| Wed, 16 May 2012 Don’t want Armed Forces Special Powers Act shield: CRPF brass
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet NEW DELHI: CRPF top brass on Wednesday distanced itself from a senior officer's demand that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) cover be extended to the paramilitary force to tackle the Maoist scourge. | D K Pandey, a CRPF inspector-ge... | UAE students urged to embrace clean technology
| Abu Dhabi: Students are being encouraged by senior UAE officials to embrace ecological, sustainable technology. | Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, shared the sentiment with students during a recent visit showca... | Historic diamond goes for $9.57m
| Geneva: A diamond coveted by kings, queens and princes for centuries, used to reinforce alliances between nations and pawned to pay off royal debts sold for $9.57m (Dh35.2m) at Sotheby's in Geneva on Tuesday night. | The auction house called the "Beau Sancy&... | BSP bristles as Akhilesh targets Mayawati
The Bahujan Samaj Party has assailed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his Ministers for dragging Ms. Mayawati's name into the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam in the State. | A BSP spokesman said that by accusing the former Chief Minister of irre... | Kia makes style statement
| Kia's new luxury flagship saloon went on sale in Korea last week, introducing the rapidly growing marque to a new segment of the global automotive market. | The Kia K9 is a new rear-wheel drive model which will also be launched in several overseas markets starting in ... | Egypt vote monitors say state hindering work
| Cairo: Foreign observers of Egypt's first real leadership contest will be unable to say whether the process is free and fair because their movements are being restricted by election authorities, one of the groups supposed to be monitoring the vote said. | The ele... | Renouncing nuclear power will hurt nation: Manmohan
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday rejected suggestions that India should follow Germany and Japan in renouncing nuclear power, saying do so will be harmful to India's interests. | Fielding a question on atomic energy in Lok... | Letters: Stress? Everyone blames teachers
| Not only does our mother spend virtually all day in school but the vast majority of her evenings and weekends are taken up with lesson planning, preparation and other essential tasks – not to mention meetings, presentations and parents' evenings all out of school ho... | Supercar for Dubai cops
| Dubai: It scans up to 20 car plate numbers within a minute — or one every three seconds — even in pitch darkness as it whizzes at high speed, quickly alerting an officer if any of them features on a blacklist of wanted cars. | Meet Motorola's latest s... | |
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