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CRPF, CoBRA forces reached accident site first

Nearly 500 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force and the Combat Battalion for Resolute Action, engaged in anti-Maoist operations in West Midnapore district, were the first to reach the site......

India-China end stand off, armies withdraw from Ladakh

In a sudden development, India and China pulled back their troops from the stand off point at Daulat Beg Oldi sector in Ladakh, where the Chinese forces had intruded nearly three weeks back,......

Bangladesh collapse: Building owner held at India border

The death toll in the worst building collapse in the history of Bangladesh has risen to nearly 400, even as the fugitive owner of the 8-storey structure was arrested dramatically while attempting......

B'desh collapse: 397 dead, owner arrested on India border

The death toll in the worst building collapse in the history of Bangladesh today rose to nearly 400, even as the fugitive owner of the 8-storey structure was arrested dramatically while attempting......

Army chief discusses Chinese incursions with Omar

Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh, who arrived on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, briefed Governor N N Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah about the recent reports of......

Algerian hackers ATTACK vital govt websites

India's vulnerability to cyber attacks is once again out in the open. Hackers from Algeria carried out a successful attack on websites run by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, the......

RBI to set bank executives' pay from 2012

Salaries of top management executives at private and foreign banks will have to be as per the Reserve Bank of India's guidelines from next fiscal, central bank said on Tuesday, while asking the......

Why banks are against corporates in banking

Banks have advised the Reserve Bank of India against allowing industrial houses to enter banking space, even as industry associations, NBFCs and MFIs have been in favour of corporates into banking.......

Review: Mugamoodi fails to impress

Tamil film Mugamoodi has all the makings of a successful film but ends up disappointing, writes Pavithra SrinivasanAn antagonist who prances about like a James Bond villain; armies of kung-fu......

How Bollywood celebrated Mother's Day

As the world celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday, Bollywood celebrities too chimed in with sweet tweets for mothers. Arbaaz Khan, remembered his mother Salma Khan and tweeted a picture of his......

Review: Seedan is no match to the original

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews the Tamil film,Seedan. Post YOUR reviews here!This is the season of remakes. The latest to join the ranks is Myth Productions' Seedan (Disciple), the Tamil version of......

Dravid, Mary Kom to get Padma Bhushan

Batting great Rahul Dravid and Olympic bronze medallist M C Mary Kom were named for the prestigious Padma Bhushan Awards, the third highest civilian honour, while six other sports persons figured......

Games security stayed in shadows, kept focus on sport

From ordinary police on the beat to the shadows of Britain's security establishment, the sighs of relief are almost audible. Terrorism is an act of theatre, an adage goes, but thanks to firm and......

Images: Saina's Asian Games challenge ends

Saina Nehwal, India's lone hope for a medal in badminton, crashed out of the the Asian Games in Guangzhou after losing to Yin Pui Yip of Hong Kong on Thursday. The World No 3 lost 8-21, 21-9,......

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Q. first winner of paramveer chakra was?
Ambuj Kumar: A. more

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Q. There is immense pressure on Union home ministry to tackle the growing naxal violence that has spread over more than eight states, a top paramilitary official told Rising Kashmir. Terming the naxal violence as more serious than Kashmir, he said if left unattended the problem will grow at an alarming proportion and cause major threat to internal security of the country. Alarmed by the naxal violence, the union home ministry has decided to withdraw 23 battalions of CRPF, BSF and ITBP from the State. The process will start from the first week of August, he said. IS IT GOOD IDEA ?
Ambuj Kumar: A. True. many people living in cities do not understand gravity of the situation. more

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Q. name the first paramilitary force raised an all woman battalion in Indian ?
Truth Exposed: A. indo Tibetan Border Police more

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Q. Indians attacked in australia and pakistan leaves our Govt., Opposition MP\'s and the common man worried. Then why dont they take action against those who terrorise Indians in Mumbai-or is it that North Indians, South Indians, people from Bihar or Bengal et al. are not Indians according to the Shiv Sena and MNS ?
Raju: A. I feel the first two issues you have mentioned are separate and the third issue is something different in its own way and that which requires an...... more

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Q. If this fateful day of sixth October was not in the calendar, World War II, would have devastated mother earth. HITLER\'s birthday. Your comments please.
Sumita Bhadrachaudhari: A. The only Hitler we have who needs no Goebbels to preach his philosophy. There may be second opinion about Hitler The First, but certainly the...... more

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Cameron says UK will never give in to terror

British police today carried out raids to probe the murder of a soldier who was butchered and beheaded on a busy London street by two suspected... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334240/london-attack-cameron-says-uk.html

Two cops on CM duty attack each other with lathis, to lose job now

The two policemen were deployed outside Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, in Lucknow on Wednesday. PTI Related Top Stories Two jawans of Provincial Armed... ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/two-cops-on-cm-duty-attack-each-other-with-lathis-to-lose-job-now/1119424/

ORF Faculty appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh

Lt. Gen. Nirbhay Sharma (Retd), Distinguished Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, has been appointed the new Governor of Arunachal... ...

http://www.observerindia.com/cms/sites/orfonline/modules/report/ReportDetail.html?cmaid=52284&mmacmaid=52285

Nothing special about STPF for Similipal Tiger Reserve

The protection force was to receive special training from the State Police as well as the Central Para-Military Forces based on a special syllabus... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Nothing-special-about-STPF-for-Similipal-Tiger-Reserve/2013/05/21/article1599235.ece

RR organises Cricket competition

STATE TIMES NEWS MAHORE: Commanding Officer of Rashtriya Rifles Battalion declared open a 10-day Intra Tehsil T-20 Cricket Competition at Sungri,... ...

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