The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will declare the results of class XII examinations on Monday at 12 noon.

The results would be uploaded on a number of websites including on www.results.nic.in, www.cbseresults.nic.in and www.cbse.nic.in, the board said. 

Students would also be able to know their results through an Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) by dialling 24300699 (Delhi), 011-24300699 (other parts of the country). MTNL subscribers can call 28127030 (Delhi) and 011-28127030 (other parts). 

Besides, students would also be able to check their marks obtained through SMS (text message) services of certain mobile phone operators. 

Officials said the results of class X would also be announced in a couple of days. 

Last year, a total of 10,28,928 candidates had registered for class XII examination and the pass percentage across the country stood at 82.66 per cent. 

The board, in its statement, added that post-result counselling would begin from tomorrow itself and continue till June 8, for which it has provided a toll-free number -- 1800118004.

Dr John F Nash Jr, a Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose descent into and recovery from mental illness inspired the Academy Award-winning film A Beautiful Mind, was killed in a car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike.

As a Princeton University graduate student, he had produced a 27-page thesis on game theory -- in essence, the applied mathematical study of decision-making in situations of conflict -- that would become one of the most celebrated works in the field.

Before the academic world could fully recognize his achievement, Dr Nash descended into a condition eventually diagnosed as schizophrenia.

For the better part of 20 years, his once supremely rational mind was beset by delusions and hallucinations.

Click HERE to read the transcript from an interview with Dr Nash at the 1st Meeting of Laureates in Economic Sciences in Lindau, Germany, September 1-4, 2004. 

Attending office for the first time in her fifth shot as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa on Sunday cleared a string of welfare proposals and declared open 201 more eateries under the populist 'Amma Canteen' scheme.

Getting down to the business of governance in the state where elections are due next year after being sworn in on Saturday, Jayalalithaa cleared a slew of welfare schemes worth over Rs 1800 crore, including those for improving road and drinking water facilities and extending assistance to indigent families headed by women.

Jayalalithaa, who arrived at the state secretariat at Fort St George for the first time after being out of power for eight months, signed five files approving the schemes.

"Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has ordered improvement of roads in urban local bodies at a cost of Rs 1000 crore," a state government release said.

The AIADMK Chief also opened 201 more 'AMMA' canteens, providing food at subsidised rates, across the state through video-conferencing.

Nepal has alerted India of possible flash floods in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh after massive landslides, likely triggered by recent devastating earthquakes, blocked Kali Gandaki river in western Nepal, creating a huge artificial lake.

Authorities in India have been informed about the formation of the artificial lake, which could burst, leading to flash floods in Nepal as well as in Bihar and Uttar

Pradesh, said Hari Prasad Mainali, the chief district officer of Nepal's Nawalparasi district, which borders India.

"There are chances of the artificial lake created in the river by the landslide bursting any time. We have asked the Indian side to remain alert," said Mainali.

Security personnel have been deployed on the river banks, urging people to remain alert as the artificial lake could burst at any time.

Thousands of people in Nepal's Myagdi district and surrounding areas have already fled to safety after the landslides buried dozen of houses. However, no casualties have been reported so far in the country.

A new deep and growing lake has been formed on the Kali Gandaki River in Myagdi district, about 140km north-west of the capital, Kathmandu, after landslides overnight.

Mumbai Fire Brigade's chief fire officer Sunil Nesarikar died today while undergoing treatment for the severe burns he suffered during a blaze at a four-storeyed building at Kalbadevi in Mumbai on May 9.

Nesarikar is the fourth senior official the department has lost after the Kalbadevi blaze.

His condition started deteriorating since last evening and he succumbed to injuries, an official from Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) said. 

He was undergoing treatment at the National Burns Centre in Airoli in Navi Mumbai. 

Nesarikar passed away due to multi-organ failure after sustaining 50 per cent third degree burns with acute inhalation lung injury, a hospital official said. 

Deputy chief fire officer Sudhir Amin, who had suffered 90 per cent burns during the fire-fighting operation at the Gokul Niwas building in Kalbadevi, passed away 10 days ago. 

