Lucknow, March 3, 2012 Polling for the seventh and final phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections covering 60 constituencies began on a slow note on Saturday with around 11 per cent of voters exercising their franchise in first two hours. Polling on 60 seats, nearly half of which were bagged by BSP last time, in ten districts began at 7 AM and 10.6 per cent polling was registered in first two hours, Chief Electoral Officer Umesh Sinha said. Election Commission expects ...
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CAIRO, January 24, 2012 It was a raucous beginning for Egypt’s first democratically elected parliament in 60 years. Islamist lawmakers added religious references to the oath of office. Liberal lawmakers improvised too, adding a pledge to protect the “revolution” that ousted Hosni Mubarak. Some wore scarves with words protesting military trials for civilians. Shouting matches erupted. Hundreds massed outside, calling on the ruling generals to step down. And millions ...
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Mumbai, January 2, 2012 Stock markets opened on a promising note on the first trading day of 2012 with the BSE benchmark Sensex gaining over 69 points in early trade. The 30-share index rose by 69.12 points, or 0.45 per cent to trade higher at 15,524.04 points after the government decided to allow Qualified Foreign Investors to directly invest in the Indian equity market. The Sensex had lost over 507 points in the previous four sessions. The broad-based National ...
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LUDHIANA, DECEMBER 31:-- Established in 1962, Punjab Agricultural University is completing 50-years. The year 2012 is being celebrated as the Golden Jubilee Year. The formal start of the celebration will be held on January 2, 2012. The former Vice-Chancellors of PAU namely, Dr. S.S. Johl, Dr. Khem Singh Gill, Dr. A.S. Khera, Dr. G.S. Kalkat, Dr. K.S. Aulakh and Dr. Manjit Singh Kang will participate in the function to be held at PAU on January 2, 2012 at 11.00 a.m. They will be ...
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CHENNAI, December 31, 2011 The implementation of Basel III capital regulation will kick-start from January 1, 2013. It will be fully implemented by March 31, 2017. The Reserve Bank of India indicated this while releasing the draft guidelines outlining the proposed implementation of Basel III capital regulation in India. These guidelines are in response to the comprehensive reform package entitled ‘Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and ...
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LUDHIANA, JUNE 7:----- Though India had a rich indigenous knowledge, the new developments in communication technologies have greatly enhanced it. This was stated by the Senior Director of Parsar Bharti (Doordarshan Kendra) Jalandhar, Dr. Daljit Singh, who was the Chief Guest of the inaugural session of the 'Orientation Course on Science Communication through Media: Recent Trends', organized in the auditorium of M.S.Randhawa Library at Punjab Agricultural University, today. Dr. ...
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New Delhi, May 26, 2011 (PTI) Italian luxury sports car Ferrari today officially entered the Indian market with popular models such as the California, 458 Italia, 599GTB Fiorano and the latest FF at prices starting from Rs 2.2 crore onward. “Till yesterday, Ferrari was present in 57 countries. Now we are in the 58th country, which is India. We should have been in India much before and we expect to be able to sell more than 100 cars in the next 2-3 years,” Ferrari SpA Chief Executive ...
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LUDHIANA, APRIL 18:(Anmol) PAU has started new courses for 10+2 science pass outs in the disciplines of basic sciences. According to the Dean, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, PAU, Dr R.S. Sidhu, a new course known as Five-Year Integrated M.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry has been started in the University from this academic year. The 10+2 pass outs in medical and non-medical groups with minimum 50% marks are eligible for this course, he said. Under this course, the student has the option to ...
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Tokyo, March 18, 2011 Military fire trucks began dousing the fuel storage pool at reactor 3 of Fukushima I nuclear power plant, which was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the region a week ago, public broadcaster NHK said. Japanese military fire trucks started to cool an overheating nuclear reactor in north-eastern Japan on Friday afternoon to prevent a potential disaster, a news report said. Military fire trucks began dousing the fuel storage pool at reactor 3 ...
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FUKUSHIMA, Japan, March 16, 2011 Japan ordered emergency workers to withdraw from its stricken nuclear complex on Wednesday amid a surge in radiation, temporarily suspending efforts to cool the overheating reactors. Hours later, officials said they were preparing to send the team back in. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the workers, who had been dousing the reactors with seawater in a frantic effort to stabilize their temperatures, had no choice but to pull back from the most ...
