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Hyderabad, May 5: In an effort to discourage pub owners from attracting too many youngsters with offers like free drinks for women, Andhra Pradesh, one of the largest consumers of beer and cheap liquor in the country, has decided to ban the entry of women into clubs, pubs and bars after 10 pm. The Andhra Pradesh Government has issued notification not to serve drinks to women at pubs, clubs and

Patna, May 4: RJD president Lalu Prasad sustained injuries on his head and face when the windshield of his car broke and shards of glass hit him when he was going to Vaishali district, his personal assistant said today. Prasad was taken to private hospital in city where he was given two stitches on the head and discharged late last night. His PA Bhola Yadav told PTI that the accident occurred at

New Delhi, May 4: Haritha V Kum¬ar, a B Tech from Kerala University, has bagged the All-India Rank 1 in the prestigious Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), making it the third consecutive year when a woman captured the top slot. In a show of consistency, the Thiruvananthapuram resid¬ent achieved her dream of joining the elite Indian Administrative

New Delhi, May 4: In a huge embarrassment for the UPA government, the CBI on Friday arrested railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew for accepting Rs. 90 lakh in bribe from a senior railway officer seeking “a lucrative posting”. Senior agency officials said Bansal's nephew V Singla was arrested in Chandigarh for accepting the money from one Manjunath, an alleged middleman for railway board

Mumbai, May 3: An Air India pilot and two air hostesses were suspended after an airline probe found that the cabin crew overstayed in the cockpit on a Delhi-bound flight from Bangkok on April 12. The action came amidst reports that while the pilot took a nap in the business class, the air hostesses were left to operate the aircraft over 20 minutes, endangering the safety of 166 passengers on board

Jammu, May 3: A Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah serving a life term was attacked inside the high-security Kot Balwal jail here by a fellow inmate this morning and his condition is stated to be serious, official sources said. It was not immediately known whether the attack on the 52-year-old convict with a sharp weapon was a backlash against the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a hospital in

Kancheepuram, May 3: Former union minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss was arrested on Friday by Kancheepuram police in connection with an alleged hate speech case filed against him in 2012. According to police, a case under Sections 143, 147 and 188 of IPC has been booked against the PMK leader. Dr. Anbumani was picked up from his Chennai residence on Friday morning by a special team and was likely to

Bangalore, May 3: As recoveries and seizures of counterfeit currency notes by various agencies continue in big numbers in South India, Mysore and Kochi will become first two cities in the country to have plastic/polymer currency notes of Rs 10 denomination in circulation, in line with the Centre’s initiative. One of the objectives of the move is to tackle the counterfeit currency menace, the Union

Amritsar, May 2: The body of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh was on Thursday brought to Amritsar onboard a special Air India aircraft from Lahore, where he died following a murderous assault in a jail. It was a grim end to the battle waged by his family to secure his release after he had spent over two decades in Pakistani jails as the plane landed at Rajasansi Airport where political leaders

Lahore/Islamabad, May 2: Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh died in a Lahore hospital around 12.45 a.m. on Thursday after being comatose for six days following a brutal assault by other inmates of a high-security jail, officials said. "I received a call from the doctor on duty (at Jinnah Hospital) at 1 am (1:30 IST) informing me that Sarabjit is no more," Mahmood Shaukat, the head of a