Koris form Hamara Dal in UP
Caste-based politics may gradually be giving way to development-based politics in Uttar Pradesh but that has not prevented more and more caste-centric political outfits from taking birth.
Raise retirement age of headmasters: HC
More than 1,700 headmasters working under various Municipal Corporation Delhi (MCD) schools in the city have a good reason to cheer as a division bench of the Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the state government to increase the retirement age of government school headmasters by two years from 60 to 62 like those of teachers.
Singh was handling 5,000 security cases
IAS officer Ravi Inder Singh, arrested on Tuesday night for alleged corporate espionage, was handling almost 5,000 security-related cases in telecom, mining, shipping and surface transport and investi
‘Salary hike of MLAs not rejected’
The Delhi government on Tuesday clarified that the Centre has not rejected the proposal of the salary hike of the city MLAs and ministers and in place has raised certain queries.
MCD seals 3 Paharganj hotels, notices to over 18
The MCD on Tuesday sealed three guesthouses in the Paharganj area. The civic body had already sent notices to more than 20 guesthouses in connection with non-payment of conversion and parking charges.
Islam is hope of millions: Dalai Lama
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday was conferred an honorary doctorate by Jamia Millia University here.
Delivering his first lecture after being awarded honorary degree following the clearance given by the ministry of external affairs, the Dalai Lama hailed Islam as a great religion.
Games expenditure `3,753cr: CM
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, while asserting that her government is ready to extend all possible help to any probe agency, pegged Commonwealth Games expenditure to `3,753 crores by stating that 25 projects were directly linked to the just concluded sporting events. She further stated that there were about 50 projects
Winter session: CWG graft rocks first day
The six-day Winter Session of the Delhi Assembly kicked off on a stormy note on Tuesday, with the Congress-led government moving a resolution to expel all the BJP MLAs who raised demands for “House Committee” to go into the alleged financial irregularities in the just concluded Commonwealth Games.
Here’s to you, Mr Robinson
Across all forms of storytelling: Films globally, television shows, books, graphic novels and even Japanese anime, there is one standard character that always makes an appearance — the cool older guy. He combines style with wisdom, is stronger and smarter than his younger protégé when called upon to fight, and is highly popular with
Online ‘buddies’ can turn out to be frauds
You can never predict how your online friend will turn out to be, more so when you meet each other for the first time after weeks of getting to know each other. At least he won’t be a thief as Rishi, a student, found out when he met his online friend. Rishi and Purnima met for coffee and on the pretext of calling her father Purnima asked for Rishi’s cellphone and tried to run away with it. Sadly, this is not the only case in isolation, as many youngsters have such strange and funny experiences to share.