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May 19, 2012

  • 3 Rajkot boys in IIT-JEE's top 100
    May 19, 2012
    Three students from Rajkot figure in the list of top 100 candidates in this year's IIT-JEE whose results were announced on Friday. While Siddharth Patel is ranked 60, Ridhesh Bhalodiya and Shalin...
  • 40% cops suffer from stress
    May 19, 2012; Chorghade, Bhalchandra
    Better policing needs fit and healthy staff. If the officials are suffering from some ailments, then it directly affects their routine, which, in turn affects their primary duty of maintaining law...
  • 42 workers from Angola to reach India today
    May 19, 2012
    Forty-two Indian workers, including four from Gujarat working at the Sumbe Cement Plant, boarded the flight to India on Friday. They will be reaching the country on Saturday morning. According to...
  • A committee of vested interests
    May 19, 2012; Patil, Gangadhar S;Pai, Sandeep
    Gautam Chatterjee, as the officer on special duty (OSD), had suggested that the government set up a committee of experts (CoE). It later emerged that the CoE was staffed with people having vested...
  • A concrete asset that resolves financial crisis
    May 19, 2012; Pandya, Vijay
    Most of us who purchase flats often overlook the fact that it is much more than just a residence to dwell in or an investment that will yield returns.What we create in effect, is a tangible,...
  • A cop-underworld drama gone wrong
    May 19, 2012; Unnikrishnan, Chaya;Sugathan, Priya
    Dizzying shots, bizarre camera angles and a confusing storyline mark Ram Gopal Varma's cop and underworld drama, Department. With Varma returning to his forte, (read underworld), one expected a...
  • A hilarious flick
    May 19, 2012; Reddy, Y Maheswara
    A remake of the Telugu film, Blade Baabji in which Allari Naresh played the lead role, Director Anantha Raju has stuck to the original version faithfully and ensured all the ingredients that are...
  • Absconding builders surrender before court
    May 19, 2012
    The two builders who were absconding after they were remanded in judicial custody, surrendered before the high court on Thursday. Vijay Gajra and Dinesh Patel got bail on the condition of...
  • Aditya, Alok in snooker title clash
    May 19, 2012
    Aditya Mehta sailed into the final of the snooker event of the Maharaja Pratap Sinh Coronation Gymkhana National Invitation Billiards & Snooker Tournament 2012 at Vadodara on Friday.Mehta (IOC)...
  • After 52 days, varsity teachers call off stir
    May 19, 2012
    The Maharashtra Federation of University and College Teachers Organisation (MFUCTO) finally called off their 52-day statewide strike on Friday. Their major demand was the approval of more than...
  • An ode to Kuwait's beauty
    May 19, 2012
    Modern art is just like me; it can be modern in many ways but is still religious and is in touch with the basics as well," stated Mona Algharabally, an artist from Kuwait who exhibited her...
  • Art of making gardens out of dumping grounds
    May 19, 2012; Athalye, Sudhanshu
    A well-known horticulturist from the city claims that it is possible for Mumbaikars to travel on Mumbai roads without air conditioner and with open windows. Horticulturist Suhas Joshi who has...
  • Arvind elected bar association chief
    May 19, 2012
    Arvind Yadav was elected district bar association president by a huge margin in the bi-annual election held on Friday.He polled 1342 votes against nearest rival KP Maheshwari who polled 662 votes....
  • Austerity to save `1.49 lakh cr
    May 19, 2012; Kumar, Ashutosh;Thakur, Neeraj
    The government is looking at pruning expenditure to five to ten percent of the total plan as well as non-plan expenditure for the current financial year, which would translate into a maximum of...
  • Auto driver's tip-off averts major disaster
    May 19, 2012
    SRINAGAR: A tip-off by an auto-rickshaw driver averted a bloodbath and saved hundreds of lives in Kashmir. The auto driver was the first to alert J&K police about the abandoned vehicle fitted...
  • Autos go on one-day strike; citizens suffer
    May 19, 2012
    Amdavadis faced problems on Friday when auto rickshaw drivers went on a one-day strike to oppose the rising CNG prices. Many citizens were inconvenienced in the morning when they couldn t find auto...
  • Bad news for cars with non-KA plates
    May 19, 2012; Swamy, HM Chaithanya
    The city police will now watch out for cars bearing registration numbers of other states in the event of a major crime. The wake-up call comes in the aftermath of the RT Nagar dacoity on Monday...
  • Banned, but still cuts like a knife
    May 19, 2012; A, Samritha
    Four months after the use of Chinese manja, a string used to fly kites, was banned in the city, birds continue to fall prey to this killer string.An abrasive string which is gummed, coloured and...
  • Bar council polls: 26 eliminated
    May 19, 2012
    Out of 99 candidates who are in fray for the Bar Council of Gujarat polls, 26 candidates were eliminated on Friday during the counting as they got the least votes and cannot be elected. The manual...
  • BCCI unlikely to interfere in SRK affair
    May 19, 2012; Tagore, Vijay
    The Union and certain state governments are haggling over the contentious NCTC, but there is unlikely to be a centre-state rift over l'affaire Shah Rukh Khan in the Board of Control for Cricket in...
  • BEST employee's 14-minute film to be screened at festival
    May 19, 2012; Ansari, Shabana
    When filmmaker Suresh Shelar approached Marathi writer-director Abhiram Bhadkamkar to play a homosexual protagonist in his short film Relations, Bhadkamkar did not bat an eyelid."He said it was a...
  • Beware! Check credentials of your lift repairmen
    May 19, 2012; Gagdekar, Roxy
    Believe it or not, but as many as 50% of the lift contractors in the eastern parts of the city and some 20% in the western part of the city are not properly trained in operating a lift. The...
  • BJP targets UPA over Karnataka drought
    May 19, 2012
    The BJP has accused the UPA government of playing politics over providing compensation to drought-hit Karnataka and neglecting the state since it is ruled by the BJP.Raising the issue of drought...
  • Bollywood's revenge, main hoon naa...
    May 19, 2012; T, Sushil Ku
    What next, asked the rotund man, chairman of the Indian Panga League, all smiles, jowls working on something he couldn't chew on. 'Isn't the finals tonight?''Yep' said his young assistant, a beauty...
  • Bombay zone can boast of fewer toppers
    May 19, 2012
    Big numbers, but they fail to pack a punch. The Bombay zone has upheld its reputation of having the maximum number of candidates - 5,562 of the 77,550 who appeared - to have qualified for the joint...
