The Archaeological Survey of India is planning to levy more for tourists staying longer at the famed Taj Mahal in Agra to ease congestion, says a report in The Times of India. Taj Mahal gets
Taking a serious view of recent incidents of "grave" and "unprovoked" firing from Pakistani side, India on Friday summoned Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Rifat Masood to lodge a "strong" protest and press for steps to
The chief of Air Staff on Friday stressed the need for protecting India's space assets in the wake of China developing anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapons and pushed for building the country's military space capabilities. "A quite
As promised by Sharad Pawar, milk prices have gone up. Two days ago, Pawar, the Agricultural Minister had warned, ''There is a serious shortage of milk, and there is pressure to increase prices."On Friday, Maharashtra's
Kicking up a controversy, Lucknow district magistrate Amit Ghosh on Wednesday repeatedly slapped a government employee during an inspection after he apparently did not respond to his queries on an indefinite strike call. The slaps
First came the warning from the Home Ministry that terrorists may try to hijack an Air India plane. Hours later followed another alert. That intelligence inputs suggest that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has purchased para-gliders and
An expert committee might have found 44 deemed universities "unworthy" for the status, but the remaining 86 may not be in safe zone. This is because the government seeks to bring in a new regime
Lt General V K Singh, the Eastern Army Commander and senior-most infantry officer, was on Friday named as the next Army chief and will take over his new post after incumbent Gen Deepak Kapoor retires
Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza will not defend their mixed doubles title at the Australian Open due to a calf injury to the former. Bhupathi suffered the injury on Monday while practicing and aggravated it
Flights of Air India and other Indian carriers operating in South Asia have been put on high security alert following intelligence inputs that Pakistan- based LeT and Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists were plotting to hijack an Indian
Met office confirmed that the prolonged spell of thick fog this season was the worst in Delhi since 2003. The blanket of fog, in fact, is currently stretching from Pakistan to Bangladesh, covering large parts
India on Thursday carried out two successful flight trials of laser-guided bombs (LGBs) for the Indian Air Force to test the effectiveness of the guidance and control systems at the Chandipur integrated test range in
Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab on Thursday claimed police had fabricated evidence by feeding data in the Global Positioning System (GPS) which showed that the 26/11 terrorists came from Karachi to Mumbai by the sea route.
India on Thursday asked Pakistan to take "strong, convincing" action against perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks, saying unless they were brought to book, it will remain impatient. It also asked the US to advise
Blaming media for creating a confusion on milk prices, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Thursday the Centre has no proposal before it for increasing milk rates. "We have no proposal before us
After days of waiting, the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday questioned former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda for several hours in connection with the multi-crore hawala and illegal investment case against the politician and his associates.
High profile former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was on Thursday named as the new National Security Adviser (NSA) to succeed M K Narayanan. The 60-year-old career diplomat will be in the rank of Minister of
In the wake of continuing attacks on Indian students, Australia is planning to make immigration rules tougher so that only genuine Indian students go there for higher studies and not the ones who look for
Nearly two and a half months after imposing a ban on pre-paid mobile phones in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre on Thursday lifted its order with immediate effect but put stringent conditions on operators for
Normal life continued to remain paralysed in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh for the second consecutive day on Thursday due to bandh called by Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) to protest the police cane-charge on
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