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'US Can't Take Indians As Guinea Pigs'

'Why should we disclose classified information. to satisfy those who doubt our Hydrogen Bomb capability?' IMAGE: Dr Anil Kakodkar, former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, at the 'Machined to......

Pawar a banyan tree but failed to create a successor, says Uddhav Sena's Saamana

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday claimed Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has failed to create a successor who could take his party forward. IMAGE: Nationalist......

Celebrations, joy as Droupadi Murmu becomes India's President

Her election is proof the poor can dream and fulfil them too, India's 15th president and its first tribal head of state Droupadi Murmu said after taking oath of office on Monday, a landmark day......

Lok Sabha needs this Sansad Ratna

Will voters in Ernakulam take to the Communist MP who asked 447 more questions and took part in 162 more debates than your average MP?Will Arun Jaitley's wish come true?Krishna Prasad, the renowned......

Here's why there will be no Iftar at Rashtrapati Bhavan this year

President Ram Nath Kovind will not host an Iftar this year at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. 'After the President took over office, he decided there would be no religious celebrations or observances in a......

'Had liberalisation not taken place, I may have gone back to the US'

An exclusive excerpt from Girish Kuber's The Tatas: How A Family Built A Business And A Nation. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gopal Shetty When you took......

24 amazing innovations from rural India

India's rural innovators have proved that ordinary people are indeed capable of extraordinary inventions. Despite many constraints -- lack of education and severe cash crunch -- most of them have......

How a school dropout empowers rural women

His innovation to churn out low-cost sanitary napkins is a double boon to poor women of rural India: they can lead a hygienic lifestyle and it helps them earn a living too! Forty-seven-year-old......

India loses Rs 500-bn crop/year

India is losing food items worth a whopping Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) every year due to poor post-harvest handling of farm produce, a development that analysts say may jeopardise the......

Budget may ratify ex-servicemen's wish

A long-pending demand of ex-servicemen for 'one rank, one pension' may find a place in the Union Budget to be presented to Parliament on July 6. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday met the......

Cup Extras: Hope India wins, says PM

Sending his best wishes to the Indian cricket team for their World Cup final match against Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday hoped that the 'Men in Blue' win the trophy. "Keep it......

Sachin makes all of us so very proud: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated Sachin Tendulkar for his "amazing achievement" of scoring 50 Test hundreds in the ongoing first Test against South Africa in Centurion. -Scorecard Singh......

'I'm confident of winning an Olympic medal'

Ashwini Chidananda had set the tracks on fire at the recently concluded Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. With her sensational burst of speed, she won two gold medals for India, but during all this......

First Look: Tendulkar conferred IAF rank

Batting ace Sachin Tendulkar was on Friday conferred the Indian Air Force's honorary rank of Group Captain in honour of his cricketing achievements and contribution to the nation. He is the first......

PM, President laud Tendulkar

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday hailed Sachin Tendulkar as a 'genius' after the master batsman eclipsed Brian Lara to become the highest run-getter in Test cricket. Sach a record-breaker |......

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