  • BPO worker crushed under lorry in Borivli
    May 19, 2012
    A 32-year-old BPO employee died after a speeding lorry hit his bike on Thursday at Link Road in Borivli (West). The incident took place while he was he heading towards his office in Malad.According...
  • Brace for blackout from today
    May 19, 2012
    The Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) has announced power cuts in the city from Saturday. An official release issued by the department informs that due to acute power shortage and...
  • Bringing some middle-eastern flavour to Jaipur
    May 19, 2012
    A  lively traditional folk music performance by the Kuwaiti TV band-one of the country's oldest all-man band which has been performing both in the country and abroad since 1978, brought some...
  • B-TOWN silent over SRK
    May 19, 2012; Mahadevan, Sneha
    Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been under the scanner, since the beginning of the year. First, the slapgate incident with filmmaker Shirish Kunder at a suburban nightclub, followed by his detention...
  • Buses, train & college set on fire
    May 19, 2012
    The public modes of transport took the brunt of the violence unleashed by the rejected candidates in Govindgarh. They set afire police trucks, roadways buses and even a train engine. After the...
  • Cadence miss winning chance
    May 19, 2012
    Cadence Cricket Academy were unlucky to draw with Vengsarkar on the second day of the Varroc Cup U-14 Cricket Tournament organised by Dilip Vengsarkar Cricket Academy in Mumbai on Friday. Chasing...
  • Car dealer takes customer for a ride, told to pay
    May 19, 2012; Plumber, Mustafa
    The district consumer forum has directed a private car dealer to pay a customer about Rs16,000 for delaying a delivery, and then overcharging her for insurance and registration fees.As per a...
  • CBI to file charge sheet before May 26
    May 19, 2012
    Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file a charge sheet in the RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case in special CBI court, its public prosecutor said on Friday."Before completion of 90 days...
  • 'CCTV footage not needed in SRK row'
    May 19, 2012
    The police on Friday said there was no need to scrutinise the CCTV footage over actor Shah Rukh Khan's brawl at Wankhede stadium to verify complaint of Vikas Dalvi, a security guard with Mumbai...
  • Chain snatchers make good use of their undies
    May 19, 2012; Swamy, HM Chaithanya
    When the Subramanyapura police recently arrested a gang of four chain snatchers and recovered 25 gold chains from them, they had no inkling what they would be unearthing.After all, they had stopped...
  • Chicken gets dearer this summer
    May 19, 2012; Jadhav, Ashish
    During summer, chicken and mutton prices usually remain stable due to reduced demand. However, a reverse trend has been observed this year with an increase in chicken prices.Chicken traders and...
  • CM tries to deflect heat on Jal Mahal
    May 19, 2012
    Chief minister Ashok Gehlot, on Friday, cornered the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while holding the party responsible for all the irregularities in leasing out Jal Mahal for restoration. Gehlot's...
  • Commuters at mercy of rickety structures
    May 19, 2012; Aklekar, Rajendra
    Lakhs of commuters who use the Central line every day may be sitting ducks to a disaster in the making. They have been travelling beside potentially dangerous structures which have been abandoned...
  • Cong trying to strengthen base in S Guj
    May 19, 2012; Banerji, Rishi
    The low turnout at BJP programmes in south Gujarat can be partly attributed to the Congress efforts to strengthen its base in the region and break into the former's vote-bank. With most of the...
  • Cops came in late, were ill-prepared
    May 19, 2012
    Failure by the police department and administration, to anticipate that presence of large number of aspirants for army recruitment rally might cause law and order problem, lead to situation going...
  • Cop-underworld drama gone wrong
    May 19, 2012; Sharma, Shivani
    The first thing that you will notice about this film is the trademark RGV camera angles. If you think you were well-prepared for those before you walked in, wait till the end! A faint, yet...
  • Corporate world backs queer film fest
    May 19, 2012; Pawar, Yogesh
    "When we began, 90% of our funding would come from UN agencies. Now that's reduced to 10% and the rest of it comes from corporate sponsorships," said Pallav Patankar, co-director of the Kashish...
  • Cost of borrowing to stay elevated for cos
    May 19, 2012; Barman, Neelasri
    Borrowing costs of corporates are seen remaining high, given liquidity constraints and a low likelihood of a reduction in the repo rate, or the rate at which banks borrow from the Reserve Bank of...
  • Court to hold inquiry into Lt Gen Tejinder's charges against army chief
    May 19, 2012
    New Delhi: In a breather for the army chief General VK Singh, a Delhi court on Friday said it will hold an inquiry into the allegations levelled by Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh in a criminal...
  • Dalit group opposes 'Ajintha' screening
    May 19, 2012
    After the Banjara community expressed its reservations, now a Dalit organisation, Black Panther, has opposed the screening of Marathi film Ajintha, and vandalised a theatre showing the film on...
  • Dancing the night away
    May 19, 2012; Mujawar, Ingila
    It seems Thanekars are living up to the adage 'Work Hard, Play Harder'. With a number of night club options in Thane, people enjoy unwinding with a drink and dancing the night away. Imported liquor...
  • Din in RS over land grab charge against Governor
    May 19, 2012
    The alleged involvement of Gujarat Governor Dr Kamla in a land grab case rocked Rajya Sabha on Friday. BJP MPs created ruckus in the Upper House demanding suspension of Question Hour to discuss the...
  • Doctor, agent booked under PNDT Act
    May 19, 2012
    A doctor and his agent were caught red-handed while conducting a sex determination test at Umiya Hospital in Bapunagar on Thursday. The police have arrested the duo and booked them under the...
  • Drought aid to first replenish state coffers
    May 19, 2012
    The first installment of drought relief package from the Centre may not benefit the drought-affected people directly, as the Rs580 crore will be used for reimbursing the money spent by the state...
  • Duo held for Dahisar abduction, robbery
    May 19, 2012
    The city crime branch on Friday arrested two people for allegedly assaulting an elderly woman, kidnapping her six-year-old granddaughter and decamping with cash and ornaments worth lakhs from their...
  • Economic fundamentals are intact, it pays to stay invested
    May 19, 2012; Mampatta, Sachin P
    As India stood on the cusp of liberalisation, a group of friends began exploring the curious world of equity markets. Among them was V Balasubramanian, currently fund manager at IDBI Mutual Fund....
  • ENJOY SUMMER WITH COLOR
    May 19, 2012
    Chinese Hazelnut:- The fruit is covered by a reddish-pink protective skin and the insides are filled with soft and sweet flesh. Lychee is a rich source of vitamin C,  & minerals.Bitter Gourd:- ...
