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FICA takes legal route over BPL payments

FICA also said that the non delivery of payments could hurt BCB chief Mustafa Kamal's ambitions of becoming the next ICC president. ...  

Nat'l Population project hit by UIDAI: Chidambaram

New Delhi: The P Chidambaram-Nandan Nilekani standoff has worsened as the Home Minister on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister claiming that the UIDAI has brought the National Population Register (NPR) to a standstill. "National Population Register project has come to standstill because of UIDAI," wrote Chidambaram. The Home Minister also said that the collection of photographs and biometrics has been facing hurdles at every step on account approach of the...  

Aakash 2 specifications by June-end: Kapil Sibal

Mumbai: The specifications for revised version of the world's cheapest tablet PC - Aakash 2 will be finalised by month-end, Union Telecom and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has said. "During the course of this month, we will finalise the specifications and technology for the Aakash project and move forward with its manufacturing," Sibal said at an event over the weekend here. The tablet will be a platform on which public...  

I deserve Olympics wild card, says Sania

New Delhi: Her participation in the Olympics may have been jeopardised by a first-round exit from the French Open but top Indian tennis player Sania Mirza on Thursday asserted that she has done enough to "deserve" a wild card into the London Games. Sania has had a successful season so far, forcing her way into four WTA finals and winning two titles. She, along with Russian Elena Vesnina, was also...  

Andhra SSC results postponed

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (APBSE) has postponed the Class 10 SSC (Secondary School Certificate) results for the year 2012 by a day. The results were orginally scheduled to be announced at 11.30 am on May 23. This is the second time the results have been postponed. They were first postponed to 4.30 pm on May 23 due to the schedule of Minister for Secondary Education K...  

2012 ICSE results to be declared at 3pm

New Delhi: With the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and the Indian School Certificate (ISC) results to be declared at 03:00 pm on May 19, the wait for students will finally be over. Candidates can check their results at http://www.cisce.myschool.in.com. Principals have been given personalised passwords to view results of their schools. The CDs containing the results have already reached the respective schools. To get your individual results on...  

Happy to qualify for the Olympics: Mary Kom

Boxer Mary Kom is happy to have secured her berth to London despite losing in the World Championships quarter-finals, and is now aiming for a medal in the 2012 Olympics. ...

Karnataka SSLC 2012 results declared

Bangalore: The SSLC examination results for the year 2012 were announced on Thursday at 12 noon. Around 8.5 lakh students appeared for the SSLC examination. The result is available on the following websites: http://karresults.nic.in, http://sslc.kar.nic.in, www.examresults.net, www.karnatakaeducation.net and http://results.KarnatakaEducation.net. Students can also access their results via SMS by sending RESULT KAR12 along with their registration number to 56263. Example: RESULT KAR12 222222. They also get the result through email by...  

ICSE, ISC 2012 results to be declared on May 19

New Delhi: The results for ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) 2012 will be declared on May 19 at 3 pm. This was announced by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on its official website. The results will be made available through the Internet on the following websites: www.cisce.indiaresults.com, www.cisce.ndtv.com, www.cisce.examresults.net, www.cisce.myschool.in.com, www.cisce.topperlearning.com, www.cisce.timesofindia.com, www.cisce.navbharattimes.com. To get your individual result on the Internet, enter your index...  

Karnataka SSLC results to be declared at 1 pm

Bangalore: The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) Karnataka results for the year 2012 will be announced at 1 pm on Thursday. The Karnataka Board confirmed the news on their official website. Around 8.5 lakh students appeared for the SSLC examination. The result will be available on the following websites: www.examresults.net, www.karnatakaeducation.net, http://results.KarnatakaEducation.net. Students can also access their results via SMS by sending RESULT KAR12 along with their registration number to...  

Mary Kom's Olympics fate rests on Adams defeat

Qinhuangdao, China: Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom's Olympic ticket will be decided by fate now after she lost in the quarter-finals of the World Championships to world number two Nicola Adams on Wednesday. The five-time world champion will return empty-handed on the medal front for the first time since the event's inception in 2001, but she still has a chance of getting a London berth if Adams goes on...  

