Government Meets Veterans, Might Make Announcement On 'One Rank One Pension'...
NEW DELHI -- The Indian government is expected to make an announcement about 'One Rank One Pension' today after a delegation of ex-servicemen met defence minister Manohar Parrikar today. While the...
View ArticleGovernment Announces OROP Scheme; Veterans Express Disappointment
NEW DELHI -- Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today announced the much-awaited 'One Rank One Pension' scheme, which will be implemented 1 July 2014 onwards, with 2013 as the base year. However,...
View ArticleSheena Bora Murder Case: Police Custody Of Three Accused Extended Till...
MUMBAI -- Police custody of the three prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case — Indrani Mukerjea, Sanjeev Khanna and Shyamvar Rai — was today extended till 7 September by a local court. The three...
View ArticleGreenpeace Recreates 9 Bollywood Posters To 'Reclaim Right To Dissent'
NEW DELHI -- Soon after the Indian government cancelled the registration of Greenpeace India under the Foreign Contribution Regulations Act (FCRA), alleging its activities hampered the country's...
View ArticleISIS Is Not A Big Challenge To Us, Says Home Minister Rajnath Singh
India is well equipped to deal with the dreaded terrorist group, Islamic State, and they pose no big challenge to the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said. Singh also warned Pakistan that...
View ArticleHardik Patel Postpones 'Reverse Dandi March' To Sept 13
SURAT — Hardik Patel announced the postponement till September 13 of his 'reverse Dandi yatra' over the Patel quota issue, which was scheduled to be taken out today. He, however, warned that he would...
View Article9 Times Salman Rushdie Shut Down His Haters On Twitter With Pure Sass
It has been seven years since British author Salman Rushdie has released a novel, since his 'The Enchantress of Florence' in 2008. These days the author's Twitter feed is buzzing with news of his new...
View Article7 New Security Features To Be Incorporated In Rs 1,000 And Rs 500 Notes
New Delhi — A new numbering system and seven new security features will be incorporated in all currency notes, especially in high denomination Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, in order to check the menace of...
View ArticleToyota To Invest USD 50 Million In An Intelligent Self-Driving Car Project
Houston — Japanese automaker Toyota will be investing approximately USD 50 million over to the next five years to set up joint research centers at Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of...
View ArticleIs This 12-Year-Old Girl Of Indian Origin Smarter Than Albert Einstein And...
Melbourne — Smarter than Einstein and Stephen Hawking! This 12-year-old girl of Indian origin has joined the ranks of Mensa after attaining a higher IQ score than great minds. Joining the 1 per cent of...
View ArticlePrime Minister Narendra Modi Takes A Metro Ride, Clicks Selfies
Commuters on the Delhi metro on Sunday had a VVIP fellow passenger. Prime Minister Narendra Modi delighted commuters on the Janpath Metro by clicking selfies on his way to flag off the...
View ArticleNarendra Modi On 'One Rank One Pension': We Made A Promise, We Will Fulfill It
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday affirmed that armed forces personnel who retired prematurely will be entitled to 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) scheme that ensures uniform pension for veterans...
View ArticlePolitician Digvijaya Singh And Journalist Amrita Rai Are Now Married
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and television anchor Amrita Rai are now married, Rai announced in a Facebook post. "I would like to share with my friends that I and Digvijaya Singh have married...
View ArticleSadda Haq, Aithe Rakh! Sloganeering Veterans Finally Withdraw Hunger Strike...
NEW DELHI — Slogans of 'sadda haq, aithe rakh' (give us our due) rent the air as protesting ex-servicemen finally called off their fast unto death on Sunday, after assurance from Prime Minister...
View ArticleSheena Bora's Murder: Indrani Mukerjea Is 'A Hard Nut To Crack', Police Tells...
MUMBAI — A day before police custody of all three accused ends in the Sheena Bora murder case, investigators are looking at all possible angles to unravel the "filmi" plot and said they wanted to...
View ArticleGlobal Rankings Reveal India Lags Behind In Inclusive Growth And Development
GENEVA -- India has been ranked very low, mostly in the bottom half, globally on most of the parameters for inclusive growth and development even as it fares much better internationally when it come to...
View ArticlePM Modi's 16 Foreign Trips Cost Rs 37 Crores, Reveals RTI Query
Despite heavy criticism against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being an "absentee PM", his frequent trips abroad have been extremely economical, as per travel records revealed via an RTI query....
View ArticleDear Internet, The Dahi Handi Selfie May Be 'Epic', But Not Safe
The selfie that is doing the rounds on the Internet today, and is being hailed as the 'selfie of the year,' is of people celebrating the Dahi Handi. Dahi Handi is celebrated to mark the occasion of...
View ArticleBangkok Blasts: Two Indians Taken Into Custody For Questioning
Two Indians have been taken into custody for questioning by Thai police after they were seen on CCTVs talking to a foreign suspect wanted in Thailand's deadliest bombing at a Brahma temple here, a...
View ArticleWATCH: Vikas Bahl Spoke About How 'Swades' Changed His Life
Hindi film director Vikas Bahl, who broke into the mainstream with last year's acclaimed hit Queen, has worked in advertising, television, and radio, but decided to become a filmmaker only after...
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