Latest National News from India
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.
- A lifestyle resort hospital for diabetes opened in Coimbatore
- Coimbatore Diabetes Foundation has opened a Diabetes Village, a lifestyle resort hospital at Marudamalai near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
- Devotees celebrate ‘Navratre’ in Jammu and Kashmir
- Devotees thronged the temple of goddess 'Chichi' in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba city, to offer prayers during the ongoing nine-day-long festival of 'Navratre' on
- US envoy discusses Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia with Indian officials
- US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Robert Blake, on Friday discussed Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia with Indian Foreign Affairs officials during
- Cinema should highlight humane approach, says President Patil
- President Pratibha Patil on Friday said that cinema should be used as a medium to give expression to the importance of a humane approach in life.
- Bollywood gaining recognition and popularity overseas: Amitabh Bachchan
- Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Friday said that the Bollywood is gaining ample popularity and recognition overseas.
- President nominates Mani Shankar Aiyar, four others to Rajya Sabha
- President Pratibha Patil on Friday nominated former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar, well-known lyricist Javed Akhtar, Shimla based Indian Institute of Advance Stu
- BJP slams Union Government on Headley extradition issue
- Union Government on Friday faced flak from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for not seeking extradition of the 26/11 Mumbai terror accused, David Coleman Headley, fr
- Tribals in Madhya Pradesh seek their traditional rights
- Hundreds of tribals in Madhya Pradesh converged at Bhopal on Friday to stage a mass rally against the state Government for not honouring various pro-tribal policies
- Martial arts for West Bengal police personnel to be physically fit and agile
- Police personnel in West Bengal learnt the nuances of martial arts as a part of an initiative by the state authorities to make then fit and agile.
- President Patil confers 56th National Film Awards
- President Pratibha Patil on Friday gave away the 56th National Film Awards for 2008 in the national capital.
- Security force sensitizes personnel of importance of media
- The Shashastra Seema Bal (SSB) is conducting media interaction programmes for its personal at different centers in the country.
- No scaling down Indian assistance to Afghanistan
- Despite increased threat perception in the wake of recent terror attack on the Indian medical mission in Kabul, New Delhi has no plans to scale down its developmenta
- Clouded leopards undergo night acclimatization in Assam
- Moving to the next phase in the ongoing rehabilitation of the two clouded leopards in Greater Manas, the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), International Fund for A
- Centre approves water supply project for Jaisalmer and Barmer military stations
- The Union Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal relating to provision of long term water supply scheme for Army and Air Force stations in Jaisalmer and Barmer districts.
- CBI chief for friendly association with foreign investigating officers
- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ashwani Kumar on Friday said that association of teams of investigating and law officers from the requesting countries
- Cabinet gives nod to set up six AIIMS-like institutions
- The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the revised cost estimates (RCE) for setting up of six new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) like institutions in
- Chennai beauty salon makes world record bid for longest hair braid
- A beauty salon in Chennai has attempted to enter the Guinness Book of World Records on Thursday by braiding hair that are more than 100 feet long.
- 'Its time for Indian cinema to go global,' says Shah Rukh Khan
- Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has said that more convention with international organisations should be organised to help Indian cinema go global.
- Centre approves Jute Corporation revival plan
- Union Cabinet on Friday approved the proposal for revival of National Jute Manufactures Corporation (NJMC) Ltd
- CRPF organizes T20 cricket tournament to curb stone pelting menace
- The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) organized a T20 cricket tournament here with an eye on curtailing the stone pelting menace.
- Scarlett Keeling murder trial to begin on April 5
- The Goa Children's Court has set April 5 as the next hearing date of the trial into the rape and murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling.
- Centre allots Rs 687.06 crore for Commonwealth Games venue overlays
- Union Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal from the Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry for providing a budget of Rs.687.06 crore for overlays, on the plan side of th
- Home Ministry drops plan to setup police university
- The Union Home Ministry on Friday dropped a proposal to set up the National Police University in view of the inherent merits in opening study centers and chairs in t
- Mahindra finance opens its first exclusive branch in Kerala
- Mahindra Finance, the financial services arm of the 6.3 billion dollars Mahindra Group, has launched a new loan scheme for gold and an exclusive branch for the same
- Maoists trigger blast killing two in Chhattisgarh
- Two CRPF personnel were killed and three others injured when Naxals triggered a blast in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday.
- Centre amends 1982 Anti-Hijacking Act
- The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Friday amended the Anti-Hijacking Act of 1982 by approving the inclusion of a death sentence to be g
- Headley can be made to testify before Indian officials: Chidambaram
- Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday claimed that there is a good chance that alleged Lashkar operative David Coleman Headley could be made to testify in judi
- Centre announces eight percent increase in DA for Central Govt employees
- The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Friday announced an eight percent Dearness Allowance (DA) increase for the Central Government employees.
- India will be satisfied if Headley gets lifer: Home Secretary
- Union Home Secretary G K Pillai said here on Friday that India would be "satisfied" if alleged Lashkar operative David Coleman Headley is awarded a life sentence b
- Death penalty as punishment for hijackers: Centre
- The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on Friday toughened its anti-hijacking law by declaring that a death sentence would be given to those i
- Breaking News
- · A lifestyle resort hospital for diabetes opened in Coimbatore
- · Devotees celebrate ‘Navratre’ in Jammu and Kashmir
- · US envoy discusses Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia with Indian officials
- · Cinema should highlight humane approach, says President Patil
- · Bollywood gaining recognition and popularity overseas: Amitabh Bachchan
- · President nominates Mani Shankar Aiyar, four others to Rajya Sabha
- · BJP slams Union Government on Headley extradition issue
- · Tribals in Madhya Pradesh seek their traditional rights
