Kumudini Dakua (87)who created quite a revolution during our freedom movement, passed away at B C Roy Hospital in Haldia on Wednesday night.
In the first incident, police said two HNLC ultras were killed in an encounter with the Special Operation Team at Umkiang village in Jaintia Hills district, bordering Bangladesh on Thursday night. In another incident, police arrested five Liberation A'chik Elite Front militants, including two of their sympathisers, during the combing operation at Rongkhukre village, West Khasi Hills district.
Geoff Ogilvy enhanced his status in the game by clinching his sixth PGA Tour title with a commanding 4&3 victory over Britain's Paul Casey in Sunday's final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
Terming terrorism as an international problem, China has said the joint military training with India will help fight the menace in an organised way.
In a bid to grab a larger pie of the 71,000-crore (Rs 710 billion) auto components segment, the Rs 2,500-crore (Rs 25 billion) Yash Birla group has decided to revitalise its auto tool business by infusing equity capital through an initial public offering (IPO) for a proposed holding company.
The committee justified its decision by saying that all schools should accommodate clothing or other items that are religiously significant. But school principals said that the dagger was potentially dangerous and could be misused, not only by students who carry, but also by those who know about them.
Kumaraswamy said Sriramulu has submitted his resignation several times in the past, but that did not change anything.
The Indian captain said while John Wright was willing to compromise a bit, Greg Chappell wanted to rule with an iron fist.
The film has superb imagery and performances but is bereft of emotion.
Viewed from the Indian side, China's infrastructure building along the LAC is a serious threat.
He is the second Sikh to be appointed in any of the forces, the first being in Army. The Pakistan Army has also appointed a Hindu. Gulab did not tell his family when he applied for the Sub Inspector post.
Krishna said he too wanted Aarushi dead as he wanted to take revenge on his employer. During the marathon narco analysis test at Bangalore recently, Krishna said Dr Talwar had humiliated him in front of many patients as he had goofed up during a surgery, which in turn led to severe complications.
Don't expect logic or rationale from this Tamil movie.
M Night Shyamalan redeemed himself with his new film The Happening, which surprised many industry forecasters, grossing an estimated three-day worldwide gross of $62 million.
"I was raped at the dagger point," she said.
Six-times champion and top seed Roger Federer lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 to Czech Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon on Wednesday. The defeat means Federer will be absent from the men's final for the first time since 2002 when he lost in the first round.
Under the agreement reached between the department and the Sikh-American Legal Defense and Education Fund, posters will be distributed to federal facilities across the country, showing photos of different kirpans.
The exercise, titled 'Hand-in-Hand 2007' reflecting warmer military ties, got off to the start with Chinese soldiers demonstrating skills in Hard Qigong martial arts, including self-defence actions.
The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh may have got a earful from his father recently, but he tells Aditi Phadnis that he takes his own decisions when it comes to charting the state's development agenda
Sikh truck drivers have been asked to wear helmets at the port.
'I K Gujral's place in Indian history may not run into several pages. But he will always be remembered as a decent gentleman, generous and kind to a fault, who nursed a dream for a peaceful, prosperous India, in harmony with the world.' T P Sreenivasan pays tribute to his mentor.
The policemen left two separate letters from the Ministry of Information and Communications at the radio station, one asking the station to stop operation until further notice and the other asking to handover transmission equipment, the report said.
Maria Sharapova's French Open hopes were shredded by a familiar foe on Monday, while Roger Federer plunged a dagger into French hearts.
'I know they can put a dagger in our back at any time... It is an experience which marked everybody's life... The fog of war was so thick that nobody could see anything,' remembers Brigadier Amarjit Singh Behl (retd), recounting his role in the 1962 Indo-China war.
Rapid economic growth and increasing military strength are essential to meeting geo-political challenges.
'Nandigram is as much a blot on India in the new millennium as Gujarat 2002. Both massacres are similar. Very similar.'
The 25th general to lead the world's second largest army is one of its most decorated serving soldiers today.
20 years ago almost to the day an event occurred in Punjab that shook the Republic of India to its very foundations. rediff.com takes a fresh look at the events of June 1984 and the circumstances leading up to them.
In the 13th Lok Sabha, there were 49 women parliamentarians.\n\n
The collection, sold by Clive's descendants, fetched more than three times Christie's estimate.
A quick calculation by Congress managers soon after the unprecedented walkout by Congress's friends and foes alike has thrown up the figure of 275 in the ruling alliance's kitty. This is just 3 more than the majority mark of 272, "and a matter of grave concern", said a senior Congress leader.
The court upheld the prohibitory orders passed against it by the Calcutta police commissioner in 1987.
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