Toronto: Struggling BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday that it is losing another senior executive as its chief legal officer is retiring from the company after 12 years. RIM said that Karima Bawa had been in discussions about her retirement for some time and plans to stay on to help with the transition once a replacement has been hired. The once-iconic BlackBerry company is facing its most difficult period...
10:06 AM, May 29, 2012
CHENNAI: An initiative by the city police to enhance security and prevent crimes against senior citizens who live alone has received an enthusiastic response. Following a spurt in crimes targeting the elderly, City Police Commissioner J K Tripathy hammered out a special plan. Senior citizens who are 'home alone' were requested to register with the police so that the cops could enhance security measures. In the last four months, 850...
08:10 AM, May 28, 2012
Benton: After playing only one event on the European Senior Tour, Roger Chapman showed up at the Senior PGA Championship in fine form. Chapman shot a 3-under 68 on Thursday to take the first-round lead at Harbor Shores. Chapman finished in a share of 16th this month in the Mallorca Open " and that's about all he's done this season. "We have only played one event in Europe this year,...
08:29 AM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Arpit Agarwal, a student of Faridabad's Modern Vidya Niketan School, reportedly topped IIT-JEE 2012 with a score of 385 out of 408. The second position was grabbed by Bijoy Kochar from Chandigarh, followed by Nishant Kaushik from Bhilai at the third position. According to JEE Chairman GD Reddy a total of 24,112 have secured ranks in various categories and 19,426 have been shortlisted for counselling for admission to...
11:51 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: NAC member Aruna Roy is leading the newly formed Pension Parishad to demand a universal pension scheme. The question is whether every elderly person in India who is above 60 years of age should be entitled to a pension. The question was taken up by IBN18 Network Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghosh on her show Face the Nation. Here's the transcript of the discussion with a distinguished panel: Sagarika...
11:40 AM, May 09, 2012
All elderly people over 60 years from the BPL category get Rs 200 per month as pension under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme. ...
11:58 PM, May 08, 2012
Bangalore: A 60-year-old man identified as Alageshan was brutally beaten to death by two teenagers. The victim had confronted them after they allegedly misbehaved with his niece. Life will never be the same again for his Alageshan's niece, a class 9 student. Fed up of being misbehaved with by two teenagers over the last several weeks, she had complained to her family on Monday night. "On the road, they used...
07:14 PM, May 02, 2012
Bangalore: A 60-year-old man died in Bangalore after being assaulted by two teenagers. The man, identified as Alageshan was beaten up by two teenagers who he had reportedly warned against sexually harassing his niece. The police said that Alageshan confronted the two boys on Monday night. When he slapped one of them, they in turn hit him on his chest, following which he went unconscious and was declared dead in...
04:06 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: 2010 Commonwealth Games broze medalist Monika Devi was the best-placed Indian so far at the ongoing Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships with a sixth-placed finish, but an Olympic quota remains elusive for the country. A 15-member Indian team, including seven women, are competing in the Championships in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Competing in the women's 69kg category, Monika lifted 98kg in Snatch and 117kg in Clean and Jerk for a...
12:22 AM, Apr 29, 2012
After back to back hits in 'Seniors' and 'Pokkiriraja', young director Vysakh will have his third movie 'Mallu Singh' released this May.One of the most expected movies of the year, this will be the one of the rare Malayali movie using the Punjabi flavor of songs and dance sequences with its dominant colours.Featuring Unni Mukundan in the lead with the support cast of the hit seniors, including Kunchakko Boban, Biju...
03:22 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: N Soniya Chanu bagged a bronze in women's 48 kg category to open India's medal account on the opening day of the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships at Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Tuesday. Soniya, who won a silver in the Delhi Commonwealth Games, finished third in snatch with an effort of 75 kg in the first competition of the championship, which is a London Olympic Qualification event. She was...
07:58 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Mumbai: Disgraced senior cop Anil Mahabole, accused of gangland links and threatening a MiD DAY journalist in the past, is once again in the news for the wrong reasons. This time the assistant commissioner of police has been charged with raping a woman inspector who resides at VB Nagar in Kurla. According to the police, the victim approached Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Rajnesh Seth and Jt CP...
03:12 PM, Apr 18, 2012
CHENNAI: Denying the joys of sexual intercourse to people over 50, is directly related to the increasing instances of child sexual abuse in the country, says noted sexologist Dr Narayana Reddy. After releasing an extensive study titled Sex and the Aging Indian, accumulated over two decades, Dr Reddy pointed out that a large number of elderly people were denied sex, causing this problem. It is almost an established train of...
08:24 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Kolkata: A senior citizen Manik Dabriwal wants tax laws to be amended so that citizens above the age of 60 years can claim deductions on the medical insurance premium paid by dependents. Manik, a 70-year-old businessman, spends his days catching up on the news that is something he didn't have time for when he was young. In his twilight years, Manik hopes to reap the benefit of his age, as...
08:48 AM, Mar 13, 2012
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