6/5/2013: IN & AROUND: Chander Mohan's candidates floored

DERA BASSI: A 46-year-old man was found dead on the railway tracks here on Thursday night.Police suspect that Chander Mohan Thakur, a resident of Sector 9 in Panchkula, was killed after he was hit by a train near the railway

KOCHI: A cut in production combined with a rebound in demand and rising feed prices have taken poultry and egg prices to a new high. Over a month ago, the poultry industry was reeling under excess supply and low demand, leading to a crash in prices.

Gurgaon: The Haryana Civil Medical Services Association (HCMSA) has alleged that Narnaul's chief medical officer (CMO) was suspended for not accommodating Haryana health minister's men in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) staff appointments ...

Haider Bhai is cricket crazed. Cricket becomes a part of any and all conversations he is part of and sometimes it seems that he remembers his life around major cricket events using them as anchors to ground his own reality. Haider Bhai is also the ...

More than a dozen candidates, including Shishir Priyadarshi are in race for the top job at India's biggest Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL). Government head-hunters, the (PESB) has called 15 candidates for interviews on June 20 to select ...

The death of actress Jiah Khan has restarted the debate on cine star celebrity deaths. Why do so many suicides occur in the film Industry? Despite similar failure rates, there are no suicides in politics or in cricket. In cricket, we see ...

The results of Panchkula Municipal Corporation (PMC) polls on Tuesday threw up some big surprises with the loss of political heavyweights including three former presidents of Panchkula Municipal Council. Some lesser known candidates emerged ...

VIJAYPUR, June 1: Former Minister and senior Congress leader Manjit Singh today demanded Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's intervention and probe into the illegal appointments in various banks operating in J&K. He alleged that the the banks in J&K, ...

How does one judge quality literature across genres over half a century in post-independence India? Adoor Gopalakrishnan's adage could be one way of deciding the issue. "It is not uncommon," he says, "that once in a while, one comes across a book ...