What’s the mystery of the Indira-Abdullah accord?
bySrinagar: For nearly 37 years, Jammu and Kashmir’s regional National Conference (NC) has been criticizing the central government for not implementing the terms of the…
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Chinese daily blames India for 1962 war
byBeijing: China was “forced into a counterattack” in the 1962 war with India, said a state-run Chinese daily, blaming New Delhi for initiating “a forward…
No relief for Mulayam, Akhilesh in disproportionate assets case
byNew Delhi: In a setback to Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, the Supreme Court today declined…
Boost teledensity in rural areas, PM urges industry
byNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today urged Indian industry to come up with strategies to boost teledensity in rural areas in creative partnership with…
Haryana to give cash incentives to non-state players
byChandigarh: The Haryana government has decided to relax its sports policy to enable it give cash prizes to players from other states, an official said…
Guns N’Roses dedicate Gurgaon concert to Ravi Shankar
byGurgaon: American rock band Guns N’Roses Wednesday dedicated their concernt in Gurgaon to sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar who died in the US at the…
Ravi Shankar gets Lifetime Achievement Grammy
byWashington: Indian music legend Pandit Ravi Shankar has been named a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award recipient, a day after his death at 92 in a…
RIP Ravi Shankar: the sitar gently weeps
byNew Delhi: He was a classical musician in the purest sense and was also dubbed the ‘godfather of world music’ by Beatles friend George Harrison….
Stress among army officers being studied
byNew Delhi: The Indian government has undertaken a study to determine the level of distress among young army officers, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said today….
Bihar to bring speech recognition technology to jails
byPatna: The Bihar government plans to record voices of all prisoners through an advanced speech recognition technology besides holding prisoner ‘darbars’ to redress their grievances,…