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3,000 more CAPF troops to fight Naxals in Chhattisgarh

Three battalions of the Border Security Force comprising more than 3,000 personnel will move across the border from Odisha to Chhattisgarh and an equal number of Indo-Tibetan Border Police units......

38 killed, 20 injured as bus falls into 300-foot gorge in J-K's Doda

At least 38 people were killed and 20 injured when a bus carrying passengers skidded off the road and rolled down into a 300-foot gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Wednesday, officials......

Child sells bird food to help ailing sister

Shailajanand Mishra lists The Top Videos of the Week! Take a look. IMAGE: This 10 year old sells bird food to raise funds for his sister's cancer treatment. Photograph: ANI Photo Every......

How you can build a house yourself

'Where was cement 100 years ago?''Why do we need harmful building materials when we have so much in nature around us?' Geeli Mitti founder Shagun Singh tells Samali Basu Guha.Illustration: Dominic......

Darjeeling Bandh: The Gorkha way of managing hardship

'Helpful neighbours, useful nuggets of information keep the people going as supplies run low.'Abel Rai reports from Darjeeling. After the clashes on June 17, in which three supporters of the......

India's plan to produce ethanol from 2G sources delayed

India’s plan to produce ethanol from second-generation (2G) sources -- mainly farm waste -- is taking time to materialise even as the government is set to dedicate to the nation on Wednesday......

Soon, hydrogen produced from corn will fuel cars

Husks and stalks of corn plants are used to create the fuel Researchers have discovered a new way to produce hydrogen fuel using abundantly available corn stover - the stalks, cobs, and husks. The......

Obama effect: ICAR plans agri campaign

Encouraged by US President Barack Obama's appreciation of its innovations in the field of agriculture, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research plans to launch a campaign to popularise......

Kolkata to boast of a 'ghost restaurant' soon!

If you move into a rundown building off a national highway in Howrah this November and are ushered in by a skeleton to a cob webbed dining hall, don't shriek. Ghosts will take orders from you with......

Bank profitability set to fall

Higher salaries, declining spreads and lower fee incomes will ensure this. Macroeconomic headwinds in 2006-07 and 2007-08 have resulted in substantial fluctuations in banks' profitability. Rising......

Maqbool is the SEXIEST Indian Film Ever

In Maqbool, Vishal Bhardwaj did a Godfather; in that he took something that was pulpy and fast and gripping, and made out of it something timeless and grand, feels Sreehari Nair. Sometime in 2004,......

'S D Burman never forgot he was a prince'

'When it came to S D Burman, a Guide song was completely different from a Tere Mere Sapne song which was completely different from a Sharmilee song. Except for their quality, there is nothing to......

Olympics: South Korea told to remove banners at village

IMAGE: South Korean Flags and signs hang on the appartment building hosting Olympics participants, at the Athletes Village, where a person has tested positive for COVID-19, ahead of Tokyo 2020......

IOC suspends Brazil's Nuzman after arrest over vote-buying allegations

Brazilian athletes will not be affected; Team Brazil will be able to take part at next year's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang Nuzman is latest official to be involved in ongoing corruption......

Brazil police arrest Olympic chief in vote-buying scandal

IMAGE: Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) President Carlos Arthur Nuzman arrives to Federal Police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph: Bruno Kelly/Reuters Brazilian police arrested......

IOC not worried despite no takers yet for Rio Games tickets

Only 47 per cent of tickets have been sold so far, while premium events and opening ceremony have been technically sold out IMAGE: The official logo for the Rio 2016 Olympics games. Photograph:......

Construction delays force Rio to move water polo venue

Rio de Janeiro is seeking a new venue for the opening water polo matches at the 2016 Olympics after organisers on Thursday confirmed reforms at the proposed venue will not be completed in time. The......

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