  • ENJOY THE THEATRICS
    May 19, 2012; Azad, Kirti
    IPL is fast becoming a breeding ground for salacious gossip... First, the sting, then Shah Rukh Khan and now Luke Pomersbach's alleged sexual transgressions.Meanwhile, the Mumbai Cricket...
  • Experience as teacher
    May 19, 2012; Nikunj, Rajyogi Brahmakumar
    Most of us keep dwelling in the past especially when the past has been sorrowful. Whatever has happened in the past is good.Dwelling in the past creates anger, vengeance and grudge over others...
  • Fake cop caught extorting money
    May 19, 2012
    A man, whose wife is in the police department decided on donning her role by faking as a policeman and fleecing money but was caught by the police. The accused has been identified as Kishore Pawar...
  • Fight for burial ground ends
    May 19, 2012; Singh, Naveeta
    After 18 years, Christians in Dombivli will get a burial ground for deceased members. The district judge from Kalyan court recently passed an order where it has asked the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal...
  • Fire on Commercial St.
    May 19, 2012
    Shops on Commercial Street had a narrow escape on Friday night after a fire broke out in Western Stores, a clothing store opposite Woody's Hotel. The fire broke out around 9 pm on one of the upper...
  • First take locals into confidence, says Naik
    May 19, 2012
    Faced with complaints from local residents and corporators, Thane guardian minister Ganesh Naik has directed the administration to take local representatives, residents and traffic police into...
  • For Jaipur, by Jaipur!
    May 19, 2012; AH Correspondent
    Facebook might be one of the most preferred tools to keep a tab on happenings around the world, but what about the news about your own city? Well there's some good news for the Facebook loving...
  • Four books by Jaynarayan Vyas to be released today
    May 19, 2012
    Four books written by state health minister Jaynarayan Vyas will be released on May 19 at the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries (GCCI). Renowned Gujarati littérateur Gunvant Shah will...
  • Four Pune FC players are eyeing exit zone
    May 19, 2012; Williams, Joe
    While the transfer window for the I-League players is yet to open, window shopping by the teams in this elite league is on full swing. With Ranti Martins hitting the jackpot with over Rs1 crore in...
  • FSL to look into call details of Satellite phone
    May 19, 2012
    A day after the Kutch (West) seized a banned Satellite phone from a cargo vessel anchored at Mundra port, police are awaiting the report of the technical analysis of the phone. They are at the same...
  • Furnish purpose of panel on mobile towers, asks HC
    May 19, 2012
    The Rajasthan high court on Friday asked the state government to reply on the purpose of the committee, which was formed in connection with mobile towers installed in densely-populated areas. The...
  • Ganja worth `1L seized, two Odisha men held
    May 19, 2012
    Police on Friday arrested two persons and seized ganja worth `1 lakh during transit in the city.Alok Balaram and Bhuwneshwar both hailing from Odisha have been arrested. Nearly 17 Kg 440 grams of...
  • Gehlot does a balancing act for judiciary and pvt firm
    May 19, 2012
    A day after Rajasthan high court, cancelled the 99-year lease of the 100-acre land around Jal Mahal Lake, Gehlot said that any decision on part of the government would be taken only after going...
  • Get the best golfing experience in Thane
    May 19, 2012
    Besides being culturally rich, the city of lakes - Thane - boasts of some of the best sporting infrastructures in the state. While the Dadoji Konddeo Stadium has been home to some of the best...
  • Give your bathroom a touch of class
    May 19, 2012; Vora, Pooja
    Forget the traditional white tiles and incandescent bulbs, the bathroom can be a bright and appealing zone if you focus on the decor.Use light and soft colours like white, peach etc instead of dark...
  • Go fowl this summer
    May 19, 2012
    Suresh Khanna, executive chef of Fortune Landmark shares with you one of his recipesStuff grill chicken BreastIngredients:Chicken breast :  2 nosZucchini :  50 gmCarrot :  50 gmRed pepper :  50...
  • Govt to evaluate AI properties in India, abroad
    May 19, 2012
    New Delhi: With no end in sight for the ongoing deadlock between the striking Air India (AI) pilots and the AI management, the government has started exploring various ways of downsizing the ailing...
  • Goyal secures top notch in Raj, 24th in merit list
    May 19, 2012
    Shrey Goyal, who has secured 24th all-India rank, is busy preparing for Physics Olympiad, while Deepen Morwani has his party plans with parents and family members to celebrate his 30th rank. Amid...
  • Hayavadana's back
    May 19, 2012; Vadrevu, Jaya Sarika
    One of Girish Karnad's most celebrated plays, Hayavadana, will soon be back again on stage in English. Directed by Ravi Kumar, the play confronts the age-old dilemma - is the body a slave of the...
  • High on Western music and dance
    May 19, 2012
    If music soothes the mind, dance energizes the souls. Music and dance therefore have become a part of the lifestyle of Thanekars. The city, in recent years, has welcomed various forms of dance and...
  • HIV+ kids waiting for their dues
    May 19, 2012; Reddy, Y Maheswara
    Come May 24, more than 600 HIV positive children will grill officials of various government departments on their apparent failure to implement various welfare schemes meant for them (the...
  • Holiday blues
    May 19, 2012; Unnikrishnan, Chaya;Sugathan, Priya
    Mr Bhatti On Chutti is a film that's been long in the making, but before you begin mumbling about the protagonist's obsession with George Bush,  actor Anupam Kher prepares the ground for the film....
  • Home truths for tourists in Karwar
    May 19, 2012; Raghuram, M
    The murder of a forest official at a private resort in Dandeli has dealt a severe blow to the reputation of homestays and resorts here. Locals now increasingly look at tourists with...
  • House full for Dravid-Tendulkar clash
    May 19, 2012; Singh, Anuraag
    Forget about Rajasthan Royals bowing out of contention from a place in IPL playoffs, after defeat against Deccan Chargers on Friday.The last but much awaited clash between Royals and Mumbai Indians...
  • Hybrid fund: The power of three
    May 19, 2012; Nupur;Varughese, Aswathy
    The road can't get bumpier than this. Persistent macro economic issues, heightened global risk aversion and deteriorating economic indicators at home all seem to be at work, which means we are...
  • 'I am interested in directors, not actors'
    May 19, 2012; Dalal, Sayantan
    She has now become our desi girl in LA - as bold and daring as ever. No amount of criticsim back home seems to detter actor Mallika Sherawat from continuing her jaunts abroad. She chatted with...
  • 'I designed the interiors myself'
    May 19, 2012; Seksaria, Aarti
    Behind every piece of art lie many days of contemplation and planning. This is precisely how Kandivali resident Ajit Nair, COO, Chiron Panacea Pvt Ltd, conceptualised and created the decor scheme...
