Textbooks tells students to write emails as short as skirts, sparks row

A BCom (Honours) textbook advising students to write emails short enough to be interesting like skirts has created an outrage. The book 'Basic Business Communication' has been authored by C B Gupta, a former head of the commerce department of a Delhi University-affiliated college

BSF jawan commits suicide after setting wife afire in JK

A BSF head constable allegedly set his wife on fire and later committed suicide by jumping in front of a train in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Neelam Kumar, who was posted in 97 battalion of BSF in Samba district, allegedly murdered his wife Ritu Devi at their home and later set her afire in Seswan in Chadwal area of Kathua district yesterday, they said

50% in-house quota: SC to pass order on BHU, AMU's plea

The Banaras Hindu University, the Aligarh Muslim University and the Medical Council of India today joined hands to challenge in the Supreme Court an Allahabad High Court order setting aside 50 per cent institutional preference in admission to PG medical seats. A vacation bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and Deepak Gupta, after hearing the arguments, reserved its verdict for tomorrow

Sehri and barking dogs: How an LeT attack was foiled

Commandant Iqbal Ahmad had risen for the customary pre-dawn meal in preparation for a long day of Ramzan fasting when the wireless crackled ominously. It was early morning Monday. There was a fidayeen (suicide) attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in the Bandipora area of North Kashmir, he was told

Trump's Paris withdrawal shock for India and world: Rajnath

US President Donald Trump's statement withdrawing from the Paris climate deal sent the message that America's own concerns were paramount and was a "shock" for India and the world community, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here today

40,000 chinar saplings to be planted in Jammu region

The Jammu and Kashmir government will plant around 40,000 Chinar saplings across Jammu region during the monsoon season. Addressing a gathering at deer park in Manda yesterday, on the occasion of World Environment Day, state minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology Chaudhary Lal Singh had said his department has geared up to plant tress so that every open space has green cover

Right to life of people cannot be risked by encroachments: HC

The right to life of residents of the national capital cannot be put at risk by allowing activities like encroachments, which could lead to insanitary conditions, the Delhi High Court has said. The ruling by a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar came while dismissing a plea seeking review of the high court's May 16 order declining to stay demolition of some structures at Amir Khusro Park next to Sundar Nagar here

SBI to organise mega farmers' meet on Jun 8

Ahead of the kharif season, country's largest lender State Bank of India today said it will meet nearly 10,000 farmers to understand their credit need and provide finance. The meeting will be organised at the bank's 15,500 rural and semi-urban branches across the country on June 8

Converted woman goes to court for right to parental property

Does a woman forfeit her right to her parent's property because she converted from Hinduism to Islam? That's the question before a Delhi court which is hearing a civil suit from a 33-year-old woman claiming a share of the property purchased by her deceased father. Her two brothers say she no longer has any right to it

Sahara Group firm to pay Rs 1.43 cr to home buyer for delay

A Sahara Group company has been directed by the apex consumer body to refund over Rs 1.43 crore to a home buyer for its failure to give possession of a bungalow in one of its housing projects near Nagpur. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) held Sahara Prime City Ltd (SPCL) deficient in rendering services to the complainant and Maharashtra native Sadhana, who failed to get possession of the bungalow in the 'Sahara City Homes' project despite paying the full amount