6 cops #killed, 8 hurt in #Naxals step up #attacks in #Chhattisgarh
Raipur: Six security personnel were killed and eight injured in back-to-back attacks by Naxalsin insurgency-hit districts of Chhattisgarh, which has seen a string of strikes by […]
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Dr #BRAmbedkar 124th #birthanniversary today
New Delhi: Marking the 124th birth anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Google today changed its doodle to an image of the revolutionary Indian leader. The doodle is featuring in […]
#UPSC #CivilServices (Main) Examinations: Results 2014 declared
New Delhi: The results of civil services (main) examination, 2014 were declared on Sunday night by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The personality test of […]
#ManoharParrikar says, #Rafaledeal will bring #oxygen to #IndianAirForce
Panaji: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will buy 36 Rafale jets from France in fly-away condition soon, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said that the […]
3 #jawans #injured in cross-border #firing in #Punjab, #BSF to lodge protest
Attari: Three Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were injured in cross-border firing in Amritsar sector of Punjab by smugglers from the Pakistani side, BSF officials […]
#SC orders #privatehospitals to provide #freetreatment for #acidattack victims
New Delhi: In a significant step, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered private hospitals across the country to provide immediate and free treatment to acid attack victims. […]
#Lahore HC orders #Pakistan govt to release 26/11 #mastermind #Lakhvi: Report
Islamabad: In a move that could again upset India, A court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered the immediate release of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack’s alleged […]
#DrNasimZaidi appoints as new Chief #ElectionCommissioner by #President
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday appointed the senior-most Election Commissioner, Dr Nasim Zaidi, as the next Chief Election Commissioner ( CEC) of the country. The law ministry […]
#SupremeCourt affirms #deathpenalty to #YakubMemon for #1993Mumbai #serialblasts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today, rejected the review plea filed by death row convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key conspirator with Dawood Ibrahim in the […]
#NHRC issues notice to #AP govt in red #sandalwood #smugglers #encounter case
Tirupati: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police of Andhra Pradesh over the killing of […]
#PMModi promises compensation hiked by 50% for farmers who suffered #cropdamage
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the eligibility for getting compensation for crop damage due to natural calamity has been lowered […]
20 red #sandalwood #smugglers shot dead in Chittoor distric: #forest officials
Hyderabad: At least 20 red sandalwood smugglers were killed in a joint operation by the Andhra Pradesh police and forest officials in Chittoor district of the state on Tuesday. Majority of […]
All #religions should get #equal #respect, SC judge #KurianJoseph to #PMModi
New Delhi: Irked over the Chief Justice of India over holding a judges conference on Good Friday, Supreme Court Judge Kurian Joseph has written to […]
#Congratulations, Mr & Mrs #SureshRaina, wish them all the #best
New Delhi: In a lavish ceremony at the Leela Palace in New Delhi, premier Indian batsman Suresh Raina tied the knot with his childhood friend […]
India’s #mountaineer #MastanBabu found dead in #AndesMountains in #SouthAmerica
New Delhi: The body of Malli Masthan Babu, the Indian mountaineer who went missing in the Andes mountain ranges in Chile, South America, was found […]
Around 350 #Indians brought #home #safely from #Yemen, wary of future
Mumbai: Over 350 Indians were safely airlifted from strife-torn Yemen, but the returnees on Thursday were apprehensive about their future and hoped they would land […]
#Hiddencamera caught by #SmritiIrani inside trial room of #Goa #showroom, #FIRfiled
Panjim: In an extremely outrageous incident, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani on Friday spotted a camera inside a trial room of a well-known […]
#Muslimgirl #MariyanAsifSiddiqui wins #BhagwadGita contest in #Mumbai
Mumbai: Mariyan Asif Siddiqui, a Muslim girl, has won first prize in an inter-school Bhagwad Gita competition. The 12-year-old Class VI student of Cosmopolitan High School won […]
#Petrol prices cut by 49 paise per litre, #diesel by Rs 1.21 from #midnight #tonight
New Delhi: After two consecutive hikes, petrol prices were Wednesday cut by 49 paise per litre and diesel by Rs 1.21 a litre on softening […]
#Unseasonal rains kill many across #India; #crops #damaged: officials
New Delhi: The fury of unseasonal rain in different states of north and east India since Sunday evening has left at least seven people dead and damaged […]
#Floods declared in J&K, schools closed; #PM #modi assures of all support to
Srinagar: Months after Jammu and Kashmir was ravaged by devastating floods, several areas in the Valley are again facing a flood-like situation due to the incessant rains […]
Navy’s #Dornier #aircraft crash: #body of second missing #officer recovered from #fuselage
Panaji: The body of Lt Kiran Shekhawat was on Friday recovered from the fuselage of the ill-fated Dornier Aircraft of the Navy which had crashed during a […]