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Appointment of AMU VC's sonas asst prof sparks controversy

Agra, Aug. 23 -- The recent appointment of Ali Farhan Gulrez, son of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice chancellor Prof Naima Khatoon, as an assistant professor in the university's department of law... Read More


Child on whom plaster fell in Agra's SNMC dies; principal says death due to disease

Agra, Aug. 23 -- A 10-year-old child, on whom plaster from the ceiling fell on Friday, while he was admitted to the children's section of the emergency ward of SN Medical College and Hospital, Agra, d... Read More


Farmer leader's 'torture in custody': 8cops sent to lines on new SSP's order

MEERUT, Aug. 23 -- Immediately after assuming charge on Friday evening, new Meerut senior superintendent of police BBGTS Murthy ordered action against eight police personnel for their alleged involvem... Read More


In battle for Jat votes, Maya, Maurya attack Akhilesh over 'chavanni' remark

LUCKNOW, Aug. 23 -- Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav's "chavanni ko rupaya bana diya" jibe at former ally and Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary, who is the Union minister of st... Read More


Five-year-old schoolgirl crushed to death by bus in Etah

AGRA, Aug. 23 -- A five-year-old Upper KG student died after being run over by her school bus in the Vasundhara town of Etah district on Friday afternoon. The driver fled the scene immediately followi... Read More


16 Kolkata hotels shut for safety norm failure

Kolkata, Aug. 23 -- The West Bengal government has shutdown 16 hotels in central Kolkata while around another 50 hotels across the city were given show cause notices for allegedly failing to meet fire... Read More


Poor policy gives a good biofuel bad rep

India, Aug. 23 -- India's ambitious biofuels programme is at a crossroads, not least because the country's chief economic adviser, V Anantha Nageswaran, in a recent newspaper article, cautioned agains... Read More


India's space leaps show its self-assured momentum

India, Aug. 23 -- This National Space Day (August 23) feels especially celebratory given India unlocked a key space capacity - private-sector orbital launch. Skyroot Aerospace's success with the lift-... Read More


Growing poverty of a once-rich language

India, Aug. 23 -- Is English the richest of all languages? Not being fluent in any other, I have no way of answering that question authoritatively. But, that said and done, I suspect the answer could ... Read More


A double burden for women in dengue season

India, Aug. 23 -- As the monsoon season progresses, it brings with it a host of vector-borne diseases. Dengue and malaria are perhaps the best known. But when such illnesses strike, who gives up workd... Read More