Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Indian industry will have to deal with high raw material prices, and user industries will see their costs rising though with a lag in some cases.
Clashes between BJP supporters and Congress workers marred the last leg of his visit.
Turnaround of a sick bridge construction undertaking in Bihar and an educational centre for disabled children in Maharashtra were among five initiatives that were on Thursday honoured with the Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration.
A retired lieutenant general has been put on trial by a Delhi court for allegedly divulging sensitive information about the country's arms and ammunition system to an international arms dealing firm.Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja put Lieutenant General (retired) Nirmal Puri on trial along with M/s Concord International Pvt Ltd's official Vinod Khanna, whom the top army officer had allegedly supplied sensitive information to in 1984-87.
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon is the only Indian Air Force warrior to be decorated with the Param Vir Chakra. 'My admiration for his gallant action remains undiminished,' says M P Anil Kumar. 'It was not his day, yet he made it his own.'
Social activist Medha Patkar, who was protesting the eviction of slum-dwellers from Golibar in suburban Khar in Mumbai ended her fast on the ninth day on Saturday after the Maharashtra government agreed to her demands.
Admiral Vladimir Sergeevich Vysotskiy, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, is in India on a three-day visit from January 17 -19 at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Admiral Nirmal Verma.
Pune FC's spirited effort fell short as they went down 1-3 to Kingfisher East Bengal in an I-League Round-5 encounter at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan, in Kolkata, on Wednesday. The defeat was Pune FC's second consecutive in away games at Kolkata. They have five points, all from home matches.
The Kapoors prayed for the matriarch at a chautha.
Days after the brush off incident between their warships in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Navy on Friday said Pakistani ship PNS Babur had damaged a part of INS Godavari by moving too close to it.
Favouring self-reliance in military technologies and weapons production, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Wednesday said that India should arrest the trend of importing arms.
Naval warships INS Jalashwa and INS Mysore which have been dispatched to evacuate the Indian nationals stranded in strife-torn Libya would start their operations from March 8, Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said.
Holy men, gurus, mystics and saints have been a part of the Indian milieu for time immemorial. In our series on the India You Didn't Know, renowned photographer Raghu Rai writes about the Guru who transformed his life and the life of many others.
India full-backs Gouramangi Singh and Nirmal Chettri, who have both signed to play in the IPL-style franchise football league, are hopeful of taking part in this season's I-League too despite the clubs' opposition to the new IMG-Reliance league.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday tweeted, "I worked wid Mother Teresa for a few months at Nirmal Hriday ashram in Kolkata. She was a noble soul. Pl spare her," said.
Pulling up the Maharashatara government, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday observed that the controversial Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society smacked of "a clear-cut case of manipulation" by its officers in which everybody who was supposed to clear the file was "gifted" a flat.
India's indigenous nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant will be ready for deterrent patrols in two years from now, completing the nation's capability to deliver strategic weapons from land, air and undersea.
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday adjourned till July 14 proceedings in the cash-for-judge scam case.
Freebies do not seem to have attracted many buyers, as both property prices and lending rates continue to remain high.
The Dera Sacha Sauda chief and the three others convicted last Friday in the case appeared before the court through video conferencing.
'Does a secular nation not believe in its ancestry? The Constitution has a photo of Ram also.'
Take your pick from Dipika, Deepak, Romil, Karanvir and S Sreesanth!
The army, in a statement, said that Indian troops retaliated "strongly and effectively".
Defending champions India dished out yet another lacklustre performance to go down 1-2 against hosts Nepal but still managed to sail through to the semi-finals of the SAFF Football Championships in Kathmandu on Thursday.
Mohan Chandra Pandey, who is himself a retired army officer, said that Pakistan is responsible for the death of his son.
Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma will be on a 10-day visit to the United States beginning Thursday where he will meet the defence top brass to discuss furthering of relations between the two militaries.
The CBI had registered a case against the four for allegedly entering into a criminal conspiracy and engaging in corrupt practices in the award of contract.
Custodian Abhra Mandal saved three successive penalty shots to help East Bengal clinch Federation Cup football title by overcoming giant-killer Lajong FC of Shillong in a keenly contested summit clash in Guwahati on Sunday.
The BSE mid-cap and small-cap indices were down 1% and 1.7% each. Market breadth was negative 2037 stocks which declined for 881 stocks which advanced.
Nirmal Mahato, the CPM branch committee secretary of Amdanga, was shot dead by Maoists, who claimed he was killed for exploiting poor villagers, police said. The Maoists then blocked the Amdanga-Lalgarh road felling boulders preventing security forces from raiding the area.
This will be the first instance since Independence that two of the three service chiefs will be the government's chosen men.
Though the markets have lost ground since the past few sessions, analysts do not seem worried.
Naval Chief Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma on Friday said that responsibilities of the Indian Navy have increased post 26/11 terror attacks and suggested to bring all coastal vigilance agencies 'under a single security magnet.'
The death toll in the blast at coal mines of the South Eastern Coalfield Limited in Chhattisgarh's Koria district has risen to six.
The court held that the pellets recovered from the Chinkaras were not fired from Khan's licensed gun.
Designer Pria Kataaria Puri held back-to-back showings over the weekend, putting on display a tantalising array of bridalwear and red carpet specials alongside jewellery by TBZ Nirmal Zaveri and Gitanjali Jewels. Check it out.
A breathalyser test on the driver and assistant driver of the ill-fated Uttarbanga Express did not show any trace of alcohol but police said this is not enough to determine whether they were intoxicated or not.
Union Defence Minister A K Antony on Friday asked the three services to remain alert and step up vigilance around the first anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
After years of playing second fiddle to newer areas such as Bandra Kurla Complex and Andheri in Mumbai, Nariman Point, once the most coveted address in Mumbai and the country's first central business district (CBD), is bouncing back with a vengeance.
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