The five members of Justice Srikrishna Committee, convened by the Union Government to resolve the statehood issue of Telangana in Andhra Pradesh, held a routine meeting in the national capital on Thursday.
The members discussed their varied observations and also assessed the steps taken on the issue so far, while a deputation of the [...]
A group of 44 students from Jammu and Kashmir called on the Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram here on Thursday.
The students are on a tour, sponsored by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and have already visited Mathura, Agra, Jaipur and Ajmer.
Interacting with the students, the Union Home Minister said that peace is necessary [...]
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff, DCIDS (Operations) Air Marshal D. Kukreja on Thursday said the Armed Forces have taken a major initiative towards adopting energy efficiency and conservation in operations and cantonment complexes.
Under the programme, the day is not far when the Jawan treading up the Siachen glacier along with his platoon would [...]
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Thursday presented the prestigious Moortidevi Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith to Union Minister of Law and Justice Veerappa Moily for his outstanding work on Shri Ramayan Mahanveshanam.
An established writer in Kannada, Moily has authored, to date, four novels, three collections of poetry, three plays, collections of essays, besides his [...]
The number of people owning dogs in Jaipur is on the rise and dog breeding is emerging as a high profit business around this newfound puppy love.
According to the breeders, 300-500 dogs worth Rs. one million are sold in the city every month, and the average price of a good quality puppy starts [...]
Tribals in Ranchi on Thursday celebrated ‘Sarhul’, a festival marking the beginning of New Year, by worshipping trees.
This annual festival is celebrated during the spring season when trees and other elements of nature are worshiped.
The festival is celebrated on the third day of the moon fortnight of ‘chaitra’, first month as per the Hindu [...]
Indian Navy ship INS Nirdeshak has set sail for Mauritius for a hydrographic survey mission in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Mauritian Government.
The ship is likely to operate in Mauritian waters for about four weeks.
During the last four years the Indian Navy in Mauritian waters has conducted about ten [...]
President Pratibha Patil on Thursday said that literature plays an important role in building a strong and enlightened society.
Addressing the gathering after presenting the prestigious Moortidevi Award to Union Law and Justice Minister M Veerappa Moil, President Patil said: “Our aim is to build a strong nation and an enlightened society. In achieving this, [...]
Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday met United States National Intelligence Director Dennis C Blair and the US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer here, hours before alleged Lashkar operative David Headley is to plead guilty in a Chicago court.
Headley, who was alleged to have played a key role in the 26/11 [...]
A 33-year-old Russian woman was found dead in her room in a resort in Goa on Wednesday evening.
The deceased, identified as Elena Velichq was found dead in her room, where she was staying alone, at around 10 p.m.
The Anjuna Police Station was informed about the incident by the hotel staff that [...]
Residents of Muthianwala village in the India-Pakistan border area in Punjab are waiting for the construction of a bridge over the Sutlej River, which separates their Tarn Taran district from neighbouring Ferozepur district.
Currently, the villagers have to be ferried across the River Sutlej as the road links between two areas are lengthy so much [...]
The Telugu film industry will observe a shutdown on Friday to pressurize the Andhra Pradesh Government to immediately tackle the menace of piracy.
Film producer Yalamanchi Ravichand’s fast-unto-death over the piracy issue has entered the third day on Wednesday and many of the leading film personalities have joined his protest outside the Andhra Pradesh Film [...]
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said that her government wanted to phase out auto-rickshaws from the national capital.
Interacting with the media on Wednesday, Dikshit said that the government hoped that auto-rickshaws will phase out automatically when battery-operated vehicles become operational.
“Look, experimentation is taking place and various auto-makers are doing it like CNG [...]
Delhi Daredevils skipper Gautam Gambhir, who sustained a hamstring injury during their Indian Premier League game against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday, has been ruled out of Friday’s tie against Chennai Super Kings.
Gambhir suffered the injury while fielding in the game, and later did not bat as the Daredevils went on to lose the [...]
The Union Home Ministry on Thursday described a media report on declining attendance as ‘factually not correct.’
The Home Ministry has installed a biometric attendance control system to record the attendance of employees since September 2009.
According to Home Ministry, [...]
Nationalist Congress Party chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday asked the Women’s Reservation Bill opponents to let the Bill pass in its present form.
He said the issue of providing reservation to minorities and other backward classed [...]
As India strives for safe neighbourhood with intensified engagements with its neighbours, an India-Bangladesh Security Dialogue is being organised later this week in Delhi by two premier think tanks of these countries.
The Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), Dhaka, led by former Foreign Secretary Mr. Farooq [...]
The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries on Thursday rejected a report appearing in Pakistan’s Daily Times newspaper that suggested that former PML-Q leader and one-time Musharraf loyalist Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, who is slated to become that country’s next finance minister, was its money [...]
Transgender persons in West Bengal want reservation not just in Parliament, but also in education, jobs and all community and social development programmes. Transgender activist, Agniva Lahiri points out that mere political representation cannot bring emancipation to a community [...]
Water Ministry officials of India and Bangladesh on Thursday held discussions on the sharing of the Teesta river water, ahead of a ministerial-level Joint River Commission meeting.
India’s Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal met his Bangladeshi counterpart [...]
Parvez Dewan, the author of ‘Tibet: Fifty Years After’ presented a copy of his book to exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in the national capital on Thursday.
Dewan has co-authored the book with Siddharth Shrivastava, while the Dalai Lama has penned the foreword of [...]
Union Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju on Thursday ruled out the possibility of any surgical strike on terror camps inside Pakistan, but said adequate measures would be taken to ensure India’s protection.
Interacting with media on the sidelines of a seminar, Raju said the Government would ensure that country’s interests are [...]
A deranged Mumbai ex-customs officer shot and killed his 16-year-old female neighbour after a fight over noise here today.
He also fired at a police team and was killed in the exchange of fire.
Sixty-five-year-old Harish Maroliya, who lived in a housing society [...]
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said the prices of essential commodities are coming down.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of an agricultural seminar here, Pawar said the present trend in the prices of commodities is a good sign.
“Sugar was the biggest problem and there [...]
Goa Police on Thursday arrested tainted cop Ashish Shirodkar for his alleged drug mafia links.
Shirodkar who was suspended along with four other officers for having links with notorious Israeli drug peddler Atala, was arrested by the Crime Branch of the Goa Police.
The Crime [...]
Union Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju on Thursday said that with the defence forces around the world being amongst the largest consumers of energy, it is imperative for them to optimize the consumption of diesel and conventional energy sources.
Addressing a seminar [...]
A survey has found that middle class families in the most prosperous regions in China are finding the least happiness in life because of the high stress of daily life.
According to a survey by insurance company Manulife-Sinochem, the middle class families found that economic pressures and having little [...]
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia today said that a trade deal signed between India and the United States is set to boost investment in the countries’ key sectors.
Following the conclusion of the two-day National [...]
Activists of the Bangla-O-Bangla Bhasa Bachao committee, a regional forum, called for a 24-hour here, protesting the fifth round of tripartite talks to be held with central officials in New today.
Most of the shops were closed with only few school and government buses running [...]
The Dalai Lama today condemned media censorship in China, saying the Chinese people have a right to know the truth about happening in Tibet He made the remarks at a press conference in Bhopal, where he delivered a keynote address [...]
