Kishwar Desai, author of the book Darlingji, talks about the lives of Nargis and Sunil Dutt.
A day after National Security Guard Lt Col Niranjan Kumar and Garud Commando Gursewak Singh were slain in the Pathankot air base attack, their remains were brought home for the last rites. Locals, family members and politicians gathered to pay their respects to these heroes.
Large swathes of the country reeled under heatwave conditions on Tuesday with Churu in Rajasthan recording a high of 48 degree Celsius.
Helpline numbers in Ahmedabad, Jalandhar and New Delhi.
The development came a day after the protesting farmers rejected the Centre's offer to start talks as soon as they move to Burari and continued to stay put Singhu and Tikri borders of the national capital.
Toll booths may be kept 50 km apart for seamless travel
Mourning the demise "as a personal loss", Naidu expressed hope that the words and deeds of this exemplary leader will continue to inspire all those in public life.
Shops downed shutters, educational institutions were shut and fewer vehicles plied on roads as government offices reported thin attendance in the state.
The 15-year old was thrown out of the Barauni Express near Ghaziabad after a dispute over seat reservation.
Battling inclement weather, ITBP teams flew low in helicopters and spotted six stranded trekkers near Chanderkheni pass at an altitude of 12,000 feet and evacuated them to safety, Hans Raj, Deputy Commissioner, Kullu, said.
A special CBI team, escorted by heavily armed police, reached the Dera headquarters in Sirsa on Saturday morning and was made to wait for over three hours before the notice could be served to the Dera chief in his gufa (cave), CBI sources said.
'It's the brazen corruption involving politicians that makes you sit up years after the event,' notes Nivedita Mookerji after reading B K Syngal's Telecom Man.
Delivery will be made at 12 selected stations.
A special CBI court on August 28 had sentenced Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years in prison.
Five wagons of the goods train derailed while passing through Narela station late Thursday night, Railway officials said.
Khattar, Dushyant and some ministers will be sworn-in at 2.15 pm at the Haryana Raj Bhavan on Sunday.
This is the eighth crash involving the Indian Air Force aircraft and the second involving a Jaguar. The IAF lost its first Jaguar this year in January at Ambala.
A dust storm also hit the national capital on Saturday and its surrounding areas that had been reeling under the scorching heat for a few days.
Fearing defeat in the upcoming high-pressure polls, state Congress chiefs are reluctant to fight from their constituencies, eye a shift. Anita Katyal reports
Rains lashed Karnal, Rohtak, Ambala and Panchkula in Haryana, while Patiala, Jalandhar, Phagwara and Nangal Dam\n\narea in Punjab also received light showers.
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Earlier, the CBI filed a "status report" in the court of Justices Adesh Kumar Goel and Ajay Lamba about the three cases in compliance of the high court's order.
'Rafales can play an important role in doing DEAD (Destruction of Enemy Air Defence) on the Surface-to-Air Missiles that the Chinese have put on Tibet'
India's biggest realty firm, DLF is betting on special economic zones (SEZs). The zones will cover an area of 26,100 acres and the company expects to take control of the land in the next two years.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India invites applications for Management Accountancy Course (MAC Part-I) and Insurance and Risk Management (IRM) Examinations.
The polling for the sixth phase on May 12 covers 6 states and one Union Territory.
There were over 3000 passengers stranded at the Jammu railway station when reports last came in.\n\n
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday asked the newly elected members of Legislative Assembly of the state to donate their first salary towards the Jammu and Kashmir flood relief fund.
The accident occurred around 5.45 pm near Khatauli town, 40 km off Muzaffarnagar, leaving 23 people dead, the Uttar Pradesh police said.
A London court deferred his deportation till disposal of the appeal filed by him.
Alberton Cricket and Hockey Club began their 40-day tour of India with a 21-run victory over Chaman Vatika school.
Applications are invited for the Professional Education-I, Professional Education-II and Final Examinations to be held on November 1.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said protesting against the government 'will not serve any purpose'.
Pratmesh Prabhu also did well at the IIT-JEE.
Vineet Kumar had changed several hard disks before the search operation at its headquarters in Sirsa.
'Searching for the target with bare eyes was like searching for the needle in the haystack, but due to the technology, we had a clear picture of the seven tents perched against the rocky background on our scopes.'
Applications are invited for the Common Entrance Test for Class VI at Military Schools, for 2005-2006.
Pathankot, Bathinda, Amritsar, Ambala and Sonipat, continued to witness foggy conditions in the morning.
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