The Supreme Court on Monday commuted 1993 Delhi blast convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's death sentence to life imprisonment. Bhullar was convicted for his involvement in 1993 Delhi bomb blast case and his wife Navneet Kaur had sought commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment on grounds of delay in deciding his mercy petition and also on grounds he is suffering from mental illness. On March 27, the central...
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31 March 2014
28 March 2014
Upper Division Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2013 Held on 30.11.2013
Upper Division Grade Limited Departmental Competitive Examination, 2013 Held on 30.11.2013
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Terror attack in J&K; 1 killed, 3 injured
Three terrorists in Army fatigues opened fire at a vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on 28th March, killing one person and injuring three others.
The injured have been shifted to Government Medical College Hospital, adding a high alert has been sounded by the security agencies. Security has been stepped up at Army camps and important places in Kathua, Samba and Jammu districts. This is the second...
Sunil Gavaskar will be interim BCCI President
The Supreme Court on 28th March allowed Chennai Superkings and Rajasthan Royals to play in IPL Season 7. The apex court also asked BCCI chief N Srinivasan not to discharge functions till the final orders of the court.
Former India cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar has been asked to act as chief of the board for all matters relating to the IPL. The BCCI vice-president will function in place of Srinivasan for all other matters...
25 March 2014
WHO: Air pollution killed 7 million people in 2012
Air pollution killed an estimated 7 million people around the world in 2012, making it the biggest environmental health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) said
The situation was worst in developing and emerging countries in Southern Asia, South-East Asia and East Asia, where a total of 3.3 million deaths were linked to indoor air pollution and 2.6 million to outdoor pollution
Use of wood, coal or dung for cooking is...
Sochi G8 summit cancelled over Ukraine crisis
The US and top economic powers have cancelled an upcoming G8 summit to build pressure on Russia against its military action in Ukraine.
After the talks on the Ukraine crisis in The Hague, it was announced on Monday that the G8 summit scheduled in Sochi in June would be replaced by a G7 meeting in Brussels, without Russian involvement.
The decision was taken by leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom,...
SC asked Srinivasan to step down from BCCI President for fair probe in IPL fixing
Supreme Court has asked to BCCI President N. Srinivasan for step down from post if fair probe has to carried into IPL Spot fixing and betting scandal.
After going through the contents of a report filed in a sealed cover by apex court-appointed probe panel into the scandal, a bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik said there are "very very serious" allegations made in the report and unless the BCCI president steps down, no fair...
20 March 2014
Noted author and journalist Khushwant Singh dies at 99
Noted author and journalist Khushwant Singh breathed his last in the national capital on Thursday. Singh was suffering from some breathing problem before he passed away. The writer of several books and recipient of Padma Vibhushan, Singh was not keeping well of late.
His last book The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous was also released by his son Rahul Singh. Other works of the writer include Train to Pakistan, The History...
18 March 2014
India, China hold third round of strategic economic dialogue
India and China held their third round of the strategic economic dialogue in Beijing on 18th March focusing on collaboration in a number of areas, including railways and information technology. The Indian side at the talks is headed by deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia while Xu Shaoshi, chairman of the National Reforms Development Commission (NDRC) led the Chinese delegation. Ahead of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs decree recognizing Crimea as sovereign state
The United States and European Union imposed personal sanctions on 17th March on Russian and Crimean officials involved in the seizure of Crimea from Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the region as a sovereign state.The moves heightened the most serious East-West crisis since the end of the Cold War, following a disputed referendum in the Black Sea peninsula on Sunday in which Crimea's leaders...
17 March 2014
Crimea votes to join Russia
The final results of the referendum in Crimea show that 97 per cent of voters have supported leaving Ukraine to join Russia, the head of the referendum election commission said on Monday.
Mikhail Malyshev told a televised news conference that the final tally from Sunday’s vote was 96.8 percent in favour of splitting from Ukraine. He also said that the commission has not registered a single complaint about the vote.
The referendum...
15 March 2014
SSC Junior Engineer 2013 Final Result Declared
Staff Selection Commission has declared Junior Engineers(Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Quantity Surveying and Contract) Examination, 2013 result which was conducted on 09.06.2013 on all India basis. A total of 2,822 candidates were called for interview on the basis of performance on Paper-II. On the basis of Written Examination and Interview, 1,220 candidates (844 Civil, 376 Electrical/Mechanical) are recommended...
