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Security forces kill 14 Maoists in two separate Bastar ops

Raipur/Hyderabad, Jan. 4 -- Security forces gunned down 14 Maoists, including senior cadres Vetti Mangdu and Madvi Hitesh, alias Hunga, during twin encounters in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, official... Read More


himachal govt suspends prof after 19-yr-old student's death

Shimla/New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- The Himachal Pradesh government on Saturday suspended an assistant professor accused of sexually harassing a 19-year-old student of a government college in Dharamshala who ... Read More


top official of major psu dies by suicide in noida

NOIDA, Jan. 4 -- An executive director with a major public-sector undertaking died allegedly by suicide after he fell from the 17th floor of an upscale high-rise residential society in Noida's Sector ... Read More


AIR INDIA PILOT WAS arrested IN CANADA OVER ALCOHOL USE

Toronto, Jan. 4 -- An Air India pilot removed from a plane on December 23 for being under the influence of alcohol was placed under arrest, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced Friday. H... Read More


mob targets cops during arrest bid in sandeshkhali

Kolkata, Jan. 4 -- At least six police personnel sustained injuries after being attacked by a mob in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North Parganas 24 district while trying to arrest a Trinamool Congres... Read More


Tick talk:Indian Standard Time turns 120

India, Jan. 4 -- Milestone alert! January 1 mar-ked 120 years of the adoption of Indian Stand- ard Time. For anyone whose eyes darted to their watch, this means that our national clock - five-and-a-ha... Read More


So, do I need a clock or a map?

India, Jan. 4 -- Russia announced last year that the four Ukraine regions it annexed in 2022 would have to switch from Ukraine time to Moscow time, one hour ahead. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukra... Read More


The prize is right

India, Jan. 4 -- This is a football World Cup year, which is to say that nothing else matters. What other tournament, besides the Olympics, brings the world together like this one? Yet it feels like t... Read More


Look ma, no hands!

India, Jan. 4 -- "T here's never a dull moment in timekeeping," says Poonam Arora, senior principal scientist and head of the Indian Standard Time Metrology Division of the National Physical Laborator... Read More


Give it your first shot

India, Jan. 4 -- At $4.18 trillion, India overtook Japan to become the fourth-largest economy last year. We'll get to #3 in the next few years, says the government. Which European nation will we bid g... Read More