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Another Glass Ceiling In The Army Broken

IMAGE: Colonel Mandeep Virdi becomes the first lady officer to take over the prestigious command of No 1 Training Battalion (AT), the Army Service Corps Centre (North)'s premier training......

Mahadayi: Karnataka gets 13.4TMC water; Goa, Maha 24TMC, 1.33TMC each

Ending a long pending water dispute, the Mahadayi River Water Tribunal on Tuesday ruled that Karnataka will get 13.4 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of water from the river, while Goa and......

Modi-Trump meet: Civil nuclear deal to figure; no pact on reactors

The Indo-US civil nuclear deal is expected to figure during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump on Monday, but a pact between the NPCIL and Westinghouse to build......

Why India-US nuclear trade is still in limbo

'At a time when the entire India-US relationship needs to be defined by President Trump and Prime Minister Modi, a fresh look at the liability issue has become urgent,' says Ambassador T P......

The mountaineer changing lives in a hill village

Munsyari in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand is the last small town before the Nepal-Tibet border. It is here that Malika Virdi, a well-known mountaineer, social worker and sarpanch till......

India's longest rail-cum-road bridge to be ready by 2017

Bogibeel Rail bridge, the country's longest rail-cum-road bridge, originally scheduled to be inaugurated in 2009, would be completed by January 2017, a senior railway official said. North East......

India closing in on Westinghouse deal to build six nuclear reactors

This would make India the world's second-biggest nuclear energy market after China Sea waves hit the rocks as Kudankulam nuclear power project plant is seen in the background in Tamil Nadu.......

Real estate, industries threaten wetlands

Wetlands are under severe threat from the real estate lobby and industry as they are easy to lease out, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in Ahmedabad.Ramesh was at the Space Application......

ONGC to invest in nuclear power plants of NPCIL

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to take up to 49 per cent stake in one of the five proposed nuclear power plants of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL)."We are in discussions......

Land trouble may trip N-power in Gujarat

Vashram Patel, a farmer in the Jasapara village in Gujarat, says it is better to "fight and die" on his land rather than move to another place. "Most of us are illiterate and we have done nothing......

Royal London Cup One Day: Pujara smashes career-best 174 for Sussex

IMAGE: Cheteshwar Pujara celebrates on scoring his century on Sunday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Royal London Cup/Twitter India's Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara smashed his way to a career-best......

England spinner Virdi wants to emulate Panesar

IMAGE: Amar Virdi (right) speaks with England Lions bowling coach Saqlain Mushtaq on June 28, 2017. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/ Action Images via Reuters He might not have experience on his side......

Ashwin to play for Surrey against Somerset

IMAGE: India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was added to Surrey's squad for the County Championship fixture against Somerset, starting on July 11. Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty Images India......

Disrespectful to India if England don't play best XI: KP

IMAGE: Kevin Pietersen voiced his opinion in favour of Jonny Bairstow who has been sidelined for the first two Tests against India in Chennai. Photograph: BCCI Former England skipper Kevin......

Stokes, Archer back for first two Tests against India

IMAGE: Ben Stokes was rested for the two-match Test series in Sri Lanka. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters England all-rounder Ben Stokes and fast bowler Jofra Archer will return for the......

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