Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Belgian counterpart Charles Michel remotely launched Asia's biggest telescope, the ARIES, built with Belgian assistance.
Former Asian Champion Nagisetty Usha clinched one of the two gold medals for Andhra Pradesh but it was All India Police who walked away with the overall honours in the Monnet Federation Cup Women's Boxing Championship in Nainital on Sunday.
A man with suspected links to the Chhota Rajan gang was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly providing weapon for the killing of senior crime journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, the ninth arrest in the case.
Many places in Bihar face 20-hour power cuts everyday. Nearly half of rural Bihar has not even been electrified. But if Gyanesh Pandey has his way, the entire state will light up in the next few years. He shares his plans with A Ganesh Nadar
Sonia Lather, Vinita Mahar, Mamta and Monica Saun, among others, advanced to the summit clash of the Federation Cup Women's Boxing Championship in Nainital on Saturday.
Inability to take everyone along during his nearly four-year term led to Trivendra Singh Rawat's undoing. He tried to take control of all major departments by holding on to more than 40 of them, but still could not deliver.
They misbehaved with her, attacked their vehicles with canes and pelted stones
Uddhav Thackeray would do well to remember: Once he decides on a course of action, Bhagat Singh Koshyari never gives up, notes Aditi Phadnis.
A group of students from New Delhi clashed with local people at Bijrani Gate of Jim Corbett National park at Ramnagar area of Nainital district. The incident took place on Sunday evening when the students, who were traveling through Corbett park in a jeep, got down from the vehicle. Their guide Shailendra Rawat asked them not to do so as it was prohibited in the park. Soon, an altercation erupted between the students and their guide. It later turned into a scuffle.
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Rasheed Kidwai unearths little-known stories from the Dadasaheb Phalke awardee's past as Amitabh Bachchan celebrates 50 years in the movies this month.
After impacting power generation and industries badly, it is now the turn of the tourism sector to bear the brunt of the heavy rains.
The politician was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital on October 26. He was suffering from fever and pneumonia.
A local Bharatiya Janata Party leader was shot dead on Sunday, allegedly by a Bahujan Samaj Party activist, sparking massive violence in Uttarakhand's Nainital district. In the ensuing violence, a policeman was burnt alive by a mob, which also torched a police station and over a dozen vehicles. Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the killing of Balwant Singh, head of Kotabagh block in the district.
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Uttarakhand's ban on Maggi to continue for some time
India's water future remains very bleak. The monsoon season, which once extended to 4 months, is now down to less than 30 days of heavy rain.
Heart rending scenes were witnessed at the funeral of Major Bisht, who died while defusing a mine along the LoC in Naushera sector of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.
General T N Raina was an iconic Indian military leader whose contributions to the nation should be more widely known, notes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
'He has been made CM of Uttarakhand because everybody thinks he is not a challenge to anyone.'
The Supreme Court is formulating a five year plan to deal with the three crore cases pending in different courts in the country. This came out during a three day judicial workshop which concluded in Nainital on Sunday.
Any form of entanglement with India or the US on the strategic plane will be anathema to Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa rulers, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
IPCC, headed by Dr Pachauri, has a team of dedicated scientists from various countries who have won the prize for their pioneering work in the field of environment.
The JD-U flayed the ruling United Progressive Alliance government for its policy on special economic zones calling it "the biggest real estate scam in India" and sought immediate suspension of implementation of the "anti-farmer act".
Watches, pens, shawls, shirts or even shoes, the former finance minister had a penchant for all of them and his collection consisted of the choicest of brands ranging from "Patek Phillipe (in watches) to Mont Blanc (in pens)".
The Reserve Bank of India has issued a fresh directive to banks having less than the required capital to address ownership issues and take steps to increase their net worth to a minimum of Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion).
Personal finance advice from Ramganesh Iyer, PARK Financial.
The April 11 polling will decide the fate of several political bigwigs.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unlikely to have a new external affairs minister this week as promised by him recently during his trip abroad.
Those killed included the son of the state Congress chief.
The Kumaon Motor Operators Union bus was on its way from Pithoragarh to Haldwani in Nainital district, Almora Superintendent of Police Deepak Jyoti Ghildiyal said.
He was arrested in a case of theft and misappropriating his wife Latika's property.
A division bench comprising justices K M Joseph and V K Bisht asked the Centre to file its response by April 5 after the Union government's counsel Rakesh Thapaliyal sought more time from the court to furnish its reply.
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