Rly to deploy NCC cadets at stations Railways will mobilise NCC cadets, scouts, guides and Civil Defence personnel at railway stations as part of the stepped up security arrangements during the festive season across the country.
HC asks Railways for fare concession to AIDS patients
The Delhi High Court has asked the Railways if it could provide concessions in fare to the HIV/AIDS patients travelling for treatment, on the lines of the benefit extended to the cancer patients.
Pachauri urges action on global warming
The head of the UN climate panel that shared the Nobel Peace Prize last week said on Thursday there was still time for the world to turn around the global warming trend as he visited Japan for talks.
Wipro's Q2 net up 17.63 pc
Software major Wipro Ltd on Friday posted an increase of 17.63 per cent in net profit at Rs 823.7 crore for the quarter ended September 30 compared to Rs 700.2 crore for the corresponding quarter last year.
Adobe launches new site licensing options Adobe Systems India, has announced the launch of new site licensing options, curriculum and certification programmes to encourage digital communication in schools and technical institutes.
Chinese schoolchildren with a poster of China's world and Olympic champion Liu Xiang, during a 2008 Beijing Olympic Games promotion event in Xian, northern China's Shaanxi province on Thursday.
Carnage... People assist injured at the scene of devastation caused by a bomb explosion during a procession of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, after her arrival in Karachi, Pakistan, on Thursday. AP
This Gelaya does not gel
In Harsha's cinematic lexicon, the Silicon City teems only with lynching lumpens and despicable dons garroting each other's throat or spraying bullets to guard their territorial space in Bangalore's nether nukkads.
'Chak De' wins best film award in AIFF
Bollywood blockbuster 'Chak De' India shot in scenic locations of Sydney and Melbourne has won the best film award at the fifth Australian Indian Film Festival (AIFF).
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