• Panchayat polls: Akalis, Congress lose man each

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    Lopoke (Amritsar), May 17 -- The blaze of political murders in Punjab's zila parishad and block samiti election campaign turned more violent on Friday, claiming a man on either side.Akali sarpanch Jagir Singh is charged with killing Gurjinder Singh, 45, of a Congress family to avenge the murder of a supporter, Balkar Singh, 20. The murder happened in a shootout at Chak Misri Khan village, 3 kilometres from here, a couple of hours before the campaigning ended.Balkar Singh was shot in the chest from close range, and three more people, including a woman, also took bullets. ... More »Panchayat polls: Akalis, Congress lose man each

  • Police to map rape spots, start awareness drive

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    New Delhi, May 17 -- The Delhi Police have decided to map the places where rape incidents have taken place. They have started analysing the category of colonies, as defined by the municipal corporations of Delhi (MCD), where several rape incidents have taken place.So far, the analysis has revealed that over 80% of rapes took place in colonies falling under the F and G (lower middle-class) categories of the civic agencies. ... More »Police to map rape spots, start awareness drive

  • RWAs accuse DERC of excluding them from meeting

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- A number of Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) have accused the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) of conducting a public hearing without informing them.DERC is holding a public hearing for industrial, commercial and government bodies on Friday for determining the power tariff for this year."We strongly disapprove of the clandestine public hearing by DERC as it is against the norms followed and transparency. Indeed DERC does not want stakeholders to meet and stay divided," said Rajiv Kakaria, member of an NGO Chetna. ... More »RWAs accuse DERC of excluding them from meeting

  • Child dies after teacher bangs his head against wall

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- Class 3 student Babi Joardar, who was mercilessly beaten up by his teacher two days ago at a school in Nirdeshkhali Natupara village of South 24 Parganas, succumbed to his injuries in Kolkata on Friday morning.Angry locals attacked lady teacher Champarani Mondal, ransacked her house and later handed her over to the police.Locals and the police told HT, on Wednesday two students Bapi and Tanmay were quarrelling and pulling at each other's schoolbags.The teacher banged their heads against each other and then beat them up with a stick. ... More »Child dies after teacher bangs his head against wall

  • East Corp to start sealing illegal cell phone towers

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- Coming down heavily on illegal cell phone towers, the East Delhi Corporation has decided to start the process of sealing them.The issue of illegal cell phone towers was raised in the standing committee meeting of the corporation on Thursday.A number of councillors have alleged that the civic agency has not taken action against illegal cell phone towers.Despite a ban imposed by the Supreme Court on installation of mobile towers on school and hospital buildings, such structures continue to operate from at least seven school buildings and four nursing homes in east Delhi areas. ... More »East Corp to start sealing illegal cell phone towers

  • Traffic, safety, facilities top citizens' concerns

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- As part of the Hindustan Times "Your Gurgaon Your Voice" initiative, a forum has been set up to record issues faced by employees working in various companies in Gurgaon.The forum has been set up at Infinity Towers in DLF Cyber City Phase 3.The five-day campaign, which is culminating on Friday, will identify problems and find solutions by approaching the authorities.Radio jockey with Fever 104, Nitin, hosted the event and spoke to residents regarding infrastructure, lack of pavements, poorly-lit streets and other issues. ... More »Traffic, safety, facilities top citizens' concerns

  • ICSE, ISC results 2013 declared; Doon's 'wonder debater' is all-India topper

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- The results of the ICSE - Class 10 - and ISC- class 12- results were anounced by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations at 3 pm on Friday.While students will be able to view their individual results, the principals will be given passwords to view school results.The results can be accessed online at www.cisce.in.com, www.cisce.topperlearning.com, www.cisce.indiaresults.com, and www.cisce.india-education.com.Students can also get their result through SMS by sending their roll number to 58888, 54242, 51818 and 56263. ... More »ICSE, ISC results 2013 declared; Doon's 'wonder debater' is all-India topper

  • Ministry asks airlines to review number of privileged seats

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    New Delhi, May 17 -- The civil aviation ministry has expressed its unhappiness with airlines putting a very large number of seats under the "privileged seat" category for which they could charge a fee and has asked airlines to limit the number of such seats.The aviation ministry top brass met senior airline executives in New Delhi on Friday and asked them to identify the rows of seats to be charged. The ministry has, however, left it to the airlines to decide on how many seats they wish to put in this special category.On April 2, the aviation ministry allowed airlines to unbundle charges. ... More »Ministry asks airlines to review number of privileged seats

  • Karontha school bears the brunt of 'communal war'

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- Amid all hullabaloo about seeking Sant Rampal's ouster and getting Satlok Ashram vacated, the Government Senior Secondary School at Karontha village of the district bore the brunt.The Arya Samajis, on May 12, did not mind burning floor mats, plastic chairs and blackboard of the school.The protest had turned violent when police stopped followers of the Arya Samaj from advancing towards the ashram. After police opened fire to control the mob, they hid in the school. ... More »Karontha school bears the brunt of 'communal war'

  • Oil companies defer petrol price hike

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    New Delhi, May 17 -- State-owned oil companies have deferred a decision on the revision in petrol prices to end of this month."International oil and petroleum product prices have again started firming and even the rupee-dollar equation is fluctuating. but we will wait till the end of the month and see how the situation emerges," a senior oil company official said.Oil companies have implemented four consecutive reductions in petrol prices. The price of petrol was last reduced by Rs. 3 per litre - the steepest cut in more than four years - on May 1. Prior to this, the rates were reduced by Rs. ... More »Oil companies defer petrol price hike

