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Pune, July 09: While most IT companies have deferred their campus recruitment by six months, engineering students can take a breather with the off-campus recruitment to be held by IBM India in association with Federation of Training and Placement Officers (FTPO) on Friday and Saturday at Pimpri-Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE).

IBM had recruited 70 out of 500 respondents in a similar off-campus drive held last year. “This year, we expect about 1,000 students for the two-day drive,” said Shitalkumar Rawandale, president, FTPO.

Mumbai, July 09: Considering that the French love everything that’s indigenous and artisanal, the comments of the country’s president Nicholas Sarkozy about the burqa are a bit out of step.

But also considering the gent is better known for his wife’s passion for Christian Dior frocks than his political prowess, let’s just say that France is an interesting place.

New Delhi, July 09: A judge was allegedly manhandled by a group of lawyers at the Rohini district courts on Wednesday. The brawl was triggered by arguments during the hearing of a divorce case when Additional District Judge (ADJ) Pankaj Gupta issued a bailable warrant to the woman seeking divorce, sources said.

New Delhi, July 09: Random checks carried out by municipal health inspectors have found that several pockets of Delhi are exposed to contaminated water, unfit for drinking.

Samples from Ballimaran in Chandni Chowk, slum clusters around Jama Masjid, areas in Karol Bagh, Azadpur Mandi and even Nirankari Colony — the residential area of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) near Kingsway Camp — have tested positive for faecal contamination, Health department officials have said.

Health authorities have said the impure water is behind the sudden spurt in water-borne diseases in the city.

New Delhi, July 08: Describing the educational reforms suggested by the Yashpal Committee as “contradictory”, the country’s largest teachers’ body on Wednesday said they would soon come up with an alternative proposal.

“The recommendations of the Yashpal Committee and the report of the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) are contradictory in many aspects,” All India Federation of Universities and College Teachers Organisation president Thomas Joseph said here.

New Delhi, July 08: The Centre on Wednesday said there was no proposal to hold direct talks with Naxals but it would welcome such a dialogue between the Left wing extremists and any state government.

“There is no proposal for the Central Government to hold talks directly with the Left wing extremists,” Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken told Rajya Sabha today.

“State Governments have, from time to time, appealed to the Left wing extremists to abjure violence and hold talks with the government on any issues that are of concern to them…,” he said.

New Delhi, July 08: The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is being extended to all six crore BPL families in the country during the current financial year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Minister of State for Labour and Employment Harish Rawat said a smartcard-based cashless health insurance cover of Rs 30,000 per year under the scheme has been already provided to over 49 lakh families in 18 states till June 30 this year.

In all, 25 states have initiated moves to implement it, he said.

New Delhi, July 08: Most of the Haj pilgrims may not even know the complexities of the currency movement but have been asked to cough up Rs 5,000 more for the pilgrimage they had completed last year, a CPI(M) Member in the Rajya Sabha said.

Raising the issue during zero hour, Moinul Hassan said the Mumbai Haj Committee which is managed “unprofessionally” had sent an unsigned letter seeking extra sum from the Hajis.

The reason cited by the committee for extra money related to depreciation of the Rupee against Saudi Riyal, Mr. Hassan said.

New Delhi, July 08: Former Shahi Imam of historic Jama Masjid Maulana Syed Abdullah Bukhari, who was ailing for the past few months, passed away here this morning.

He was 87.

The prominent religious leader breathed his last at around 9:30 am, a statement from the present Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari’s secretariat said.

The 12th Shahi Imam of the historic Jama Masjid, Maulana Syed Abdullah Bukhari is the father of present Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari. His father Maulana Syed Hameed Bukhari was the 11th Shahi Imam.

New Delhi, July 08: The foundation and the structure of the Taj Mahal is stable and secure, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

“Scientific studies at the behest of Archaeological Survey of India on various structural aspects of the Taj Mahal by Survey of India, Dehradun and Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee have shown that the foundation of the monument as well as its structure are stable and secure,” Minister of State for Planning V Narayanasamy said.

New Delhi, July 08: A total of 6,540 Indian prisoners, including 121 women, are incarcerated in jails of various countries across the world, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

The Government of India, through its missions abroad, along with the foreign governments is making all possible efforts to provide necessary assistance to Indians lodged in foreign jails, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said in a written reply.

New Delhi, July 08: Government plans to more than double the number of Russian-made Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft in Indian Air Force fleet to 230 by 2015, Defence Minister A K Antony informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, Antony said since 1996 IAF has procured 98 Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft.

“By 2015, we plan to have a fleet of 230 Sukhoi fighter aircraft,” he said.