Beginning January 1, suburban train passengers in Mumbai will have to pay Rs 2 to Rs 4 more for the daily journey as the Railways have decided to increase the surcharge on suburban train services in the metropolitan. ...
09:21 PM, Dec 21, 2012
NASA is so sure there will be a December 22, 2012, it has already posted a YouTube video titled "Why the World Didn't End Yesterday". Scientists say rumors on social media and the Internet of Earth's premature demise have been prompted by a misunderstanding of the ancient Mayan calendar, which runs through December 21, 2012. ...
12:44 PM, Dec 21, 2012
As the appointed time came and went in several parts of the world, there was no sign of the apocalypse. No Armageddon. ...
06:53 AM, Dec 21, 2012
New Delhi: If you're living in small-town UP (or for that matter, small-town anywhere in India), what is your experience of getting any government document from the local body? Let's say, a birth/death certificate, or applying for old-age pension? In a typical case, you may have to stand in a long queue to get the appropriate form, often after paying a fee for it, even though such basic government forms...
02:29 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: What do MPs from Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Delhi share in common? Answer: They have managed not to spend even a single penny this year from their MPLADS (Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme) kitty. This includes both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members. This came to light after the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) collated data available till August. The government had...
10:10 AM, Sep 03, 2012
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has announced that the local government system will be introduced in Pakistan's tribal areas in the coming year to bring the people of the region into the mainstream. Zardari made the announcement while addressing a special ceremony held at the presidency to celebrate the country's Independence Day. The move is apparently part of the federal government's efforts to extend its control to the tribal belt...
03:39 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Local NGO rescues Uttarkashi habitats as the Bhagirathi ravaged the hills; Iswar Sankalpa provides home to the people with special needs. ...
09:49 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Mumbai: Twenty minutes was all it took for a blaze to turn a sleeper bogie of New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express into a mass crematorium, incinerating at least 32 people inside. While the gruesome episode has elicited reactions from all parts of the country, it has spurred Mumbaikars to question the preparedness of the railways to deal with incidents like this. About 72 lakh people travel by the citys suburban...
02:19 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Amritsar: Four school children were killed and 20 were injured on Monday when a speeding mini local train rammed into their school bus at an unmanned railway crossing at Kot Mehtab Singh village near Amritsar. Three of the injured students are in a critical condition, battling for their lives at the Civil Hospital in Amritsar. Locals are helping the authorities in the rescue operations. The other injured have been rushed...
04:33 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Mumbai: The lifeline of Mumbai took a hit on Friday evening as the motormen on the suburban network's Western Line are on strike. As many as 200 assistant motormen went on mass leave putting several demands before the government. Following the move by the motormen, the services on the Western Line that caters to close to 36 lakh people everyday have pretty much halted. There are also huge traffic jams...
07:36 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Mumbai: The motormen of the Western Line in Mumbai have threatened to go on strike citing harassment of those who went on strike in 2010 for a day by the management. As many as 150 of the total 445 motormen on the Western Line have threatened to go on mass leave later on Friday. According to the motormen, those who went on strike in 2010 for a day are being...
05:26 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Mumbai: A tragedy occurred in Thane after the Vidarbha Express collided with a local train, which had already got derailed near Kasara. One person died and 21 others were injured in the incident. The Central Railways has announced Rs 5 lakh for relatives of the deceased and rs 1 lakh for the injured. Two of the injured have been admitted to the Kasara government Hospital and four others have been...
08:44 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Mumbai: Much of India is outraged by the acts of a mob that molested a teenage girl on a Guwahati street on July 10. What is a greater outrage is the fact that such episodes keep repeating themselves regularly all over the country. While the depravity of the wrongdoers is certainly reprehensible, what has contributed to this nightmare is the fact that more often than not " apart from knee-jerk...
01:25 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Guwahati: The electronic media in Assam on Sunday demanded a high-level probe into the allegations by RTI activist Akhil Gogoi against a local news channel scribe of instigating the molestation of a girl by anti-social elements in the city causing public outcry. "We urge Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who also holds charge of the home department, to initiate a collective analysis of all the footage of the incident and initiate...
02:53 PM, Jul 15, 2012
Bhopal: The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh is in an upbeat mood after emerging victorious at majority of the seats in the recent local bodies elections in tribal areas by virtually decimating the main Opposition Congress even in its strongholds. To add to the woes of Congress, the BJP also wrested five Assembly seats in the bypolls (held from time-to-time from 2008 till June, 2012) which is giving the party...
10:36 AM, Jul 13, 2012
Who would have imagined that from the invention of fire and the wheel, we would be clicking away on Facebook and Twitter. So, what beholds us in future is freely left to imagination. Today, right from helping us to keep in touch with friends or family to sharing what is happening around the world to being one of the early catalysts for the recent revolution in Egypt, potentially changing the...
01:49 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Lovely star Premkumar has picked another film with one film 'Shatru' ready for release and two films 'Chandra and Charminar' on the floors. This time the title for lovely star Premkumar is 'Local Venkatesha'. The growing actor from the days of 'Nenapirali' Premkumar was hit with a bad luck from a few films. Mathe Banni Pritsona has increased the mileage for him although the film failed. He geared up for...
06:23 PM, Jun 24, 2012
Mumbai: A 30-year-old female on Saturday jumped to death in a creek from a moving suburban train between Bandra and Mahim railway stations, railway police said. According to the police, the woman identified as M Deepti was travelling in a Churchgate-bound local train and at about 12 pm, she plunged in the creek from the moving train. As Deepti, a resident of Bhoiwada in central Mumbai, left her belongings in...
10:06 PM, Jun 16, 2012
Mumbai: The rupee fell to a new record low against the dollar on Thursday as local stocks gave up gains notched earlier in the session while the euro remained near four-month lows. The rupee was last trading at a record low of 54.5650, breaching its previous all-time low of 54.52 hit just on Wednesday. Local stocks were trading flat after rising as much as 1.3 per cent earlier in the...
04:50 PM, May 17, 2012
Mumbai: Disruption in train services is fast becoming a norm in the Mumbai suburban rail network. Of late, glitch after glitch has tossed the daily travel schedule of many of the nearly 70 lakh suburban commuters askew. Yesterday gave a double testimony to this growing disturbance. There were technical problems on both Central and Western Railways, especially during morning and evening peak hours. The first incident took place near Vashi...
01:06 PM, May 03, 2012
