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Indian security officers trained on preventing terror attack (21 November 04:50) |
| Select officers from Indian security agencies today completed a two-week training course at the National Industrial Security Academy (NISA) on preventing terrorist attacks conducted by Ameri... |
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Rajdeep Sardesai to meet CM over attack on IBN-Lokmat (21 November 04:48) |
| Senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai will meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan here tomorrow to lodge a formal protest over the attack on the offices of 'IBN-Lokmat' TV channel. |
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Koda seeks time from the Enforcement Directorate (21 November 04:46) |
| Former Chief Minister Madhu Koda, who skipped from appearing before the Enforcement Directorate yesterday, has sought time saying his documents are not ready. |
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Indian brands shine at best-of-wines contest (21 November 04:37) |
| Indian wine drinkers now have a reason to smile. No, their glass of Shiraz isn’t getting any cheaper, but their knowledge of what’s best in the market has just been given a fillip, repor... |
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SRPF jawans out of Gateway now on footpath (21 November 04:36) |
| The 30 jawans from Solapur who had been staying at the Gateway of India and guarding the Taj hotel for at least two months were asked to move out of the heritage structure on Thursday night ... |
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Preferential treatment given to convicts with connections (21 November 04:36) |
| The Delhi government came under fire from the Delhi High Court on Friday for giving preferential treatment to convicts with high connections like Manu Sharma. |
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City gets worlds longest suburban train today (21 November 04:34) |
| The much-delayed plan to give Mumbai its first 15-coach train will become a reality on Saturday. Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee will flag off the train from Andheri, reports Shashank... |
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Woman held for running extortion racket (21 November 04:33) |
| From her home near the shores of Uttan, this Class 10 dropout managed an extortion empire in the city on behalf of her gang leader based in faraway Hong Kong, reports HT Correspondent. |
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No name finalised for BJP chief post (21 November 04:33) |
| A day after BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said she turned down an offer to become the next party chief, Venkaiah Naidu declared, “I am neither in the race nor interested to become president onc... |
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Car park planned at Matunga a safety hazard (21 November 04:32) |
| Civic Improvements Committee members have strongly opposed the proposal for a multi-level car park next to Matunga station, reports Amrita U Kadam. |
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Security agency took too long to lodge a complaint (21 November 04:31) |
| Praveen Belokar (28) may not have escaped with Rs 83 lakh in cash if the security van’s cashiers and armed guard had not taken 90 minutes to lodge a police complaint, reports Shahkar Abidi... |
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Your commute is changing (21 November 04:30) |
| Hoping to rid arterial roads of traffic jams and make the city more pedestrian-friendly, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is considering a proposal for underground roads in South... |
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Van driver steals Rs 40 lakh (21 November 04:28) |
| On Friday morning, a cash transport van rolled into ABN Amro’s automated teller machine (ATM) at Oshiwara in Andheri (West), with Rs 83 lakh in cash, reports HT Correspondent. |
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Pollution kills 8 lakh in India every year Report (21 November 04:27) |
| A report prepared by The Energy and Resources Institute revealed that 800,000 people died in India every year because of environmental factors, reports Chetan Chauhan. |
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2611 ex-top cop finds fault with senior officers (21 November 04:26) |
| Ten months after Hasan Gafoor was removed as Mumbai’s police commissioner allegedly for inaction during 26/11, he has accused some senior officers of not taking on the terrorists, reports ... |
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PM leaves for US N-tech transfer terror on agenda (21 November 04:25) |
| PM Manmohan Singh’s visit to the United States — the first by a head of state after Barack Obama became president — is expected to “take the strategic partnership between the two cou... |
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Busan is Mumbais new sister city (21 November 04:23) |
| Busan, a port city located at the southern tip of the Republic of South Korea, is now Mumbai’s new sister city, reports Sayli Udas Mankikar. |
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TV channels Pune office also attacked Shiv Sena draws flak (21 November 04:22) |
| Minutes after Marathi news channel IBN-Lokmat’s Mumbai office was ransacked on Friday, its Pune office was also attacked allegedly by Shiv Sainiks, reports HT Correspondents. |
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After lull swine flu claims 1 (21 November 04:21) |
| After sparing Mumbai for over 50 days, the H1N1 virus on Friday claimed another life, reports HT Correspondent. |
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Saved 400 got Rs 500 (21 November 04:20) |
| For saving some 400 lives on the fateful night of the 26/11 terror attacks, Bablu Kumar Deepak, a railway announcer at the out-station train section of CST, was awarded an amount so meager t... |
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An all-star evening at Bandra amphitheatre (21 November 04:17) |
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On Friday night, Bandra was wowed by the on-stage magic of Merlin and the All Stars performing at the Celebrate Bandra festival in partnership with Hindustan Times. |
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Rebels kidnap 14 after train attack (21 November 04:16) |
| Maoists abducted 14 members of a village peace committee in West Singbhum district of Jharkhand on Thursday night, barely three hours after blowing up a passenger train in the same district. |
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Fusion with nostalgia (21 November 04:14) |
| It’s been over three decades, yet from the annals of her dusty memory, Annette Pinto can recall most vividly, her time as a singer working with the godfather of Hindi film music, RD Burman... |
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Edgy art at new cafe (21 November 02:28) |
| I am looking at what looks like a poster of the popular Facebook-based game Farmville. The pixelated greens and the yellows seem to be having a great time. |
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Braj Mahotsav begins (21 November 02:23) |
| For a week starting today, Brajbhoomi will be recreated at the Matighar and lawns of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts with an exhibition, lectures (musicologist Mukund Lath, hi... |
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Out of the darkroom (21 November 02:20) |