The Kalbadevi fire had also claimed the lives of assistant divisional fire officer S W Rane and station officer MN Desai on May 9. 

Delhiites continued to reel under the heat wave today with the mercury settling at 44.5 degrees Celsius, same as yesterday, the season's highest. 

Palam and Delhi university have recorded over 46 degrees Celsius.

"The minimum temperature was recorded at 27.5 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average and the humidity was 43 per cent," a MeT official said. 

Yesterday was the season's hottest day in the national capital, with the maximum temperature settling at 44.5 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season's average while the minimum temperature had settled at 29.3 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average.

Thinking of selling your old smartphone? Watch out, as its data may be retrievable even after wiping it!

User data is routinely retrievable from second-hand Android devices that have been wiped through a factory reset, a new Cambridge study has warned. 

Most Android handsets offer no easily accessible way of deleting user data including access tokens, messages, images and other content, researchers said. 

The factory-reset shortcomings uncovered by researchers at the Cambridge University affect an estimated 500 million Android handsets, and pose a problem for organisations that routinely resell such devices. 

Researchers said up to 630 million people do not properly wipe multimedia files. 

They examined 21 second-hand devices running Android versions 2.3 to 4.3 from five manufacturers that had been wiped using the operating system's built-in factory reset feature, 'Tech Week Europe' reported. 

India Today reports: International burgers eating into India's spicy street food market have bulged over the past decade. But the global chains, reluctant to pick bones with local laws and beliefs in the world's second most populous nation, are staying off beef and pork as they clash for a larger slice of the country's succulent fast-food industry.

Wendy's, the world's third largest hamburger conglomerate after McDonald's and Burger King, joined the battle for the Indian palate earlier in May. 

But the Ohio-based firm, in a public display of nerves, replaced its never-frozen, North American beef with socially-acceptable chicken and mutton burgers and six vegetarian offerings to boot.

Read more HERE

Pressing for 5 per cent reservation, Gujjars on Sunday intensified their agitation by blocking highways in parts of Rajasthan and threatening to expand it across the state as they alleged that the state government had failed to offer any concrete proposal to meet their demand.

The community members, who started the renewed agitation on Thursday last by disrupting rail traffic, on Sunday blocked National Highway 11 at Dausa and a state highway in Sawaimadhopur district to build pressure on the state government, a day after their talks ended in a deadlock.

The Gujjars blocked the Agra-Jaipur highway at Sikandara in Dausa and Sawaimadhopur-Sheopur state highway in Khandar area of Sawaimadhopur district where the Gujjars are squatting, police said.

Traffic on both the highways has been diverted to other roads and police has been deployed around the area to maintain law and order, police added.

"Several hundred people blocked the highway at Sikandara this morning while the Sawaimadhopur-Sheopur state highway is also blocked since last night," they said.

"We are intensifying the agitation after the government failed to offer any concrete plan to provide the community five per cent reservation under the legal limit of 50 per cent. 

Launching a counter offensive against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for giving the Modi government "zero out of 10" for handling farmers' issues, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said "zeroes cannot see beyond zero".

"The entire world is hailing Modi as a great leader, a man of action. GDP rate has gone up, inflation is reduced, and you say zero. Zeroes cannot see beyond zero. Zeroes have no ability to acknowledge heroes," he said. 

Asked about Rahul's new-found aggression following his return from a 56-day sabbatical, Naidu said the government was "least worried". 

"Rahul has been in politics for 11 years. What has happened? Congress party lost eight states. (It) lost even position of the recognized opposition. They are trying to replace their failures by aggressive words, by making cheap allegations against the government at times," Naidu said. 

Forced to refer the land bill to a joint Parliamentary committee by the Congress-led Opposition, Naidu said the government was open to bringing in fresh changes in it provided suggestions were wise and did not alter the basic purpose of the legislation. 

Bucking the overall trend of easing inflation, pulses got costlier by up to 64 per cent in the first year of the Modi government across major metro cities, primarily due to fall in domestic production. 

