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Ten kgs of RDX found in Doda

PTI - 10:45 AM

Jammu, May 15 (PTI) Ten kgs of RDX was recovered from a militant hideout in Doda district. On a tip off, 10 Rashtriya Rifle troops unearthed the hideout in Marmat area of the district last night and recovered the explosives, official sources said today. PTI

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General

  • Will Majuli get World Heritage status this time?IANS - 09:59 AM

    Guwahati, May 15 (IANS) Assam is hoping that Unesco will this time accord World Heritage Site status to South Asia's largest river island of Majuli, which is located in the state and is an important seat of Vaishnavism.

  • Onlookers stand at one of the bomb blast site in Jaipur May 14, 2008. A little-known militant group called the Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for setting off bombs in Jaipur that killed 61 people and injured 216 people this week, police said. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe
    Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility for bombingsReuters - 09:57 AM

    JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - A little-known militant group called the Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for setting off bombs in Jaipur that killed 61 people and injured 216 people this week, police said.

  • 31 die in duststorms, rains in North IndiaIE - 09:49 AM

    As many as 31 people were killed and over 50 injured in fierce duststorms, heavy rains and bolts of lightning in different parts of North India on Wednesday.

  • No link between POTA repeal and terror strikes: PMIE - 09:49 AM

    A day after the Jaipur blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said there was 'no lack of firmness in the Government's resolve against terror', but each attack could not be anticipated since terrorists had the 'advantage of surprise'.

  • - 09:13 AM

    Jaipur, May 15(IANS) Twentytwo-year-old British national Esther Shaylor had come to India to be part of a voluntary organization engaged in disaster response. She had never imagined her skills would make a big difference to others, especially those injured in Tuesday's serial bombings here that at least killed 63 people.

Politics

  • No politics now, give us our law: Raje to SoniaIE - 09:49 AM

    On the eve of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to Jaipur to meet victims of the serial bomb blasts, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje questioned the purpose of the visit, saying if Gandhi wanted to make a "political point", this was not the time.

  • Advani tells UPA to clear Raje terror BillIE - 02:35 AM

    Senior BJP leader LK Advani, who was in Jaipur on Wednesday to visit the victims of Tuesday's serial blasts, accused the UPA Government of being "soft, weak and apathetic" in tackling terrorism and reiterated the demand for reintroducing POTA.

  • Centre tells states not to hike NREG wages on their ownIE - 02:35 AM

    Alarmed over the trend among state governments of "unreasonably" raising the minimum wages since the UPA Government's flagship rural job guarantee scheme (NREG) was launched, the Centre has cautioned states against unilaterally increasing minimum wages without consulting it.

  • RJD fields its most vocal anti-women's Bill MP in panelIE - 02:35 AM

    Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has nominated his most articulate anti-quota MP, Devendra Prasad Yadav (Jhanjharpur), to the parliamentary standing committee set to examine the Women's Reservation Bill.

  • Why OBC quota for graduates? HC stays, HRD says will explainIE - 02:35 AM

    Acting on a petition which claimed the Human Resource Development Ministry had gone against the Supreme Court direction that graduates should not be considered for OBC reservation, the Calcutta High Court today stayed implementation of OBC quota in post-graduate courses at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and stopped interviews of OBC candidates scheduled for tomorrow.

Features

  • Job plan spin-off: banking for the poorHT - 01:15 AM

    Besides providing jobs to the rural poor, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is also serving the added objective of financial inclusion. Even as 36 lakh families got full 100 days of employment under the scheme, 1.6 crore bank accounts were also opened for them, says the Ministry of Rural Development.

  • radio taxi!HT - Wed, May 14

    Cabs are not merely a means of getting around in town; they are an integral part of a city's culture, its social history, and identity and, to an extent, they define its ethos too. New York City's yellow cabs, London's black cabs or Mumbai's black and yellow top-metered taxis are a striking metaphor for these cities' 24/7 rush and vibrancy.

  • Infrastructure problems hinder tourist inflow at TawangPTI - Tue, May 13

    Sukhendu Bhattacharya Sella (Arunachal Pradesh), May 13 (PTI) At first sight the snow-covered place could be mistaken to somewhere in the Kashmir Valley.

  • Motivation is the keyHT - Tue, May 13

    Happy and motivated workers are the key to a world-class workplace. Prof. Nie of Switzerland's IMD Business School sums up motivation as, 'Going that extra mile to provide excellent service way above and beyond normal duty.' It means being able to create a culture and a platform where employees excel.

  • Border patrol to get taste of woman powerHT - Tue, May 13

    Till a few weeks ago, the Wagah border in Punjab was nothing more than a picnic spot for 20-year-old Neha and her friends. It meant packing food and travelling the 85-odd kilometres to watch the fanfare of the retreat ceremony, a daily affair on the India-Pakistan border near Amritsar.

Crime

  • Two cops killed on duty, days after joining forceHT - 01:15 AM

    It was a proud moment for their villages when Bharat Bhushan Sharma and Deepak Yadav were recently recruited as constables in the police force. But on Wednesday the same villagers attended the last rites of the boys, who were killed on Tuesday by one of the bombs that ripped through Jaipur.

  • Death sentence for killer of 24 cab driversHT - 01:15 AM

    A Sessions court on Wednesday awarded the death sentence to a serial killer accused of abducting and murdering 24 cab drivers in two years time between 2002 and 2004. He and his accomplices would allegedly pose as passengers, hire cabs from Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad and other NCR towns and kill the drivers on the way before selling off the cabs in illegal auto markets in Uttar Pradesh.

  • 76-yr-old woman drugged by help loses battle for lifeHT - 01:15 AM

    A 76-year-old woman who had slipped into coma after being drugged by her domestic help in March this year died on Tuesday night. The police said the victim was on medication for two months.

  • Security beefed up in Uttar Pradesh, UttarakhandPTI - Wed, May 14

    Lucknow, May 14 (PTI) Security was beefed up across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand following serial blasts which rocked Jaipur yesterday.

  • Centre points at "neighbouring" country for Jaipur blastsPTI - Wed, May 14

    Jaipur/New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) As fresh leads into the terror attack in the Pink city increasingly pointed to involvement of Bangladesh- based HuJI, the Centre today did not rule out the hand of


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