| Investment banker-turned-fine art photographer Siddhartha Tawadey, 32, turns nostalgic; he uses the darkroom and film technique of yore, abandoning the modern world of digital cameras and Ph... |
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Solving traffic problems with airborne cameras in real time (21 November 02:13) |
| To ensure there are no traffic bottlenecks during the Commonwealth Games next year, the Delhi Traffic Police will take the help of images captured from high-resolution cameras, reports Vijai... |
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Why does parole take so long HC (21 November 02:09) |
| The Delhi government on Friday came under fire from the Delhi High Court for giving preferential treatment to convicts with high connections like Manu Sharma, reports Harish V. Nair. |
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Deal with insurgents firmly PC tells Manipur CM (21 November 01:45) |
| Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh today expressed hope that student organisations in his state would soon end their boycott of classes, which has been continuing for the last three months... |
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STRONGLetter warns of multiple bomb blastsSTRONG (21 November 01:39) |
| A mysterious letter threatening to trigger multiple bomb blasts in different places of the city, including the Raj Bhawan and the Chief Minister's residence, threw the police into tizzy and ... |
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Rajnath Singh Raman Singh campaign for BJP in Jharkhand (21 November 01:07) |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Friday addressed two poll rallies in Jharkhand, appealing for vote for the BJP, which he promised would provide a "stable government" ... |
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China has a stake in Kashmir Hurriyat leader (21 November 01:05) |
| Welcoming the US-China approach on Kashmir, Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said Beijing has a 'stake in the peace in the region'. Mirwaiz plans visit to Beijing |
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Two held for shooting at Delhi property dealer (21 November 01:05) |
| Two people were arrested in New Delhi on Friday for allegedly shooting at a property dealer in south Delhi, injuring him severely, police said. |
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Manmohan to seek Obama pressure over Pak (21 November 12:57) |
| India Friday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will raise the issue of terrorism emanating from Pakistan-based extremist groups with US President Barack Obama in Washington next week, and u... |
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RSS not interfering in choosing new Prez (21 November 12:56) |
| The BJP today said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, its ideological fountainhead, was not interfering in choosing the next party president. |
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Tell Pakistan not to use terror as state policy PM to US (21 November 12:43) |
| Expressing concern about the rise of terrorism in Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India wants the United States to use all its influence with Islamabad to stop using terror as a... |
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Maoists are terrorists Pillai (21 November 12:33) |
| Union Home Secretary G K Pillai today branded Maoists as terrorists and said he had no sympathy for them, as he called their latest attack on a passenger train in Jharkhand as a "cowardly ac... |
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School headmaster shot dead in Assam (21 November 12:30) |
| A school headmaster was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Assam's North Cachar Hills district, police said. |
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Eight killed as strong winds lash snow-bound Rohtang Pass (21 November 12:27) |
| Eight people were killed as they were caught in high velocity winds near the snow-capped Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh, an official said. Seven of the victims were from Jharkhand. |
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Four killed in train-tractor collision (21 November 12:23) |
| Four people were killed and one seriously injured when a train rammed into a tractor-trolley on the outskirts of the state capital early on Friday, officials said. |
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Make Rahul PM if he is solving all problems Amar Singh (21 November 12:07) |
| Taking a dig at the Congress for giving credit to Rahul Gandhi each time a contentious issue was solved or a relief package announced, SP General Secretary Amar Singh today said it should ma... |
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Nearly 50 percent of Indian women marry before 18 Unicef (21 November 12:06) |
| India has a legislation prohibiting child marriage, but latest household surveys indicate that 47 percent of women, who are now aged 20-24 years, were married before the legal age of 18, a U... |
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World Bank setting up Task Force on maize and poultry (20 November 11:34) |
| In a significant development, World Bank’s lending arm International Finance Corporation has joined hands with the Agriculture Department to set up a task force on maize and poultry in the... |
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UNFPA releases state of the world population 2009 report (20 November 11:30) |
| As a first initiative it is laudable. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), functioning in Bihar since the past one year, has helped better conditions of public health centers (PHCs) i... |
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Madras HC Judges make public their assets on court website (20 November 11:26) |
| Taking a cue from their colleagues in the Supreme Court, all the 54 judges of the Madras High Court led by Chief Justice HL Gokhale today made their assets public on the court's website. |
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2611 anniversary Antony asks three services to be alert (20 November 11:25) |
| Defence Minister A K Antony today asked the three services to remain alert and step up vigilance around the first anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks. |
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NIA to complete 2611 probe in 6 weeks Pillai (20 November 11:23) |
| Barely a week before the first anniversary of Mumbai terror attack, Union Home ministry has expressed hope of completing the investigation into the incident within next six weeks. |
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ED gets arrest warrant issued against Koda close aide (20 November 11:11) |
| In a boost to the Enforcement Directorate, a court in Ranchi issued an arrest warrant against Binod Sinha, close associate of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda in connection with th... |
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Diabetes test may be made mandatory in India Azad (20 November 10:58) |
| Blood tests to detect diabetes are likely to be made compulsory at health centres across India following the internationally followed "opportunistic screening" norm. The scheme was in its pi... |
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Rs 332-cr budget to check swine flu Azad (20 November 10:55) |
| The central government has committed Rs 332.92 crore in various health measures to check the spread of Influenza A (H1N1), more commonly known as swine flu, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad ... |
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