No tension for these Samjhauta passengers
NEW DELHI: Placing their destinies in God's hands, over 600 people boarded the Delhi-Attari Special N. 4001 from the Old Delhi railway station here on midnight on Wednesday, undeterred by the twin blasts that rocked the Samjhauta Express on ...
"Self-reliance in defence R & D the only option"
NEW DELHI: Perturbed at flak from the political leadership and the media over delayed projects, senior defence scientists, who gathered here on Wednesday for their annual conference, said there was no alternative to pressing ahead with research ...
No quick-fix solution: Advani
NEW DELHI: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, on Wednesday cautioned the visiting Pakistan Foreign Minister, Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri, against showing any haste in resolving the Kashmir issue. He ...
Ban incandescent bulbs: Greenpeace
NEW DELHI: Greenpeace India has urged asked the Government to ban incandescent light bulbs and advocate use of energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps. Australia is the first country to ban incandescent bulbs. Greenpeace India said that ...
Only passengers with valid documents can board Samjhauta Express
NEW DELHI: : The Northern Railway has announced that only passengers holding valid travel tickets and documents will be allowed on platform No. 18 to board the Delhi-Attari special train, linking the Attari-Lahore Samjhauta Express, from the Old ...
Exit polls favour BJP in Uttarakhand
NEW DELHI: Exit polls in two television channels on Wednesday gave an edge to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Uttarakhand Assembly elections, while one channel predicted a neck-and-neck contest between the ruling Congress and the main ...
U.P. session to be held on February 26 as scheduled
LUCKNOW: The Legislative Assembly session in Uttar Pradesh on February 26 will be held as scheduled. Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha Mata Prasad Pandey told The Hindu that the model code of conduct following the announcement of the Uttar ...
Majumdar's body donated to city hospital
KOLKATA: The body of Chittabrata Majumdar, general secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), was taken in a procession and donated to a hospital here on ...
Bank offers to settle dispute with woman
NEW DELHI: ICICI Bank on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it was willing to settle the dispute with a 75-year-old widow, who had filed a complaint against its top officials for employing goondas to seize her commercial truck for default. ...
Electioneering ends in Manipur
IMPHAL: Electioneering for the third and final phase of Assembly elections in Manipur, covering 12 constituencies, ended on Wednesday evening. Polling will take place on Friday in one constituency in Imphal East, three in Tamenglong district, ...
