Indian rocket being fuelled for Risat-1 launch
With 5.47 a.m. on Thursday set for the blast-off of the Indian rocket carrying a remote sensing/earth observation satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - into space, the Indian space agency is
Indian boy of five languishes in Bangladesh jail
A five-year-old Indian boy and his grandparents are lodged in a Bangladesh jail for a year since the process for their confirmation as Indian nationals has taken up a lot of time, a media report said
30 million Indian school children have no access to toilets
Nearly 30 million school children in the country still have no access to toilets, even as schools have made significant progress in providing the facility in recent years, a study by UNICEF's Water, S
India, Pakistan to liberalise visa regime, says Krishna
India and Pakistan are likely to sign a 'liberalised visa agreement' when home secretaries of the two countries meet in Islamabad next month, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said on Wednesday.
Jamia Millia Islamia to confer honorary degree to UN chief
Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) will confer an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
"The University will hold a special convocation on Friday at 11 a.m. to confe
Moderate quake jolts Nicobar Islands
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted the Nicobar islands on Wednesday afternoon, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official here said.
The temblor struck at 1.12 p.m
Sensex slumps 117.57 points, Wipro tanks
A benchmark index for Indian equities markets was trading 117.57 points lower in the afternoon session on Wednesday, affected by a decline in the shares of IT and power firms whose share prices came d
Collector's abduction: Two of three 'mediators' say no
Two of the three mediators named by Maoists to negotiate the release of Chhattisgarh district collector Alex Paul Menon have refused to join talks. While lawyer Prashant Bhushan said he could not medi
Settle defamation case, court tells Dikshit, BJP leader
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijendra Gupta to settle out of court their defamation case in an amicable and responsible m
Pune Warriors opt to bat against Delhi Daredevils
Pune Warriors captain Sourav Ganguly won the toss and elected to bat against Delhi Daredevils in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium here on Tuesday.
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