The ISI demanded that the mafia transport weapons and explosives into India in return for the use of Pakistani waters, sources said.
Jothi Nirmala, the collector of Kanyakumari district, was awarded the Kalpana Chawla award by the Tamil Nadu government for taking on the sand mafia in the district and also bringing about harmony after violent clashes between communities and also intra-community violence among fishermen here.
Doves flew and confetti rained down as the Olympic torch was carried along the ancient Great Wall on a misty Thursday morning, the eve of Games that China hopes will demonstrate its modern-day strength. Hours before flying to Beijing for Friday's opening ceremony, US President George W Bush used some of his bluntest language yet in criticising China on human rights.
Ashok Shandilya got back his winning ways as he registered a comfortable win over his compatriot Sourav Kothari.
A look at Elizabeth -- both the lady and queen -- and the world in which she operates.
Teofilo Stevenson was the first star of Cuban boxing.
New Delhi can be neutral in the dollar-euro-yen dance, but it has a stake in a stable US currency.
The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation has adopted some innovative marketing strategies to aggressively promote the Rs 30 crore worth prestigious Deccan Odyssey luxury train.
Ravi Teja Sharma studies the real-estate market of Kochi and finds that developers are excited about the town's future.
Aseem Chhabra picks his favourite movies from the Telluride Film Festival.
'Bal Thackeray may have loved Hitler, but I don't think he was one. The fact is, if you put a city like Mumbai, and its numerically dominant single largest group, in chains, intended or not, democracy itself is called into question,' says Sonali Ranade.
Indian chess prodigies, Gauri Shankar and Arjun Vishnuvardhan, won top spots at the U.S. Space Coast Open Chess Championships.
On the whole expect a very treacherous markets as the price levels could be driven purely by the technical play between bulls and bears as the new trend is established, cautions Sonali Ranade
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Developing the Chabahar port in Iran addresses India's geopolitical as well as economic challenges, says Jyoti Malhotra
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'He was the first captain of independent India's navy to go down with his ship, and hopefully the last.'
The Pakistanis, since the days of General Pervez Musharraf, have repeatedly sought Chinese assistance for the construction of a petrochemical complex at Gwadar and oil and gas pipelines and a railway line connecting Gwadar with the Xinjiang province.
In a free-wheeling interview with Jyoti Mukul, Sibal makes a case for his innocence and blames the media campaign by the Anil Ambani group for the current controversy.
South Indian cities such as Vizag, Kochi and Mysore are the next major investment centres for real-estate developers.
Golconda, and later Hyderabad, is one of the few landlocked urban centres of this sub-continent that reached great heights of prosperity without a major river system or a port next to it.
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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the Budget Speech of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee:
A tour of India's most famous Krishna temples
Exploring the lush backwaters, dabbling in local cooking and sirodhara are just a few of Kerala's charms
e 23-man lists of the 32 teams for the 2006 football World Cup after the May 15 deadline to confirm squads ended on Monday.
"I still believe I am the best bowler in this country and I intend to prove it" the New Zealand-born quick added.
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