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EC could ease norms on poll-time outdoor ads

IE - Sun, Nov 22

The Election Commission (EC) may further relax norms for putting up banners and other forms of outdoor political advertisements during elections.

  • The Headley Trail IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Even as new strands keep emerging in the probe into what Pakistan-born American David Coleman Headley and Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana were up to in Mumbai, investigators now believe the duo may not have had anything to do with the 26/11 Mumbai terror strike.

  • The making of India's biggest airport IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Away from some of the more visible projects in Delhi, one of the biggest construction efforts in the country is about four months away from completion.

  • 17 Shiv Sainiks held for attack on TV channel IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Mumbai Police have arrested 17 Shiv Sena activists for the attacks on the offices of IBN TV news channels in Mumbai and Pune as journalists staged a protest on Saturday and urged the Chief Minister to bring the guilty to book.

  • Educating young minds: NGO appeals for supporting underprivileged children IE - Sun, Nov 22

    "Ek Bachcha apnaao, desh ko khushhaal banao" is the slogan which the Noble Foundation Trust, an NGO, has adopted to serve underprivileged children.

  • Lastnight India IE - Sun, Nov 22

    New Governors for Gujarat, Assam NEW DELHI: In a late evening reshuffle, Tripura Governor Kamala Beniwal was moved to Gujarat, Maharashtra Congressman D Y Patil was appointed Governor of Tripura and former Orissa chief minister J B Patnaik was made the Governor of Assam.

  • Centre asks UP to prepare new report on Noida airport IE - Sun, Nov 22

    The Centre has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to prepare a fresh feasibility report on the proposed Greenfield Airport in Greater Noida.

  • Will push hard for industrial growth, promises Darda IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Pledging to push for Maharashtra's progress, state Industries Minister Rajendra Darda on Saturday sought support from all parties in the task.

  • Start talks, open schools, Manipur CM told IE - Sun, Nov 22

    After dilly-dallying for months, Home Minister P Chidambaram read the riot act to Manipur Congress Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh on Saturday and urged him to immediately open a dialogue with civil society groups to ensure that the school and colleges in the state, which have been shut since July, are reopened.

  • Google in a box? Just an out-of-the-box idea IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Pranali Kalbhor stands on her toes and peers into the little box outside her father's kirana store.

  • Between the Head and Heart IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Writer Shelina Janmohammed on how a quest for love led to her debut book Shelina Zahra Janmohammed is easy to spot.

  • V-P calls for strong Sino-Indian ties IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Saturday said "mutual sensitivity" and "active partnership" between India and China was vital for security and stability in the region.

  • Park and pay IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Under a project aimed to help them earn, a group of women offers car spa services at parking lots Thirty-five-year old Lata Devi's workplace is a little unusual—the basement parking lot of a mall—but her work is more unconventional than her workplace.

  • Pedalling down Delhi's streets IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Started a year ago, a cycle tour gets tourists and residents to know the city better When Jack Leenaars moved to Delhi in 2003 as the south Asia correspondent for the Dutch paper De Telegraaf, one of the things he missed about home was bicycles.

  • I&B advisory to channels on 26/11 IE - Sun, Nov 22

    The Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has asked all news channels to ensure a 'balanced and responsible' coverage of the first anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and desist from replaying any disturbing visuals of the incident.

  • Pak comrades differ: China has a role to play IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Indian Communists, especially the CPM, may hold the view that China or any other country has no role to play in resolving the decades-old differences between India and Pakistan, but comrades from Islamabad beg to differ.

  • Finally, Aurangabad gets its auto cluster IE - Sun, Nov 22

    After a six-year delay, the third auto cluster in the state after Pune and Nashik has got the green signal with the centre approving Rs 80 crore for the Marathwada Auto Cluster (MAC) in Aurangabad.

  • MNS seeks BSE website in Marathi IE - Sun, Nov 22

    The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has brought up a new demand to push Marathi — a Marathi website of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

  • Mumbai bats for Manipur as Sharmila's hunger strike enters 10th year IE - Sun, Nov 22

    Over 70 activists, owing allegiance to the Committee for Release of Binayak Sen, on Saturday demonstrated against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that has been in operation in Manipur since 1980. The protest also marked the beginning of the 10th year of Irom Chanu Sharmila's hunger strike demanding the repeal of the Act.

  • Music doctor IE - Sun, Nov 22

    As a student of medicine at Grant Medical College in the early '50s, Om Prakash was notorious among hostel mates for taking longer than usual in the bathroom, singing.

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