Everything you need to know about Vellore Cantonment: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Vellore Cantonment: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Indian scientists have developed an affordable vaccine that has shown strong efficacy in preventing rotavirus diarrhoea, the most severe and lethal cause of childhood diarrhoea that kills over 100,000 children annually.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Nirpreet Kaur, one of the key witnesses and victim of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, broke her six-day-old fast here Wednesday after Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal assured support for her fight for justice.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) might move the Delhi High Court against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, informed sources said Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) called on the Lt. Governor of Delhi, Tejinder Khanna, on Tuesday, and reiterated their objection and protest over a Delhi magisterial court's verdict to acquit Congress Party leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Protests broke out once again in Delhi against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Sikh groups staged a protest near the parliament complex Monday against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, blocking traffic in the heart of the national capital.
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Several angry Sikhs Sunday broke barricades as they tried to march towards the official residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to protest the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): Outraged at the acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in one of the cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a large number of people staged a protest in the national capital on Friday and lashed out at the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Tension gripped the air as a scuffle broke out between members of the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party at Jantar Mantar here Friday where both the political parties were protesting, on different issues.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) In support of the Sikh community's protests over the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Friday joined the hunger strike for a day at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Wednesday said Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's acquittal in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case should not be politicised.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. As noisy protests broke out outside the court complex, an angry man hurled a shoe at the judge inside the courtroom soon after the judgment was pronounced.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. As anguished protests broke out among gathered crowds, an angry man hurled a shoe at the judge inside the courtroom.
In a major relief for the Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, Delhi court has acquitted him in one case of 1984 anti- Sikh riot. District court has provided him the relief for which he has been waiting for very long time.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, triggering anguished protests and even some tears outside the court complex.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 (IANS) Ace comedian Jagathy Sreekumar Thursday filed a petition seeking Rs.10.50 crore compensation in the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal court here.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Three MBBS graduates have been arrested after one of them wrote the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination Screening (FMGES) Test here Sunday in place of another, police said Wednesday.
Chandigarh, April 1 (IANS) On a day he celebrated his 100th birthday, a retired lieutenant colonel of the Indian Army was Monday declared the First Citizen of the force.
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Dhaka, March 23 (Xinhua-ANI): The death toll caused by a devastating tornado in eastern Bangladesh rose to 20 on Saturday, a local TV channel reported.
Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) Comedian Jagathy Sreekumar, after surviving a near fatal accident, returned in front of the camera after almost a year Monday when he met press photographers and cameramen from TV channels.
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Three suspicion-evoking bags were recovered in the capital Monday - one each from outside an army hospital and two city markets, police said.
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) A suspicion-evoking bag was recovered from outside an army hospital in the capital Monday, police said.
Islamabad, Feb 22 (ANI): The Pakistan army has denied having links with the banned terror outfit Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) which is responsible for Shia killing spree in Balochistan and other parts of the country.
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The dire shortage of capable leaders is precipitating a crisis in our higher education sector, a situation not likely to be remedied until 2020, according to a global survey conducted by the Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI).
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) More than 200 academic leaders will deliberate on the challenges facing the higher education sector in India at a two-day summit being organised at the India International Centre here Feb 14 and 15.
VIT Vellore invites applications for VITEEE 2013 for the admission in its various B. Tech. programs. The candidates can also apply online as VIT Vellore also has provision of online application besides offline mode.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (ANI): Reflecting upon the recent event on the eve of the New Year that gave all an occasion for remorse and sorrow, Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Monday said the expressions of anguish and anger fully justified, must now be speedily translated into comprehensive correctives in laws, procedures, societal norms, values and social behaviour.
New Delhi, Jan. 5 (ANI): Former Army Chief General (Retd.) V.K. Singh on Saturday alleged that top hierarchy of the Indian Army was involved in the reported bugging incident that took place at his residence in Delhi Cantonment area.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 30 others wounded Tuesday in a powerful blast near the venue of a political rally in Pakistan's port city Karachi, media reports said.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) At least one person was killed and 13 others were injured Tuesday in a powerful blast near the venue of a political rally in Pakistan's port city Karachi, media reports said.
