Новости за 11.09.2015

The students union election at Jawaharlal Nehru University here on Friday recorded 53.3 percent turnout, a marginal dip from last year.

Noting the Ganga influences the lives of 40 percent of Indians who live in the river's proximity, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday called for generous contributions to the Namami Ganga and Swachh Bharat (Clean Ganga, Clean India) campaigns launched by the government.

India needs a National Lab Policy to facilitate the testing, standardization and certification of renewable energy projects, Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister Pitush Goyal said on Friday.

In yet another case of cyber crime against women, a third-year Computer Science student here allegedly stalked around 200 teenage school girls on social networking website Facebook by creating a fake account and then luring them to share their nude photos.

Wild elephants strayed into Tezpur town of Assam's Sonitpur district on Friday triggering panic among residents, a senior forest official said.

The National Green Tribunal on Friday directed Delhi government to ensure that no trees are cut on the service lane in East Delhi's Yamuna Vihar area.

Indian environment management practitioners lack awareness about systems and tools to quantify greenhouse gas emissions even as climate changes are likely to impact agriculture in hilly and coastal areas, the Bureau of Indian Standards said today.

The principal of St. Xavier's school was sent to three-day police custody here on Friday for allegedly molesting two students.

Italy`s 26th-seeded Flavia Pennetta advanced to her first Grand Slam final Friday by defeating Romanian second seed Simona Halep 6-1, 6-3 in the US Open semi-finals.

Two days of airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition targeting Yemen's Shiite rebels killed seven civilians in the country's capital, Sanaa, independent security and health officials said today.

The sensational Uber cab rape case needs to be fast-tracked, the Supreme Court has said, disapproving the Delhi High Court's view that the accused and not the victim will suffer by the delay in allowing the recall of prosecution witnesses.

Congress tonight constituted its election committee and manifesto committee for the five-phased Bihar Assembly polls beginning October 12, which it is fighting in alliance with RJD and JD(U) to take on a resurgent BJP.

Jeev Milkha Singh and Shiv Kapur were set for an early exit from the KLM Open at the halfway stage here on Friday.

A British court on Friday sentenced seven men to prison for raping and sexually abusing babies and young children and sharing the abuse online through pictures and live videos.

Former Pakistan pace spearhead Wasim Akram believes that the inaugural edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will help improve the country's cricket ' tremendously'.

Ahead of Bihar assembly polls slated next month, the Election Commission Friday ordered the transfer of state Home Secretary Amir Subhani, nine district magistrates and seven senior police official including SPs and SSPs and said those transferred from districts should not be posted to any election-related post.

The Milan football derby on Sunday may also turn into a game of solidarity after AC Milan coach Sinisa Mihailovic suggested his Inter Milan counterpart Roberto Mancini of donating the proceedings of match to refugees currently involved in an existential crisis across Europe.

Manchester City playmaker David Silva will miss Saturday`s Premier League game at Crystal Palace with an ankle injury, but 50 million-pound ($77.1 million) signing Kevin De Bruyne could make his debut in the Spaniard`s absence.

Bombs killed seven members of the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces during an operation against the Islamic State jihadist group in the northern province of Kirkuk today, officers said.