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Pandit Ravi Shankar gets Grammy

Legendary sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar has been conferred with Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award posthumously. Two other artists who will receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously are...

December 18, 2012

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passed away

Sitar maestro and Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar (92) passed away. About Pandit Ravi Shankar (more…)

December 18, 2012

CAG Vinod Rai re-elected as chairman of UN external auditors panel

Vinod Rai who is current Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has been re-elected as the chairman of the panel of external auditors of the United Nations (UN). What...

December 18, 2012

Financial crisis forces Deccan Charters to put the entire fleet on sale

Deccan Charters, the air travel company which has been offering charter services to pilgrims and businessmen since 1997, has put its entire fleet of aircraft on sale as...

December 16, 2012

‘Life of Pi’ receives National Tourism Awards

Recently released feature film ‘Life of Pi’, directed by  Ang Lee based on Yann Martel book titled the same, has been given two National Tourism Awards by the...

December 13, 2012

“Change of Guard” Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan now the general public can witness it every Saturday

It would now be possible for common man to visit President’s House Rashtrapati Bhavan to witness ceremonial ‘Change of Guard’ conducted in precision by smartly dressed armymen and...

December 13, 2012

Yeddyurappa unveils “Karnataka Janata Party”

The former Chief Minister, B.S. Yeddyurappa, formally launched his Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) at a convention which gathered huge crowd.

December 13, 2012

Geophysicist Devendra Lal passed away

Devendra Lal (83), who was a geophysicist and visiting professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) of the University of California, San Diego, has passed away. Contibutions:...

December 12, 2012

SC dismisses Sangma’s petition against Pranab's election as President

The apex court dismissed a petition filed by former Lok Sabha Speaker P.A. Sangma challenging the election of senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee as President. Chief Justice Altmas...

December 11, 2012

India reacts to Maldives on GMR issue

India has conveyed to Maldives that it expected no arbitrary and coercive action should be taken pending the outcome of legal proceedings over the issue and warned that...

December 11, 2012

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