  • I love being an actor, it's what defines me
    May 19, 2012; Singh, L Romal M
    He's definitely a looker, but he doesn't believe it. "I do not get that many compliments, I am not kidding, so when one calls me gorgeous or beautiful or handsome or pretty, I take it really...
  • I think I am still Nattha
    May 19, 2012; Biswas, Dipannita Ghosh
    He bowled over the industry and the audience with his debut film, Peepli Live. And it took a long time for people to come to terms with the fact that actor Omkar Das Manikpuri and his character,...
  • ICSE, ISC results out today
    May 19, 2012
    Over 8,600 ICSE and ISC students from the city await their fate with bated breath.The Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) will declare the results of Class X (ICSE) and Class...
  • IIT-JEE results: City lad among top 100
    May 19, 2012
    Kevin Daniel from Bakliwal Tutorials has topped the city and secured the 92nd position in all-India ranking of Indian Institute of Technology-JEE joint entrance examination (IIT-JEE) held on April...
  • IIT-JEE: Arpit tops in India, Rishi in Indore
    May 19, 2012
    The results for IIT-JEE, the joint entrance examination for the Indian Institute of Technology, were declared today with Arpit Agarwal from Delhi topping the test. In Indore, Rishi Mundhra ( all...
  • IIT-JEE: City boy Rishi secures AIR-82
    May 19, 2012
    Out of nearly 8,000 students from Indore, who appeared in the IIT-JEE, 325 have secured All India Ranking (AIR).Result of the IIT-JEE, the entrance test for admission in IITs, was declared on...
  • Illegal construction on govt land stopped
    May 19, 2012
    District administration on Friday ordered to stop the construction of a colony after it was found that the construction is being done on ceiling land. Besides, the administration has also written...
  • Increased force fails to control mining
    May 19, 2012; Singh, Harshit
    Despite deployment of around 200 police personnel, two companies of Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC) and recruitment of around 100 home guard jawans, especially to check illegal mining in the...
  • Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
    May 19, 2012; AH Correspondent
    An accidental championA 12-year-old boy was once busy practising for a basketball match, when he saw another boy skateboarding nearby. Curious to try it out, he borrowed that boy's skateboard and...
  • Is travelling on the footboard justified?
    May 19, 2012; Subramanian, Mahalakshmi
    I stand on the footboard as it is fun to travel that way. Also, it is a convenient option as I commute from Mulund to Thane daily. When I return around 4 pm, trains are too crowded which leaves me...
  • IT survey on two firms
    May 19, 2012
    Two firms surrendered Rs 10.10 crore of unaccounted income before the IT department following surveys conducted on five establishments belonging to these companies on Thursday.Different teams of IT...
  • Jaipur roots for Meeta's right to love and live
    May 19, 2012; AH Correspondent
    Meeta, the brash tomboy, is a hot favourite with the boys. And, Bapu is her best friend. However, when Bapu's roommate falls for Meeta and Bapu tells him, 'No, that is not possible, she is...
  • Jaipur students come out with flying colours in IIT
    May 19, 2012
    Jaipur students have once again come with flying colours in the coveted IIT entrance examinations. The five students from city have made it to top 100, while a total of 520 students from Jaipur...
  • JEE: Bangalorean finishes 149th
    May 19, 2012
    The results of the much-awaited Indian Institute of Technology - Joint Entrance Exam (IIT-JEE) were declared on Friday. The topper from Karnataka is Ganesh Ajjanagadde, who secured an all-India...
  • Job fair for deprived sections
    May 19, 2012
    CSR Pune-Nehru Yuva Kendra's Project Disha will work towards creating equal opportunity of education and employment for the underprivileged. They will be holding a job fair at St Joseph s Technical...
  • John shines for Pune FC
    May 19, 2012
    A goal and an assist from Kevin John helped Pune FC 'B' to come back from behind and script a 3-1 win over CMS Falcon in the PDFA Super League at Range Hills ground on Friday. It was Falcon's Rohil...
  • KDMC gears up for monsoon, clears drains
    May 19, 2012; Chorghade, Bhalchandra
    Even as the monsoon is fast approaching and people are eagerly waiting for the rains to give them the much needed relief from the scorching heat, for the authorities at the civic body it's yet...
  • Keep Gorai land for aam aadmi, says UDRI
    May 19, 2012; Suryawanshi, Sudhir
    Batting for more affordable homes, the Urban Design Research Institute (UDRI) has asked the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to unlock its 10,650 acres of land in Manori,...
  • Keep the fun in your kitty
    May 19, 2012; Mangal, Anjali
    If you find it difficult to impress your friends at your kitty parties, despite of trying hard to be the perfect host, After Hrs comes to your rescue! Here are some tips from five experts of the...
  • Lab-e-Mashouq
    May 19, 2012
    Aman Tandon, regional exec chef, Hotel Pride, shares the recipe of a world famous dessertMANGO BAKED ALASKA: An age old world famous classic dessertA dessert made of a layer of vanilla sponge...
  • Lane discipline? But where are the lanes?
    May 19, 2012; Francis, Merlin
    It's a study of contrasts. On one hand, you have the Bangalore traffic police struggling to kickstart its lane-discipline campaign which was supposed to begin in the first week of May. And on the...
  • Lasooni palak ki karak tokri
    May 19, 2012
    Uttam Sarkar, exec chef, Gateway Hotels-Ahmedabad, shares one of his recipes...Ingredients:Spinach 250 gmsGarlic  25 gmsTomatoes 20 gmsTurmeric 1/2 tspOil  10 mlHing  2 gmsRed chilli powder      5...
  • Lepto scare: Docs clueless about origin
    May 19, 2012; Khan, Alifiya
    Leptospirosis continues to haunt patients at Sassoon General Hospital with senior authorities still clueless about the reason for indoor patients contracting the deadly ailment. The scare of...
  • Letter alleges principal of HK college acting as 'tout' for UGC
    May 19, 2012; Rana, Niyati
    A letter sent by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to the Gujarat University (GU) a year ago has snowballed into a major controversy among two powerful groups within the varsity. The letter...
  • Life Altering. Period.
    May 19, 2012; Singh, L Romal M
    How do you begin to describe a film that paints a canvas so real, so large and yet so detailed, that for once you are left feeling like an unworthy and completely unimportant blip on a reel of...
  • 'Life term for rapist is not enough'
    May 19, 2012; Tahalani, Manasi
    Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for raping and murdering his four-year-old daughter. Manasi Tahalani asks DNA Dombivli Kalyan readers and city residents...
