Mumbai Municipal Corporations BMC Election Result 2012
February 17, 2012
The country’s richest civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mumbai Elections Results is all set to be announced by today Friday 16 Feb. Have a look to Maharashtra Municipal Corporation election 2012 Mumbai , Pune, Nasik, Nagpur, Thane, Pimpri- Chinchwad, Solapur , Amrawati , Ulhasnagar and Akola ward wise results live update.
The Mumbai BMC Election 2012 has 2,232 candidates contesting for 227 seats for Corporators.
Andhra government websites hacked
Februrary 17, 2012
As many as 27 websites of various departments of Andhra Pradesh were Thursday hacked, exposing the chinks in the state's cyber security. The cyber criminals broke into one of the government servers and hacked the websites. The websites which were hacked include those of departments of commercial taxes, general administration department, horticulture, factories, gazette notifications and government orders.
‘Ban Gita’ court battle restarts in Russia
February 17, 2012
Nearly two months after a Russian court rejected a ban on a translated version of Bhagvad Gita, a top Siberian prosecutor has now demanded the removal of a Russian comment only from the book for being "extremist", without affecting the canonical text of the scripture.
Mahatma was a man of paradox, says Joseph Lelyveld
February, 2012
"My book only has an unusual view of Gandhi as a social reformist. I mean to be provocative but not offensive"
Mahatma Gandhi and Babasaheb Ambedkar had a lot in common but they could seldom stand each other, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Joseph Lelyveld said in Mumbai on Thursday.
“Borrowing from Joseph Conrad, they both could be called the secret sharers,” he said during a discussion on ‘Gandhi and the struggling subcontinent” organised by the Asia Society.
Mumbai world’s 2nd least expensive city, Delhi 4th
Februrary 17, 2012
A high rate of inflation may be pinching hard on day-to-day life of people in the country, but a global survey has named two Indian cities -- the financial hub Mumbai and the national capital New Delhi -- among the four least expensive places across the world.
India, Pak in final stages of revising visa agreement: Sharma
February, 2012
India Wednesday said it in the final stages of revising its visa agreement with Pakistan to facilitate movement of people, particularly businessmen of both the countries. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, who is leading an over 120 people-strong business delegation to Pakistan, said that he had discussed the issue of visa liberalization with the Home Minister.
‘Delhi bomb planter ‘well-trained’: Indian Home Minister
February, 2012
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday confirmed that Monday’s attack on an Israeli embassy car was carried out using a bomb with a magnetic base.
8 Job Search Tips From the Co-Founder of LinkedIn
Februray, 2012
Early on in The Start-up of You, Reid Hoffman takes on the sacred cow of career advice books, making it clear that the timeworn exhortations of What Color is Your Parachute? won’t fly in this economy.
Antibiotics no help against most sinus infections: Study
Februray, 2012
Antibiotics don't help fight most sinus infections, although doctors routinely prescribe them for that purpose, according to a U.S. study.
‘India Not censoring social media’
February 16, 2012
MUMBAI: India does not intend to censor online social networks such as Facebook, a minister said Tuesday, but he demanded that they obey the same rules governing the press and other media.
“I want to say once and for all, without any obfuscation, no government in India will ever censor social media,” Telecoms Minister Kapil Sibal said at an IT summit in Mumbai.
