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January 10, 2010 9:12 AM

CCEA gives nod to revised IT scheme

Taking the IT revolution forward, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its nod for the revised scheme of Information and communication technology, ICT for secondary and senior secondary schools. One lakh eight thousand schools across the country will be covered under the scheme to be ...

January 10, 2010 9:10 AM

North India gets some respite from chill

People in parts of north India had some respite from biting cold on Saturday though the toll rose to 229 with 15 more deaths during the past 24 hours. Official sources said, all the fresh deaths took place in Uttar Pradesh.<br/><br/>While minimum temperature in the national capit...

January 10, 2010 9:02 AM

Jyoti Basu still critical

Veteram Marxist leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu continues to be in critical condition. According to a medical bulletin issued last evening, the urinary output of Mr. Basu has slightly improved with medicines. Kidney function is also under watch. Mr. Basu has been kept under p...

January 9, 2010 8:57 PM

India-Botswana sign MoUs on agriculture & education

India and Botswana today signed two Memorandum of understandings in the field of agriculture and allied sector and exchange programme in the field of education. The MoUs were signed after bi-lateral talks between the Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari and his Botswana counterpart Mr. Mr Momathi S....

January 9, 2010 8:45 PM

Basu condition remain critical

The health condition of the ailing Marxist leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mr. Jyoti Basu continues to remain critical today. According to a medical bulletin issued a shortwhile ago, the urinary output of Mr. Basu has slightly improved with medicines. Kidney function is also under watc...

January 9, 2010 8:39 PM

Delhi HC comes to help poor women

Coming to the rescue of a poor woman who delivered a baby but could not able to feed the child as her breast milk stopped due to malnutrition, the Delhi High Court directed MCD to issue her a ration card to obtain grains under Antyodaya Anna Yojna scheme.<br/><br/>In an interim o...

January 9, 2010 8:23 PM

Haryana CM assures no one found guilty in Ruchika case will be spared

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda asserted today that no one found guilty in the Ruchika molestation case will be spared irrespective of his position or status. Talking to reporters in Sirsa, he said, the law will take its own course in the case. <br/>He said, the government has...

January 9, 2010 8:00 PM

Security personnel escape Pak rocket attack at Attari border

Security personnel had a narrow escape when two of the four rockets fired from Pakistani side fell close to their post near the Attari border but did not explode, drawing retaliation from the BSF. A BSF official said that while two rockets landed in an agricultural field in the border villages aroun...

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