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Last updated: 19 Jun 2013 10:54 PM

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Thousands missing in Uttarakhand flood fury, death toll could mount
Thousands are said to be missing in Uttarakhand after unprecedented rains and cloudburst led to landslides and flash floods killing ..... More
Uttarakhand: 62,000 still stranded, PM, Sonia to visit Kedarnath

58 dead, over 58,000 trapped as rains batter Uttarakhand, UP

Planning Commission finds holes in Modi's much vaunted Gujarat growth model
The Planning Commission notes that the state is one of the biggest contributors to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) ..... More
Also Read: Gujarat gets Rs.59,000 crore Plan approval

Nitish wins trust vote, says BJP won't win in 2014
In a speech in the assembly during a trust motion he moved to prove his majority, Nitish Kumar said India was built on secular foundations and his party would not tolerate anyone »

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SC to hear PIL for curbing official work on private internet providers

Dads rely on Google to solve children's problems: Survey

5,000 Indian expats in Saudi Arabia get new jobs

Palestinians should have a state as a right: Blair

Congress ministers reject mooted Telangana package

Chandy gets full support from UDF in con-couple's dubious deals

3D-printed tiny batteries developed

Karnataka MLAs were frugal in their poll spending!

Now talcum powder linked to ovarian cancer!

General Motors recalls 231,000 SUVs over fire risk

New surgery for easy knee replacement

280 new moon craters identified

Pakistani leader among 29 killed in suicide bombing

Half a dozen hurt, trains stopped in BJP's Bihar shutdown

Entire SBI ATM stolen in Bangalore suburb with cash

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Defence Minister A. K. Antony and his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith, paying homage at the State War Memorial, at Perth, in Australia on June 04, 2013.

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On a mission to revive Arabic calligraphy in India The 45-year-old recently became the only Indian to obtain an 'Ijazah' (Masters diploma) from Istanbul-based Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC). »	Hindu temples, Bollywood and a Yemeni city's India ties - See more at: http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/May/19.05.2013/india_yemen_ties.html#sthash.XKW7IskH.dpuf 'Unwell' Advani not to meet RSS chief A meeting between Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani was called off Wednesday after the party leader reported "unwell", said par »	India to have equal opportunity commission Minister Khan and his delegation, that included Joint Secretary Y P Singh, met Eric Pickles, secretary of state for communities and local government, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, chair of the Equality and Human Rights »
National Conference blasts Congress leader Fotedar Reacting strongly to Congress leader M.L. Fotedar's claim that the National Conference (NC) gave up its autonomy demand in 1975, senior NC leader Muhammad Shafi Wednesday said the likes of Fotedar had become »	Rupee hits record closing low of 58.77 against dollar The Indian rupee hit a record closing low of 58.77 against the dollar Tuesday on lingering worries over the country's current account deficit. The partially convertible rupee closed at 58.77 at the interbank foreign »	Ziaul Haq murder case: Court allows lie detector test on Raja Bhaiyya A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday allowed the investigative agency to conduct a polygraph test on former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh »
Muslim NGO gives scholarships to Hindu students Jamiat Ulama E Maharashtra, a Muslim NGO in news for providing free legal aid to Muslim youths arrested on the charge of terrorism, on Sunday distributed »	Asaduddin Owaisi blasts Maharashtra govt for police ban on Malegaon rally All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday expressed surprise over the police ban »	To prevent congestion, Saudi Arabia urges people to postpone Haj plans According to Arab News, this was highlighted through a series of announcements through the Holy Quran television »

Special Reports

Global warming sees Bangladesh river destroying villages

It is time for Mohammed Qader of Bahuka village in Sirajganj district to move again. For the seventh time in the last 20 years that he has been residing in Bahuka, Qader will be forced to rebuild »

New mental health bill bans electric shocks, gives right to treatment

'Harassed fathers' demand gender neutral family law

Lathi-charge is history: Delhi Police get 'softer' batons

Nothing healthy about Punjab's health department

Six years on, Chandini Chowk yet to be redeveloped

Making women financially independent

A fairy-tale wedding: Sweden's princess to wed commoner

Bhendi Bazaar: An oasis of Economic Evolution

'India Is' a celebration of Indian youth: Khurshid

Devastating Earthquake Predicted In Himalayas

Hundreds in Fiji come out to take crash course in Sanskrit

Muslims using Internet have favourable opinion of Western culture: Survey

Mother's milk bank to rescue of Rajasthan infants

Imphal, Agartala to be made international airports

Muslim girl students of Manipur to submit 'education charter' to centre

Fake soul healer shocks Sufi oriented Valley

India Post penalised for delaying Speed Post letter

Indian diaspora's painful past on a beautiful island

Digital village - Government at people's doorsteps

Denied JEE chance, blind CBSE topper opts for US varsity

Views & Analysis

Mamata's federal front a political ploy?
Besieged by problems galore at home, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has proposed the formation of a federal front consisting of non-Congress and non-BJP parties. However, Banerjee's opponents have termed the proposal as a ploy to bargain with the Congress and the Bharaitya . »

India in the early twenty-first century is not 1930s Germany

Whither Justice: Fabricated Cases and State

Narendra Modi on Sardar Patel: Putting Goebbels to shame

Aligarh Muslim University Court or A Muslim Parliament?

