After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik stepped up the demand for special category status for the state on Monday saying it was a 'genuine right'. "No one can ignore Odisha's demand. It deserves special category status. It is a genuine right," Patnaik said addressing the state-level celebration of its 77th foundation day. ...
02:25 AM, Apr 02, 2013
A day after a Sri Lankan court ordered their release, 34 Tamil Nadu fishermen, who were taken into custody by the Island Navy for trespassing into their waters, arrived at Rameswaram on Satirday night. The fishermen along with their five boats were earlier handed over to the Indian Coast Guard at the International Maritime Boundary Line by the Lankan Navy, officials said. ...
01:13 AM, Mar 17, 2013
Strongly rejecting Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's suggestion of allowing an OIC fact- finding mission to Jammu and Kashmir to assess rights situation there, India today said the grouping has no "locus standi" on such matters and termed suggestions to this effect by Pakistan Foreign Minister as "propagandist". ...
02:33 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Guwahati: Accusing the Congress of playing "vote bank politics", BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said his party would take steps to seal the country's international borders to prevent illegal immigration, if elected to power. "If BJP comes to power, our top priority would be to seal the borders of the country... If Israel, surrounded by hostile countries, can seal its borders, why can't we," Gadkari said. Flagging off a...
01:14 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Muktsar: Opening borders of Punjab with Pakistan for trade would provide impetus to economy of the state, and will be a "major boon" for the farmers, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said. "Punjab being a land locked state had been a victim of the wrong policies of the successive Congress government at the Centre, who have virtually ignored economic development of the state," Badal said. He was talking...
12:11 AM, Apr 09, 2012
London: UK Prime Minister David Cameron government is putting in place tighter border controls that include checking details of all passengers travelling to Britain from India and other non-EU countries from April. Detailing the new system called 'e-Borders', Immigration Minister Damian Green said there will be clear rules into the correct level of checks for every type of passenger and all types of goods that cross the UK border. The...
03:23 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Itanagar: Stating that all border areas need to be developed, Defence Minister AK Antony on Monday said secure and non-porous international borders must remain the topmost priority of the Centre. "We are aware of the challenges which people living in border areas face and it is our collective duty to ensure that our border areas are developed as any other part of the country," Antony said. Referring to the highly-sensitive...
03:24 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Panaji: Election Commission of India has asked central forces to guard the borders of Goa to prevent smuggling in of fake currency ahead of the March 3 assembly polls in the state. Joint Chief Electoral Officer Narayan Navti said here today that Border Security Force and special forces will be deployed to watch state's borders. "(Ahead of the election) there is a possibility that fake notes might be smuggled into...
06:34 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Jaipur: A BSF team comprising of technical experts on saturday visited the site in Sirohi district in Rajasthan to probe the helicopter crash that left four people dead. The mishap took place on Friday when the helicopter crashed in the hills of village Fatehpura near Abu Road here in the Sirohi district, killing all the four occupants, including the pilot. "A BSF team headed by an IG rank official reached...
08:37 PM, May 14, 2011
Other Gulf countries might also consider curbing the use of certain applications on the BlackBerry. ...
10:45 AM, Jul 26, 2010
Borders launches e-bookstore, new smartphone apps, to catch up to with rival booksellers and generate sales in the e-book segment. ...
01:02 PM, Jul 07, 2010
The women's battalion will be commissioned from July 25. ...
02:59 PM, Jul 18, 2009
Assam government has informed that the maps are untraceable. ...
04:45 PM, Dec 17, 2008
The NBA is doing its bit in India through programmes like "Basketball without Borders". ...
01:41 AM, Nov 09, 2008
New Delhi: Having developed the reputation of tearing apart the best of bowling attacks on his day, dashing Indian opener Virender Sehwag will be seen in a new role, as die-hard fans will get a chance to bowl at their hero in his Sports Academy in Jhajjar, Haryana on Friday. Sehwag will face the bowling of a hundred aspiring cricketers, and the ones who knock over his stumps will earn...
01:58 AM, Mar 13, 2008
Patrolling on the J&K borders has been intensified after two incidents of gunfire in the last fortnight. ...
03:48 PM, Jan 28, 2007
Lost in the hostile divide between India and Pakistan, a Pak refugee craves for a quiet deathbed in his native country. ...
10:19 AM, Dec 27, 2006
A press freedom group has named 13 countries including China and Cuba as the worst culprits for online censorship. ...
08:09 AM, Nov 08, 2006
Paris-based media advocacy group ReportersWithoutBorders ranked countries in terms of media freedom. ...
01:09 PM, Oct 24, 2006
