Education dept mulls 'bridge course'' for engineering, pharma students

Wednesday 22 May '13

The state education department may introduce a four or six-week bridge course for all students of degree engineering and pharmacy courses after their admissions, a senior Directorate of Technical Educ...

Now ACB to probe into fishing contract scam

Wednesday 22 May '13

A local court has transferred investigation into the alleged Rs 400-crore fishing contract scam involving the then fisheries minister and present Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Purshottam ...

Modi attends BJP''s top body meeting, discusses 2014 election strategy

Wednesday 22 May '13

No talks on party''s PM candidate at the meeting.

Finally, Rajkot to get additional water

Wednesday 22 May '13

Rajkot will finally get the additional 15 million litres per day (MLD) water from Wednesday onwards as the Dhanki-Ratanpar pipeline starts pumping Narmada water to the city.

Primary school teachers to get training only during vacations

Wednesday 22 May '13

In response to the demand from the teaching fraternity and students'' parents, the state education department has changed the training schedule of primary school teachers.

Gujarat Confidential

Wednesday 22 May '13

The fear of being answerable to their bosses and the government has gripped IPS officers in Gujarat.

In Brief

Wednesday 22 May '13

Top seeds B R Nikshep of Karnataka and Iska Akshara of Andhra Pradesh scored convincing victories to move to the third round of the boys and girls singles events respectively of the 7th Ramesh Desai M...

Mixed day for Fr Agnel''s

Wednesday 22 May '13

Fr Agnel's boys team beat Bandra YMCA 78-75 to enter the junior boy's semifinals of the Mastan YMCA Basketball Tournament, held at the Nagpada on Monday.

Gharat, Shah hit tons for Tendulkar XI

Wednesday 22 May '13

Tendulkar XI's Shriraj Gharat and Karan Shah scored unbeaten tons to take their team's total to 319 with the loss of one wicket, at the end of the first day's play in their under-14 tie of the Varroc ...

Cops asks edu institute heads to share responsibility

Wednesday 22 May '13

With reports of girl students being sexually harassed in Haryana districts coming to light, the "understaffed" state police on Tuesday asked the heads of educational institutions to share the responsi...

Low wheat output: Farmers meet Patil

Wednesday 22 May '13

The Consortium of Indian Farmers Associations (CIFA) on Tuesday demanded bonus to compensate farmers for fall in wheat output.

HC refuses to stay Haryana MC polls

Wednesday 22 May '13

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the Municipal Corporation elections in Haryana.

INLD welcomes Delhi HC''s decision

Wednesday 22 May '13

INLD on Tuesday welcomed the Delhi High Court''s decision to grant six weeks interim bail to party chief Om Prakash Chautala on medical grounds so that he can undergo a pacemaker implant surgery.

Not popular mandate but murder of democracy: Bajwa

Wednesday 22 May '13

Cong wins no ZP seats on Bajwa turf

Sodhi, his PA booked for 'false'' case

Wednesday 22 May '13

A day after DGP Sumedh Singh Saini claimed that Congress MLA from Guruharsahai, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, had "fabricated a story" that Akali activists attacked him on May 7, the Ferozepur police on Tu...

Chautala gets 6-week bail for heart surgery

Wednesday 22 May '13

Convicted in January for his role in the teachers recruitment scam, former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala was on Tuesday granted six weeks interim bail by the Delhi High Court on medical g...

SAD-BJP pockets Doaba region

Wednesday 22 May '13

Though counting of votes for rural polls continued in Doaba region, but trends indicated that SAD-BJP was headed for a clear victory.

On a high, Majithia tells Bajwa to demand President''s Rule at Centre

Wednesday 22 May '13

Buoyed over the landslide victory registered by Shiromani Akal Dal in his Majitha assembly constituency, Public Relations Minister Bikram Singh Majithia Tuesday asked state Congress chief Partap Singh...

DGP Saini a parrot of his political bosses: Capt

Wednesday 22 May '13

Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday slammed state DGP Sumedh Singh Saini for his "shameless self-praise".

Not 'His Excellency'', Prez asks Himachal hosts to address him only as Shri Pranab

Wednesday 22 May '13

Even as the Himachal Pradesh government applied the final touches to preparations for President Pranab Mukherjee''s three-day visit to the hill state, Rashtrapati Bhawan on Tuesday specifically direct...

'BCCI is not concerned about its franchisees''

Wednesday 22 May '13

The Indian Premier League on Tuesday suffered another blow as the Sahara Group-owned Pune Warriors India

For agriculture tips, Haryana farmers set to head to Israel

Wednesday 22 May '13

The Israeli government on Tuesday said it will impart training to farmers from Haryana in agriculture, especially modern technology in irrigation and cultivation.

Man killed in group clash after teen dies in wall collapse

Wednesday 22 May '13

Sandhya Patnigere (15) was killed and her sister Savita (10) injured when the wall of a house at Himalaya Society in Govind Nagar, Asalpha village, collapsed at 7.30 pm Monday.

Road repair: Punjab govt sanctions Rs 17,000 cr

Wednesday 22 May '13

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday gave nod for the repair of link roads covering 11,000 km at across the state.

Cops recover arms after shootout in Sonepat

Wednesday 22 May '13

The Haryana Police have arrested two gangsters after an exchange of gunfire in Sonepat and recovered five pistols, a rifle and 24 rounds of ammunition of various bore from their possession.