Amid forecast of a poor monsoon for the second consecutive year, the government is considering importing pulses through state-owned trading firms such as MMTC to boost domestic supply and check the rise in retail prices.

According to the data maintained by the Consumer Affairs Ministry, the maximum increase in retail prices was witnessed in urad in the past one year, while tur, masoor, gram and moong dal prices have also shot up.

One of the major achievements of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government -- which is completing its one year in office -- has been the inflation control during the period. 

 As per the latest government data, the overall consumer price inflation dropped to its four-month low of 4.87 per cent in April, while wholesale price based inflation has been in the negative territory for six straight months. 

While inflation has eased in a number of food articles, the Consumer Affairs Ministry data showed that pulses have been getting costlier considerably, at least in the metro cities.

The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government on Sunday completed 100 days in office, a period marked by its ongoing bitter tussle with the Lt Governor, a split in the party and implementation of a slew of its electoral promises, including slashing power tariff by 50 per cent and providing free water of up to 20,000 litres per month.

The government also re-launched the '1031' anti-corruption helpline, where people can lodge complaints against officials, to weed out graft and achieve its stated objective of making Delhi the country's first graft-free state.

The government has planned a mega event at Central Park in the heart of the national capital on Monday where the entire Delhi Cabinet will be present to highlight its achievements before the public.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked Pakistan to extend all help in tackling terrorism as it was also a victim of the menance. 

"It (Pakistan) should extend full cooperation in checking terrorism because the country is facing a similar problem today," Singh told reporters. 

On Pakistan's strong reaction to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's recent remarks about neutralising terrorists through terrorists, Singh said, "Not only India, but the entire world knows who is promoting terrorism."

Reacting to Parrikar's comments, Adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz had said it confirmed Islamabad's apprehensions that India was involved in terrorism in that country. 

"It must be the first time that a minister of an elected government openly advocates use of terrorism in another country on the pretext of preventing terrorism from that country or its non-state actors," Aziz had said in a statement released by Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

Over 200 people have so far died due to hot weather conditions in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, officials said.

"128 persons have died in Telangana as per the information received till Saturday evening from various districts," revenue secretary BR Meena said.

In Andhra Pradesh, the toll rose to 95 with 15 persons succumbing to heat wave across the state, a senior official of disaster management department said.

The toll pertains to the period from May 18 till this evening for Andhra Pradesh and from April 15 till this evening for Telangana, the officials said. 

Under severe attack from the opposition parties over his government's "anti-poor and anti-farmer policies", Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reportedly hold a direct dialogue with the nation in the eighth episode of his monthly radio programme called 'Mann ki Baat' on next Sunday, May 31.

According to reports, the prime minister will highlight his government's achievements and various welfare measures taken by it during his radio address to the nation, which will be telecast by the All India Radio, its major telecast centres and FM channels.

The programme will be aired at 11 am next Sunday.

The Modi government has decided to launch a series of programmes and interactions to highlight the work done by the NDA government during its first year in office.

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann ki Baat' address, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who also holds the I&B portfolio, and key NDA ministers will also hold similar interactions and press conferences across the country to showcase the initiatives taken by them..

The I&B Ministry is also considering plans to depute publicity vans and exhibitions in 50 to 60 cities to take the government's message to the hinterland, the sources said.

Plans are on the anvil for a Rs 5,000 crore 16-lane road connecting Delhi with Ghaziabad and Noida on the outskirts in a major bid to ease traffic congestion in the capital. 

A plan is also in the works to build a Rs 6,000 crore Eastern Peripheral Expressway to provide signal-free connectivity between the national capital and neighbouring towns, says Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. 

The work on the project for widening of NH-24 up to Dasna in Uttar Pradesh (UP) to 16-lanes as part of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway package, will begin in three months. 

"We are making a 16-lane highway on NH 24 from near ITO till Dasna. This will also ease traffic jams in Delhi and it will pass through the Akshardham temple. The work will start on this project in 3 months," Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Gadkari told PTI in an interview. 

The cost of the project could be in the range of Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 crore, he added. 

