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Noted Kanada writer U.R. Ananthamurthy passes away

Eminent Kannada writer and one of the most heralded public intellectuals in the country, U.R. Ananthamurthy (82) passed away. He was a contemporary writer and critic in the...

August 22, 2014

INS Kamorta: India's first domestically built stealth warship commissioned into Navy

India’s first indigenously-built stealth anti-submarine warfare INS Kamorta was commissioned into Indian Navy by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley at naval dockyard in Vishakhapatnam. The corvette has been built...

August 22, 2014

Arun Jaitley’s insensitive avatar disappoints many

Arun Jaitley who is taking care of two important portfolios in Indian government suddenly shot to headlines for his mindless comment on the horrific gang-rape which had ripped...

August 22, 2014

“James Wright Foley- An Extraordinary Son”: a mother’s tribute

James Wright Foley was an American journalist who was recently beheaded in Iraq by militants of Islamic State in their retaliation against the American bombardment and interference in...

August 22, 2014

Apex court’s notice to Centre on a plea seeking conduct of court proceedings in Hindi

Responding to a PIL seeking the Supreme Court’s direction to the government to amend the Constitution for making Hindi official language for conducting court proceedings, the apex court...

August 20, 2014

Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali conferred Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award

Noted filmmaker and Poet, Muzaffar Ali (69), has been conferred 22nd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, the president of All-India...

August 20, 2014

KV Thomas is new Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC)

Prof. Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas has been appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Thomas is the senior Congress Parliamentarian from Ernakulum Constituency, Kerala. The position was previously...

August 20, 2014

Yoga exponent B.K.S. Iyengar passed away

Globally acclaimed yoga exponent B.K.S. Iyengar (95) passed away in Pune. Born in Karnataka’s Kolar district in 1918 and enervated by maladies since his childhood, he codified Patanjali’s...

August 20, 2014

Rajni Razdan: New UPSC chief

Rajni Razdan (64) assumed charge as new chairman of Union Public Service Commission, which conducts the prestigious civil services examination to select IAS, IFS and IPS officers among...

August 17, 2014

PM Modi does away with bullet-proof shield at Red Fort

Breaking the three-decade old practice, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his Independence Day speech without the protection of any bullet-proof shield from the parapets of Red Fort. The last...

August 15, 2014

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