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MHA to hire MI-17 for operations in Naxal areas, invites EoI |
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Having decided to use choppers for non-combat operations in Naxal-affected areas, the Home Ministry has invited expressions of interest from MI-17 operators for "wet lease" of their helicopters for an initial period of one year, extendable up to three years. |
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'Chardham' yatra remains suspended due to rains |
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'Chardham' yatra in Garhwal Himalayas remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Thursday due to landslides triggered by incessant rains. |
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Cancun climate summit to ensure transparency: UN climate chief |
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Having learnt "lessons" from the failure of last year's climate change talks in Copenhagen, steps are being taken to ensure that no country is left out of the negotiation process and transparency is maintained at the Cancun summit in November, the new UN climate chief said. |
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Government finally agrees to caste census |
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Giving in to demands from almost all political parties, government on Thursday decided to hold caste census next year under an exercise to be carried out separately from the enumeration of population. |
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Toll in Kerala hooch tragedy rises to 25 |
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Two more persons died on Thursday, taking the toll in the twin hooch tragedy in the district to 25, police said. |
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Govt to carry out caste census next year |
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Bowing to demands by several political parties, government today decided to carry out a caste census next year. |
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Sonia favours balanced approach in land acquisition |
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The debate in the Congress and the UPA government over land acquisition acquired a new edge with party President Sonia Gandhi favouring a balanced approach in securing land for industrial purposes without losing large fertile tracts. |
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Malayalam actor, director Venu Nagavally dies |
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Reknowned Malayalam film actor and director, Venu Nagavally, died at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday morning. He was 61. |
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Maoists loot, torch houses in Gaya |
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Armed Maoists burnt several houses, including that of a BJP leader, and looted valuables worth Rs 50 lakh in Imamganj area of Naxal hit Gaya district in Bihar on early Thursday, the police said. |
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Death toll in MP bus mishap climbs to 21 |
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With the recovery of seven more bodies from the swollen Bagdi river on Thursday, the death toll in the Khategaon bus mishap here has risen to 21. |
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IAF to procure 59 Mi-17 choppers from Russia |
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Aiming to strengthen its medium-lift helicopter fleet, the IAF is planning to procure 59 more Mi-17 IV choppers in addition to the 80 ordered earlier from Russia. |
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CCI probe cannot be challenged before COMPAT: SC |
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The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Competition Commission of India has authority to direct investigation pertaining to fair trade practices and its directions cannot be challenged before the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT). |
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Some people are trying to scuttle Sethu project: Karunanidhi |
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Alleging that some people were trying to scuttle the Sethusamudram Shipping Channel Project, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday requested the Centre to take it up and complete the project as early as possible. |
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Four Maoists involved in Lakhisarai encounter held |
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Four hardcore Maoists involved in August 29 Lakhisarai encounter with police in which seven policemen were killed and four others kidnapped, were arrested from Surayagarha area in the district on Wednesday, police said. |
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Maoists kill villager in Garhwa |
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The Maoists killed a villager after branding him a police "informer" in Garhwa district, the state's seventh such victim in recent months. |
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FIR in Lakhisarai encounter case |
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Police on Wednesday registered an FIR charging 18 Maoist leaders and 150 unknown persons with being involved in the encounter in Bihar's Lakhisarai district on August 29 that left eight policemen dead. |
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Sonia concerned over high dropout rate in village schools |
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National Advisory Council Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday voiced concern over the high dropout rate and the absence of teachers from schools in villages. |
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Shiney's maid takes U-turn, says she was never raped |
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In a twist in the sensational rape case involving Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, his maid has backtracked from her allegations that he raped her at his residence in Mumbai last year and said the incident never occurred. |
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26/11 case: Prosecutors file plea for formation of commission |
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Pakistani prosecutors on Tuesday filed a petition in a Rawalpindi-based anti-terrorism court for the formation of a commission that would visit India to record the testimony of 24 key witnesses in the Mumbai attacks case. |
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Chandrayaan-2 will try out new ideas, technologies |
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Chandrayaan-2, the proposed second Indian mission to moon, would undertake "extremely good" experiments and try out new technologies but accommodating foreign payloads on board does not appear to be a possibility at this stage. |
