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With a population in excess of a billion people, India is indeed the World’s largest democracy. Elected in 2007, Pratibha Patil is India's first female President while Manmohan Singh serves as Prime minister and leader of the government.
- BJP reiterates demand for Chidambaram’s resignation over 2G case
- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday once again sought resignation of Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram after court allowed telecom scam petitioner Subraman
- Rahul Gandhi assures to solve Bundelkhand woes
- Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today assured that the missing drought relief package allotted to Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand district would soon reach its
- India signs 60 million dollars credit agreement with World Bank
- India today signed a 60 million dollars credit agreement with the World Bank for building the capacity of select Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).
- India’s CAG takes over as chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors
- Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Vinod Rai has been elected as the Chairman of the Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations, the Specialized
- Green Climate Fund should be fast launched: India
- India wants and is hopeful that the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will be established during the UN climate change conference in Durban, Union Ministry of Environment and
- Banking access to villages with over 2000 population by March 2012: RBI Governor
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao on Thursday planned to make banking accessible to villages of the country with over 2000 population by March 2012.
- Brazil Foreign Minister to visit India
- Brazil Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota will be visiting India from December 11 to 13 to co-chair the fifth India Brazil Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) with Externa
- West Bengal Congress leaders slam Mamata Banerjee’s failure to provide hospital land
- Congress party leaders in West Bengal have condemned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for failing to provide land to build a multi-specialty hospital.
- Manmohan Singh to visit Russia for annual bilateral summit
- The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will pay an official visit to Russia from December 15 to 17 at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for the an
- Janata Dal-United holds price rise protest outside Parliament
- The chief of Janata Dal-United (JDU) party, Sharad Yadav, led a demonstration outside Parliament in protest of food inflation and the rising cost of fertiliser.
- Farmer and labour union block highway in Punjab
- Farmer and labour unions blocked the highway on the second day of protests in Beas town of Punjab.
- Students, youth rally against state government’s new job policy
- Voicing their displeasure at the state government's latest recruitment policy, hundreds of students and youth activists held a massive rally in the Srinagar.
- Rise in sales of traditional fire pots in Kashmir
- As winter descends on Kashmir Valley, there has been a rise in the demand for traditional fire pots known as 'kangris'.
- Tibetan refugees doing brisk business of woollen garments in Andhra
- The onset of winters and sudden dip in temperature is proving to be a boon for the Tibetan refugees settled in Orissa as they are doing brisk business of woollen gar
- Audi gifts Salman Khan with Q7
- German automaker Audi has gifted a car to Bollywood actor Salman Khan in Mumbai for the success of his film 'Bodyguard' which became a huge hit at the box office.
- Indigenous Indian space technology at par with others
- At an event hosted by a private college to commemorate the launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-18, Associate Director of Thiruvananthapuram based Vikra
- BJP to submit declaration on non-possession of illegal property
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers will submit a declaration on Friday in both houses of the Parliament stating that they do not possess any illegal property or
- Vayalar Ravi urges Tamil Nadu, Kerala to resolve Mullaperiyar Dam row
- Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi on Thursday appealed to the Tamil Nadu and Kerala Governments to resolve the ongoing row over the century-old Mullaperiyar Dam.
- Subbarao discusses upgradation of entrepreneur centres with Mamata
- The Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), D. Subbarao met West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee regarding the upgradation of entrepreneur centres in the sta
- Irate tuskers ravage tea garden in Jalpaiguri
- A herd of angry elephants from neighbouring forest wreaked havoc on a tea garden in Nagrakata block in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Wednesday.
- Sociologists to discuss crisis of social transformation at Delhi moot
- In a first ever such congregation of large number of sociologists, over 2000 teachers of sociology from across the globe including USA, Germany, Sweden, Indonesia, V
- Devotees prepare 505 types of food offerings for Hindu deity ‘Lord Krishna’
- Hundreds of devotees gathered at the Goura Vihar Ashram in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday to offer more than 505 types of vegetarian food items to Hindu deity Lord Krishna
- Arms and ammunition unearthed in joint operations in Kashmir
- In a joint operation, state police and jawans of Rashtriya Rifles (RR), raided a militant hideout and seized a cache of arms and ammunition from a forest area in Raj
- Law Minister Khurshid backs Chidambaram, rules out resignation
- Reacting to the Delhi Court order that allowed Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy to become a witness in his complaint against Home Minister P. Chidambaram in conn
- Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 p.m. over Chidambaram's resignation issue
- The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2.p.m on Thursday following ruckus over the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) demand for resignation of Union Home Minister P. Chid
- 2G scam: Delhi Court allows Subramanian Swamy to be witness against Chidambaram
- A Delhi Court on Thursday allowed Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy to become a witness in his complaint against Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in connection w
- PM to focus on Russia, Japan N-deals after retail FDI setback
- Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is now focusing on the nuke deals with Russia and Japan to push for new nuclear power stations that has been stagnating for the pas
- Farooq Abdullah's remarks over cinema halls, liquor shop invite flak
- Hardline Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani lashed out at Union Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah for advocating the idea of reopening liquor shops and
- Hazare warns government yet again on Lokpal Bill issue
- Veteran social activist Anna Hazare reiterated his demand for the Central Government to table and enact an effective Lokpal Bill that includes the lower cadres in go
- Nitish Kumar lauds Bihar Lokayukta Bill
- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has lauded the State Ombudsman Bill to be one of the strongest in the country as the functioning of the Lokayukta had been kept ind