Gurgaon hit-and-run case: court orders ID parade

Gurgaon: A Gurgaon court has allowed the police to conduct an identification parade of the main suspect Suraj Sherawat in the BMW hit-and-run case. The 21-year-old, who surrendered on Tuesday, is currently out on bail. The BMW owned by Suraj's father had mowed down a pregnant woman and her driver two weeks ago. Suraj Sehrawat came out of a Gurgaon court hours after dramatically surrendering following intense pressure on police...  

Karnataka SSLC results on May 17, PU on May 23

Bangalore: The Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) Karnataka results for the year 2012 will be announced on May 17. Around 8.5 lakh students appeared for the SSLC examination. The result will be available on the following websites: www.examresults.net, www.karnatakaeducation.net, http://results.KarnatakaEducation.net. Students can also access their results via SMS by sending RESULT KAR12 along with their registration number to 56263. Example: RESULT KAR12 222222. Students can also get their SSLC result...  

Sharath, Amalraj and Poulomi enter main draw in TT

Doha: Top Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal along with compatriots Anthony Amalraj and Poulomi Ghatak made the main draw of the World Olympic Qualification Championships, here on Friday. Kamal blanked Kazakhstan's Kirill Gerassimenkno 11-6, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 to top group 7, keeping his slate clean so far. Amalraj joined him in round of 32 despite losing 2-4 to Wu Chi Chi. Amalraj lost 5-11, 18-16, 11-6, 11-7, 4-11, 11-8 to...  

'Indian paddlers confident of Olympic berth'

New Delhi: With three of the four Indian paddlers already through to the next stage of the final World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha, national table tennis coach Bhawini Muhherji says his wards are "motivated enough" to make it to the Olympics. "Their sole aim is to qualify for the London Olympics and they are motivated enough to do that," Mukherji told PTI over phone from Qatar. Indian paddlers were...  

India start well in TT World Olympic Qualifiers

Doha: India made a positive start to their campaign at the final World Olympic Qualification table tennis championships with as many as three out of the nation's four paddlers registering wins in their tournament openers in Doha on Thursday. In the men's section, both Anthony Amalraj and Achanta Sharath Kamal kept alive their London dreams, securing their places in the next round with consummate ease. While national champion Amalraj defeated...  

Maharashtra: HC holds 35 lakh caste certificates invalid

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday held that over 35 lakh persons belonging to various reserved categories across Maharashtra will have to get their caste claims revalidated, as certificates issued to them were "null and void" in the absence of vigilance reports. As a result, the validity of election of many candidates from reserved categories in the recent civic polls too may be in doubt. The division bench headed...  

Hyderabad: VHP, Bajrang Dal purify Osmania campus

HYDERABAD: Just when the dust seemed to have settled at the Osmania University following the controversial beef festival, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal on Thursday conducted a ritual at a temple adjacent the Arts College to purify the campus. Calling it a symbolic move, the VHP and Bajrang Dal activists conducted a Saraswati Puja at the temple near the Arts College and a Gomatha Puja at...  

'Chinese officials favour their local players'

New Delhi: Chinese officials use unfair tactics to grab Olympic berths for their players and favour them in tournaments held in their home country, top international badminton players, including India's Saina Nehwal, have claimed. Nehwal, Denmark's Peter Gade and Malaysia's Taufik Hidayat said officials favour local players while playing in China and sometimes these things become too much to swallow. World number five Saina, who lost to little-known Chinese girl...  

TT: Sharath Kamal misses Olympic berth

New Delhi: Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das booked their London Olympics berths on Sunday in the Asian Olympic Qualification Table Tennis Tournament in Hong Kong, but it was heartbreak for top paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal. For both Ghosh and Ankita, the berths came via the continental quotas, after they topped from the South Asian region. Ghosh defeated Anthony Amal Raj 4-0 (12-10, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7) and Ankita downed K. Shamini...