1. Iran’s first nuclear plant is being built at 2. The first European Country to ban burqua (Purdha) is 3. The younges...
Dial 1950-toll free for election related complaints
The Election Commission has opened for the first time a 24-hour call centre to register poll-rela...
Poll schedule for five states announced
The Election Commission today announced poll dates for five states - Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Punj...
West Bengal to develop 7 districts for better health services
The West Bengal Government will develop seven new districts for the improvement of health service...
Tsunami-hit girl joins family
An Indonesian girl separated from her family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has been reunited with her relatives after seven years ...
Sahitya Akademi award for Hare Krishna Satapathy
Hare Krishna Satapathy, Vice-Chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, has been s...
More Japanese aid for Rajasthan water project
The Japanese financial assistance for the Nagaur Lift Water Supply Project has been revised to ...
North Korean heir lauded as 'supreme commander'
North Korea vowed on Saturday to uphold Kim Jong Il's son as "supreme commander" as the campaign to install the young man a...
Ancient handwritten Ramcharitmanas stolen
A hand written Ramcharitmanas has been stolen from a temple situated in Bhelupur area on the bank...
Belarus to abolish death penalty after US
Belarus will abolish the death penalty as soon as the US abolishes it, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko Belarus is the only Eu...
Iran's navy begins drill in Persian Gulf
Iran's navy has begun a 10-day drill in international waters beyond the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf...
Tunisian assembly approves new government
Tunisia's constituent assembly overwhelmingly approved the north African country's new government, two months after the first fre...
Moderate earthquake hits southern Pakistan
A moderate 5.0-magnitude quake jolted southern Pakistan but there were no immediate reports of da...
Russia test-fires two nuclear-capable missiles
The Russian military has successfully test-fired two intercontinental nuclear-capable missiles The Bulava missiles were fired from a su...