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October 2014

Prez, PM pay homage to Gandhi, Shastri

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries. Mukherjee paid floral tributes at the portraits of Gandhi and Shastri at the Kirnahar Shib Chandra High School in Birbhum, West Bengal, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said. It was

Modi urges youths to join Clean India mission

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday urged the youths to connect with him in the task of ensuring a clean India by 2019, saying that it was responsibility of "every child of Mother India" to remove the blot on her. In a message on public broadcaster Doordarshan, the prime minister said that cleanliness

Salman, Tendulkar to spread Clean India message

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday nominated actors Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and industrialist Anil Ambani among nine people to spread the message of Clean India. Modi has said the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan he launched earlier in the day should clean up the country by 2019, the 150th anniversary

Visa denial like bullying: Dalai Lama

Breaking his silence for the first time over visa denial to him by the South African government owing to Chinese pressure, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Thursday said it was like "bullying". "The treatment by the South African government is like bullying a humble person who has no protection," the

Effective treatment for brain tumour!

Researchers are looking at novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of GBM, a lethal primary brain tumour, in the form of targeted therapies against a unique receptor, the interleukin-13 receptor a chain variant 2 (IL13Ra2). Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most lethal primary brain tumours, with median survival for these

IOC, sportsmen join hygiene drive

The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), two nationalised banks Indian Bank and Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), and several sports personalities on Thursday joined efforts in the Clean India Campaign. According to the IOC, apart from its top officials, noted sports personalities like tennis champion Rushmi Chakravarthi, chess grandmaster B. Athiban, and national table tennis champion R.

India’s zoos: Need for reform

The recent incident of a youth being killed by a white tiger at the Delhi zoo highlighted the need to restructure and revamp Indian zoological parks, while raising questions over the security of animals and visitors. While some experts say it's time private organisations were given a role in their management, others question

I can be Clean India ambassador: Aamir Khan

Actor-producer Aamir Khan Thursday said he will be glad to be a brand ambassador for the Clean India campaign and appealed to people to join it. "I would be very happy if I am given this responsibility," Aamir Khan said. The actor was present on Rajpath where Prime Minister Narendra Modi administered

Kejriwal cleans choked drains near PM’s house

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Thursday helped sweepers to clean up choked drains in a small residential area near Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in the heart of the capital. The former chief minister of Delhi chose the BR Camp, as the low income area is called, on the very day Modi launched

Stolen temple idols recovered

Some highly valued idols of Radha Raman stolen from a village temple in this region in Uttar Pradesh nine months ago have been recovered and restored at the shrine. The 550-year-old statues, installed by Raja Todar Mall, a minister of Mughal emperor Akbar, were recovered Monday night, Senior Superintendent of Police Manzil Saini

Modi launches ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the "Swachh Bharat Mission" here today, which is aimed at creating a 'Clean India' in the next five years. Modi would symbolically wield a broom on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, and reach out to all Indians to make cleanliness a mass movement. Preparations

Indo-US collaboration on Mars, Earth

US and India have agreed to enhance cooperation in Mars exploration and establish a pathway for future joint missions to explore the red planet besides launching a NASA-ISRO satellite mission to observe Earth. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed two documents for this

October 2014

Prez, PM pay homage to Gandhi, Shastri

Modi urges youths to join Clean India mission

Salman, Tendulkar to spread Clean India message

Visa denial like bullying: Dalai Lama

Effective treatment for brain tumour!

IOC, sportsmen join hygiene drive

India’s zoos: Need for reform

I can be Clean India ambassador: Aamir Khan

Kejriwal cleans choked drains near PM’s house

Stolen temple idols recovered

Modi launches ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’

Indo-US collaboration on Mars, Earth

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BJP Leaders Mark Environment Day With ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ Drive

Attack on Khan Sir’s Institute Puts Spotlight on Rivalries in India’s Coaching Industry

ISI-Backed Espionage Cases Surge in India, Arrests Rise Sharply in Past Year

RSS Leader Sunil Ambekar Makes Big Remark on India’s Partition

Jadavpur Professor Recounts 2012 Arrest, Alleges “Fear Psychosis” Under Trinamool Rule Over Mamata Cartoon Case

Targeted Killings Shake Pakistan’s ISI and Lashkar-e-Taiba as Senior LeT Commander Shot Dead

Emotional Father Recalls ‘Struggle for Food’ After C. Joseph Vijay Takes Oath as Tamil Nadu CM

Ajit Doval Says ‘Nation Is One Ship, We Sail or Sink Together’ During Meeting with Muslim Community Leaders

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Former Asian Games Gold Medallist and Ace Shooting Coach Jaspal Rana Dies at 49

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Two Construction Workers Die After Falling From 37th Floor of Greater Noida Building

Agencies Warn of Humanitarian Crisis in PoK Amid Killings and Widespread Protests

Abhishek Banerjee Must Present Himself Before CID by 6 PM Today, Directs Calcutta High Court

Ahmedabad Air Tragedy: Victims' Kin Press Government to Release Investigation Report

Supreme Court Withdraws From Jacqueline Fernandez's ₹200 Crore Money Laundering Case Hearing

Three Missing Indian Sailors Confirmed Dead After US Attack on Vessel Off Oman Coast