The Petrol price was on Wednesday cut by ₹ 2.5 a litre and diesel by ₹ 2.25 following a reduction in excise duty on auto fuels. Petrol in Delhi now costs ₹ 68.38 a litre, down from ₹ 70.88. A litre of diesel will now cost Rs. 56.89, against ₹ 59.14 previously, according to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). On Tuesday, […]
» Read moreThe Ryan International School principal who was suspended after a 7-year-old boy was murdered on school premises, was this week appointed teacher at another branch of the school, much to the consternation of the boy’s father. Neerja Batra, who was suspended from the Bhondsi (Gurugram) branch after Class II student Pradhyumn Thakur was found murdered on campus, joined the school’s […]
» Read moreUnder the scanner for an unsafe atmosphere for women on the campus, the Banaras Hindu University on Thursday appointed a woman as its chief proctor. Professor Royana Singh, who will hold the post, is a professor in the Anatomy Department of the Institute of Medical Sciences, an official in the 101-year-old central University said. She takes charge after O.N Singh […]
» Read moreMakhan Lal Fotedar, a veteran Congress leader who was a close confidante of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, died on Wednesday. He died at a hospital in Gurugram on the outskirts of Delhi, Congress party sources said. Hailing from Kashmir, Mr. Fotedar was ushered into politics by Jawaharlal Nehru in early 1950s and he gradually strengthened his […]
» Read moreIn a shocking incident, a BPO employee was allegedly abducted from near the Golf Course metro station in Noida, gang-raped in a moving car and then dumped near the Akshardham temple in Delhi, the police said on Saturday. The victim contacted the Delhi police after which she was brought to Noida and an FIR was lodged at the Sector 39 […]
» Read moreThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached a farmhouse of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti in a money laundering case involving shell companies. The Bijwasan farmhouse in Delhi had been bought in the name of Mishail Packers and Printers, in which Ms. Bharti and her husband Shailesh Kumar are directors. The farmhouse, according to the ED, was purchased using […]
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