  • Live a new life for every new language you speak
    May 19, 2012; Mujawar, Ingila
    In an era where the whole world is fast becoming a global village, it is becoming important that one learns as many languages as possible to become an effective member of this community. Thane...
  • M S Fashion: Destination of Wedding Lahnga
    May 19, 2012
    M S Fashion - the name itself strikes a collection of designer sarees, lahnga chunni and dress material. The product line of M.S. fashion includes the entire fashion of Indian ethnic wear for women...
  • Maharashtra stun Bengal
    May 19, 2012
    Maharashtra stunned defending champions and favourites Bengal 2-1 in their opening match of the 66th National football championship for the Santosh Trophy at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on...
  • Mango Avocado Salad
    May 19, 2012
    Satej Saigaonkar, exec chef, Courtyard Marriott, Ahmedabad shares one of his mango recipes...Ingredients:Avocado              2 nosMango              2 nosLemon          1/2 nosOlive oil...
  • Marathi excellence centre soon
    May 19, 2012
    State's department of information technology (DIT) and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) will set up a centre of excellence (CoE) on Marathi for effective e-governance in...
  • Marble slab falls; one dies, another injured
    May 19, 2012
    A worker died while another got severely injured at Rico Marbles in Sarsole, Nerul, after a marble slab fell on them. The incident happened at around 10 am on Friday.The marbles were placed on an...
  • Mayor goes in for rainwater harvesting
    May 19, 2012
    Setting an example for citizens to follow, mayor Vaishali Bankar has decided to install a rainwater harvesting (RWH) system at her official residence on Ghole Road.Bankar, who attended the RWH...
  • MBMC gears up for monsoons
    May 19, 2012
    Estimating the early arrival of monsoon this year, the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has already started cleaning of nullahs and gutters and aims to complete it by May 31. Though the...
  • MCA bans Shah Rukh for five years
    May 19, 2012; Dhar, Deba Prasad
    The ban on Shah Rukh Khan from entering the Wankhede was inevitable, given the nature of his run-in with the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and the unrepentant stance he exhibited throughout...
  • Mhada defers lottery for mill workers
    May 19, 2012; Gadpale, Rahul
    The government has decided not to conduct Mhada's lottery for mill workers on May 30, acceding to the mill unions demand for verification of the applications.There was suspicion among the union...
  • Minister Ramdas, raid this hospital
    May 19, 2012; Reddy, Y Maheswara
    While medical education minister SA Ramdas is leaving no stone unturned to hog the limelight with his "sting operations" against fake medical colleges and errant employees, the in-patients of...
  • Molestation case: RCB player gets bail
    May 19, 2012; Luthra, Chander Shekhar;Sarda, Kanu
    A molestation charge against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) all-rounder from Australia, Luke Pomersbach, on Friday added to the bad run of the IPL that still hasn't recovered from charges of...
  • Monorail-I to be commissioned by year end: MMRDA
    May 19, 2012
    The first phase of the monorail, which will run from Wadala to Chembur, is likely to be commissioned by the end of this year.Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) commissioner...
  • More night shelters to come up in Kolhapur
    May 19, 2012
    The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC), which has set up night shelters for homeless and beggars in Rajendranagar, now plans to set up more such shelters in the vicinity of Central Bus Stand. A...
  • NABARD faces LS fire over closing offices
    May 19, 2012
    NABARD decision to close down district development manager offices in several states rocked the Lok Sabha on Friday, with several MPs seeking government's reasoning behind the move.The questions...
  • Naveen-Jaya first move kills BJP gameplan
    May 19, 2012; Majumdar, Diptosh;Rao, Parsa Venkateshwar Jr
    The BJP strategy to involve as many parties as possible while deciding on a Presidential nominee has collapsed. Now that there are clear signs from the party that a majority of its leaders are...
  • 'Neglected' Konddev statue rocks civic body meet
    May 19, 2012
    High drama prevailed at the general body meeting of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Friday after the opposition alleged that the statue of Dadoji Konddev, which was shifted from Lal Mahal,...
  • Neighbour rapes an 11-year-old in Surat
    May 19, 2012
    An 11-year-old was raped by a youth at Limbayat in Surat on Friday. The incident came to light when the girl informed about the incident to her parents. Surprisingly, the accused is a known person...
  • News worthy? No chance!
    May 19, 2012; IL, Shruthi
    Media is a part and parcel of our day to day lives and it is this very phenomenon that director Nagathihalli Chandrashekar cashes in on his just released, Breaking News. The film that brings back...
  • Newspaper vendors seek action against G-north staff
    May 19, 2012
    Members of the Brihanmumbai Vruttapatra Vikreta Sangh (BVVS) on Friday called on municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte and sought action against G-North ward official Devendra Jain, allegedly for...
  • No breakthrough yet in Moscow
    May 19, 2012
    A third Slav Defence by Viswnathan Anand with black pieces, another theoretical and technical battle - where players played solidly with utmost caution - and it was hardly a surprise that the...
  • No HC relief for engineering students
    May 19, 2012
    Three engineering students, whose 2011 results were withheld by the University on Mumbai, failed to get relief from the Bombay high court on Friday.In August 2011, two students of first year and...
  • No IAF chopper for European delegation
    May 19, 2012; Kumar, Manan
    NEW DELHI: Making amends after the Nagaland goof-up - wherein a delegation of European ambassadors visited without clearance from the ministry of home affairs - the ministry of external affairs has...
  • No pre-monsoon work but roads will improve
    May 19, 2012; Desai, Geeta
    Monsoon and potholed roads have become synonymous for Mumbaikars.Every year, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) spends crores in pre-monsoon treatment for smooth roads, but the results...
  • Now students will learn traffic norms
    May 19, 2012; Khandge, Sukhada P
    After one year, Thane MLA Sanjay Kelkar managed to get a nod from the state education minister to have a chapter on road safety in the class IX and X syllabus. To make students more responsible...
  • Now, get SMS alert for driving licence delivery
    May 19, 2012; Bende, Anurag
    Soon, candidates waiting for delivery of their driving licences at home will get an SMS from the postal department intimating them of dispatch of the document. The state government's scheme of...
  • Of deficits, falling rupee, good economics and mindless austerity
    May 19, 2012; Kaul, Vivek
    The UPA government is now talking about austerity measures. That's a joke and needs to be treated as one. Let's look at the ground situation to understand why:India's fiscal deficit - or the excess...
  • Online forum to help working women network
    May 19, 2012
    While men in the corporate world have several outlets like a bigger social network or drinking buddies to deal with pressures in personal and professional lives, women often do not find a support...
