New Delhi: 22 May 2013 The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to declare results of the class 10 and 12 on May 25, 2013. The students can check results of class 10 and 12 on the CBSE’s official website www.cbseresults.nic.in. They can also get the results by sending SMS to the board. Lakhs of students had appeared for the CBSE examinations conducted from March 1 to March 17, 2013. The CBSE presently affiliates all Kendriya Vidyalayas, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, ...
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New Delhi: 22 May 2013, The wife of a senior Navy officer, who has charged her husband with forcing her to get \"sexually involved\" with his colleagues, has requested the maritime force to shift the probe venue from Karwar in Karnataka to Delhi. Soon after she levelled allegations against her husband, posted at Karwar naval base, Defence Minister AK Antony had ordered a probe into the issue. A day later, the Navy also ordered a Board of Inquiry. \"We have requested the Navy to shift the ...
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New Delhi: 22 May 2013 Tainted Indian pacer S Sreesanth has claimed innocence in IPL spot-fixing scandal which surfaced on Thursday with the arrest of three Rajasthan Royals players. \"I am innocent and have done nothing wrong. I have never been indulged in spot fixing,\" suspended pacer S Sreesanth, who is in custody in the IPL spot-fixing case, said. In a statement emailed to the media by his lawyer Rebecca John, the cricketer said \"I have never indulged in any spot-fixing and I have ...
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New Delhi: 22 May 2013 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) criticized the appointment of former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). The party accused the UPA government of weakening constitutional institutions. Shashi Kant Sharma appointed new CAG \"Government is slowly but continuously appointing persons who are weak and who don\'t have spine to watchdog bodies like CAG, CVC (Central Vigilance Commission), CIC (Central Information Commission), ...
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New Delhi: 22 May 2013 If polls are held today, the BJP is likely to emerge as the single-largest party with 137 seats while the Congress is predicted to finish at second position with its tally dropping to 116, according to an opinion poll by Headlines Today-CVoter opinion poll. PM to present UPA\'s fourth report card today The survey was conducted by the TV channel to gauge public opinion as the Manmohan Singh government completes its ninth year in power. If Narendra Modi is ...
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New Delhi: 21 May 2013, The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to give an urgent hearing to a PIL seeking stay on all remaining matches of IPL in view of the spot-fixing scandal. A bench of Justices BS Chauhan and Deepak Misra posted the matter for further hearing at 2 PM on the PIL which is also seeking setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the issues of match fixing and other alleged irregularities in the IPL. \"There are many irregularities in the IPL beginning from ...
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New Delhi: 21 May 2013, Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was on Tuesday remembered on his 22nd death anniversary with leaders paying homage at his memorial. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the late leader\'s wife and Congress President Sonia Gandhi offered flowers at his memorial \'Vir Bhumi\'. Sonia was also joined by son and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, daughter Priyanka and son-in-law Robert Vadra. ...
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Mumbai: 21 May 2013, Cops investigating infamous IPL spot-fixing scandal suspect that the woman, who was in the car of now-ousted Rajasthan Royals cricketer S Sreesanth when he was nabbed, had gone to his hotel room a few days earlier to deliver payment. According to sources, the starlet was acting as a courier — collecting money from bookies and delivering it to the medium pacer. READ MORE: Spot-fixing probe getting muddled! Under the scanner: Both Sreesanth and the Marathi actress — ...
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New Delhi: 20 May 2013, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday said India is an important neighbor and added that the prime purpose of his visit was to lay more emphasis on the ways to increase areas of mutual interest and intensify co-operation. PM raises incursion issue with Li \"India is China\'s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold - to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,\" Li said outside Rastrapathi Bhavan in ...
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New Delhi:20 May 2013 Indian twin sisters, Tashi and Nugshi, who belonged to the state of Uttarakhand achieved historical feat by becoming first twin sisters to scale Mount Everest. Tashi and Nugshi, were also at the top of the Everest with Pakistan’s Baig and Ali. By hoisting Indian and Pakistani flags side by side, the Asians hoped to spread the message of Pak-India peace and friendship. The twin sisters hail from Kutalwali Johdi village of Uttarakhand. Their father Virendra Singh ...
