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Bijlipur (Punjab), April 23: For some time now, the village of Bijlipur has been attracting a slew of local news TV crews and even reporters from Canadian radio stations. The village has something that most of Punjab can't boast of: a sex ratio in favour of women. The state of Punjab, along with Haryana, is among the country's worst performers when it comes to sex ratio. Census 2011 figures record

New Delhi, April 23: From running a single franchise store for 12 years in Delhi to planning to open 200 more across Mumbai, Delhi and smaller cities, Pakistan's largest fashion retail chain Sefam is the stuff businesses dream of. After a successful showing at the first-ever Lifestyle Pakistan exhibition in Delhi, Sefam said the demand for Pakistani couture in India is too huge to be met through

New Delhi, April 23: More than two months after the attack on an Israeli diplomat in the capital, the Central Forensic Science Laboratory has identified trinitrotoluene (TNT) as the explosive material used in the strike. The 31-page forensic report was handed over to Delhi Police at a time when a team is getting ready to leave for Tehran to probe the role of three Iranians - Houshang Afshar Irani

New Delhi, April 23: Slowly but surely emerging as a powerful three-dimensional "blue-water'' force to protect India's geo-strategic interests stretching from Hormuz Strait to Malacca Strait, the Navy is now also focusing on creating high-tech "sea warriors''. The force, in fact, is steaming ahead with plans to ensure all its new officers have BTech degrees because of the unprecedented expansion

Noida, April 22: High drama was witnessed at the Team Anna Core Committee meeting here today with the group expelling one of its members Mufti Shameem Kazmi for allegedly recording its proceedings even as he claimed that he quit the movement as it was turning anti-Muslim. Kazmi stormed out of the meeting attended by Anna Hazare this afternoon and announced his resignation to the media outside the

Washington, April 22: After the flak over his remarks to a think tank here, chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu feels India will see some important reforms in the next six months, including on subsidies and may be partial diesel decontrol and FDI in retail. However, he feels the biggest reform GST (Goods and Services Tax) may be tougher because it is good and not everybody wants it to happen under

New Delhi, April 22: Delhi airport is one of the biggest employers in the world providing jobs to more than five lakh people, a study by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has found. "The airport provides direct employment to about 5.16 lakh people, 18 per cent more than next best Hartsfield- Jackson Atlanta International airport in the US. "The employment at Delhi airport

New Delhi, April 22: A desperate, unsuccessful effort to save a 16-year-old girl's life led to a team of six doctors being assaulted early on Friday by a group of 25 persons accompanying the girl, who objected to their providing cardiopulmonary cerebral resuscitation. The procedure involves pressing down hard and rapidly on the chest and blowing into the patient's mouth. The accused, residents of

Kochi, April 21: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Saturday lashed out at Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal for his mark that the state government had no jurisdiction to detain the Italian ship as firing from it took place outside India's territorial waters. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a party function, Chandy said the additional solicitor general's remark before the Supreme

New Delhi, April 21: After testing the over 5,000km Agni V missile, which went up to 600km into space during its parabolic trajectory, the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) now feels it can fashion deadly anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons in double-quick time. "Agni V's launch has opened a new era. Apart from adding a new dimension to our strategic defence, it has ushered in