New Delhi: The nation on Sunday remembered the country's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru on his 48th death anniversary, with President Pratibha Patil and Vice-President Hamid Ansari paying homage to him. Patil, Ansari and Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi paid floral tributes to Nehru at Shanti Van, his memorial on the banks of Yamuna here. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath were among prominent citizens who...
05:29 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: With the view to mark the 78th birth anniversary of Robert Moog, Google, today, replaced its usual homepage logo with an interactive synthesizer doodle. This interactive doodle features a synthesizer to let users compose music of their choice. To the right of the synthesizer is a 4-track tape recorder that lets you record, play back the recorded music and share songs via short links or Google+. You can...
11:24 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: A recent opinion poll conducted by the market research firm GFK in eight cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Lucknow) between May 8-10, 2012 revealed that nearly 66 per cent of the respondents were dissatisfied with the current Manmohan Singh-led UPA government and would want the PM replaced by Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi or Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Law Minister Salman Khurshid has...
01:26 PM, May 22, 2012
On May 21, 1991, former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi reached Chennai by an afternoon-evening flight. After two hours, he was bound for Sriperumbudur, an industrial centre in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu and just 40 km from Chennai. Rajiv was busy campaigning for the mid-term elections which had been announced after the VP Singh-led Janata Dal government had collapsed in October, 1990. The Congress was keen to avenge...
01:25 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: The nation on Monday paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was killed in a suicide bomb attack on this day 21 years ago. President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the departed leader's wife and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi went to the late leader's memorial 'Vir Bhumi' here and paid their respects. Rahul and Priyanka also paid floral tributes at the memorial of their...
10:20 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi get ready to present their report card for the UPA-II's third year, it seems there would not be much to celebrate. It has been a year of controversies for the UPA-II... attacks, couter-attacks... angry and sulking allies... and finally defeat. The fact that the PMO had to send repeated reminders to ministers to send their list of achievements...
07:29 AM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Battling serious perceptions of policy paralysis, the UPA government completes three years in office in its second term tomorrow amidst uncertainty over passage of key economic legislations and decisions like FDI in retail and faces tough challenges in the run up to the general elections two years hence. Hopping from crisis to crisis, particularly in the last more than a year, the government presents a picture completely different...
02:41 PM, May 20, 2012
On the eve of the UPA-II's third anniversary, Law Minister Salman Khurshid admitted that the coalition government has been facing a tough ride. Khurshid said that the Congress was prepared for all options, including being in Opposition, after the 2014 General Elections. The minister was speaking exclusively to Karan Thapar on 'Devil's Advocate'. Below is an edited transcript of the interview: Karan Thapar: Across the country... frustration with this government...
08:39 AM, May 20, 2012
HYDERABAD: In view of the fifth anniversary of the Mecca Masjid bomb blast on Friday, police have beefed up security in various parts of the old city Police said they were stepping up the security at the mosque, Charminar, other monuments, places of worship and other public places.Vehicle-checking and patrolling will be intensified. Stern action will be taken against history-sheeters and extremists. Some Muslim organisations are planning to organise protest...
08:57 AM, May 18, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: After holding office for a year, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is patting himself on the back. But critics are not impressed. With the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government set to mark its first anniversary on Friday, Chandy seems to be riding an uncertain horse -- because of the nature of his coalition. Chandy led the UDF to a narrow victory last year, getting 72 seats, just edging...
01:28 PM, May 17, 2012
Chennai: A year after she stormed to power in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa still enjoys wide support in the state. But the number of critics is rising too. Reactions on one year of AIADMK rule varied as Jayalalithaa began her second year in office on Wednesday. It was on this day in 2011 that the actress-turned-politician took the oath of office -- for the third time since 1991....
03:58 PM, May 16, 2012
The man behind the snack: John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, is said to be the man after whom the sandwich was named, 250 years back. When he ordered beef served between slices of bread about 250 years ago he probably did not think his request would become a global convenience meal. The story goes that the Earl asked for the particular serving so that he could eat while...
03:08 PM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, holding special sittings on Sunday, will focus on the 'sixty years journey of Indian Parliament' as they celebrate 60th anniversary of its first session. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will initiate the debate in the Rajya Sabha while Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will do it in the Lok Sabha. Singh and Mukherjee are the Leaders of the two Houses. Lok Sabha Speaker...
04:01 AM, May 13, 2012
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is keenly looking forward to attend the special session of Parliament on Sunday to mark 60th anniversary of its sitting. "Looking forward to visiting Parliament House tomorrow, after ages, to attend the 60th anniversary event," Abdullah tweeted on Saturday. "Am proud of having been a member for more than 10 of those 60 years of Parliament." Both the houses of parliament are...
03:02 AM, May 13, 2012
Saadat Hasan Manto, the celebrated Urdu writer, is best known for highlighting hypocrisy and evils of the society through his short stories. Saadat Manto is known to have written more than 200 stories in a span of not more than 2 decades. Toba Tek Singh, the story that captured the aftermath of the partition, is perhaps one of his most popular works even today. In fact, after 1947, Manto was ...
06:03 PM, May 11, 2012
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