Govt raises income bar for EWS, LIG housing

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Nov 14: Government has decided to raise the bar on annual income required to qualify for benefits under its existing housing schemes for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Lower Income Groups (LIG), a move that will benefit 20 lakh people. "The income criteria for EWS housings More
POST DIWALI HAZE IN DELHI
New Delhi, Nov 14: A day after Diwali, the capital witnessed a partly hazy Wednesday with maximum temperature recorded one notch above average at 27.5 degrees Celsius. The Met Office has forecast clear Thursday. While the minimum temperature settled at 13 degrees Celsius - normal for this More
Free calls over Wi-Fi comes to BlackBerry Messenger

AGENCIES

New Delhi, Nov 14: After announcing the launch plans for its new BlackBery 10 smartphones, Research In Motion seems to have another treat for BlackBerry users. According to The Verge, RIM will add BBM Voice to BlackBerry Messenger. "BBM 7.0 will move away from just text with the addition of BBM Voice More
Suu Kyi meets PM, discuss democratic reforms in Myanmar
New Delhi, Nov 14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday met Myanmar's pro-democracy iconic leader Aung San Suu Kyi and discussed the process of national reconciliation and democratisation in her country. Talks between Manmohan Singh and Suu Kyi lasted for half-an-hour following which they More
Portals of Gangotri shrine closed

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Dehradun, Nov 14: Amid chanting of vedic hymns, the sacred portals of famous Gangotri shrine in Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand were closed today in view of the onset of the winter season. The head priest of the shrine, located in Uttarkashi district, locked its doors at 1215 hrs in the More
Police open fire in Sangli district

PROTESTS BY FARMERS:

Sangli, Nov 14: Police opened fire in the air when sugarcane farmers today tried to set ablaze a gas tanker at Ashta village in this west Maharashtra district. The incident took place when a mob of farmers, demanding hike in sugarcane price, tried to torch a gas tanker after damaging a milk More
  • Kashmir

10 years on, JK Sports Council sits on ‘urgent matter’

‘Tainted’ Official Enjoys Plum Position; Government Goes Lenient

FAKE CERTIFICATE CASE

Srinagar, Nov 14: In an outrageous case of official negligence, the J&K State Sports Council has brazenly overlooked the ‘authentication of certificates’ of an official which proved that he had “mischievously More


  • Srinagar City

Omar supports skewed bridge

Says nothing wrong with Tedha design, ridicules critics

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Nov 14: Breaking his silence on the construction of “controversial” skewed bridge, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday said there was nothing wrong with the project and hinted that Peoples More



  • Jammu

NHPC to set up institute in Kashmir

HYDRO POWER TRAINING

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Nov 14: National Hydel Power Corporation would be establishing a hydero power training institute in Kangan area of Ganderbal. Sources said the National Power Training Institute (NPTI) will More


  • South Asia

Education now compulsory for Pakistan children

Islamabad, Nov 14: Pakistan has made education free and compulsory for children aged between five and 16. Pakistan's National Assembly Tuesday unanimously passed the right to free and compulsory education More


  • World

Hu, Wen bow out; Xi to take over as new boss

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Beijing, Nov 14: Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao bowed out of the top leadership of the ruling Communist Party of China today after a 10-year stint in power, as the Party's key Congress More


  • Health

‘SCREEN CHILDREN TOO FOR DIABETES’

NOV 14 IS WORLD DIABETES DAY AND CHILDREN'S DAY

ANJALI OJHA

New Delhi, Nov 14: If you are under the impression that diabetes is an old man's disease, you are wrong. More and more children are falling prey to this lifestyle disease and doctors say it is best to More


  • Ganderbal

Maternity hospital Wayil sans medicare facilities

Patients suffer, authorities mute

Wayil (Ganderbal): Signifying messy state of affairs in Kashmir’s healthcare system, the mini- maternity hospital at Wayil here sans basis medicare facilities coupled with shortage of medicos and paramedics More


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