Within 24 hours of the announcement of poll dates, traction on poll-based apps has risen drastically, report Karan Choudhury and Neha Alawadhi.
A large number of the civilian awards went to persons from the 'art' category.
Eight persons, including six policemen, were killed and four injured when Maoists attacked the convoy of former Jharkhand Speaker and Member of Parliament Inder Singh Namdhari, who escaped unhurt, in Latehar district on Saturday. The Maoists triggered an IED blast and then opened fire on the security vehicle which was following Namdhari's car at Ladu More in the district, Director General of Police G S Rath said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a telephonic conversation with United States President Barack Obama on Friday evening, where the two leaders discussed the forthcoming Strategic Dialogue between the two countries scheduled next week in Washington, DC.
NPC director Jagdeep Ghai told reporters on Monday, "NPC, in the wake of passage of the civil nuclear liability bill, will set up a corpus of Rs 1,500 crore to provide financial security, from its cash reserve of Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion).
Among all VIP messages wishing him quick recovery, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may cherish the most the one sent by Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Prakash Karat.
An FIR has been lodged against independent MLA from Kunda Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya and his associate Zulfikar Ali, who were injured in a helicopter crash in Pratapgarh, after an inquiry found them having no license to fly the aircraft, police said today.
Adapa Karthik, who topped this year's civil services examination, had an 'incomparable determination' to get selected for the service and has even foregone the Harvard research scholarship for this purpose, his teacher and coach P S Raveendran said on Saturday.
The United Progressive Alliance Government's second biggest armament deal to purchase 197 light helicopters for the Army at a whopping $600 m has run into rough weather and may be scrapped.
With the new government remaining committed to restructure airports, the Canadian companies are eyeing projects worth over Rs 5400 crore (Rs 54 billion) to make world-class airports in the country.
Doda recorded 50 per cent polling and Udhampur recorded 63 per cent.
'Not for somebody else.' National Security Adviser M K Narayanan on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
India cannot afford to be complacent about a possible Pakistan resort to military options across the LoC, warns Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said appropriate action would be taken in case anything is 'found wanting'.
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