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) As India's slow justice system occupies national attention a well known writer says the working of the judiciary must stand up to public scrutiny from lay people.
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 27 (IANS) The year 2012 proved to be favourable for the Malayalam film industry, which saw as many as 140 films hitting the screens. While some went on to earn big bucks, others failed to rake in the moolah at the box-office. The year also saw an actor like Dileep leaving behind veterans like Mammootty and Mohanlal to be on the top.
Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) In a setback to the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) government's move to release the accused in the 2006 Varanasi blasts, the district administration has strongly opposed "any such action".
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the city government about the basis for its decision to reshuffle sub-divisions in two districts for the purpose of hearing of court cases.
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. has launched the first of a planned 100 Microsoft Innovation Centers (MICs) that will impact the technology expertise of some 500,000 students.
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Karachi, Dec. 4 (ANI): The Military Estate Office, which assisted a private builder in the demolition of a century-old Hindu temple and adjoining houses in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar on Saturday, has denied that the temple was razed in the operation.
New Delhi/New York, Nov.21 (ANI): Following the hanging of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the surviving Pakistan-origin terrorist involved in the November 26-29, 2008 terror mayhem in Mumbai, in Pune's Yerawada Jail on Wednesday morning, the New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW), has called on the Indian Government to join the rising ranks of nations that have taken the decision to remove the death penalty from their legal frameworks.
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Salwan cross-country race may not have gone to town with exotic promos like other high-profile walks or marathons, backed by big businesses and celebrities. But it was an amazing feat to gather over 45,000 school children to run, including the visually impaired and intellectually challenged.
Kochi, Nov 3 (IANS) Veteran actor Innocent, who has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphocyte, is taking a break from movies as he treads the path to recovery.
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) Inder Dutt Salwan has been organising the biggest cross-country run for schoolboys and girls in the country for the past 18 years. Yet he is an unhappy man because he has been left alone to fight the scourge of doping and also the menace of age fudging.
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) With 38 new cases reported Sunday, the raging dengue in the city and its neighbourhood crossed 900 patients mark. Two deaths were reported in the last two days, officials said Sunday.
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) With 76 new cases reported in the last two days, there was no sign of let-up in the surge in dengue cases in the capital, official data Thursday revealed.
Dr. A. K. Walia, Health and Family Welfare Minister has directed the health officials of the South, North and East Delhi Municipal Corporations
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Upscale south Delhi has the maximum number of dengue cases reported so far this season, according to official figures.
Hyderabad, Oct 13 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh minister P. Shankar Rao, who played a key role in sending YSR Congress party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to jail in illegal assets case, now himself faces arrest in a land grabbing case.
Chennai, Aug 20 (IANS) Rumour mills are working overtime these days on mobile phones and social media. They are targeting women in some parts of Tamil Nadu to make them see red in mehendi/henna.
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The soldiers-officers standoff in an army armoured unit in Jammu and Kashmir was raised in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh intervened to stop the house from debating the incident as the army has ordered a probe.
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Delhi cabinet Monday approved a proposal for the revised guidelines for Members of Legislative Assembly Local Area Development Scheme (MLALADS) 2012.
Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) A defence estates official was found dead under mysterious circumstances here Tuesday, police said.
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), July 6 (IANS) Seven people, including the son of a retired police officer and two women, have been arrested in connection with the gangrape of a minor orphan girl here, police said Friday.
Lucknow, July 6 (IANS) A senior Uttar Pradesh government official was attacked and seriously injured Friday at his office in Gorakhpur, police said.
Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) A police officer in Uttar Pradesh was in critical condition Monday after being hit and dragged by a speeding bus here, police said.
A new riot control weapon is being launched this month. You zap the sonic cannon at a bad guy and he immediately needs to go to the toilet. It penetrates all known underwear brands.