  • Pack off the brats
    May 19, 2012
    The two young men whose antics on a Western Railway train cost an unsuspecting commuter his life deserve exemplary punishment. As any regular commuter on Mumbai's suburban network would know, this...
  • Panel to go into Abhinav Kala dilemma
    May 19, 2012
    Higher and technical education minister Rajesh Tope has formed a committee of three members to go into complaints made by students and teachers regarding the closure of Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya....
  • Panel: Lack of planning hits space programme
    May 19, 2012
    India's bid to enter into 'space tourism' has failed to take off due to lack of proper planning and effective monitoring in the department of space (DoS).In 2006, the department had announced a...
  • Paragliding is a fun sport: Pitre
    May 19, 2012; Dahitule, Kiran
    Pune's very own Brigadier (retd) KG Pitre recently achieved the feat of paragliding at the age of 90. A Pune resident for the last 35 years after his retirement, he did his PhD in war history after...
  • Pardeshi to be next PCMC chief
    May 19, 2012
    Nanded district collector Shrikar Pardeshi will take charge as the new commissioner of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) next week. The PCMC received the order on Friday evening. Pune...
  • 'Party didn't keep its promise of making me state president'
    May 19, 2012
    Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday alleged that the BJP high command had failed to deliver on its promise of giving him either the state president's post or reinstating him as the chief...
  • Peer pressure stokes kids' criminal intentions: Experts
    May 19, 2012; Thakor, Prashant
    The arrest of teenagers involved in damaging cars at night have sent a chilling message across parent circles of impending waywardness from wards owing to peer pressure. Psychologists, who believe...
  • Penny for your thoughts
    May 19, 2012; AH Correspondent
    If you want to read honest and sincere reactions of a common man on the most talked about issues happening in the country, visit http://nishantzworld.blogspot.in. You can read about the...
  • Petrol pump body revokes strike
    May 19, 2012
    The Rajasthan Petrol Dealer Association (RPDA) and All India LPG Distributors Federation of the state on Friday have withdrawn their decision to go on strike from May 20. The move came after the...
  • PFC sign off on all-win note
    May 19, 2012
    Pune FC created history of sorts and emerged undisputed kings with an all-win record in the final phase of Under-20 I-League football tournament at Kalyani, West Bengal on Friday. In their final...
  • PMC will implement water meters in phases
    May 19, 2012
    Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) general body (GB) on Friday approved the proposal to implement the metering system for water supply in the city on experimental basis. It also cleared the cost that...
  • Police arrest five for IPL betting in city
    May 19, 2012
    The crime branch of Jaipur police busted a racket of betting in the ongoing IPL matches on late Friday night. The police arrested five persons from Padmavati area of Shyam Nagar in city. According...
  • Police making a list of criminals
    May 19, 2012
    After arresting the gang of hooligans involved in damaging cars, Satellite police have made a comprehensive list of all crimes done by the gang. On Thursday, police arrested 10 teenagers, including...
  • Pradhan begins mediation; Yeddy targets DVS
    May 19, 2012
    BJP national general secretary Dharmendra Pradhan started his mediation on Friday to end the crisis within the state BJP by holding talks with many senior state leaders. An angry former chief...
  • Proposal on TDR policy to be discussed today
    May 19, 2012
    The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's (PCMC) proposal on transfer of development rights (TDR) in return of using land for development purpose after 1999 will come up for approval at the...
  • 'Proposal to supply water to villages will be cleared at earliest'
    May 19, 2012
    Maharashtra water supply minister Laxman Dhoble said if the residents from Susrinagar, Vashala and Dhengan Mal villages in Shahpur taluka send him a proposal based on the daily requirement of...
  • 'Put no teachers on non-teaching posts'
    May 19, 2012
    The Rajasthan High Court has ordered the state government to immediately relieve all the teachers, engaged in non-teaching works and reinstate them in their respective departments. The court has...
  • Qualified, but they may miss IIT
    May 19, 2012; Smart, Pallavi
    Not all candidates who have qualified through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to appear in the shortlist are going to get seats in IITs this year.With the new marking system in place, many...
  • 'Quality power for consumers is need of hour'
    May 19, 2012
    Providing quality and uninterrupted power to the consumers has become a challenge for the power companies.The Paschim Kshetriya Vidyut Samiti, an organisation of the seven western states of the...
  • Quick Response Teams to curb Nashik man-animal conflict
    May 19, 2012
    In a bid to curb the increasing incidents of man-leopard conflicts in the Nashik division, the forest department has appointed five quick response teams to deal with the problem.While making the...
  • Rahul, Diggi summoned in NSUI poll 'fraud' case
    May 19, 2012
    A district court has served notices on AICC general secretaries Rahul Gandhi and Digvijay Singh among others for 'favouring' Vipin Wankhede win NSUI state president election. Vipin is accused of...
  • Rail relic found in yard junk
    May 19, 2012; Aklekar, Rajendra
    Officials of the Central Railway, the country's oldest railway line, have found treasure in their junkyard.A team of Matunga workshop officials, while going through the junk at Currey Road yard,...
  • Rates of parking tax to be revised soon
    May 19, 2012
    The proposed rates of parking tax decided earlier, will be revised in the forthcoming meeting of MiC members of Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) scheduled on Monday. A final decision will also be...
  • Relish food at plush eateries
    May 19, 2012
    King style eating is what Thanekars enjoy and high-end hotels in the city make sure that they cater to their taste-buds. Timely food festivals and buffet themes make each plush hotel retain their...
  • Removal drive suspended
    May 19, 2012
    The anti-encroachment drive which was recently launched in Mhow has been suspended temporarily.Speaking to DNA CEO of Mhow Cantonment Board, Alok Gupta said that the drive has been stopped...
  • Removed stable erected again
    May 19, 2012
    During the inspection of drains an encroachment was razed down on the instruction of Mayor Krishnamurari Moghe on Thursday morning, again came up in evening on same day.To take stock of situation...
  • Residents hold IMC team 'hostage'
    May 19, 2012
    Angry over confiscation of motors, residents of a locality in MIG area held hostage a vigilance team of IMC who had gone to stop them from taking water by using motor pumps on Friday morning.After...
  • Rioting, after rejection
    May 19, 2012; Singh, Kartikey Dev
    For the people of Govindgarh, a little town near Chomu on Jaipur's outskirts, Friday morning brought pain and terror to their lives. Thousands of participants, who had assembled for army...
  • RTE of little help to kids with spl needs
    May 19, 2012; Pednekar, Puja
    All students are equal, but some students are more equal than others. The Orwellian allegory in the implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, is hard to...
