British Prime Minister David Cameron’s 81-year-old mother Mary Cameron has lost her job after a children’s centre closed as a result of massive government cuts. Mary Cameron and her sister Clare Currie had last month signed a petition protesting against the Cameron-led government’s plans to close 44 children’s centres in Oxfordshire, including some in the Prime Minister’s own constituency of […]
» Read moreCongress MP K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao has criticised the Central Government for ignoring the interests of Andhra Pradesh in not granting the special category status in spite of assurances made on the floor of Parliament. Dr. Rao moved a private member Bill on the issue in Rajya Sabha on Friday, alleging that the Central Government was dilly dallying on the issue […]
» Read moreA first year student T. Abinath of Perambalur, studying in Sairam Engineering College in West Tambaram, was found dead in a well on the college campus here on Friday. The college authorities claimed that the student had committed suicide because he did not want to study engineering and was forced into it by his parents. “Abinath had dreams of becoming […]
» Read moreTwo Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were killed and four others were critically wounded in an encounter with the Maoists in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh early morning on Saturday. The encounter took place in Becha forests of Kanker district. A special operation was launched from Chotibetia BSF camp at 11.45 pm on Friday by the parties of 170, 122 and 165 […]
» Read moreIn a setback to the State government, the Karnataka High Court has declared as unconstitutional the law that forced owners of vehicles registered outside Karnataka to pay lifetime tax in the State when the vehicle is used in Karnataka beyond 30 days. In his order, Justice Anand Byrareddy has quashed the demand notices issued by the RTOs to several owners […]
» Read moreIndia’s workhorse satellite launch vehicle PSLV-C32, on Thursday, succesfully put India’s sixth navigation satellite, IRNSS-1F , into orbit. The IRNSS-1F was launched into a sub-Geosynchronous transfer orbit with a 284-km perigee (nearest point to Earth) and 20,657-km apogee (farthest point to Earth). The satellite will carry two types of payloads — navigation payload and ranging payload. The navigation payload will […]
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