The widening of the road will start from near the Yamuna Bridge on NH 24. The carriage way will go up to Dasna via UP-Delhi border and eventually till Meerut, an official said. 

BlackBerry is laying off an unspecified number of workers around the world as the struggling smartphone manufacturer tries to make its device business profitable. 

The Canadian company, based in Waterloo, Ontario, said the cuts will impact those working on the software, hardware and applications side of the business. 

"As the company moves into its next stage of the turnaround, our intention is to reallocate resources in ways that will best enable us to capitalise on growth opportunities while driving toward sustainable profitability across all facets of our business," BlackBerry said in a statement to AFP yesterday.

A spokeswoman declined to provide additional information about the cuts. 

The company currently employs about 7,000 people internationally. 

BlackBerry, which only a decade ago was a titan in the smartphone business, has been forced into a major  reorganization focusing more on software and services since being overtaken in the market for mobile devices.

The online filing of applications for this year's civil services preliminary examination to select IAS and IPS officers has begun. 

This time the candidates will have the option to choose either the civil services or the Indian Forest Service or both, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has said. 

Candidates who appeared in the civil services examination, 2011 but are otherwise ineligible for the examination this year due to completion of the number of attempts available, shall be permitted an additional attempt, it said in the recently issued notification for the prestigious test.

The civil services examination is conducted by the UPSC annually in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview -- to select candidates for prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), among others. 

This year, the preliminary examination will be held on August 23 in 71 centres at about 3,000 venues. 

Candidates are required to apply through online mode on the Commission's website--www.upsconline.nic.in. No other mode is allowed for submission of application. Filing of online applications started on May 23 and will conclude on June 19 (till 11.59 PM), according to the notification. 

In order to ensure security of women in public transport, Delhi Government has decided to deploy 2,500 marshals in buses plying in the city. 

The government is currently providing training to personnel of Home Guard and Civil Defence as marshals to prevent and deter crime, especially against women passengers, in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and orange-colour cluster buses.

"As per our plan, 2,500 personnel of civil defence and home guards are now being trained as marshals in first phase. They will patrol in buses in groups. Each group will have 3-4 marshals. They will soon start patrolling buses," Transport Minister Gopal Rai said. 

According to the government, the marshals will be given walkie-talkies so that they can contact each other. 

It will take another year for Cidco to select the final bidder for the ambitious Rs 15,000-crore Navi Mumbai International Airport as the RFQs submitted by them are still pending at the project management committee level.

"We have already shortlisted four bidders which are being scrutinised by the PMC. By next April, we will be able to select the final bidder," an official at Cidco, which is the nodal implementing agency for the proposed airport, told PTI here over the weekend. 

Cidco had invited the global tenders for request for qualification (RFQ) on February 5, 2014. He said once the PMC completes the scrutiny, it will submit the report to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and then it will go to the Aviation Ministry.

"Once we get the clearance from the Ministry, we will invite financial bids and by April 2016 the bidder will be selected and work will start," the official said. 

Earlier, Cidco had said it would invite financial bids or requests for proposal (RFPs) by August this year and the final bidder would be selected by October.

As Narendra Modi government celebrates one year in office, industry body CII has said there has been no big-bang investments in the first year and issues on ease of doing business still need to be addressed. 

Stating that investments will gradually come in, CII President Sumit Mazumder termed as "ambitious" the government's aim of notching up the country's ranking to 50 on the World Bank's ease of doing business index. 

In an interview to PTI on the one-year performance of the Modi government, Mazumder said: "What has not shown is, no big bang investments have come on the ground. But that will take time.

"I would much rather see the government do a slow and gradual growth, scaled up gradually where all the structural issues are in place. How long it will take is difficult to tell, but based on my discussions with various people, we should definitely start seeing results by the third or fourth quarter of this year". 

The CII President said he would like to see much more action being taken on Ease of Doing Business, to cut out the red tape.

"I really want to see that red tape to red carpet happen. I don't just want it to be statement. So that the application forms, inspectors, rigour that one has to go through to set up an industry is addressed, along with digitization of forms so that everything is quick".