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New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Refusing information to an octogenarian under the Right To Information Act has cost a Delhi government official dear.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Hundreds of disabled people along with their supporters are expected to take part in a 'Walk to Freedom' march in the capital on Dec 3 on the occasion of World Disability Day, to reiterate their demand to right to education, employment opportunities and accessibility to public services.

Panaji, Nov 24 (IANS) The controversy over the poaching of a Royal Bengal tiger in Goa earlier this year has taken a fresh twist with central government officially admitting that the animal was killed, contrary to the stand of the state forest department.

India were 307 for one at tea on the first day of the second test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
Scores: India 307-1 (G. Gambhir 140 not out, V. Sehwag 131) v Sri Lanka

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The National Security Guard (NSG), which finally decimated the Mumbai attackers and lost two of its men, will not be organising any commemorative event to mark the first anniversary of 26/11.

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the mother organization of Bharatiya Janata Party, on Tuesday owned the Ayodhya movement but refused to apologise about what happened in Ayodhya in 1992 which led to demolition of the Babri mosque.

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): The United Progressive Alliance government finally presented the much-awaited Librehan Commission report over the Babri mosque demolition after the Opposition stage uproar on Monday over the leakage of repot to media before tabling it in Parliament as per the propriety.

Bhubaneswar, Nov 24 (IANS) Orissa will soon deport 4,035 Bangladeshi infiltrators who have been living in 25 of the state's 30 districts, officials said Tuesday.

Mylswamy Annadurai, Project Director of Chandrayan Mission II, on Monday in Coimbatore said that there will be more indigenous components in India's second moon mission.

India's Environmental Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday pitched for the use of eco-friendly vehicles to meet the challenge of climate change and global warming.

Indian army Chief Deepak Kapoor said on Monday in New Delhi Indian sub-continent is prone to nuclear war. Kapoor said that Indian-subcontinent has gradually emerged as one of the epicentres of conflict and instability.

Mumbai, Nov. 24 -- The civic body has passed a proposal demanding penalisation of those who waste drinking water. With the city facing its worst-ever crisis this year, the civic body have woken up to the wastage of water, and suggested stiff penalties for offenders.

The city?s mill owners have six months to give the municipality its share of land from defunct mills that they have sold for private commercial redevelopment since 2001.

?I?ve been with the Taj through its most difficult phase. I want to be with it even after it has passed.?

?It was incredibly quiet. All of Mumbai was held hostage. Otherwise, it?s a very noisy city,? said Alex Chamberlen (39) as he recalled the evening of November 26, 2008, when he was dining at the Oberoi?s famed Kandhahar restaurant.

Mumbai, Nov. 24 -- "The DGP [director general of police] is not above the law." It is with these words that the Supreme Court (SC) of India directed the Vakola police to register a first information report (FIR) against DGP (acting) A.N. Roy on November 16. But the police are yet to act on it.

Mumbai, Nov. 24 -- Closed circuit television cameras guarded him against the police. Key Chhota Shakeel aide, Imran Jhingada, who was gunned down in a police encounter last week along with an accomplice, had installed at least 12 closed-circuit television cameras around his Jogeshwari home to stay a step ahead of the police.

Former Mumbai police chief Hasan Gafoor is in big trouble for alleging that some of his senior colleagues did not respond to the situation during the 26/11 terror attacks.

The Liberhan Commission report is likely to be finally tabled on Tuesday, along with the mandatory Action Taken Report.

If some are good in sports, the others stole the show in academic rigour. Jaya shroff Bhalla and Pranav dixit profile schools ranked 4 to 10 in the HT-C fore West zone schools survey.