On a tip-off that the Naxalites had stopped construction of a culvert on the Badgaon-Chhindgaon road, a police team from Badgaon police station headed for the spot on foot, when the ultras exploded the landmine near Chhindgaon village, killing the three
"We stumbled on the erotic figure during a scientific clearance work by the Ranchi circle of ASI recently," Superintendent Archaeologist, T J Baidya, told PTI in Ranchi. The statue, which could date back to the 12th century, was found at the Benisagar, which is close to the Orissa border, he said.
No Indian varsities, including the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology, figure among world's top 200 universities this year while six Chinese universities were listed, signalling the rapid stride the Communist giant is making in higher education. Harvard University tops the league table followed by Cambridge and Oxford at second and third positions respectively. The top 10 universities are all either in the United States or the United Kingdom, a survey has found.
Two-time 100 metres freestyle Olympic champion Pieter van den Hoogenband retired from international swimming on Thursday after failing in his quest to win a third straight 100 freestyle gold medal in Beijing. The 30-year-old Dutchman said it is time to hang up his goggles after he finished a credible fifth in the final behind Frenchman Alain Bernard, conceding defeat to a younger generation of sprinters vying.
Recalling the time when he took a rath yatra in the early 1990s, Advani said even then the government had asked for proof to show that Ayodhya was the birthplace of Ram.
The MediaGuardian 100 power list, which measures the economic, cultural and political influence was topped by Brin and Page in recognition "of the all-pervasive impact of Google on the media". James, chairman of satellite broadcaster BSkyB in Britain and News Corp. Europe and Asia's chairman and chief executive, ranked second in the list, while his father was fifth in the ranking.
Prabhu Deva is very upset at the loss of such a legend.
Two American students' desire to keep a small relic of famous Taj Mahal landed them into trouble when they were detained for interrogation for almost three hours by ASI and CISF officials said.
Five months after he was assaulted by a mob and forced to chant 'Jai Bhawani, Jai Shivaji,' Assistant Sub Inspector of Police Yunus Shaikh will return to the police force on July 21. Shaikh relives the assault and its aftermath in this interview with Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore.
In an article in the Congress Sandesh, senior party leader Karan Singh said that the ASI shocked the nation by making certain sweeping statements that questioned the very existence of Lord Ram as a historical figure.
Subramanian's paper comes at a time when concerns have been raised in various quarters about the official economic growth numbers. The Economic Advisory Council-PM said the Base Year of India's income calculations were shifted to 2011-12 on the basis of recommendations of several committees with experts in national income accounting.
In Jaipur, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said that it was "alright" that some people caught those who were illegally transporting animals but added that "no one has the right to take the law in their own hands".
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh apparently faced embarrassing moments on Thursday when an inconsolable kin of a victim in the Parliament attack case accused the government of not fulfilling the promises made to her.
A member of India's gold medal-winning team of the 1948 London Olympics, he was 85 and leaves behind two daughters and a son.
Two policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector, were killed and three others injured when Maoists ambushed their jeep near Milmili river in Gumla district, police said in Gumla on Friday.
Soon after the Union Ministry of Culture decided on refusing US dollar payments for entry tickets to monuments in Agra due to the falling value of dollar against the Indian rupee, the Archaeological Survey of India is planning to lower the entry ticket cost for tourists belonging to the South Asian Association for Regional cooperation (Saarc) countries, bringing it down from Rs 750 to Rs 20.
Undeterred by last year's failure, India is having a second try at securing World Heritage Site from the UNESCO for the picturesque Majuli Island in Assam, which is also an important seat of Vaishnava culture.
A team of archaeologists of the Archaelogical Survey of India have discovered the main entrance of the ancient Nalanda university in Bihar.
Some 1,100 years ago, Uthiramerur had an election system similar to what India has today.
Sinimol Paulose and Chatholi Hamza won the women's and men's 1500 metres respectively at the Asian Indoor Games in Macau on Tuesday.
The ASI has ambitious plans to develop it on the lines of Anand Bhavan in Allahabad, the ancestral house of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first prime minister of India.
Lala Chand, the ASI, was suspended from service and subsequently arrested following the death of Kewal Ram on Friday after he was slapped by the policeman for disobeying his orders, a senior police official said.
The decision was taken at a meeting between Archeological Survey of India Director General C Babu Rajeev\nand Central Industrial Security Force Inspector General Radhakrishnan Kinne yesterday
Success of the "dream gold" hunt still remains a "dream" even as excavation for possible 1,000 tonnes of gold at Raja Rao Ram Bux Singh fort in Daundiya Khera village in Unnao continued on the 27th day.
However, many historians, conservationists and artists have slam move to 'entrust' Red Fort to cement company.
India grew at 7.6% in 2015-16 and at 7.2% in 2014-15.
The much awaited work to inlay with gold the dome of Bodh Gaya's 1,500-years-old Mahabodhi temple began on Wednesday by a team of technical experts from Thailand.
Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag offered to bear the educational expenses of children of all the CRPF personnel martyred in the dastardly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.
The Waqf Board declared Taj Mahal as its property on July 13.
the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board on Tuesday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to prevent the ASI from taking an ex parte order on the issue.
Here's a round up of some information the nation learnt from Parliament on Tuesday.
None of them will be installed on the main monument.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd on Tuesday announced the signing of a multi-million dollar deal with the prestigious New Bangkok International Airport-Airport information Management System.\n\n
It is reported that the BMW belongs to the son of independent legislator Nand Kishor, who is an MLA from Sikar, Fatehpur District.
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