7.5ft-long python sneaks into slum near NIMHANS
Residents of Someshwaranagar in the heart of the City were in for a rude shock on Wednesday, when they spotted a 7.5-foot long python on the compound wall of NIMHANS, adjacent to a slum.
Sakrama may stay, but with changes
Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Wednesday directed the law department and the Advocate-General to explore all possibilities to bring in some changes in the vexed Sakrama scheme and provide "relief" to a large section of people who need to regularise their illegal developments.
CET schedule dashes hopes of aspirants
Students were hoping that this year, at least, the Common Entrance Test (CET 2008) for professional courses would be spread over two days. And, that they would also get sufficient time to prepare for it.
Bollywood beckons Akhtar
If things fall in place, volatile Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar may well make his Bollywood debut soon. On a chilly Tuesday here at a City hotel, two women were the cynosure of the media as arclights and cameras were constantly directed at them.
The Centre's proposal to introduce one year compulsory rural service for doctors has drawn the ire of medical students. Are the doctors justified in their stand? What should the government do to make rural posting attractive?
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fall in place, volatile Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar may well make his Bollywood debut soon. On a chilly Tuesday here at a City hotel, two women were the cynosure of the media as arclights and cameras were constantly directed at them.
