New Delhi | 19 hours ago
Sonia sets several records in Congress history
New Delhi, Sep 2 - As Sonia Gandhi is all set to be unanimously elected Friday for a fourth term as the Congress president, she will be setting several records in the history of the 125-year-old party, among them being the longest-serving incumbent.Italian-born Sonia Gandhi -, who has been the Congress president since 1998, is the seventh person of foreign origin to become the president of the Con ... read more

New Delhi | 1 month ago
National Archives seeks private collections
New Delhi, July 5 - The National Archives of India Monday urged private collectors to donate collections of papers that have a bearing on Indian history and culture.In a statement, the ministry of culture said it would 'duly acknowledge, list and preserve all such papers available for consultation for scholars and users of the archives'. The National Archives of India has a very rich collection o ... read more

New Delhi | 2 months ago
Jaswant Singh stands by his comments on Jinnah
New Delhi, June 24 - Jaswant Singh, who Thursday returned to the Bharatiya Janata Party - 10 months after he was expelled for his book praising Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, has stressed he could not 'disown the book'.In an interview to NDTV's Barkha Dutt, Singh said: 'I cannot disown the book on Jinnah'. ''Jinnah is an ambassador of Hindu Muslim unity' is not a comment made by me. It is ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
In Rahul's footsteps, Congress builds a youth base
New Delhi, April 13 - Under Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's keen eye, the Congress plans to induct and train 15,000 volunteers, drawing them from every village block, in the next seven months to build a young leadership with strong organisational skills.The Seva Dal, a frontal body of the Congress working at the grassroots, will select and train two youths from each of the nearly 7,500 v ... read more

1 year ago
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief's house - now a gutted structure
Lucknow, July 16 - Only the blackened structure of Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi's house remains. Its interiors were completely gutted following an arson attack Wednesday night, allegedly by ruling Bahujan Samaj Party - activists to avenge Joshi's reported offensive remark against Chief Minister Mayawati. The bungalow, located on Lucknow's prime and high-security Sarojini ... read more

1 year ago
Lizard found in students' lunch in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, June 18 - Another case of negligence in preparing the midday meal for students has surfaced in Madhya Pradesh, with a lizard found in the lunch served to students in an Indore city school, officials said. The lizard was found Wednesday in the meal prepared for the students of the Government Hindi Primary School-27 in Indore. 'This is not the first case where poor quality food has been s ... read more

1 year ago
'Indian feminists should involve younger women'
New Delhi, March 25 - The feminist movement in India needs to involve younger women in metros and its scope could be expanded to address the skewed gender ratio in the north of the country, according to participants at a forum here. The feminist movement in India is facing two major challenges, according to Mary E. John, director of the Centre for Women's Development Studies here. While it is y ... read more

1 year ago
Coast Guard conducts pollution response exercise
Jagatsinghpur -, Dec 10 - The Indian Coast Guard Wednesday conducted an exercise off the Orissa coast near the port town of Paradip to assess the response to oil spill and other pollutions, an official said. The exercise was conducted to assess and analyse the real-time situation of oil spill and pollution response capabilities of the Coast Guard, Paradip Port Trust and oil companies. 'We do thi ... read more

2 years ago
Tagore, Bose documents not stolen: government
New Delhi, Aug 5 - Rare documents relating to Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and other great historical and literary giants are intact in the Kolkata-based National Library, the government clarified Tuesday. R. Ramachandran, director-in-charge of the National Library, said: No such documents relating to Rabindranath Tagore, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Sarat Chandra Chatterjee an ... read more

2 years ago
Seeing history-laden Hyderabad through many eyes
Book: 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad'; Publisher: Penguin India; Price: Rs.399 Edited by former 'ad-woman' Syeda Imam, 'The Untold Charminar: Writings on Hyderabad' is an anthology on a city that was once ruled by the world's richest man - the Nizam. And its essays sure shine like the twinkling jewels in his treasury. Hyderabad after all bequeathed to the world some of the most leg ... read more