SSC CHSLE 2013 Result Declared
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has declared result of Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination-2013 which was conducted on 20th, 27th October and 10th November at various centers across India. Qualified candidates in Written Examination will be be called for Typing Test which will start from 1st April. All appeared Candidates can check their result on official website which of link is given below:
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12 March 2014
Genghis Khan's Secret Weapon Was Rain
In the rings of ancient and gnarled trees, a team of scientists has found evidence of a period of consistent warmth and wetness in Mongolia between the years 1211 and 1225 -- the exact time that Genghis Khan first rose to power.
Coincidence? They think not.
This unusual stretch of mild temperatures and unprecedented rain in an...
11 March 2014
Civil Services (Main) Examination 2013, Written Result
On the basis of the results of the Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2013 held by the Union Public Service Commission in December, 2013, the candidates with the under mentioned Roll Numbers have qualified for Personality Test for selection to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and other Central Services (Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’).
Personality Test of these candidates is likely...
Chandi Prasad Bhatt won Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013
The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 has been awarded to eminent Gandhian and environmentalist, Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt on 28th February. The jury for the prize met under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 18th February 2014 and decided upon his name.
The Government of India launched the International Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi....
10 March 2014
Vietnam cannot find object from missing Malaysian jet
Vietnamese searchers on ships worked throughout the night but could not find a rectangle object spotted on Sunday afternoon that was thought to be one of the doors of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that went missing more than two days ago.
Doan Huu Gia, the chief of Vietnam’s search and rescue coordination centre, said on Monday that four planes and seven ships from Vietnam were searching for the object but nothing had...
SC directs cases against MPs, MLAs to be completed in one year
The Supreme Court on Monday has set a deadline of one year for lower courts to complete the trial in cases involving MPs and MLAs.
The Supreme Court further added that the trial judge will have to explain to the Chief Justice of High Court if he fails to complete trial within a year of framing of charges.
The apex court stated that the trial in cases involving MPs and MLAs are to be conducted on day-to-day basis...
5 March 2014
Combined Recruitment for Assistant Grade III in FCI, 2013 - Declaration of final result
Staff Selection Commission conducted examination for recruitment for Assistant Grade III in General, Depot, Technical and Account Cadres in FCI, 2013 on 10th & 11th November, 2012 at
various centres all over the country. The result of written examination held on above mentioned dates were declared on 20.12.2012. The written examination of candidates declared qualified for Paper-II and Paper-III for the post of Assistant...
16th Lok Sabha elections to start on April 7
Elections for 16th Lok Sabha will be held from April 7 to May 12, announced Chief election Commissioner on Wednesday.
Nation will go to polls on April 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 24, 30, May 7 and May 12.
Announcing the election schedule, Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath said, this should not be viewed as phases. “They are poll days,” he said.
Special camps will be organised at all polling stations on March 9 for voters to...
Sheila Dikshit appointed Kerala Governor
Sheila Dikshit, a former three-term Chief Minister of Delhi, was on late Tuesday night appointed Governor of Kerala within three months of her defeat in the recent Assembly polls.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said that 75-year-old Dikshit succeeds Nikhil Kumar, a former Delhi Police Commissioner, who resigned yesterday...
Telangana to come into existence on June 2
Telangana will come into existence in June. The Union government has decided on June 2 as the “appointed day” for the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
According to sources in the Union Home Ministry, the government has notified the Act to pave the way for the creation of the 29th State of the Union after President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent last week to the bill for carving out Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.
However,...
Interest rates of small savings schemes raised
The Union government has raised the interest rates on select fixed deposit schemes offered by post offices.
Interest rates on time deposits of various maturities have been raised by 10 to 20 basis points.
The rate hike comes just ahead of the Lok Sabha poll announcement by the Election Commission. The rate hike will come into effect...
China to boost defence budget by 12.2 per cent
The Chinese government announced a big bump in spending on the armed forces on Wednesday, saying it will increase its defence budget by 12.2 per cent this year to $132 billion, as the country opened its ceremonial legislature.
The figure for defence spending, included in a budget report released ahead of the National People’s Congress, rose 10 per cent last year to 720 billion yuan, the most for any nation apart from the U.S.
China...
The 3rd BIMSTEC Summit: A summary
The 3rd BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit has come to an end in the city of 'Nay Pyi Taw' (Myanmar) with many promising declarations. The seven member organization rolled out an extensive roadmap for collaboration in improving connectivity and enhancing cooperation in areas like...
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