Tuesday marks the 143rd birth anniversary of the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Defence Minister AK Antony went to Raj Ghat earlier on Tuesday morning to lay wreaths and pay tribute. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence in 1947. ...
09:24 AM, Oct 02, 2012
New Delhi: Officials engaged in corrupt practices prior to repeal of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1947 can be prosecuted under the repealed Act, even if the FIR was registered, subsequent to the repeal of the enactment, the Supreme Court has ruled. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said repeal of the 1947 Act does not in any manner preclude the investigating agencies to probe offences...
08:53 PM, Sep 03, 2012
August 5, 1947: A gentleman from Tripura told me that after 2000 years of independent rule, Tripura has been officially ceded to India. I wonder how it must feel. Would they feel the pride of a united country or will they worry about the loss of identityAugust 7, 1947: Protests and bandhs have become a way of life. As the Independence for 'British India' draws nearer, the French India Student's...
05:41 PM, Aug 14, 2012
In 254 crisp and scholarly pages (including a rich bibliography), this may well be the ultimate work on Indian Leftists covering a tumultuous period - from when Lenin seized power in Russia in 1917 to when India gained freedom in 1947. These were the decades when Indian Communists could have made all the difference to Indian history; instead they failed, and miserably at that. It was in the 1920s that...
07:52 PM, Nov 23, 2011
Relive the years that marked the birth of a young and dynamic India. ...
08:15 PM, Aug 15, 2009
Chetan Chauhan and Yaqoob Quraishi are celebrating 60 years. ...
06:15 PM, Aug 15, 2007
Located near the Sarwate Bus Stand, the workshop is believed to be the oldest repair shop in Indore. ...
03:17 PM, Oct 28, 2006
Naik Bachhan Singh, blinded while serving the British-Indian Army has not been given his disability pension till date. ...
03:15 PM, Oct 06, 2006
A biography of Major General A A 'Jick' Rudra of the Indian Army claims that a Kashmir war saved the Indian Army. ...
05:07 PM, Aug 21, 2006