BJP can either promote Modi or the NDA

DU Professors reveal: Why we protested against Narendra Modi

Advani's slap will hurt BJP - a lot

The BJP drama and the upcoming Rahul vs Modi show

Muslims and The War on Terror

Ignore those who love to hate: Hate Speech and Communal Politics

From Maharashtra to Uttar Pradesh, Muslim leadership under fire

Dr Aziz-ur Rahman: A renowned Chemist who had to leave AMU

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Education

Education & Career

Science & Technology

2012 UPSC Results

Private Indian varsity barred in Ghana, under cloud back home

A private Indian university has been barred from recruiting Ghanian students for its distance learning programmes since it is not accredited in this country. The university is under a cloud back home with »

US degree in supply chain management from Mumbai

Kashmiri student becomes editor of global children's newspaper

NEET 2013: Students relieved after SC verdict

SC clears decks for admissions to medical colleges

Sonia Gandhi to lay foundation stone of Jamia Millia's new hostel

Dalit activists join DU teachers against four-year course

Jamia Millia prepares 'brains' to help India understand neighbours

Row over Singapore varsity's denial of tenure to professor

'Teachers' training has almost collapsed'

Indian wunderkid is youngest Berkley topper in a century

Kolkata-born Ritankar Das, a bioengineering and chemical biology double major at the University of California at Berkeley, has become the youngest student to receive the University Medal in more than a century. »

Plant proteins can help solve global food, fuel problems

Saturn to be closest to Earth Sunday for decade

Asteroid could fly 8,600 km from Earth in 2026

Study shows fat cells help repair muscles

Jamia Millia in cutting-edge nanotechnology research, says official

Seven new planets found, two may sustain life

Google doodle celebrates India's first passenger train

Now, Kama Sutra poses in 3D on smartphone

A dream come true, says Madrasa graduate selected for civil services

Throughout my Madrasa life, the one dream that I've cherished while sleeping on the straw mats, was to clear »

First Muslim from Maharashtra's tribal district makes it to civil services

2012 UPSC Results: 13 students of Crescent Academy in final list

UPSC Mains: ZFI, Haj Committee students among 30 successful Muslims

11 from Jammu and Kashmir including 09 Muslims clear UPSC exams

'786' proved lucky for Pervez Naikwadi in Civil Services exams

UPSC mains results out; 30 Muslims in the list of successful candidates

Keralites corner glory in civil service exams

UPSC denies result goof up, link to candidate's 'suicide'

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Retirement can damage your health, says study

Although initially there may be a small bounce in health, over the medium-longer term retirement causes a drastic decline in health, says the study by the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Age Endeavour Fellowship. - See more at: http://www.ummid.com/news/2013/May/17.05.2013/retirement_on_health.html#sthash.pXNuFoLY.dpuf

Although initially there may be a small bounce in health, over the medium-longer term retirement causes a drastic decline in health, says the study by the Institute of Economic Affairs »

India develops affordable vaccine for rotavirus diarrhoea

Tips to protect eyes from heat

All medical colleges asked to prescribe generic drugs

Gene causing motor development disorder found

First kidney transplant from dead donor in UAE

Interventional treatment gains popularity against life-threatening diseases

Medical negligence: Father compensated for daughter's death

Arsenic exposure linked to diabetes

Brisk walking as good as running for heart: Study

Cut salt intake, exercise to avoid high BP

RBS to cut 1,400 jobs over next two years

No customer-facing staff will be affected, but support staff for the bank's retail arm including those working in communications, marketing and customer analytics are expected to be »

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Thousands court arrest in Mumbai, Maharashtra against new tax

Chidambaram visits UK, France, Qatar to woo investors

Abu Dhabi among world's 100 busiest meeting destinations

Indian food industry to touch Rs.408,040 crore by 2018

Kerala working out new perspective plan which looks beyond diaspora

Half of remittances from Gulf nations went to India

Fuel hike makes petrol cheaper than diesel in Goa

Protestors disrupt IMF chief's programme in Amsterdam

BSE to offer courses in UAE to help boost financial market

Here's a college where every student fails!

Done it again. The Junior Science College in the town of Jeerango, in India's Odisha state, has become mildly famous for failing to successfully get a single student through the science »

Asia's sex imbalance is going to have huge consequences

Why toilet cleaners could soon be paid more than prime ministers

Why Boston killings got more coverage than any other story

Fair to women and East Asians Moustaches wars not

Sorry, but I prefer my toilets to be unintelligent

Yes, you are being filmed, even if you are in India

We're getting stupid: Here's proof

Planet Earth goes up for sale on website

New app to get you out of the house in pajamas

Of mind crimes and seafood appetizers

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