Новости за 12.09.2015

Ever since she dropped her two children to college in the US last month, Reema Goyal has been addled by insomnia. The frequent flier knows that this is not merely jet lag. “I get this weird aching feeling in the pit of my stomach and feel generally despondent,” says the 47-year-old homemaker. “I’ve never really felt like this before.”

Could mobile wallets be to India what credit cards are to the West? When they were launched about five years ago, they were used mostly for making online payments. Increasingly, though, they are being used to make payments in the ‘offline’ world.

Almost 90% engineering students of Savitribai Phule Pune University seeking review of their May 2013 examination papers cleared the test, posing question on the varsity's assessment mechanism.

The train movement on the Pune-Solapur railway section was disrupted following derailment of Secunderabad-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Duronto Express near Gulbarga early on Saturday.

The Gujarat government is going ahead with a 108-meter tall Buddha statue at Dev ni Mori near Shamlaji, 150 kms north of Ahmedabad. It'll be the second tallest Budhha statue in the world after the Spring Temple in China (153 meters) -- and the tallest of a sitting Buddha, beating a 92-meter statue in Thailand.

Famed Konkani Comedian Plays Valiant Police Officer In His Debut Big Screen Offering, ‘Rakhonndar’

The passport department would soon verify applicants' credentials through real-time comparison of their records in the database of the Election Commission of India and the Income Tax department.

Some restaurants collect service tax from customers against home delivery or takeaways, primarily to protect themselves from litigation, but tax experts say such forms do not involve any element of service and no service tax should be collected.

A gang of robbers recently offered a lift to a 33-year-old man from Mumbai and robbed him of his cash and wrist watch collectively worth Rs 17,500 in the seventh such case since April this year.

A security guard, who had lost his job and was in urgent need of money, hatched a 'foolproof' plan to steal his friend's gold chain, weighing 80 grams.

On the banks of the River Kushawati, in the forest of the rishis, a gurukul is making a comeback with the teaching of Sanskrit shashtras in linguistics, logic & interpretation

Manohar Usgaocar is an authority on the common civil code, and his books are the reason the text is accessible to ordinary Goans. The senior counsel is now working on his magnum opus — translating the entire civil code

A private association that calls itself Tamil Nadu Private Drivers’ Wives’ Association has encroached upon 20 acres of government land in Thoraipakkam.

Forget about poor coordination among different civic agencies in the city. Proof of lack of coordination among various sections of the same agency — Corporation of Chennai — can be seen in Besant Nagar.

The city’s growing fascination for drones has seen professional fliers dealing with all kinds of demands. Real estate developers are approaching them to help get better view of the construction sites and building projects, while schools and colleges want their sprawling premises to be photographed using drones and individuals want a drone to capture their family functions.

How can Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) fritter away a financial benefit of 1,300 crore, offered by a consortium of Indo-Chinese power engineering companies, in the 9,207-crore Ennore thermal power plant project, wondered the Madras high court, which cancelled the contract awarded to BHEL on Monday.

Judiciary is the last resort of people. If it gets polluted it will lead to pollution of the entire nation, cautioned actor Rajinikanth.

While Aam Aadmi Party has refused to see the DUSU poll washout as a referendum on its government, its critics say this is the first example of the public rejecting AAP’s politics.

On the lines of UK’s Blue Plaque, this will provide a glimpse into lesser-known historical places, people

Sitting in his living room and leaning on the grandfather clock that chimes mysteriously at the strangest of hours, 65-year-old Nawab Gauhar Agha recounted his surreal experiences related to Jinnaaton wali Masjid (masjid of the djinns). Hidden in a canopy of gigantic trees, the place of worship has been an essential part of his family for the 50 years of his moving to Sarfarazganj in the state capital.

A little over a week ago, Vyjayanthimala Chandrasekhar quit her job, packed her bags and flew out to the Netherlands to do her master’s in international business.

There was no substantial headway in the dacoity case in which bandits had killed a shopkeeper and robbed two houses in Jankipuram area. Looking for a common pattern, cops were examining past incidents in the city.