Mumbai: The toll due to consumption of spurious liquor in Malad area of Mumbai climbed to 97 on Sunday even as police arrested two bootleggers in connection with the incident. The State Government also announced compensation of `1 lakh each to families of the victims.P5
10 days left to exchange pre-2005 rupee notes
New Delhi: June 30 will be the last day for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes, including those of `500 and `1,000 denominations, at banks, the Reserve Bank of India has notified.
blind examinees can use writers in UPSC
New Delhi: Candidates suffering from blindness, locomotor disability and cerebral palsy can use scribes to write civil services preliminary and main exams, the UPSC has said, adding that they will also get compensatory time of 20 minutes/hr for the exam.
9 more cisf officials held in Kozhikode
Kozhikode (Kerala): Nine more CISF officials were arrested on Sunday for destruction of public property at the Kozhikode international airport during a fracas earlier this month.
RlSp declares its chief as Bihar CM candidate
Patna: The Rashtriya lok Samata Party (RlSP), a BJP ally, nominated its party chief and Minister Upendra Kushwaha as chief ministerial candidate for the Bihar Assembly polls. P5
lankan navy arrests 24 Indian fishermen
Nagapattinam: Sri lankan navy arrested 24 fishermen from Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu who went for fishing on Saturday, around nine nautical miles off Kodaiyakarai coast. P4