  • Post scandal, RR banking on skipper Dravid

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    Hyderabad, May 17 -- By the time Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals headed for practice on Thursday evening, dark clouds had gathered over the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Uppal. Apart from posing a rain threat to the game, the clouds were symbolic of the tatters that the Royals had been reduced to in a matter of less than 24 hours.The arrests of S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila on Wednesday night for spot fixing marred what was appearing like an impressive season for the 2008 Indian T20 League winners. ... More »Post scandal, RR banking on skipper Dravid

  • Stalin's son surrenders hummer to CBI

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- DMK leader MK Stalin's son Udayanidhi Stalin has surrendered his imported Hummer before the CBI in Chennai. The CBI was looking for it as it was allegedly one of the illegal vehicles imported by a Hyderabad-based businessman in violation of customs laws.CBI officials said Udayanidhi came to the Chennai office of the CBI and handed over Hummer which was imported in 2007 and registered in his name. They said the car was alleged to have been imported by businessman Alex C Joseph evading customs duties. Alex had imported many such vehicles. ... More »Stalin's son surrenders hummer to CBI

  • Critics' review: The Great Gatsby disaster

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- Jay Gatsby has an interesting dialogue in the film that sums up everything the critics say the film is not. "Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can." As irony may have it, the film fails to repeat the essence of the 1920's American-dream that exists in F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby. "Whereas the book was an elegantly structured exercise in social nuance, the film careers from excess to excess before toppling into another puddle of excess. ... More »Critics' review: The Great Gatsby disaster

  • Absence of B Ed forms on DU website causes panic

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- Aspirants for Delhi University's B Ed and M Ed programmes were a confused lot as the department of education failed to upload the forms on Wednesday. The department was forced to postpone the application process to Friday afternoon.The problem came to light on Wednesday evening when a large number of students complained that the application forms were not available on the website, even till afternoon."I waited a long time for the forms to be uploaded, but even till the afternoon nothing was put up. I tried calling the department but could not get through. ... More »Absence of B Ed forms on DU website causes panic

  • LED television thief done in by remotes

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- Had he not forgotten the remotes, a 25-year-old youth in Srinagar would have made good escape after allegedly stealing 10 LED TVs from an electronics shop with a deft touch.His subsequent attempt to get remotes from the city market landed him in jail.The police said the sophisticated burglary took place on the night of May 4-5, when the offender, whose name the police have not divulged, sneaked into Khalid Electronics and decamped with 10 LED TVs, costing more than Rs. 3 lakh. ... More »LED television thief done in by remotes

  • Sanjay Dutt back in barrack 10 at Arthur Rd

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- Sanjay Dutt's stay at the Arthur Road jail is bound to bring back memories from the last time he spent time in the prison. And in a deja vu-inducing moment, the actor will be staying in barrack number 10 - the same barrack he was kept in after his arrest in 2007.After his arrival at the prison around 9.30pm, Dutt was taken to the barrack following security reasons. The high-security cell is near the anda cell where Abu Jundal is currently kept.Jail sources confirmed to HT that Dutt would be kept in barrack no. ... More »Sanjay Dutt back in barrack 10 at Arthur Rd

  • Visually-impaired Indian student joins Stanford

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- A visually challenged student, who was nearly deprived of the chance to pursue his passion for science in India, is now set to go to the University of Stanford for undergraduate studies in computers.Kartik Sawhney, 18, a student of Delhi Public School, RK Puram, loved science, but CBSE rules before 2010 forbade visually-challenged students from pursuing the subject in Class 12.While he managed to get the board to change its rule, he encountered his next hurdle while applying for the entrance exam to the Indian Institutes of Tech-nology, which, too, was not blind-friendly. ... More »Visually-impaired Indian student joins Stanford

  • Balanced governance: Sonia's tips to Siddaramaiah

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- Congress president Sonia Gandhi wants the new Karnataka government to adopt a "balanced approach, fiscal prudence and quick delivery" on governance and address concerns of all sections, particularly Dalits.When new chief minister Siddaramaiah and PCC chief G Parameshwar met her on ministry formation, she is understood to have taken note of reports of sporadic protests in parts of Karnataka over Parameshwar, who is a dalit, not being made the chief minister of Karnataka. ... More »Balanced governance: Sonia's tips to Siddaramaiah

  • ICSE Class X and XII results declared

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    India, May 17 -- The results of the ICSE - Class 10 - and ISC- class 12- results were anounced by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations at 3 pm on Friday.The results can be accessed online at www.cisce.in.com, www.cisce.topperlearning.com, www.cisce.indiaresults.com, and www.cisce.india-education.com.Students can also get their result through SMS by sending their roll number to 58888, 54242, 51818 and 56263.Doon's 'wonder debater' is all-India topperThe national topper in ISCE board Class 12 exams, Bhuvanya Vijay, is already a national champion debater. ... More »ICSE Class X and XII results declared

  • With anti-corruption unit in slumber, money wasted

    Hindustan Times - Fri 17 May, 2013

    New Delhi, May 17 -- The harsh reality check for cricket administrators is that they've never been able to control activities of corruption in the sport. They can't stage sting operations, they can't legitimately infiltrate betting networks. All they can do is hope their anti-corruption and security unit, a body that doesn't work actively with the government, keeps tabs on malpractices in the sport.Despite spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight corruption, the ICC and BCCI have been lucky. ... More »With anti-corruption unit in slumber, money wasted

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