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EC could ease norms on poll-time outdoor ads
The Election Commission (EC) may further relax norms for putting up banners and other forms of outdoor political advertisements during elections.
Educating young minds: NGO appeals for supporting underprivileged children
"Ek Bachcha apnaao, desh ko khushhaal banao" is the slogan which the Noble Foundation Trust, an NGO, has adopted to serve underprivileged children.
The making of India's biggest airport
Away from some of the more visible projects in Delhi, one of the biggest construction efforts in the country is about four months away from completion.
17 Shiv Sainiks held for attack on TV channel
Mumbai Police have arrested 17 Shiv Sena activists for the attacks on the offices of IBN TV news channels in Mumbai and Pune as journalists staged a protest on Saturday and urged the Chief Minister to bring the guilty to book.
The Headley Trail
Even as new strands keep emerging in the probe into what Pakistan-born American David Coleman Headley and Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana were up to in Mumbai, investigators now believe the duo may not have had anything to do with the 26/11 Mumbai terror strike.
Will push hard for industrial growth, promises Darda
Pledging to push for Maharashtra's progress, state Industries Minister Rajendra Darda on Saturday sought support from all parties in the task.
Start talks, open schools, Manipur CM told
After dilly-dallying for months, Home Minister P Chidambaram read the riot act to Manipur Congress Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh on Saturday and urged him to immediately open a dialogue with civil society groups to ensure that the school and colleges in the state, which have been shut since July, are reopened.
Google in a box? Just an out-of-the-box idea
Pranali Kalbhor stands on her toes and peers into the little box outside her father's kirana store.
I&B advisory to channels on 26/11
The Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has asked all news channels to ensure a 'balanced and responsible' coverage of the first anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and desist from replaying any disturbing visuals of the incident.
Pedalling down Delhi's streets
Started a year ago, a cycle tour gets tourists and residents to know the city better When Jack Leenaars moved to Delhi in 2003 as the south Asia correspondent for the Dutch paper De Telegraaf, one of the things he missed about home was bicycles.