Islamabad, June 16 (IANS) Authorities in Pakistan have decided to move all buffaloes outside Rawalpindi city as part of a move to generate biogas from their dung.
Chennai, May 22 (IANS) Even as they face the gallows, two convicts in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case have come out with flying colours uin the Plus 2 examinations in Tamil Nadu.
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A 25-year-old woman, a soldier's wife, Tuesday allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in the national capital, police said.
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The Indian Army has launched a massive summer war game in the plains of Punjab to test its operational readiness, a defence ministry official said Friday.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday transferred to itself petitions seeking commutation of the death sentence of the three assassins of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, on the ground of inordinate delay in deciding their mercy pleas by the president.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A male nurse riding a motorcycle was killed when an iron beam fell on him after it was hit by a speeding truck on west Delhi's Janak Setu flyover, police said Sunday. The truck driver has been arrested.
New Delhi, Apr.23 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday accused Congress leader Sajjan Kumar of inciting the 1984-anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, and added that the killings in the Delhi Cantonment area of the city were not spontaneous.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the federal investigating agency, which is probing anti-Sikh riots 1984 on Monday accused Congress leader and former Member of Parliament (MP) from outer Delhi, Sajjan Kumar for inflaming the mob against Sikhs and organizing the riots............
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) A triumphant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday retained control over Delhi's civic administration, with the results of elections to the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) coming as a shot in the arm for the party ahead of the 2013 Delhi assembly polls.
New Delhi, Apr 12 (ANI): The Rashtrapati Bhavan has issued a clarification over media reports claiming that President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has 'grabbed' land much in excess of her entitlement to build her post retirement home in Pune, and termed the news items to be factually incorrect and malicious.
Kozhikode (Kerala), April 12 (IANS) Malayalam comic actor Jagathy Sreekumar, seriously injured in a road accident last month, was Thursday shifted to a Vellore hospital.
Dehradun, March 31 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna Saturday formally moved into his sprawling official bungalow at the Cantonment Road here.
Liverpool, Feb.13 (ANI): Scientists at the UK-based University of Liverpool, working with international partners, have shown a rare genetic disease, that causes crippling osteoarthritis in the spine and major joints, is far more prevalent worldwide than previously thought.
Rajatal/Jalandhar (Punjab), Jan.20 (ANI): Villagers living in the border areas of Rajatal and Jalandhar in Punjab on Friday expressed sorrow over political parties and state governments failing to provide basic amenities to them.
Rajatal/Jalandhar (Punjab), Jan.20 (ANI): Villagers living in the border areas of Rajatal and Jalandhar in Punjab on Friday expressed sorrow over political parties and state governments failing to provide basic amenities to them.
Quetta, Oct 12(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has offered intelligence sharing to Afghanistan for investigation into the assassination of former Afghan President and High Peace Council leader Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Islamabad, Oct 8(ANI): The Pakistan Army is ready to address US concerns vis-?-vis the Haqqani network, but shows no signs of going after them in North Waziristan, where the insurgent group is believed to be headquartered.
Islamabad, Oct 7(ANI): The Pakistan Army has hinted that it has no plans to launch a military operation, in an obvious reference that the much-debated North Waziristan offensive is not on the cards.
New Delhi, Sep 26(ANI): The Indian Army in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will organize a Defence Communication Seminar (DEFCOM 2011) on November 2 and 3 at Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantonment.
Chennai, Sep 25 (ANI): Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief Vaiko has appealed to the Central Government to reconsider the death sentences awarded to the assassins of late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Chennai/Arakkonam, Sep.17 (ANI): Railways Safety Commissioner S. K. Mittal has said that the probe into the Arakkonam train collision that claimed nine lives and injured 72, would continue for two more days as the officials have begun questioning the driver of the ill fated train.
Arakkonam (Tamil Nadu), Sep.14 (ANI): Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Wednesday said it would be premature to state the cause behind the train collision that occurred here on Tuesday night.
