New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Unesco has evinced interest in jointly certifying select programmes being offered by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). Armoogum Parsuramen, director of Unesco's South Asia office, ...

Hyderabad, Nov 20 (IANS) In his first attempt to prove that he is a crowd puller, the late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's son and Congress MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy ...

New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Asian-American filmmaker Krishna Shah is set to make a biopic on Indira Gandhi and has roped in Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit to play the role of India's ...

Belgaum (Karnataka), Nov 20 (ANI): Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister B. Shankaranand died at a private hospital here this morning. He was 84. Shankaranand had been suffering from heart disease for ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil said here on Thursday that education is a very powerful tool for empowering people and for giving them self-dignity. Addressing the silver jubilee celebrations ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Till a few years ago Dalits in Alwar, Rajasthan were employed in inhumane manual scavenging practices. But thanks to social activism and NGO Sulabh International, the town ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Distance education, via cell phones and other technology geared to provide open access to education, could address the dearth of teachers plaguing the Indian education system, ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi Thursday led the nation in paying homage to Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime ...

Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 19 (ANI): People paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 92nd birth anniversary in her constituency here. Indira Gandhi contested the Lok Sabha ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the recipient of the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2009 for her contribution to the ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Emphasising that the number of enrolments in primary and secondary education is very low in the country compared to rest of the world, President Pratibha Patil ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The nation today paid homage to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 92nd birth anniversary. Born in a politically active Nehru family, she was the Prime Minister ...

Washington, November 19 (ANI): Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit is set to play late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in new film, 'Mother: The Indira Gandhi Story,' it has emerged. Filmmaker Krishna Shah will ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) India Thursday paid homage to the late Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, on her 92nd birth anniversary with floral tributes and other ...

New Delhi, Nov.19 (ANI): The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts will celebrate its 24th Foundation Day on Thursday to commemorate the 92nd birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. ...

Shimla, Nov 18 (IANS) A doctor in a government hospital in the Himachal Pradesh capital was placed under suspension Wednesday for allegedly sexually harassing a student, an official said. Principal Secretary (Health) Deepak ...

New Delhi, Nov.17 (ANI): Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday issued guidelines for various aircraft operations during low visibility conditions at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport. The DGCA has given ...

New Delhi, Nov.18 (ANI): The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts will celebrate its 24th Foundation Day on November 19 (Thursday) to commemorate the 92nd birth anniversary of former Prime Minister ...

New Delhi, Nov 17(ANI): External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna on Tuesday said that the country's security would be looked into carefully following the arrest of David Coleman Headley, a Pakistan-born American ...

Lucknow, Nov 17 (IANS) Three people were arrested here Tuesday for their alleged involvement with suspected Pakistani spy Sayeed Amir Ali, and one of them is believed to be a policeman. While police ...

Shimla, Nov 16 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed when an overcrowded bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district Monday, police said. Superintendent ...

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) A suspected Pakistani spy was arrested from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here early Sunday, a home ministry official said. He has been handed over to Delhi ...

New Delhi, Nov 15 (ANI): Indian Security agencies on Sunday arrested a person allegedly spying for Pakistan from the Indira Gandhi International Airport. According to the Home Ministry, the arrested person is being ...

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) A suspected Pakistani spy was arrested from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here early Sunday, home ministry sources said. "He is being interrogated and it is still not ...

By Shilpa Raina New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) A woman who liked simple things and was "in love with her country and grandchildren". That's how herbal beauty care queen Shahnaz Husain describes Indira ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) From exquisite candles and jewellery to beautifully embroidered shawls and salwar-suits - a range of handicrafts made by leprosy patients is up for sale at the 17th ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Visibility dropped to 500 metres Wednesday morning as a mist hovered over the national capital. Flights, however, were not affected. The visibility at 5.30 a.m. was 500 metres ...

Shimla, Nov 10 (IANS) A case was filed against a doctor of the prestigious Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in the Himachal Pradesh capital Tuesday for allegedly sexually harassing a medical ...

Ludhiana, Nov. 9 (ANI): Activists of Sikh student federation here on Monday released posters and stickers of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the main architect of militancy in Punjab, calling him a "saint." Protestors took ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Moved by renowned journalist Rahul Bedi's recent recollection of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, internationally acclaimed Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has come out with his own memories of ...