Air India braces for long tussle with pilots
Bracing for a long-drawn tussle with its striking pilots, beleaguered Air India has announced a truncated interim schedule for June, dropping several international destinations from its regular routin
Dalit woman killed in Bihar for practising witchcraft
A 58-year-old Dalit woman was on Thursday killed by her neighbour in Bihar's Gaya district, around 100 km from state capital Patna, for allegedly practicing witchcraft, police said.
According to poli
US rules out apology to Pakistan for NATO strike
The White House has ruled out an apology to Islamabad for the NATO air strike in November in which 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed.
It said it was time the two countries moved ahead, Pakistan's Onl
India Inc calls for dual pricing of diesel, LPG
Welcoming the hike in petrol prices, industry organisations on Thursday called for differential pricing of diesel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to curb ballooning fuel subsidy.
"The current under
AIIMS-Patna to start this year, says Ghulam Nabi Azad
Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday announced that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Patna would start this year itself.
"I have directed the concerned officials to
Robbers kill soldier, relative
Armed robbers in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday killed a soldier and a relative who resisted them after they barged into their house, police said.
The incident took place in Fatehpur, 120 km from here, wh
Jagan writes to PM on 'conspiracy' against him
YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alleging that the Congress government in Andhra Pradesh in collusion with opposition Telugu Desam Part
Over 400 militants waiting to enter valley: Army
The army apprehends an increase in infiltration attempts from across the Line of Control (LoC) during the coming month, said a senior official who warned that there are 'some 400 to 500 militants wait
No orders for Oct 2, Jan 26 and Aug 15 holidays?
Even as India has observed Jan 26, Aug 15 and Oct 2 as national holidays, the government does not seem to have issued any formal orders for the same.
The disclosure from the central home ministry cam
Contempt notice issued to striking Air India pilots
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a contempt notice to the striking Air India pilots for not complying with its order that restraining them from continuing the 'illegal strike'.
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