Coastline vulnerable to illegal activities: Government
New Delhi: India’s winding coastline is vulnerable to “illegal cross border activities”, the government has said. According to Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh,…
Apex court sets Pakistani virologist free
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday set free octogenarian Pakistani virologist Mohammad Khalil Chisty, who had challenged the life imprisonment given to him for a…
Himachal’s Keylong freezes at minus 8.5 degrees Celsius
Shimla: A day after snowfall, cold wave conditions gripped Himachal Pradesh today with temperature in Keylong, district headquarters town of Lahaul and Spiti, dropping to…
Wal-Mart probe by retired judge: Kamal Nath
New Delhi: A retired judge would hold the inquiry into reports on lobbying by Wal-Mart to open the way for foreign equity in retail trade…
Uttrakhand resident bags IMC Inclusive Innovation Award
Mumbai: Awarded for his product – electricity and cooking coal from pine needles – Uttrakhand-based Rajinish Jain has been conferred the IMC Inclusive Innovation Awards…
472 vehicles to compete in 2013 Dakar Rally
Lima (Peru): A total of 472 vehicles will compete in the 2013 Dakar Rally, the rugged road race being hosted for the fifth consecutive year…
Tendulkar should assess his career like Ponting: Akram
New Delhi: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram feels it is difficult for Indian selectors to give any sort of retirement advice to Sachin Tendulkar and,…
83 km of India-Pakistan border yet to be fenced
New Delhi: A total of 83.22 km of India-Pakistan border is yet to be fenced. In a statement in the Lok Sabha Tuesday, Minister of…
BCCI chief said no to Dhoni’s removal: Amarnath
New Delhi: Former selector Mohinder Amarnath today revealed that Indian cricket board president N. Srinivasan overruled the selection committee’s unanimous decision to remove Mahendra Singh…
Time has come to dismiss parliament: Hazare
New Delhi: The time had come to dismiss parliament, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare said Tuesday while announcing a nationwide tour against the United Progressive Alliance…