Cong raises bogey of bogus voters
The Congress is strongly resisting the attempts of the Election Commission to hold Assembly elections in Karnataka in May, by invoking the issue of the nearly 60 lakh bogus voters in the State to counter the Commission's moves.
SOBHA REFUSES CEO POST
Senior IAS officer Sobha Nambisan, whose name the Election Commission had cleared to take over as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka, is learnt to have refused to accept the new posting citing personal reasons.
Quality assessment for schools on anvil
The Quality Council of India (QCI) has come out with accreditation standards for schools, which require the institutions to comply with a given checklist to get accredited by the council.
Armed gang strikes docs house Police said the incident occurred at around 8.40 pm, minutes after Dr Jyothi Prakash left the house to see off a friend. Wife Swarnalatha and second son Abhilash were in the house when the four masked intruders struck.
Hayden let off after token rap Matthew Hayden received no more than a token slap on the wrist for his unwarranted outburst against Harbha-jan Singh after Code of Conduct Commissioner Ron Beazley benevolently let him off with a reprimand following a three-hour hearing on Wednesday night.
Microsoft fined $1.3bn
The European Union (EU) on Wednesday imposed a record 899m euros ($1.35 billion) fine on Microsoft for charging "unreasonable" prices to rivals for access to its dominant software.
Small wonder...Six-year-old Shibani M Nayak, coming out after limbo-skating under 26 Tata Indica cars, in Mysore on Wednesday. She broke her own record of limbo-skating under 18 cars.
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Police said the incident occurred at around 8.40 pm, minutes after Dr Jyothi Prakash left the house to see off a friend. Wife Swarnalatha and second son Abhilash were in the house when the four masked intruders struck. 
Matthew Hayden received no more than a token slap on the wrist for his unwarranted outburst against Harbha-jan Singh after Code of Conduct Commissioner Ron Beazley benevolently let him off with a reprimand following a three-hour hearing on Wednesday night. 
