US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel Saturday said he is planning to visit India later this year to drive "transformational cooperation" with the country which is playing an "active role" in strengthening security in Asia. Hagel, referring to India's growing defence capabilities, said the United States looked forward to working with the new Indian government led
BREAKING NEWS: Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL-7
Andy Murray earned precious time to recover as his third round match against Philipp Kohlschreiber at the French Open was suspended for fading light on Saturday. The contest was halted at 7-7 in the deciding set in fading light, and will be completed Sunday, Xinhua reported. Murray could take advantage of the delay after looking
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and put Kings XI Punjab in to bat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) final at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Sunday. The Knight Riders won the tournament in 2012 while this is Kings XI's first final appearance. The squads: Kolkata Knight Riders:
K.A.Viswanathan For the first time in Mumbai five former Chief Election Commissioners of India were honoured in one platform at the Shanmukhananda hall in Mumbai where the Shanmukhananda fine arts and sangeetha sabha and the SIES jointly felicitated them for their outstanding contribution to uphold Indian democracy. The Commissioners who were present includes
MINOR SET ABLAZE IN BASTI, POLICE YET TO ARREST ACCUSED FAMILY DISPUTE TURNS UGLY
With monsoon around, Vijay Balamvar, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Zone IV, conversed with Media Eye correspondents-Shraddha Bansode and Sonia Virani on the preparedness of the BMC for the season and the progress made under the Brihanmumbai Stormwater Disposal System (BRIMSTOWAD) project. MEDIA EYE: How prepared is the BMC for the upcoming Monsoon and how much work has been
Despite UP CM Akhilesh Yadav’s knee-jerk reaction on Badaun’s heartrending rape-murder case, his detractors say he is incompetent to run a state like Uttar Pradesh – where lawlessness has made common man’s life miserable. Notably, after much heckling in the media, Akhilesh has removed the state chief secretary Jawed Usmani who had fallen from grace
Industries in Ghaziabad would remain without power for at least a week due to the damages in the transmission lines caused by Friday's thunderstorm, a local factory owner quoted state power corporation officials as saying. Vipin Agarwal, the general secretary of Site IV Industries Association, Sahibabad told IANS that when a delegation of industrialists met
A day after visiting the Indian consulate in Herat that faced a terror attack last week, Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh Saturday called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai and both presidential candidates – Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani. In her interactions with the Afghan leaders, "there was uniform condemnation" of the May 23 attack