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Chennai, Apr 23: Violin maestro and Padma Bhushan awardee Lalgudi Jayaraman, who took Indian instrumental music to new heights, passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on Monday after a brief illness. He was 82. The legendary musician is survived by his wife, Rajalakshmi and two children, son Lalgudi G J R Krishnan and daughter Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, both acclaimed violinists. His last rites

Apr 23: The former Chief Justice of India, J.S. Verma, who recently chaired the panel that came out with recommendations on improving women’s security, died on Monday following multiple organ failure. He was 80. Justice Verma was admitted to Medanta Medicity Hospital in neighbouring Gurgaon on Friday with a serious liver condition. His condition deteriorated rapidly. Justice Verma, who became the

Belgaum, April 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has projected Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as a popular leader of the country and not as a prime ministerial candidate, the party’s national president Rajnath Singh said on Monday. The parliamentary board of the party will select the prime ministerial candidate later, he told reporters here. There is nothing wrong in stating that Modi is

New Delhi, Apr 22: Protesters gathered at Delhi Police Headquarters for the third day today demanding removal of Commissioner Neeraj Kumar and justice for the five-year-old rape victim even as police put up barricades to prevent December-like protests near Parliament where traffic was disrupted. Three Metro stations -- Race Course Road, Central Secretariat and Udyog Bhavan -- close to Parliament

New Delhi, Apr 22: The government was ready to debate all issues, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday as he appealed to the opposition for smooth functioning of parliament. "It is my sincere wish that house will function. If there are any concerns of the opposition we are willing to debate all those issues which are worrying the opposition," Manmohan Singh told reporters shortly before

New Delhi, Apr 22: One more person allegedly involved in the rape of a five-year-old girl here a week ago has been arrested, police said today. Pradeep, the second accused, was apprehended from Bihar in a joint operation by Delhi and Bihar Police, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said. "He will be brought to Delhi today after getting a transit remand from Darbhanga court," Kumar said. Manoj

Vadodara, Apr 22: Mother Dairy, Gandhinagar, a unit of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) has now emerged as world's largest milk film manufacturer. And, the Indian dairy model of supplying daily milk to consumers in the form of pouches is now being adopted by the western world and even in neighbouring Pakistan. Marketers of Amul brand, GCMMF, has enhanced the milk film

New Delhi, Apr 21: Scores of people protesting the rape of a 5-year-old girl descended at police headquarters and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's residence on the second consecutive day today raising slogans and demanding removal of Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. Placard-wielding protests also gathered at AIIMS where the girl is undergoing treatment. Workers of BJP's womens wing, Mahila Morcha

New Delhi, Apr 21: Citing the horrific Delhi gangrape incident and gruesome assault on five-year-old girl here, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there was a need to make "vast improvements" to ensure women's safety in the country. He asked people to work collectively to uproot such depravity from the society. "It is widely accepted that, as a country, we have vast improvements to make in

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Washington, Apr 21: India's civil society continues to express concern over the Gujarat Government's failure to protect people or arrest those responsible for communal violence in 2002, a US report on human rights has said. The report, titled 'Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012' released by the US State