National News

India's Catholics celebrate first woman saint

ANI - 01:05 PM

Kudamaloor (Kerala)/Kolkata, Oct 13 (ANI): Hundreds of devotees offered prayers at Saint Alphonsa's native Kudamaloor in Kerala as Pope Benedict created India's first woman saint at a special ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday.

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General

  • Pak Kashmir trade team arrives in JammuANI - 12:35 PM

    Jammu, Oct 13 (ANI): A 19-member business delegation from Pakistan administered Kashmir met industry leaders here last evening.

  • Rae Bareli farmers saddened over cancellation of land for railway coach factoryANI - 12:35 PM

    Rae Bareli/ New Delhi/ Lucknow, Oct 13 (ANI): With Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati cancelling the land allotment for a rail coach factory project at Lalganj in Rae Bareli, which was proposed by Congress president and Lok Sabha MP in her constituency, farmers here are a dejected lot. They feel the project could have provided a number of jobs and ensured the overall development of the region.

  • A road sign stands next to the Bombay Stock Exchange building (R) in this August 3, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Arko Datta
    Indian shares extend gains to 6 pct on dayReuters - 12:13 PM

    BANGALORE (Reuters) - India's main share market index extended its gains to more than 6 percent on Monday after the finance minister said the government was working on more measures to improve liquidity, with gains in Asia helping sentiment.

  • Indian shares extend gains to 5 pct on dayReuters - 11:51 AM

    BANGALORE (Reuters) - Indian shares extended their gains to more than 5 percent on Monday after the finance minister said the government was working on more measures to improve liquidity, with gains in Asia bolstering sentiment.

  • PM terms communal violence in Orissa, Karna 'most disturbing'PTI - 11:44 AM

    New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) Terming the recent communal violence in Orissa and Karnataka as "most disturbing and dangerous," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said those who threaten communal

Politics

  • Farmers say rail coach factory land has nothing to do with themIE - 02:37 AM

    Even as the state government claimed that farmers of the area do not want the rail coach factory in Lalganj, Rae Bareli, the scene at Ground Zero said a different story.

  • State BJP to toe the lineIE - 02:37 AM

    After the announcement of an alliance with their bitter foes, the Indian National (INLD), by the central leadership, state BJP leaders have been forced to eat their own words.

  • MLA local area fund doubledIE - 02:37 AM

    In election mode, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced an additional Rs 2 crore for the development of every assembly constituency.

  • - 02:37 AM

    Two days before UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was to perform bhoomi pujan for a rail coach factory in her constituency Rae Bareli, the Mayawati government on Sunday cancelled the allotment of nearly 190 hectares that it had made for the project just three month ago, saying it wanted to prevent a "Singur-like situation" in Uttar Pradesh.

  • Times to be above politicsHT - 01:35 AM

    The government's decision to convene a meeting on October 13 of the National Integration Council (NIC) after more than three years is clearly aimed at allowing political bosses and leaders of civil society vent their feelings regarding the worsening communal situation in the country.

Features

  • Framed?HT - Sun, Oct 12

    You know that old chestnut we were fed on when we were growing up? The one that assured us that guys don't make passes at girls who wear glasses?

  • Head Hunter of SingaporeHT - Sun, Oct 12

    It's a dish that has always mystified me. Sometime in the 1970s, I first heard of the 'famous Indian fish head curry' in Singapore.

  • Role reversal: India to launch French satellitesHT - Fri, Oct 10

    AN AGREEMENT between Indian and French space agencies will give India larger play in the global satellite launch market, worth $2 billion annually.

  • MPs may get Rs 3 crore more for developmentHT - Fri, Oct 10

    FROM THE next financial year, a Member of Parliament could get Rs 5 crore annually for development works in his constituency. The reason for more than two-time hike, from the present Rs 2 crore, is high inflation.

  • Vijayadashmi celebrated with traditional fervour in capitalPTI - Thu, Oct 9

    New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) Vijayadashmi was celebrated with traditional fervour here today amid burning of the effigy of Ravana and splendid presentation of Ramlila depicting the victory of evil

Crime

  • Man kills brother; flees with bodyHT - 01:35 AM

    An argument between two sisters-in-law took a tragic turn when one's husband shot dead the other's. The victim was the killer's younger brother.

  • Parties out to win over MuslimsHT - 01:35 AM

    THERE IS a no-holds-barred battle between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to win over the Muslim community in the state.

  • Civil engineer or India's chief of terror: A family's defenceHT - 01:35 AM

    In a clean, prosperous coastal Karnataka town of beautiful wooden houses and quaint Moorish-style lanes, the family of a civil engineer accused of being the mastermind behind the Indian Mujahideen claims their faith is the reason they are singled out by the police.

  • Woman, paramour arrested for killing her husband and sonHT - 01:35 AM

    The police here have unravelled the mystery behind the murder of a transporter and his son in September. They say the murder was the outcome of an illicit affair the transporter's wife was having at the time.

  • 9 dead and a question mark over the livingHT - 01:35 AM

    Having lost eight lives to the September 13 blasts, Beadonpura's Gali Number 42 was painfully limping towards a normal life. But almost a month after the blasts, it suffered another jolt. One of its injured - Santosh - died in hospital on October 10.


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