Mumbai: If you saw any traffic cops in an all-Khaki uniform - as opposed to the usual white-and-khaki - around Marine Drive yesterday, it's because the Mumbai traffic police have taken on the task of tutoring traffic cops from Uttar Pradesh. A delegation of 14 senior policemen has been sent to the city by the UP government to familiarise themselves in tackling intense traffic buzz. These officers, each of whom...
08:02 PM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled in favour of the Indian Pilots Guild in the Boeing Dreamliner training programme issue. This means that the Air India pilots will get to fly the bulk of the Boeing Dreamliner carriers. However, the HC ruled that there will be no new training programme for pilots unless the recommendations of Dharmadhikari Commission report are made public and implemented. The HC will...
12:17 PM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: As part of an innovative teacher-training exchange programme, six teachers from Kashmir came all the way from Bandipore to Greater Noida's Step By Step school, looking for better opportunities and to give a better future to their students. Bombarded with questions from the children, Javeera and Yasmina, two of the Kashmiri teachers, are the centre of attention at the Noida school. They all have great stories and some...
08:51 AM, May 07, 2012
Narnaul: The government-run Industrial Training Institute in Narnaul, Haryana, found itself in the centre of a controversy on Saturday. The institute has allegedly created a separate wing for SC/STs, calling it "special privileges". The students, however, call it discriminatory. The institute was set up by the government with the aim of providing technical skill training to students of all categories. The institute has now built two buildings. While one of...
07:28 AM, May 06, 2012
Gulibagh: Hazrat Gul spent two years in detention for allegedly aiding the Pakistani Taliban when they publicly flogged and beheaded people during a reign of terror in the scenic Swat Valley. Now he wiles away his time in pristine classrooms, a Pakistani flag pin on his crisp uniform, learning about word processing, carpentry and car repairs at the Mashal de-radicalisation centre run by the army. Part of a carrot and...
02:54 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Last summer, Anushi Desai spent 20 days at a training camp for discus throwers in Portland, Oregon. Now the 15-year-old is looking forward to the next edition of the South Asian Games, where she will represent India in the event. No, one summer camp did not transform Anushi into a world-beater. But the camp honed her technique, improved her performance and focussed her athletic energies: She had attended a skiing...
12:14 PM, Apr 09, 2012
London: Chelsea spent 28 million Pounds on firing manager Carlo Ancelotti and hiring Andre Villas-Boas, an outlay that does not appear to be paying off with the team performing worse in the English Premier League this season. Ancelotti was ditched in May after failing to win a trophy in his second season at Stamford Bridge, prompting owner Roman Abramovich to take a costly gamble on luring the inexperienced Villas-Boas from...
02:46 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Moscow: Russia and India on Monday started preparations for the joint INDRA-2012 military exercises scheduled to be held in Russia this summer, a Russian official said. Lt. Col. Alexander Gordeyev, spokesman for the Eastern Military District, said: "An Indian military delegation arrived on Monday in Ulan Ude (in Russia's Far East) to discuss the preparation for INDRA-2012 military drills to be held this summer." Russian and Indian military officials will...
04:17 AM, Feb 07, 2012
Pune: Even as a hail of bullets failed to deflate tyres of the state transport (ST) bus hijacked by Santosh Mane and stop his murderous road rage that killed eight and injured over 30, an uncomfortable question has raised its head, whether the police's 'lack of shooting practice resulted in a firing fiasco' on January 25. According to weapon experts, hitting a moving target needs precision and it could be...
12:57 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Ralegan Siddhi/New Delhi: Anna Hazare on Sunday night welcomed Government's move to make public the audio recordings of proceedings of the Joint Drafting Committee constituted to draft the Lokpal Bill. Congress on its part said the government was not under 'any pressure' to bring out the deliberations of the Committee in public domain. Hazare, the 74-year-old anti-corruption crusader, said the Government move will lead to more transparency and build up...
12:25 AM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: In a concession to Team Anna, the government on Sunday agreed to make the audio recordings of proceedings of the Joint Committee public. The committee was constituted to draft the Lokpal Bill. But sources say the disclosure will be selective, nothing which would hamper the government's work in drafting the Lokpal bill or which embarrasses the government will be disclosed. However, Justice Santosh Hegde spoke to CNN-IBN and...
08:38 PM, Oct 09, 2011
The Department of Personnel and Training had said that they require the nod of Law ministry. ...
04:58 PM, Oct 09, 2011
New Delhi: The government has now agreed to make public the audio recordings of proceedings of the Joint Drafting Committee constituted to draft the Lokpal Bill. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) had earlier refused to bring out the deliberations of the Committee in public domain. The Joint Drafting Committee, comprising five members of Team Anna and an equal number of Cabinet ministers, was formed to finalise the draft...
01:31 PM, Oct 09, 2011
Washington: LeT is engaged in imparting commando training to its recruits, including teenagers, at its terror camps inside Pakistan, besides being involved in their religious indoctrination, according to an FBI complaint. In the complaint submitted before a federal US court in Virginia on Friday, the FBI said this is reflected in the communication of Jubair Ahmad, a Pakistani national on legal permanent residency in the US who was arrested on...
10:39 AM, Sep 03, 2011
New Delhi: Doctors in Germany have trained dogs to sniff out lung cancer from a sample of person's breath. The dogs are trained to lie down when they detect a cancer sample and can look forward to receiving a treat. Bonni is no regular german shepherd - she's among the several dogs trained in a training school to sniff out lung cancer. "We trained the dogs via positive stimulation. So...
10:01 AM, Sep 01, 2011
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