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Mar 4, 2011,LUDHIANA: It was a good beginning for class X students of the city, who took their first CBSE board exam on Thursday. As the first paper was of Punjabi, the students were slightly relaxed and returned from the examination rooms with a smile on their lips. Though tougher challenges might lie ahead, they were relieved to have finished one exam well. Amit, a student of Guru Nanak Public School, said the exam was easy and he was able to attempt all questions. ''I wish all my ...
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February 25, 2011,Mumbai: Anant Pai, popularly known as Uncle Pai who started Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle Comics passed away at the S R Mehta & Kikabhai Hospital, Sion, yesterday at the ripe age of 81. His 72-year-old wife, Lalitha Pai, with whom he celebrated his 50th marriage anniversary recently, survives him. Damodar Pai, a cousin of Anant, said, "Lalitha was his constant companion and pillar of support. They were married for 50 years. In all these 50 years, they stayed away ...
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Ludhiana 14- Feb -2011(Anmol Singh) Department of Surgery and Radiology, GADVASU has started a national level advanced refresher training course on “Diagnostic and Surgical procedures in Veterinary Patients” under the aegis of Center of Advanced Faculty Training(CAFT), ICAR. Dr N.S. Saini, Director CAFT and Professor-cum-Head of the Department informed that the Centre of Advanced Faculty Training which earlier was known as Centre of Advanced Studies was established in the department in the ...
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Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) has welcomed the ratification of New START by the Russian Duma and the US Senate. The treaty is a modest but welcome step toward a world without nuclear weapons. Dr L S Chawla-President, Dr Arun Mitra-General Secretary, Dr Bharti Uppal-Finance Secretary IDPD expressed hope that leaders of USA, Russia and other nuclear weapons states will take effective steps for abolition of nuclear arsenals. Even today there are deployed thousands of ...
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New Delhi: Anil Kapoor is irritated with people making castles in the air about the sequel to his 1987 sci-fi hit `Mr India` and says rather than talking, we should start the project. "We have all been talking about it and I think more than talking, we should start working on it. There is nothing we can talk about it as of now you know. It is completely blank. We should get going," Anil told IANS. To be produced by Boney Kapoor, the Part II is going to be shot in 3D. While Anil and Sridevi ...
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LUDHIANA, OCTOBER 21:----- Education is basic to any development. Education makes life better through creating facilities and addressing issues. These expressions were made by Mr. A.C.Rana, Comptroller, PAU while addressing the inter-College debate competition with which the PAU Youth Festival made a start. Mr. Rana was the Chief Guest while Dr. Jagtar Singh Dhiman, Additional Director of Communication presided over. The competition was held in the Students' Home ...
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FARATA'A, Palestinian Territories — Thick black smoke billows from the olive grove under the gaze of Israeli soldiers as Palestinian farmers use branches to try to beat out the fires lit by Jewish settlers. It's olive harvest time in the occupied West Bank. The firebombers swooped down from Havat Gilad, a wildcat Jewish settlement unauthorised even by the Israeli government. Encircled by barbed wire, the makeshift dwellings glower down on the surrounding Palestinian olive plantations ...
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LUDHIANA: The New Delhi-bound maiden flight of Kingfisher Airlines took off from Sahnewal Airport on Sunday amidst a political fight over who should get the credit for it. The ruling SAD-BJP had published big advertisements in newspapers claiming the credit for the launch of air service. Reacting to the huge advertisements issued by the publicity department of the state government in all newspapers, announcing the launch of the daily Ludhiana-Delhi flight by Kingfisher Airlines on Sunday, ...
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Jammu: The Amaranth yatra has begun from Jammu amid tension in the Valley. The first batch of 500 pilgrims left in a convoy escorted by heavy security. For the last few days, there has been tension in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir after civilian deaths due to security forces firing. Most towns in the valley have been put under curfew. But pilgrims say the worrying security situation will not stop them from going ahead on the yatra. "I am satisfied with the arrangement done by ...
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MUMBAI: The country's biggest sport-utility vehicle maker by sales, Mahindra & Mahindra has commenced due diligence on South Korea's troubled car major, Ssangyong Motor. "The due diligence is on and is expected to be completed in a couple of weeks," Anand Mahindra, VC and MD of Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), told TOI, in an interview at the company's headquarters in Mumbai. M&M is among the six bidders in the race to acquire the assets of the Korean company. The Indian auto major, which is ...
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