Coast Guard rescues 85 foreign nationals from Volcanic Island Indian Coast Guard Ship Bhikhaiji Cama rescued 85 marooned survivors (37 Myanmarese and 48 Bangladeshi) from Barren Island, India's lone active

M P Mishra to be mela officer of Kumbh in UP The Uttar Pradesh government appointed Mani Prasad Mishra as the new Mela Officer of the world famous religious fair

Food Security Bill cleared The Cabinet today cleared the much awaited Food Security Bill that seeks to give legal entitlement to subsidised food grains to about 64 per cent of

Doordarshan to launch 'India innovates' programmes from Jan 26 Doordarshan will launch India innovates programme based on creative activities having far reaching effect on public importance from January 26, 2012.

Hazare is CNN-IBN Indian of the Year Anna Hazare was honoured with the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2011 award while West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was feted for

Canada quits Kyoto Complaining that Kyoto Protocol does not cover the world's two largest emitters, the United States and China, and therefore cannot work, Canada has quit the Kyoto Protocol.