Train between India and Pak a major threat, feel Intelligence agencies

Improper security arrangements for the Thar Express between India and Pakistan have turned the weekly train into a major security threat for the country.

Experts believe that because of lax security measures, terrorists across the border may find it extremely easy to smuggle explosives into India.

More than 61% of women in India seem to believe they are more secure in their jobs and have better career prospects despite the current economic downturn. Compared to this, only 56% of men seem to believe so. Working professionals in another developing country —Brazil— seem to feel more secure, shows a global survey by consulting major Accenture ahead of the International Women’s Day on March 8.

Nine scrap yards sealed, owners fined; 32 docs given notice for improper handling of waste

A team of Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Wednesday raided nine scrap yards in the city and seized more than 1000 kg of bio-medical waste, including injection syringes, bottles and medicines. The scrap yards have been sealed.

Boat owner bears cost of surgery to sew up the chopped leg of fisherman Ram

Forty-year-old fisherman Ram Gopal, a native of Bihar, has been spared the life of a physically challenged, thanks to the Coast Guard. His left leg was almost completely chopped off by the propeller of the fishing boat he was fishing with in Jakhau waters last month, but he would be able to walk like a normal person soon, after he is discharged from a private hospital in Rajkot this week.

Guj CM seems to have discarded development as ls poll agenda

Chief minister Narendra Modi has surprised many by coining an unexpected catch phrase for the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha campaign in the state. During recent public meetings, he has been heard calling the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre as the 'Dilli ni Sultanat', which instantly brings to mind periods of Muslim rule in Indian history.

If the roads & buildings department's circuit house expansion dream takes a 'realty' turn, the Gujarat IAS officers' association stands to be rendered homeless, with its office at the Officers' Bungalow 3 in Shahibaug, allotted to it four years back, being targeted for the extension of adjacent circuit house.

Interestingly, the association does not even have a mess of its own and most of its members' major events are usually held in the IPS officers mess in Shahibaug. What remains to be seen now is whether the association will be given another place for shifting its office from the present house immediately, or not.