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Asaduddin Owaisi has few takers among Bihar’s Muslims
Patna, Sep 23: For Tufail Ahmad and Riaz Ansari, residents of Bihar's Seemanchal region, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is their leader, not firebrand Muslim leader Asaduddin Owaisi.
"Humralog ka neta to Nitish Kumar hain, Owaisi nahin," said…
Punjab, Haryana to procure over 17 Million Tonnes Paddy
Chandigarh, Sep 21: Despite a poor monsoon season this year, with rainfall deficiency being 55 to 60 percent, foodgrain states Punjab and Haryana are looking forward to procurement of 17.2 million tonnes of paddy this year.
Punjab, where…
With Jagmohan Dalmiya, the Era of Giants over
Can't remember the exact date and place of meeting Jagmohan Dalmiya for the first time, but it was sometime in 1979 when he and his close friend Inderjit Singh Bindra were seen as the new kids on the block on the cricket scene.
The two…
Netaji alive in China in 1948, indicates declassified file
Kolkata, Sep 21: Freedom fighter Netaji Subash Chandra Bose was "alive" and "somewhere in Manchuria, China" in 1948, one of his trusted aides, Deb Nath Das, had claimed then, according to the declassified files by the West Bengal…
Indian diaspora in the Caribbean most vibrant
Port-of-Spain, Sep 21: The Indian diaspora in the Caribbean is one of the most vibrant across the globe, says India's Minister for External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, in a just published book titled, "India In The…
UPA Govt awarded Aadhaar Card Project without Tenders
Mumbai, Sep 19: Aadhaar card projects of the UIDAI worth over Rs.13,000 crore were awarded without issuing tenders by the previous UPA government, according to a RTI response, an activist said here on Saturday.
RTI activist Anil Galgali…
Indian Army Commanders eye Enemy Land for Negotiation Edge
Title: 1965-Stories From The Second Indo-Pak War; Author: Rachna Bisht Rawat; Publisher: Penguin Books India; Pages: 189; Price: Rs.299
When Pakistan launched a full-scale war against India in 1965 and prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri…
Naga Mothers’ Association wants action against Assam Rifles
Kohima, Sep 18: Even as the Central government imposed a five-year ban on National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), a well-known social non-governmental organisation has written to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the home…
Are Kashmir’s truce violations any different from ‘war’?
The unending ceasefire violations by the Pakistani Army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir have become a matter of life and death for thousands of families living in villages close to it and the international border. Despite…
Counterfeiting of Goods could mar ‘Make in India’ Campaign
Panaji, Sep 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make in India campaign will succeed only if products manufactured in the country are reliable and authentic, a top official of a pan-India association of manufacturers of anti-counterfeiting…