Last date for getting set top box ends today

The deadline for cable operators to switch to digital TV ends on Today in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. What it essentially means is that if you don’t have a set top box, then you can’t TV starting Today. This is the first of the three-stage process where wire TVs across the country migrate to [...]

Bomb design fault escaped major tragedy in Pune

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Less than 24 hours after minor blasts rocked Pune, security experts on Thursday were stunned by evidence that the serial explosions were part of a full-blown terror attack, which providentially went awry, preventing mass casualties on the city’s bustling Jangli Maharaj road. An official said a design flaw in the bombs caused them to explode partially [...]

Water Harvesting: Start from your own house

Climatic changes and erratic monsoon patterns have made it imperative for people to conserve water and harvest rainwater. Using water judiciously at home is one of the easiest ways out, say experts. Repairing leaking taps, using flush tanks that have a capacity of 9 litres per flush or less, rainwater harvesting, using bucket to clean [...]

Education institutions harvest rain water in Pune

Most of the educational institutes in Pune area are doing very good use of rain water harvest. They are doing it for non drinking purpose but still if they are doing it for other purposes like car wash or etc , It will indirectly save that amount of water if the fresh water is not used for this purpose.The [...]

Haryana govt completely bans gutkha,and tobacco products

 Haryana government on Friday ordered for complete ban on manufacturing, storage, distribution or sale of Gutkha Pan Masala, Zarda or other chewable products containing tobacco and nicotine in the state. A decision to this effect has been taken by the Haryana Cabinet which met here on Friday under the chairmanship of state Chief Minister, Bhupinder [...]

Negligence death: Docs and hospital to repay R.s 29 lakhs

 Two doctors and a leading cardiac hospital of Kolkata have been directed by the State Consumer Conflicts Redressal Commission to pay a compensation to the tune of Rs 18 lakh for negligence leading to the death of a 23-year-old patient in 2005. Parents of Gaurav Khanna had complained to the consumer forum of medical negligence, [...]

Night of terror at New Market, Girl molested in bar

 KOLKATA: In the deserted New Market area, around 11.30pm on Sunday, a young girl ran for her life from a group of molesters, chased by a band of locals who had joined in for fun. Bleeding from deep cuts, breathless and panic-stricken, she saw a bus moving towards Esplanade and made a desperate leap for [...]

Aarushi murder case: Non-bailable warrant against Nupur Talwar

New Delhi: A court in Ghaziabad near Delhi has released a non-bailable warrant for Nupur Talwar, who has been accused, along with her husband Rajesh, of killing their 13-year-old daughter, Aarushi. The warrant was released because Nupur did not appear in court today. The next date of hearing to has been set for the 18th, [...]

Pranab Mukherjee lays foundation for financial city near Bangalore

Bangalore, April 8: Finance Minister Prarnab Mukherjee Sunday laid the foundation stone for the nation’s first financial city, being built by the state run IFCI Infrastructure Development Ltd (IIDL) at the Hardware Park near the international airport at Bagalur, about 30 km from Bangalore. “We are creating India’s first economical town as a top quality [...]

Poonam Pandey morphed pic fumes Kolkata

Poonam cleared stand, CM and Muslim leaders appeal for peace The internet sensation Poonam Pandey who has been in news for all the wrong reasons has stirred a new controversy in Kolkata. The leading city daily published an image (down) showing Poonam Pandey with a frame showing Sachin Tendulkar as God and a Pakistani cricket player bowing down before the frame [...]

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