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Gurgaon: 20 May 2013, Indian National Defence University, a dedicated first-of-its-kind institution for training and research in military studies, will be set up in Gurgaon. The foundation stone of INDU, to be constituted under an Act of Parliament, will be laid by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on May 23, Deputy Commissioner PC Meena said. The proposed institute will be equipped with training and research facilities on all aspects of national security as part of the strategic national ...
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Chandigarh: 20 May 2013, Police had to use water cannons to disperse scores of BJP workers who clashed with police during a protest against a top agency officer whom they accused of shielding former Union Minister Pawan Bansal in the Railgate scam. Several local party workers, led by BJP leader Harmohan Dhawan, protested against Chandigarh\'s CBI Deputy Inspector General Mahesh Aggarwal alleging that he had close family links with Bansal and had shielded the former railway minister ...
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Chandigarh: 19 May 2013 Around 20-25 percent voting was reported from various parts of the state till noon in zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections being held in Punjab on Sunday, Election Commission officials said. Heat wave conditions kept voters away from polling stations. Elections to 22 zila parishads and 145 panchayat samitis are being held on Sunday. Results will be declared on Tuesday (May 21). Over 50,000 policemen have been deployed for the elections at nearly 19,500 ...
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New Delhi:19 May 2013, With the image of his government in tatters, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will present the last Report Card of UPA-II on May 22 in which he is expected to list the positives such as Direct Benefit Transfer and FDI in retail in a bid to boost the sagging morale of Congressmen with elections less than a year away. Battered by series of scams and the recent sacking of Cabinet Ministers PK Bansal and Ashwani Kumar, the Prime Minister\'s task to present a positive ...
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Beijing: 19 May 2013, India is ready to write a new chapter of its relationship with China and the two countries should align their positions in many areas despite differences, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on the eve of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang\'s visit to India. \"This visit is special because it is the first visit abroad by the Chinese premier since he assumed office in March. The relationship between two countries is now sound and good,\" Khurshid said. \"India ...
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Rajnandgaon: 19 May 2013, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said only BJP had challenged the prevailing vote-bank politics in the country. At a rally in Rajnandgaon, the Assembly constituency of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, Modi said before BJP came to power in December 2003, there was no growth in this mineral-rich state. \"The country has witnessed vote-bank politics for fifty years. After gaining power through vote-bank politics, leaders subsequently ...
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New Delhi: 19 May 2013, Holding the Opposition\'s \"disruptionary tactics\" responsible for not allowing passage of the Food Security and Land Acquisition Bills in the Budget Session, the Congress on Saturday expressed its willingness for a Special Session. \"We are not against it and a session means that it should be a unanimous decision. We are ready to give one more opportunity to the Opposition and if they are ready, we are ready to discuss,\" Congress spokesperson PC Chacko ...
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New Delhi: 18 May 2013, Delhi Police have sent investigators to four cities in the country to trace the money trail in IPL spot-fixing case. According to sources, teams have been sent to Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Hyderabad in this connection. Sreesanth and the other two cricketers - Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila representing Rajasthan Royals in IPL were arrested in Mumbai on Thursday by Delhi Police for spot-fixing IPL matches. They allegedly took up to Rs 60 lakh just for giving ...
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Bangalore: 18 May 2013 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expanded his Cabinet with the induction of 28 ministers. Twenty were made Cabinet Ministers and eight Ministers of State. They were administered oath of office by Governor HR Bhardwaj in a ceremony at Raj Bhavan. Those made Cabinet ministers are RV Deshpande, Qamar-ul-Islam, Prakash B Hukkeri, Ramalinga Reddy, TB Jayachandra, B Ramanath Rai, HK Patil, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, V Srinivasa Prasad, HC ...
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New Delhi: 18 May 2013, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to visit Washington in a few months at the invitation of US President Barack Obama. Obama\'s invitation to Singh was delivered by US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns during his recent visit, sources said. Singh has accepted the invitation and will be travelling to Washington, the sources added. The Prime Minister\'s visit to Washington could be clubbed with his tour to New York when he travels there to ...
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