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Akhaura-Agartala rail link: survey after Budget

Agartala: India will soon start the final survey to lay the rail link between Akhaura in Bangladesh and Agartala, a project which New Delhi plans to implement within two years, a top railway official said on Monday. Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) of Northeast Frontier Railway Mohan Lal said the survey for the 11.5 km line would start immediately after allocation of funds in the coming budget. "Just after allocation of...

Check train berth status, timings on Facebook

New Delhi: Expanding its online reach, Indian Railways' Delhi Division has come up with a dedicated Facebook page where passengers can check out availability of berths, train timings and other related information. "We have opened a page on Facebook to inform passengers about the status of vacant berths as well as the arrival and departure of trains. The page is linked with the National Train Inquiry Service and constantly updated,"...

Agri Min pitches for crop loan at 3% in Budget 2012

In its Budget wish-list, the Agriculture Ministry has demanded lowering of interest rate on crop loans to 3% for those farmers who pay in time, from the existing 4%. According to sources, the ministry has suggested an additional one per cent interest subvention (subsidy) on short-term crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakh to farmers who pay their dues on time. Other farmers get crop loans at seven per...

Killer wife freed on grounds of private defence

Madurai: In a rare instance, a woman who killed her husband after he attacked her in an inebriated state and also attempted to rape their daughter, has been set free by police on grounds of private defence. "Investigations proved that it was an act of private self-defence and to safeguard her daughter's modesty. So police released Usha Rani charged of murdering her husband," Superintendent of Police Asra Garg said. She...

Is UK safe for Indian students anymore?

London: Yet another Indian student has come under attack in Britain. Praveen Reddy, from Hyderabad, was a student of MBA at the London Business School. On Friday night, he was stabbed several times at a party he was attending in Newham, London, the Scotland Yard said. The boy is currently recuperating at the London Royal Hospital. Praveen suffered severe abdomen and chest injuries and is currently said to be in...

PLS auction postponed, future in doubt

Kolkata: The auction for the Indian players for the IFA-backed Premier League Soccer, scheduled to be held on Sunday, was postponed on Saturday. "The players' auction will not be held tomorrow. IFA wants to sort out the issues with the AIFF and then we will go on a full-fledged basis. Utpal Ganguli (IFA secretary) is going to New Delhi to sort this out (with AIFF)," Bhaswar Goswami of the Celebrity...

Lajong stun East Bengal with 2-1 comeback win

Shillong: Shillong Lajong came from behind to earn full points as they registered an upset win over East Bengal 2-1 in the 20th round of I-League football at the Jawaharlal Nehru Sport Complex on Saturday. East Bengal foreign recruit Tolgay Ozbey opened the scoring in the fourth minute before John Menyongar restored parity for the Shillong Lajong in 12th minute and Eugeneson Lyngdoh doubled the lead in 16th minute. The...

Another Indian student stabbed in London

As questions of safety arise for Indians, the British High Commissioner said that UK is a safe country. ...

AIFF may withdraw permission for PLS

New Delhi: The much-anticipated IPL-style Premier League Soccer (PLS) may reach a dead end, with the AIFF set to withdraw permission for conducting the tournament after its all-powerful Emergency Committee meeting on Monday. The tournament, proposed to be held from March 24-May 6 in Bengal under the aegis of the Indian Football Association, had run into rough weather after the AIFF asked world body FIFA to temporarily suspend the six...

London: Indian student stabbed; 11 arrested

London: An Indian student, Pravin Reddy, doing an MBA at the London Business School was stabbed on Friday in the London borough of Newham Scotland Yard on Saturday said. Eleven people have been arrested following the stabbing of the Indian student who was not named by the Scotland Yard. Pravin was admitted to the London Royal hospital with deep neck, abdomen & chest injuries. The family has been informed Pravin...

Indians among world's happiest people: Poll

New York: Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago and Indonesians, Indians and Mexicans seem to be the most contented people on the planet. More than three-quarters of people around the globe who were questioned in an international poll said they were happy with their lives and nearly a quarter described themselves as very happy. "The...

Indians safe in unrest-hit Maldives

Male: Indians, who constitute a significant chunk of the total population of over three lakh in Maldives, are safe in the country, where as unrest erupted following a regime change four days ago. There are about 29,000 Indians in the country and almost 22,000 of them live in Male, the capital. According to Indian High Commission sources in Male, they have not received reports of any violence on Indian property....

Gen VK Singh should quit: Lt Gen (Retd) Raj Kadyan

Former deputy Army chief Lieutenant General (Retired) Raj Kadyan said General VK Singh's position was untenable and he should quit. ...

Gen Singh backs down in age war; Govt has its way

New Delhi: Army Chief General VK Singh lost the battle over his age as the Supreme Court on Friday said that 1950 will be treated as the Army Chief's year of birth. Following this, General VK Singh withdrew his plea from the Supreme Court after the court decided that 1950 will be treated as his year of birth for all service matters. The court said that the Union Public Service...

16 million children still out of school: Sibal

Tezpur: Over 16 million children are not attending schools in the country and the government has taken all possible steps to make them literate within this decade, Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said. "Globalisation has led to much improvement in the field of education and the country is ready to compete with the rest of the world, but we cannot ignore the many children who are...