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Anti-quota strike hits hospital services

Staff Reporter · May 14, 2006 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, May 13 (UNI): A strike by junior and resident doctors in support of the anti-quota stir by students affected services in five premier government hosp...

Karunanidhi cabinet has 20 new faces, ten old colleagues

Staff Reporter · May 14, 2006 · 2 min read

CHENNAI, May 13 (UNI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's 31-member jumbo cabinet has ten of his old colleagues and 20 new faces. Following is the profil...

Jessica case eyewitness nabbed at airport

Staff Reporter · May 14, 2006 · 1 min read

KOLKATA, May 13 (UNI): Eyewitness in the Jessica Lal murder case actor-model Shayan Munshi was apprehended by the police at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Inte...

Indians rescued from Jordan

Staff Reporter · May 14, 2006 · 2 min read

CHENNAI, May 13 (UNI): Forty-one Indians who went to Jordan for tailoring jobs through a private manpower agency arrived here today after they were rescued from...

Coimbatore blasts

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 2 min read

Advani urges PM to clarify on Madani issue BHOPAL, Apr 27 (UNI): Senior BJP leader L K Advani today slammed a proposal, passed by the Kerala assembly, absolving...

No shortage of coins in Banks: RBI

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 1 min read

CHANDIGARH, Apr 27 (UNI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has clarified that there was no shortage of any of the coins for the public. Any number of coins can be pr...

Another son rises in Rae Bareli

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 2 min read

RAE BARELI, UP, Apr 27 (UNI): It is now a son vs son in Rae Bareli. To counter the whirlwind campaign of Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi in support of his mother Congres...

'My Lord', 'Your Honour' make no difference: Law Minister

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Apr 27 (UNI): The controversy, whether lawyers shouldaddress the Supreme Court or High Court judges as "My Lord" or "Your Honour", carries no weighta...

Mahajan's dependence on drugs coming down

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 1 min read

MUMBAI, Apr 27 (UNI): The condition of senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan seeto be showing signs of improvement on day six at the Hinduja Hospital here as his dep...

Sariska awaits a tiger and a tigress, after losing all

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 3 min read

CHANDIGARH, Apr 27 (UNI): After losing all ten tigers at the hands of poachers in less than three years, the Sariska national park in Alwar is awaiting a tiger ...

Yechury leaves for Kathmandu today

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Apr 27 (UNI): India's Nepal interlocuter Sitaram Yechury will leave for Kathmandu tomorrow for a two-day visit aimed at taking forward the roadmap fo...

AIIMS authorities asked to explain action against an officer

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Apr 27 (UNI): The Central Information Commission (CIC) has sought explanation from authorities of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)...

People vote with silence clipped to their lips

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 2 min read

KOLKATA, Apr 27 (UNI): A studied silence, brisk polling and simmering security net marked the third phase of elections for 76 seats in Kolkata, North and South ...

"The Da Vinci Code" set for India release on May 19

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 3 min read

MUMBAI, Apr 27 (UNI): "The Da Vinci Code", which will open the prestigious Cannes Film Festival on May 17, is set to release in Indian theatres on the same day ...

1800 detonators siezed

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 1 min read

RANCHI, Apr 27 (UNI): Police recovered more than 1700 detonators along with huge quantity of other explosive materials from a house at Hutar village under Khunt...

As temperatures rise power situation in 12 states gets worse

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, Apr 27 (UNI): A nation-wide survey of the power situation in the country brings out that 12 States are heading for an acute power crisis, including i...

Advani's call for disbanding NAC irks Left

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, Apr 27 (UNI): The Left parties today outrightly rejected Opposition leader L K Advani's call for disbanding the National Advisory Council (NAC) sayin...

Medical students of five colleges start indefinite strike

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Apr 27 (UNI): Scores of students and interns of fivemedical colleges here went on an indefinite strike today in protest against the proposed move to ...

Making history "more entertaining"

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Apr 27 (UNI): At a time when content on television isincreasingly "entertainment driven", "information laced with entertainment" seeto be the motto o...

Khurana challenges Malhotra for electoral battle

Staff Reporter · Apr 27, 2006 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, Apr 27 (UNI): Former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana today dared the only BJP MP from Delhi Vijay Kumar Malhotra to come forward for an electo...

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