New Delhi, Sep.14 (ANI): A spokesman of the Railway Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that the death toll from Tuesday night's train mishap in Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, was nine, and the number of injured was 72.
Arakkonam (Tamil Nadu), Sep. 14 (ANI): Railway authorities in Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, have begun removing the debris from the crash site, hours after a moving train smashed into a stationary train, killing nine people and injuring over 70.
New Delhi, Sep 14(ANI): Union Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi today said that he would direct his personal attention into probing the cause behind the train accident near Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu's Vellore District.
Vellore (Tamil Nadu), Sep.10 (ANI): Nalini Sriharan, who spent 20 years in prison for her role in the May 1991 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, met her husband Murugan at the Vellore jail today.
Nowshera, August 26(ANI): Eleven persons, including five Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officials, were killed and 25 others injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast at a restaurant in Nowshera.
Quetta, August 26(ANI): A US surveillance drone has crashed near the Frontier Corps (FC) Cantonment in Chaman, a Pakistani town bordering Afghanistan.
New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): Last night, a repeat of the 2008 Mumbai attack took place in Afghan capital Kabul, in the overpowering presence of NATO troops.
New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): Last night, a repeat of the 2008 Mumbai attack took place in Afghan capital Kabul, in the overpowering presence of NATO troops. Nothing and nobody could prevent the Taliban suicide bombers from entering the Intercontinental Hotel, fully armed and shooting civilians with impunity while they played war songs from tape recorders. The attack was markedly different from previous clumsily orchestrated attacks by the Taliban in Afghanistan, where suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped on them, in crowded market areas.
New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): Last night, a repeat of the 2008 Mumbai attack took place in Afghan capital Kabul, in the overpowering presence of NATO troops. Nothing and nobody could prevent the Taliban suicide bombers from entering the Intercontinental Hotel, fully armed and shooting civilians with impunity while they played war songs from tape recorders.
New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): Last night, a repeat of the 2008 Mumbai attack took place in Afghan capital Kabul, in the overpowering presence of NATO troops. Nothing and nobody could prevent the Taliban suicide bombers from entering the Intercontinental Hotel, fully armed and shooting civilians with impunity while they played war songs from tape recorders.
Chennai, June 8 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs one lakh to the kin of those killed in last night's road accident at Vellore.
Vellore, June 8 (ANI): At least twenty three people were charred to death when the private bus they were travelling in plunged down a bridge and caught fire near Kaveripakkam in Tamil Nadu's Vellore District last night.
Mardan, Feb 10(ANI): Twenty security personnel were killed and forty others wounded in a bomb explosion at Mardan Cantonment in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday.
Kolkata, Dec 28 (ANI): Social activists continued to protest against the conviction of human rights crusader Dr. Binayak Sen across India.
Hyderabad (Pakistan), Dec.14 (ANI): Hyderabad Cantonment police has released a Pakistan doctor who was accused of blasphemy.
New Delhi, Dec. 6 (ANI): The Delhi Cabinet on Monday announced several major decisions to make the grant of monthly pensions and the issuance of licenses for the opening of a restaurant with a bar easier.
Peshawar, Oct 23 (ANI): A lieutenant-colonel, five soldiers and five civilians were killed in bomb attacks on a paramilitary convoy in Orakzai Agency as well as a mosque near Peshawar.
New Delhi, Sept.18 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said that the city will sport a festive look during the upcoming Commonwealth Games, and asked people not to panic over the unprecedented security expected for the event to be held from October 3 to 14.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday told the Supreme Court that the special anti-riots cell of the Delhi Police had conducted 'sham investigations and farce prosecutions' to apparently shield senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with his role in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which six persons were killed.
Chennai, June 28 (ANI): Nalini Sriharan, who is serving life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has been shifted out of the Vellore jail after she complained about harassment by the jail authorities.
Chennai, June 13 (ANI): Rajiv Gandhi's assassin, Nalini Sriharan, who is serving a life term in Tamil Nadu's Vellore Central Prison, has alleged that the jail authorities are harassing her.