  • RTE: State needs to set aside `1,500cr for 5 yrs
    May 19, 2012; Khapre, Shubhangi
    To implement the Right To Education (RTE) Act, the state government will have to set aside Rs1,500 crore for the next five years - if it pays around Rs1,100 per student.This amount does not include...
  • Sankalp Pratishthan sets up device to record temperature
    May 19, 2012
    With an aim to provide information regarding temperature and the rainfall in the city, the Sankalp Pratishthan has decided to set up machinery which will give technical details about the same. The...
  • 'SC, ST schemes lag behind'
    May 19, 2012; Pawar, Yogesh
    Nearly six-and-a-half decades of independence and several multi-crore schemes on, India's backward population - scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs) - continues to lag behind the...
  • Security breach on CM's route
    May 19, 2012
    An unidentified motorcycle rider sped ahead when traffic was stopped to make way for DV Sadananda Gowda's convoy on Friday. The CM's convoy was coming to the city from Jakkur aerodrome. The convoy...
  • SET Max to telecast IPL fights instead of IPL matches
    May 19, 2012; Roushan, Rahul
    After the Shah Rukh Khan fracas at the MCA created headlines, SET Max, the television channel showing IPL matches to the Indian audiences, has decided to broadcast programmes on IPL controversies...
  • Shah Pharmacy College loses AICTE affiliation
    May 19, 2012
    All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) withdrew its affiliation to Parshvanath Charitable Trust Veermata Hiraben P Shah College of Pharmacy and Polytechnic for violating the norms and...
  • 'Shoot'out @Kalwara
    May 19, 2012
    As the team of Sher reached Kalwara on Ajmer Road, ripples of excitement spread across the village.The shooting was to begin at an old haveli around 10.30am. However, the real buzz built up at 1pm...
  • Shops with counterfeit products raided
    May 19, 2012
    In a raid conducted by Vashi police along with Enforcers of Intellectual Property Rights (EIPR), duplicate products were seized from two prominent shops in sector 17, Vashi. During the raid, EIPR...
  • Showtime!
    May 19, 2012
    Guru DakshinaKuchipudi dancer and a senior disciple of Manju Barggavee, Deepa Sashindran is organising the Natya Vedam Annual Dance Festival 2012 to pay tribute to her Guru. She aims to make this...
  • Silken Touch for feature event
    May 19, 2012
    A well-framed card of ten events and good number of runners have been accepted for the the opening day of the Bangalore summer races starting on Saturday.Silken Touch, from the stables of...
  • Sizzling summer: Amdavadis burn at 42[degree]C
    May 19, 2012
    The city continues to sizzle in the May heat as temperatures touched 41.8 degree celsius on Friday. Several streets continue to witness less traffic although places like Dilli Darwaja saw no...
  • Sky is the limit... or is it?
    May 19, 2012; Sharma, Arpita
    During the final act of Mountain Dew Xtreme Tour's preview, when a 250cc bike went up the BMX bike ramp, onlookers at the Vidhyadhar Nagar Stadium expected the rider to flip his bike in air and...
  • SMC silent on illegal hoardings
    May 19, 2012; Banerji, Rishi
    Known to take strict action against illegal activities, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has been silent about the more than 250 illegal hoardings in the city. While the civic body is losing...
  • Specto Vision: The Eyewear Boutique
    May 19, 2012
    Specto Vision is a well known branded eyewear boutique in the city which provides of international and branded designer collection of specs with the facility of eye testing by well qualified...
  • Spinning fabled yarns
    May 19, 2012; Deshpande, Renuka
    Fables have long been the most effective way to get valuable messages across to kids and adults alike. This weekend comes a play which promises to be a treat for kids-Punch-a-Tantra, which will be...
  • SRK is Delhi's Everyman
    May 19, 2012; Choudhury, Sunetra
    When Shah Rukh Khan spoke to the press on Thursday afternoon, I was in the studio. There was the usual hyper-excitement that usually involves a live, unscheduled event - 'Why isn't our frame...
  • St heaves a sigh as SBI profits surge
    May 19, 2012; Moitra, Sumit
    State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest lender, surprised the Street pleasantly on Friday, reporting a bottomline of `4,050 crore for the quarter ended March.The performance, which came in way...
  • Starved of calories, they slog night & day
    May 19, 2012; MR, Deepthi
    Bangalore's prime dream of becoming a city of the future with an efficient Metro rail system sadly rides on the shoulders of 600-odd Bangalore Metropolitan Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)...
  • Stay away, says HDK
    May 19, 2012
    JD(S) state president HD Kumaraswamy has made it clear that there is no place for former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in his party. "Yeddyurappa is not welcome in JD(S)," he said. Though...
  • Stay cool this summer
    May 19, 2012
    There is no respite from the sweltering winds and boiling sun. They all can leave you sweaty and sticky. To beat the rising mercury, its time to flaunt those sunglasses, tunics, capris, t-shirts,...
  • Stunning fact: Your meaty meal comes from unkindest cuts
    May 19, 2012; MR, Deepthi
    If you are enjoying your meat this weekend, spare a thought for this: None of the three Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) abattoirs or the 3,250 meat/chicken stalls in the city resort to...
  • Sukul eyes double crown
    May 19, 2012
    Second seed Saurav Sukul scored a hard fought 6-2 6-7(2) 6-3 win over former Davis Cupper Sunil Kumar Sipaieya in the semifinals of DES Fergusson Cup 3rd All-India Ranking Men's Tennis Tournament...
  • Summer cool offer at Prakhya
    May 19, 2012
    Prakhya, an appearance is the clothing brand of Brij Group. Prakhya has a huge collection of women clothings. Women garments, hand block printed garments that include Kurtas, Salwar sets, Dupattas...
  • Summer Margaritas
    May 19, 2012
    Stir up a party and celebrate the summer with these Mexican favouritesFresh Mango MargaritaRecipe from Sammy SosaIngredients1/2 lime, halved45 ml Tequila30 ml Cointreau (Triple Sec)45 ml lime...
  • Swastik keeps trouble at bay
    May 19, 2012; Subramanian, Mahalakshmi
    Located in Pokhran road number 2, Swastik Garden Cooperative Housing Society (CHS) was built in 2002 by Swastik Developers. The society has five buildings which comprises 170 flats.The residents...
  • Sweepers on leave, filth heaps up in Sion hosp
    May 19, 2012; Pal, Somita
    With nearly 358 Class IV workers of LTMG Sion hospital on leave for the past week, cleanliness on the hospital premises has gone for a toss.In fact, resident doctors are having to carry out the...
