity load, load profile, power factor of a consumer and suggest efficient energy utilisation," said a statement ...
Bosch unveils enterprise software for speedy net connectivity
German automotive major's Bosch Software Innovations Thursday unveiled integrated software tools for enterprises in Asia-Pacific to address their connectivity needs in a networked world. "As we expect a worldwide internet penetration rate of 75 percent and 6.5 billion internet protocol (IP)-ready devices connected over the internet by 2015, our latest software product will lay the foundation ...
Land for landless families to be in womens name
In a bid to ensure that women get a fair share of land holdings, the government is proposing to make all new land distribution among landless poor families in the woman's name, instead of jointly with her husband. According to the draft national land reforms policy formulated by the rural development ministry, homestead land title distribution or regularisation to landless families should be ...
Eight students fall sick in Delhi after consuming iron tablets
Eight students, including seven girls, of two Delhi Government-run schools fell sick after consuming folic acid and iron supplements given to them under a government scheme, police said Thursday. The students, aged 10-12 years, of two Sarvodaya schools in West Delhi's Bharat Nagar and Ashok Vihar area took ill Wednesday after consuming the supplements. "The students were rushed to the Sundar ...
16 DU colleges still have commerce course seats
Delhi University released its seventh cut-off list for the four-year undergraduate programme, with at least 16 colleges still open for admissions for the much sought after commerce course, an official said Thursday. At least 15 colleges have seats in economics course while admissions are open for course in English in nine colleges, history in two, political science in three, philosophy in ...
Curfew in Valley from Friday mobile internet services suspended
Curfew would be imposed in Srinagar and all other major towns in the Kashmir Valley from Friday morning as a precautionary measure, officials said. "Curfew would remain in force till further orders from tomorrow (Friday) morning onwards in Srinagar and all other major towns of the Valley. The step has been necessitated to maintain law and order in the Valley," a police officer said ...
Robins triple ton puts KSCA on top
Riding on Robin Uthappa's unbeaten 307 (358b, 29x4, 5x6), KSCA XI piled on 550/5 in their 120 overs and then had Jharkhand SCA on the mat with the visitors on 124/3 in the Safi Darashah All-India cricket tournament here Thursday when rain cut short the proceedings. Meanwhile, R. Samarth (150 batting, 276b, 21x4) helped KSCA President's XI take first innings lead against Cricket Association of ...
JSW Sports to launch football club Saturday
JSW Sports will launch its new football club at the Bangalore Football Stadium Saturday. Making their I-League debut this season, the club has roped in former Manchester United player Ashley Westwood as coach and has also signed India international Robin Singh. "We are really pleased that Bangalore is going to be home to this new and promising club. We hope and believe that this will be the ...
Sarada Devis relics stolen from Belur Math
Relics of Sarada Devi, the spiritual consort of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, have been stolen from the Belur Math, the global headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in West Bengal's Howrah district, an official of the order said. "On Tuesday, around 4.45 p.m. we noticed that some relics of Sree Sree Ma are missing from the glass showcase where they were kept. We ...
Half a million devotees witness Lord Jagannaths homecoming in Puri
Braving heavy showers, more than half a million devotees witnessed the 'Bahuda Yatra' or the homecoming of Lord Jagannath and two other deities in Odisha's temple town of Puri Thursday, an official said. The ceremony to take out deities from the Gundicha temple started at 12.20 p.m. and was completed by 2.05 p.m., Laxmidhar Pujapanda, public relations officer of the Jagannath temple, told IANS ...
Kolkata to host Latin jazz concert
Come Friday, audiences here will get a taste of Latin music and dance, thanks to a concert put together by two ensembles specialising in the genre. Los Amigos, a city-based Latin jazz quartet, has joined hands with Mambo City, a duo of Latin dancers, to stage a concert in an effort to promote the dance and music form. Often confused with jazz from Latin America, Latin jazz, in reality, is jazz ...
India to host Asian TT
India will host the 2014 Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships in Bangalore. The decision was taken at an Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) meeting which coincided with the senior Asian Championships in Busan earlier this month. "It was decided that the next Asian Juniors will take place in India next year, sometime in August. The most likely venue will be the Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore," ...
Four protesters killed in Kashmir town tension in Valley
At least four people were killed and about two dozen injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district Thursday in a clash between protesters and the security forces, police said. The incident led to tension in Srinagar and adjoining Pulwama, Shopian and Anantnag districts with protesters taking to streets. In a separate development, a cardiologist was critically injured and two police guards ...
2017 U-17 World Cup can boost Indian football
Former English footballer Paul Masefield said Thursday if India manages to win the bid for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, it will significantly boost the popularity of the sport in the country. "If India manages to pull off the bid for the U-17 World Cup it will be great for the country. Also, I think the English Premier League this season and the FIFA World Cup next year will almost double the ...
Regulating acid sale just one step Victims activists
For Sonali Mukherjee, who aged only 18 fell victim to an acid attack in Dhanbad in 2003, the apex court ruling Thursday introducing regulations in the sale of the substance comes as "too little, too late". Sonali Mukherjee was terribly scarred for life by the attackers who struck as she lay sleeping on the terrace of her house. Days before the attack, Mukherjee, who belonged to the National ...
KKR pacer Pradeep Sangwan tests positive in IPL
Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Pradeep Sangwan, who plays for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy, has tested positive during the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL). IPL authorities have informed the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) about the player's A sample testing positive. The left-arm pacer is the second cricketer after Pakistan's Mohammad Asif to fail dope test in the ...
Tug-of-war over move to shift Mumbai Zoo
A tug-of-war is underway between political parties over the proposed shifting of the historic 153-year old Mumbai Zoo, popularly known as Rani Baug, in central Mumbai. The latest to lend his weight to the argument against the shift is Mayor Sunil Prabhu, who has dashed off a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on the issue. Set up in 1861, the Mumbai Zoo, later renamed ...
Government clears Rs.600 crore for railways projects in north east
The government Thursday approved an additional Rs.400 crore to complete three rail projects in the northeastern region before March 2014. The three critical rail projects are the Harmati-Naharlagun project to provide the first rail connectivity to Arunachal Pradesh; the Dudhnoi-Mehdipathar project to connect Meghalaya; and the Rangapura-North Lakhimpur gauge conversion project. The Railways ...
Humid day in Delhi rains expected Friday
It was a cloudy, humid day in the capital Thursday with the maximum temperature settling at 34.1 degrees Celsius - average for this time of the season. The Met Office has forecast light showers in the city Friday. "The city will witness an overcast sky Friday with light rains expected in some parts during the day," an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The maximum and ...
Tamil movie lyricist Vaali dead
Famous Tamil lyricist T.S. Rangarajan, popularly known as Vaali, passed away Thursday in a private hospital due to lung problem. He was 82. He is survived by his son Balaji. The funeral will take place here Friday, family members said. An Iyengar Brahmin, Vaali has penned several memorable songs of different varieties --love duets, sad, philosophical and others. His famous songs include ...
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