Publication: Times of India

First reported 11 mins ago - Updated 11 mins ago - 1 reports

Bengal government snubs State Election Commission on district division for rural polls

The Mamata Banerjee government’s missive to the State Election Commission on Monday declining its proposal to reconsider the grouping of districts for the three-phase panchayat polls has buried hopes of a consensus. ... [Published Times of India - 11 mins ago]

Entities: Mamata Banerjee, Declination

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 12 mins ago - 2 reports

Hizballah

23 Hezbollah men killed in Syria

Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic opposition-held town near the Lebanese border on Monday, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, Syrian state media said. ... [Published Times of India - 12 mins ago]

Entities: Hizballah, Syria, Government of Syria

First reported 18 mins ago - Updated 18 mins ago - 1 reports

Map gaffe: Notice to 10 academics

The state education board has asked the 10 academics responsible for compiling its high-school geography textbooks to explain in writing why legal action should not be taken against them for preparing a class X course book that contains a map of India ... [Published Times of India - 18 mins ago]

Entities: India

First reported 20 mins ago - Updated 20 mins ago - 1 reports

Palaniappan Chidambaram

Finance minister bats for merger of PSBs

Consolidation among public sector banks (PSBs) is back in focus with finance minister P Chidambaram stating that some among the 26 state-owned lenders may be better off merging. ... [Published Times of India - 20 mins ago]

Entities: Mergers & Acquisitions, Palaniappan Chidambaram

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Pervez Musharraf

Benazir death: Pervez Musharraf gets bail, on way out of Pakistan?

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Monday granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the 2007 Benazir Bhutto assassination case. ... [Published Times of India - 16 mins ago]

Entities: Pervez Musharraf, Bail, Pakistan

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Wave of attacks kills at least 95 in Iraq

The bloodshed is still far shy of the pace, scale and brutality of the dark days of 2006-2007, when Sunni and Shiite militias carried out retaliatory attacks against each other in a cycle of violence that left the country awash in blood. ... [Published Times of India - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Iraq, Brutality, Shia Islam

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

New Delhi (India)

VVIP movements cripple capital traffic, spark snarls

NEW DELHI: Chinese premier Li Keqiang's movements on Monday held the city to ransom with endless traffic snarls clogging arterial roads.People complained that usual commute times doubled as some roads, not mentioned in a traffic advisory issued in advance, ... [Published Times of India - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Mathura, New Delhi (India), India

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

'Caged parrot comment insulting to CBI'

Vadodara city Congress president Narendra Ravat believes discussion on topics like 'CBI- A caged parrot' and 'Shifting of Gir lions' is insulting to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Supreme Court. ... [Published Times of India - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Parrot, Vadodara, Central Bureau of Investigation

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 reports

Mumbai continued to witness moderate demand for office space in April 2013: JLL

Meanwhile, a select pool of projects in the secondary business district (SBD) central and eastern suburbs sub-markets continued to witness improved pre-commitment levels. ... [Published Times of India - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Mumbai, Witness

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 reports

3 held in connection with Delhi cop's killing

Three persons were arrested in connection with the murder of assistant sub-inspector of Delhi Police Jai Bhagwan Sharma, who was shot by a gang of criminals during a raid in connection with a robbery case in Bilhari village of Chitrakoot district on Thursday ... [Published Times of India - 14 hours ago]

Entities: New Delhi (India), Delhi Police, Robbery

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

UP govt calls CBI to probe Khalid Mujahid’s death in custody

A day after the death of 2007 serial blasts accused Khalid Mujahid in police custody in transit, the postmortem failed to establish the cause of his death on Sunday, forcing the Uttar Pradesh government to call in the Central Bureau of Investigation for ... [Published Times of India - May 19 2013]

Entities: Custody, Uttar Pradesh Government, Central Bureau of Investigation

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

E-tickets for Archaeological Survey of India protected monuments

NEW DELHI: Visitors to centrally protected monuments will soon be spared the hassle of standing in long queues to get an entry ticket. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has paved the way for e-ticketing at the sites managed by it, including Qutub ... [Published Times of India - May 19 2013]

Entities: India, New Delhi (India), MALPRACTICE

Quotes

"Have good physique and personality? Want to earn up to Rs 50,000 every month? Mingle in high society crowd?" - read a mail received by Premal Parikh (name changed), a resident of Gurukul Road

Aspiring gigolo duped online [Published Times of India - 33 mins ago]

"The heat wave is the result of the absence of any western disturbance in Delhi and neighbouring areas, strengthening of hot northwesterly winds from the desert and subsidence of air in association with an anticyclone over Rajasthan and adjoining areas" said O P Singh, deputy director of meteorology, Delhi Regional Meteorological Centre

Delhi reels under 44.5 degrees Celsius heat, no respite in sight [Published Times of India - 1 hour ago]

...With India Gate, the city's traffic hub, virtually off-limits, Delhiites were forced to take endless diversions. "I had to reach HC from Mehrauli. The jam started from Safdurjung airport. Once I reached Taj Mansingh hotel, I found that all roads leading to India Gate were closed. I had to take a detour via Khan market, Delhi Zoo and Mathura Road, which was clogged, to finally reach the court" said a commuter, Sunny Chaudhry

VVIP movements cripple capital traffic, spark snarls [Published Times of India - 1 hour ago]

The proposal for the two routes is currently awaiting the Centre's approval. "The file has been sent to the urban development ministry. Once we receive the go ahead, construction will start" said an official

Noida allocates Rs 2,000 crore for Metro extension [Published Times of India - 1 hour ago]

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