22 killed in China oil pipeline blast
Beijing – At least 22 people were killed Friday morning when a leaking petroleum pipeline caught fire and exploded in the coastal city of Qingdao in China’s Shandong province, authorities said. The number of injured people have not yet been confirmed. They are being treated in local... read more »
HC notice to Centre on child seeking free treatment
New Delhi – The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice on a minor boy’s plea that he was denied treatment by the AIIMS because his parents could not pay for the hefty treatment. Justice V.K. Jain sought a response from the ministry of health and family welfare, the Delhi government and... read more »
Tejpal should face criminal trial: Jaitley
New Delhi – BJP leader Arun Jaitley said Friday that some participants in television debates had provided Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal with an escape route after allegations of sexual assault were made against him by a colleague. Jaitley said suggestions that the victim had the choice... read more »
Babies are born with `built-in body awareness ability`
Washington – A new study has provided some of the first evidence that newborn babies enter the world with the essential mechanisms for differentiating their own body from others. “The identification of these mechanisms at birth in the current study sheds light on the typical trajectory of... read more »
PSUs need more autonomy, freedom from bureaucratic control: PM
Pitching for public sector enterprises being made more competitive, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the state-run companies need to be given greater functional autonomy, be... read more »
Cyclone ‘Helen’ to hit Andhra coast Friday
Hyderabad – The cyclonic storm ‘Helen’ in Bay of Bengal is set to hit south coastal Andhra Pradesh Friday and people are being evacuated from low-lying areas, officials... read more »
K.P.S. Gill: Larger than life
By Rahul Dass Book: “KPS Gill: The Paramount Cop”; Author: Rahul Chandan; Publisher: Maple Press; Pages:244; Price: Rs.295. K.P.S. Gill, the supercop who crushed terrorism in!... read more »
Jhumpa Lahiri loses out on US National Book Award
By Arun Kumar Washington – Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri’s new novel, “The Lowland” failed to win the 2013 US National Book Award in... read more »
Prachanda loses in Nepal Constituent Assembly election
The leader of Nepal’s Maoist party, who appears to have lost in this week’s national election, demanded on Thursday that the vote counting be stopped because of what he called massive... read more »
