Mumbai, Nov 22 (IANS) The Indian cricket board Sunday distanced itself from spokesperson Rajiv Shukla's comments on Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray for picking on Sachin Tendulkar. In a press statement, Board ...

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Indian cricket board slammed Shiv Sena superemo Bal Thackeray Monday for picking on Sachin Tendulkar. Thackeray has taken umbrage at the cricket maestro's statement last week that ...

Kochi (Kerala), Nov 16 (ANI): A 58-year-old ex- naval officer has built a replica of the Taj Mahal here to pay reverence to the war heroes, freedom fighters and the victims of ...

Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) Haryana Saturday launched a new service, which will enable people from all parts of the state to avail an ambulance by dialling 102. Called the 'Haryana Swasthya Vaahan ...

Bhopal, Nov 9 (IANS) Four days after two prominent Muslim groups in Madhya Pradesh claimed that singing 'Vande Mataram' was not un-Islamic, a group of Muslims joined people from other communities in ...

Hyderabad, Nov 5 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid Thursday criticised the endorsement of a fatwa against the singing of "Vande mataram" by Muslims, saying some people ...

Bhopal, Nov 5 (IANS) It is not un-Islamic to sing "Vande mataram", two prominent Muslim groups in Madhya Pradesh said Thursday, two days after the clerics' body Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind approved an earlier ...

Agartala, Oct 31 (IANS) Cuban Ambassador to India Miguel Angel Ramirez Ramos has urged the US to withdraw the embargo on Cuba and release five of its citizens, who have been ...

By Richa Sharma New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru are their national heroes but the present politicians do not influence Indian adolescents. A study has revealed that a majority ...

Dhaka, Oct 11 (IANS) A Maoist shot dead by security forces has been cremated with state honours in recognition of his role in Bangladesh's war of independence, a newspaper reported Sunday. Nirapada Bairagi, ...

Karnal (Haryana), Oct 4 (IANS) Saying that the state has made all-round progress, including "phenomenal development" in the field of education, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday asked the people of Haryana ...

Karnal (Haryana), Oct 4 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday asked the people of Haryana to return the Congress to power in the upcoming assembly polls if they wanted the state ...

Today is a significant day for our nation as it is a birthday of our dear "Bapu" i.e. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. As we all know that Gandhiji is also known as ...

Mumbai, Sep.20 (ANI): Designer duo Rohit and Abhishek, vowed the audiences on Sunday with their interesting designs and use of colour, as they showcased their Men's wear spring summer 2010 collection here ...

Hyderabad, Sep 17 (IANS) The 61st anniversary of Telangana 'Liberation Day' was celebrated Thursday with various political parties paying rich tributes to the freedom fighters who laid down their lives for ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 31 (IANS) Veteran Malayalam superstar Mammootty says he is not only excited about his forthcoming historical epic "Pazhassi Raja", but also has huge expectations from the movie that is dubbed ...

Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday opened the Nazrul Complex beside the Dhaka University Central Mosque to mark the 33rd death anniversary of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. Nazrul, called ...

New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): Activists of the Rashtrawadi Sena Party on Wednesday staged demonstration against former senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jaswant Singh showering encomium on founder ...

Bangalore, Aug 15 (IANS) In a gesture to the veterans who participated in the country's freedom struggle, the Karnataka government on the occasion of the 63rd Independence Day Saturday enhanced the monthly ...

Chennai, Aug 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi announced a marginal increase in the monthly pension of freedom fighters and their families on the occasion of Independence Day Saturday. Saluting those ...

New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The following is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address on Independence Day: Dear countrymen, brothers and sisters, I consider myself fortunate to once again have ...

Following is the text of the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil’s address to the Nation by on the eve of the 63rd Independence Day: “My Fellow Citizens, ...

By Maitreyee Boruah Bangalore, Aug 14 (IANS) As teenagers, they were inspired by the call of Mahatma Gandhi and took part in India's independence movement. Now, 62 years later, Karnataka's freedom fighters continue ...

B-Town has recently seen a flood of firangis making their way into films. Nothing seems to be stopping them then be it the language, the culture difference or the climatic conditions. In-fact, ...

New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked police to provide protection to a woman lawyer who was assaulted by some residents for tending stray dogs in the capital. ...

New Delhi, Aug.9 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil hosted the customary "At Home" on the occasion of 67th anniversary of the Quit India Movement at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday. Prime Minister ...

Mumbai, Aug. 9 (ANI): Nation observed the 67th anniversary of the Quit India Movement on Sunday and paid tributes to the martyrs and freedom fighters who had taken part in the movement. On ...

Bangalore, Aug 5 (IANS) It's never too late to learn the meaning of freedom and peace. And what better way than to say it with flowers and fun on the 62nd anniversary ...

Dhaka, July 27 (IANS) A mission in which doctors, medical students and women volunteers saved the lives of many soldiers and freedom fighters during the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971 has been ...

Islamabad, July 24 (ANI): Defending his Kargil misadventure, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has described the 1999 Kargil conflict as a "big success" as it forced India to bring Kashmir ...