India once again successfully test-fired indigenously developed Beyond Virtual Range (BVR) "Astra" missile. Test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, 15 km from Balasore in Odisha. Astra...
One of the legends of hockey who won India three Olympic gold medals, Leslie Claudius, passed away. Leslie Claudius: (March 25, 1927 to December 20, 2012) Indian hockey...
In Himachal Pradesh, Congress has made a comeback after five years by defeating incumbent BJP led government by a handsome margin. Congress clinched 36 out of the total...
ASEAN-India car rally reached the Indian capital after travelling nearly 8,000 km through nine countries. It was flagged in by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh which also marked the...
Narendra Modi led BJP registered a resounding victory in Gujarat. BJP won 115 seats in the 182-seat assembly which marks the third victory under Modi’s leadership, but two...
Julian Assange led WikiLeaks has launched a new platform called the “Freedom of the Press Foundation” to overcome banking blockade against it, and to promote aggressive, public-interest journalism...
Swiss bank UBS has been fined $1.5 billion over the manipulation of Libor benchmark rate. It is the second biggest fine ever on a global bank after HSBC...
Lok Sabha approved the Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 which seeks to provide special status to six backward districts in the Hyderabad Karnataka region, with provision for reservation in education...
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) formed a ‘one-man committee’ of retired Supreme Court judge and chairperson of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, A.K Ganguly to probe...
