After celebrating the Christmas Eve blissfully, the national capital, Delhi woke up to a freezing morning (Sunday) totally engulfed in fog. The temperature of the national capital has gone down by 4 degree from the normal temperature. See original here: Foggy Delhi weather messes up flight... Read More

Bharatiya Janata Party has made its intention very clear that it is not going to come to rest until the latest controversial scam of 2G under the congress ministry is brought under the scanner by the Joint Parliamentary Committee. As per report of the sources, BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday once again insisted the fact Excerpt from: JPC! JPC! JPC! Cries BJP on 2G... Read More

Guangzhou, Nov 16 (IBNS) India’s Harika Dronavalli won the bronze medal in the women’s individual chess at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. The gold went to Chinese top seed Grand Master Hou Yifan, while her compatriot Grand Master Zhao Xue got the silver. See more here: Asian Games chess: Bronze for Harika... Read More

Guangzhou, Nov 14 (IBNS) Pankaj Advani gave India the first gold medal from the Asian Games after he retained his title by beating Myanmar’s OO Nay Thway Oo 3-2 in the English billiards singles final here on Sunday. Advani defeated Thway 33-100, 100-61, 12-101, 101-4, 100-45 in a tight contest at the Asian Games Town Gymnasium. Earlier See more here: Asian Games 2010: First Gold for India by Pankaj... Read More

Delegates and media persons were lucky to catch the first screening ever of Satyajit Ray’s hour-long documentary Sikkim (1971) in India 40 years after it was made. Thanks to an interim order sent by a cultural organization of Sikkim to COO Neelanjan Chatterjee, Kolkata Film Festival and to the powers-that-be , subsequent screenings of the Originally posted here: Ray had refused changes in... Read More

Srinagar, Nov 8 (IBNS) Kashmir Valley is so far normal and ‘under control’, said the state police on Monday. “Preceding night passed off peacefully. So far, there are no reports of any untoward incident from any place. Read more from the original source: Kashmir under control:... Read More

Diwali/Kali Puja is a festival of light, fun, fireworks and feasting. See the original post here: Burns: An unwelcome Diwali... Read More

Nov 2 (FLS): The fast which began 10 years ago by a Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu in order to protest against Armed Forces special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, from Manipur completed 10 years today on November 2nd. Sharmila, who earned the sobriquet Iron Lady of Manipur, launched an indefinite hunger strike Nov 2, 2000 Original post: Irom Sharmila Chanu completes 10 years of... Read More

Nov 1 (FLS): The fourth phase of Bihar polling may book the former chief ministers of Bihar Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by taking their security guards inside the polling booth of the Digha Assembly constituency while casting their votes in the Bihar assembly polls. Go here to read the rest: Bihar Poll: FIR lodged against Lalu and... Read More

Ahmedabad, Oct 29 (IBNS) Former Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah, arrested in the connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, got bail on Friday from the Gujarat High Court. Read the original here: Amit Shah gets... Read More