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Indian politician charged with offering opium to guests

Staff Reporter · Nov 2, 2008 · 5 min read

JODHPUR, Nov 3 (Agencies): A former Indian foreign minister has been accused of illegal drug possession after he allegedly offered guests milk laced with opium,...

Shiv Sena vandalises Outlook office in Mumbai

Staff Reporter · Oct 3, 2008 · 2 min read

MUMBAI, Aug 15 (Agencies): A group of Shiv Sena members today ransacked the Mumbai office of Outlook ostensibly in objection to the current issue of the magazin...

Sixty Years Of Latitude

Staff Reporter · Oct 3, 2008 · 7 min read

MUMBAI, Aug 15(Agencies) : No doubt, we deserve the self-congratulation. But how about some reflection too? Can 'inclusive India' be less an abuse, more a prior...

Manmohan Singh skips nuclear deal in speech

Staff Reporter · Oct 3, 2008 · 1 min read

NEW DELHI, Aug 15 (Agencies): With the India-US civilian nuclear deal become a major cause for political divide in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ma...

Maharashtra launches two rural schemes on I-Day

Staff Reporter · Oct 3, 2008 · 1 min read

MUMBAI, Aug 15 (Agencies): Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh launched two ambitious schemes on Independence Day Wednesday aimed at providing medical ...

Barring northeast, peaceful I-Day celebrations across India

Staff Reporter · Oct 3, 2008 · 5 min read

NEW DELHI, Aug 15 (Agencies): Barring two northeastern states where there were four bomb blasts and a paramilitary trooper was killed in an ambush, celebrations...

Temple hoists tricolour in memory of freedom fighters

Staff Reporter · Oct 3, 2008 · 1 min read

RANCHI, Aug 15 (Agencies): A temple on a hilltop here hoisted the national flag Wednesday, like it does every year, in the memory of dozens of freedom fighters ...

Freedom struggle can now fetch fellowships

Staff Reporter · Oct 3, 2008 · 1 min read

BHOPAL, Aug 15 (Agencies): The Madhya Pradesh government will grant special fellowships for documenting the contribution of the state in India's freedom struggl...

Justice that is delayed is forgotten: chief justice of India

Staff Reporter · Oct 3, 2008 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, Aug 15 (Agencies): Delayed justice and the tardy disposal of cases could result in people losing faith in the judiciary, Chief Justice of India K.G. ...

Kalam celebrates I-Day with students

Staff Reporter · Oct 3, 2008 · 3 min read

HYDERABAD, Aug 15 (Agencies): Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who stepped down from office last month, celebrated India's 60th Independence Day here by doi...

Ammunition missing from Border Security Force outpost

Staff Reporter · Oct 3, 2008 · 2 min read

KOLKATA, Aug 15 (Agencies):Border Security Force (BSF) personnel raided three villages near the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Malda district Wednesda...

Pak Army's support must to resolve Kashmir issue: Mirwaiz

Staff Reporter · Sep 26, 2008 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, JUNE 7 (AGENCIES) : The new civilian government in Pakistan has to take the Army on board before implementing its ideas on the Kashmir issue, Hurriya...

Militant hideout busted, arms recovered

Staff Reporter · Sep 26, 2008 · 4 min read

JAMMU, JUNE 7: Security forces busted a militant hideout and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, official sour...

Firing reported along LoC in Poonch

Staff Reporter · Sep 26, 2008 · 1 min read

POONCH, JUNE 7: Army troops retaliated when firing from across Line of Control (LoC) was reported in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district, official sources s...

Congress party magazine turns Gandhi family album

Staff Reporter · Sep 26, 2008 · 5 min read

NEW DELHI, JUNE 7 (AGENCIES): Notwithstanding Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's public statements against sycophancy and his talk of democratization of ...

London business school kicks of its annual India trip

Staff Reporter · Sep 19, 2008 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, Dec 16 : A topic often discussed in India is the rural-urban divide and how the two economies of the country are increasingly growing apart. The popu...

TWB initiates aerospace documentation standards training

Staff Reporter · Sep 19, 2008 · 2 min read

BANGALORE, Dec 16: The Writers Block (TWB) has launched India's first ever Aerospace Standards Documentation training for the corporate sector. The training rei...

Growth of notebook PC sales surging in India

Staff Reporter · Sep 19, 2008 · 3 min read

NEW DELHI, Dec 16 (Agencies):The Indian notebook personal computer (PC) market has grown by around a whopping 85 percent during the third quarter (July-Sep) of ...

Anti-Modi ads appear before the last phase of polls

Staff Reporter · Sep 19, 2008 · 2 min read

NEW DELHI, Dec 16 (Agencies): Just before the last phase of polls, an ad featuring Narendra Modi doing puja, wearing shoes, and also opposition Leader LK Advani...

Orissa tailor designs record 38 feet-long underwear

Staff Reporter · Sep 19, 2008 · 1 min read

BHUBANESWAR, Dec 16 (Agencies):In a bid to create a world record, a tailor in Orissa has designed a 38-feet-long cloth underwear. A.V. Giri, a resident of Jaypu...

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