  • Swimmers wait for visa, financial clearance
    May 19, 2012; Krishnan, G
    While the Swimming Federation of India is keen to ensure that its swimmers improve their Olympic Selection Time (OST) before awaiting FINA's Olympics invitation, the participants can't be...
  • Taloja industrial unit owners warn of road block
    May 19, 2012
    The members of Taloja industrial association (TIA) have threatened to block the busy Mumbai-Pune highway if work on the truck terminal in the industrial area doesn't start soon. The members are...
  • Thakkar brothers arrested
    May 19, 2012
    Rajendra Thakkar and his brother Dilip Thakkar, owners of Gopi Restaurant and Balaram Palace Resort, are in the spotlight again, for all the wrong reasons. On Friday, officials of the detection...
  • That midsummer mood
    May 19, 2012; Kadam, Prachi
    On Thursday night, the air in Bandra was rather hot on one side but a lot cooler on the other. While at bandstand, near actor Shah Rukh Khan's residence, the atmosphere was gloomy, what with him...
  • The tatler
    May 19, 2012; Dalal, Sayantan
    Actor Zarine Khan turned 28 last Monday (May 14). Though the actor was looking for a low key celebration, her sister and close friends threw a surprise party for her at a suburban restaurant.A...
  • This is not just a game anymore
    May 19, 2012; Subramanian, Merlin FrancissAishhwariya
    That video games have become violent over the years is a no-brainer, but do violent games desensitise children to real-life violence? This question has been hotly debated for a while now, with...
  • Three boys from city in top 250 IIT-JEE list
    May 19, 2012
    The IIT-Joint Entrance Exam results were announced on Friday. Three boys from city have ranked in top 250 list. Arjunsingh Chauhan, a student of Maharaja Agrasen ranked 176, while Ojas Kanhere was...
  • Three-day educational fair organised in Kalyan
    May 19, 2012
    Shiksha Educational Fair has been organised in Kalyan from May 18 to May 20 at Metro Junction Mall by an event management company Eternal Events. It will give students an opportunity to know...
  • 'Train driver ran for life'
    May 19, 2012; Singh, Kartikey Dev
    Dharmesh Sharma and his neighbours were shaken up from their daily chores when an unruly mob of candidates rejected in the army's recruitment drive forced the driver of Jaipur-Churu passenger train...
  • Trapping leopards is not the real solution: Wildlife expert
    May 19, 2012; Balajiwale, Vaishali
    While the mere mention of a leopard instills fear among people, wildlife expert Vidya Atreya says the vice-versa is equally true about the big cat, which is ever wary of man. Having studied the...
  • Tribals lynch BJP ex-corporator and two others
    May 19, 2012
    Four persons including a former BJP corporator were killed in a violent clash over land dispute in the outskirts of Satna district headquarters on Friday.Former BJP corporator Dharmendra Singh with...
  • Two killed as truck rams into parked vehicle
    May 19, 2012
    Driver and cleaner of a truck were killed after a speeding truck rammed into the parked stationary truck on AB Road near Kshipra late on Thursday night. The duo were busy in changing punctured tyre...
  • Two murders rock Bhosari
    May 19, 2012
    A 22-year-old worker of a fabrication unit in Bhosari MIDC, Govind Ambadas Khating, was stoned to death by two persons on Thursday night near Mayuri wedding hall on Bhosari-Alandi road. The motive...
  • Two SSLC students who didn't lose sight of bigger picture
    May 19, 2012; Belur, Rashmi
    Amidst all the richly-deserved encomiums being showered upon the SSLC toppers, spare a thought for Kavya S Bhat and Subash Sahadevappa Harihar. Kavya and Subash have managed to secure more than 90%...
  • Upgrade Your home
    May 19, 2012; Vora, Pooja
    Refrigerators have evolved tremendously over the decades and the new ranges offer a much wider choice of sizes and featuresThe value of a refrigerator is truly felt during the summer months. A...
  • US defence secy to visit India
    May 19, 2012
    NEW DELHI: US secretary of defence Leon Panetta is expected to visit New Delhi, on June 6, and hold talks with top Indian leadership on defence cooperation, besides regional and international...
  • Varsity chips in, raises bounty total to `1 lakh for murderer
    May 19, 2012
    With no clues forthcoming yet in the murder of security supervisor Pralhad Jogdandkar on the University of Pune (UoP) campus on May 3, the university on Friday declared a reward of Rs75,000 to any...
  • Vasai Vijayotsav's grand celebrations
    May 19, 2012
    For the second consecutive year, the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) organised a Vasai Vijayotsav to celebrate the 274th year of the Vasai Fort conquest by Maratha warrior Chimaji Appa, on...
  • Vashi resident complain of continuous harassment
    May 19, 2012; Munshi, Sameera Kapoor
    Vashi police have arrested four accused for criminal trespassing. The accused were forcibly trying to enter a senior citizen's home on Thursday. They have been identified as Narsee Patel, 41,...
  • Violence erupts after sarpanch's murder
    May 19, 2012
    Brutal murder of a sarpanch in Jodhpur district on Friday triggered a a wave of violence by the deceased s supporters. The incident occurred in Keru village of Jodhpur, when village sarpanch Suresh...
  • Water crunch hits rlys hard
    May 19, 2012; Bende, Anurag
    While Pune is facing a severe water crunch, the train services at Pune railway station have also been affected due to the severe water shortage. According to railway officials, water shortage has...
  • Water cuts: Need of the hour or an eyewash?
    May 19, 2012; Biswas, Partha Sarathi
    The announcement by the irrigation department that four dams have a total storage of 3.12 TMC water sufficient enough till July 15, has left the citizens confused.On the one hand, they are relieved...
  • Where the books go when you're not reading them
    May 19, 2012; Sampath, G
    I don't enjoy shifting cities. Setting up a new place can be very stressful. Perhaps the only thing about it that I enjoy is the opportunity it gives you to arrange all your books. In the process...
  • Where's the inclusive curricula?
    May 19, 2012; Srivastava, Kanchan
    Adamant to implement the Right To Education (RTE) Act 2009, from the next academic year (2012-13) even at the 11th hour, the state government seems to have forgotten that it also has to revise the...
  • Win for Companeroes SC
    May 19, 2012
    Companeroes SC, Bandra produced a perfect attacking display to register a fluent 3-0 victory against Bank of India in a Super Division play-off match of the Mumbai District Football Association...
  • Zadaphia, some BJP workers meet Keshubhai
    May 19, 2012
    Merely five days after sharing stage with former CM Keshubhai Patel for a Rohit (Dalit) community programme, Mahagujarat Janata Party (MJP) supremo Gordhan Zadaphia, some BJP leaders and...