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India to vote April-May, results on May 16
India will elect a new parliament over nine days in April-May in the world's largest democratic exercise, with the Election Commission Wednesday saying the results will be declared May 16. |
Mumbai tops list of world's 10 least expensive cities, Delhi third: SurveyBy Kounteya Sinha/ Times of India
For an average Indian, living costs in Mumbai - the business capital of India - may be a nightmare. But the new Worldwide Cost of Living 2014 index has thrown up an interesting finding. |
Educating the criminal mind: Tihar Jail shows a way outAmiya Kumar Kushwaha
Criminal behavior can be changed by imparting education. Towards this, the capital's Tihar Jail, one of the largest in Asia, is vigorously conducting a literacy campaign among its teeming inmates, 20 percent of whom are unlettered and a staggering 65 percent have not even studied till Class 10. |
India reports largest number of bird species in world: StudyBy Vishwa Mohan/ The Economic Times
India is home to the largest number of bird species in the world. Preliminary findings of a recent global event - Great Backyard Bird Count - have put India on top of the list of 127 countries, which sent their entries through pictures and videos. |
Khirki Extension midnight raid: judicial probe indicts Bharti, gives clean chit to policeBy DK Rituraj/ The Indian Express
A judicial probe into the midnight raid at South Delhi’s Khirki Extension on January 15-16 has found former Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti guilty of leading the raid and has vindicated the stand taken by the Delhi Police in not following Bharti’s instructions for conducting the raid. |
Foreign scholars keen to join Nalanda University: Official
A large number of foreign scholars and teachers are keen to join the upcoming Nalanda University in Bihar as its faculty members, an official said Thursday. |
India is free but not equal: Jesse JacksonBy Soumya Das/ The Hindu
Despite having achieved independence from the British, India has still has not been able to achieve socio-economic equality, noted American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson said at an event at the Netaji Museum here on Tuesday. “In some sense the fact remains that India is free but not equal.” |
Seaplane services to be launched from MumbaiBy Quaid Najmi
Commercial seaplane services will commence between Mumbai and Lonavala's Aamby Valley hill station from Feb 24, with the 100-km-long flight taking 25-28 minutes, or one-fourth of the time taken by road, an official said. |
Tiger out of the woodsBy Atul Sethi/ The Times of India
In the Sunderbans, the vast tangle of marshy wetlands that lie between India and Bangladesh, the word 'baagh' is uttered in hushed tones. The reason, as naturalist Sy Montgomery, points out in her seminal book, 'Spell of the Tiger', is chillingly apparent. "It is the only spot on earth where tigers routinely eat people - swimming silently behind small boats at night to drag away fishermen, snatching honey collectors and woodcutters from the forest," she writes. |
Midnight raid: 12 African women's statements recorded
The Delhi Police have recorded statements of 40 people, including 12 African women, against "unknown" people for a Jan 16 midnight raid conducted by Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti, police said February 14. |
