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Tiruchirapalli, Sep. 1 (ANI): The modalities for developing hypersonic missile BrahMos-II by the Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace are in the final phase of finalization.

BrahMos Aerospace CEO and managing director A Sivathanu Pillai told reporters here on Tuesday that a final shape of the [...]

Peshawar, July 11 (ANI): The North Western Frontier Government has charted out a three-phased rehabilitation plan for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) of the Swat Valley.

Under the first phase beginning Monday, the IDPs from 11 camps will return to the valley, the Dawn quoted NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, as saying.

This would be [...]

Puri (Orissa), July 3 (ANI): Over 700,000 devotees gathered at the temple town of Puri on Thursday as the 10-day long chariot festival came to an end.

Extensive security arrangements were on place during the Bahuda Yatra (Return Journey) of the chariot, when the chariots are brought back to the temple.

“On the occasion of return [...]

Gwalior, May 27 (ANI): Faced with acute water crisis, residents in Gwalior are forced to queue from midnight at the community taps to collect water for their use.

Besides rising mercury level and surging temperature, improper timings of water supply has made life more miserable for them.

“There is no proper timings for the water supply. [...]

New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): On the final day of polling for the Lok Sabha elections, incidents of violence were reported from 24-Parganas district of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnore and Uttarakhand’s Dehradun.

A Trinamool Congress worker, Shaminul Haque, was killed hours before [...]

New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): Beginning discussions for post-poll parleys, Communist Parties met here on Wednesday.

As the voting for the final phase of Lok Sabha is underway, the Left parties including the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M), the Communist Party of India (CPI), [...]

New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): Elections for the fifth and final phase of parliamentary elections for the 86 constituencies in seven States and two Union Territories began on Wednesday morning.

The seven states comprising Punjab (nine constituencies), Jammu and Kashmir (2), Uttar Pradesh (14), West Bengal (11), Himachal Pradesh (four constituencies), Tamil Nadu (39), Uttarakhand [...]

Shimla, May 12 (ANI): In view of increasing crime rate against women, the safety and security of women is a poll issue in Himachal Pradesh.

The young women voters are determined to vote for a woman friendly candidate who can assure them security, safety and empowerment of the women.

“The Governments in the past were neither able [...]

New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): The Election Commission has declared that people in 6,000 villages and hamlets in seven states and two Union Territories, going to polls in the final phase of Lok Sabha Elections, are vulnerable to threats and intimidation.

Deputy Election Commissioner R Balakrishnan said that nearly 19,000 trouble-makers have been identified against [...]

Bijnor/ Chandigarh, May 11 (ANI): Ahead of the final phase of Lok Sabha elections, campaigning is in full swing across the nation with all parties trying all means and modes to woo the voters.

Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh urged people in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district to vote for his party so that it can emerge [...]

Amritsar, May 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate and senior leader Lal Krishna Advani on Monday said that the 21st century will belong to India even though in the last century it belonged to the United States, United Kingdom or Russia.

Addressing a big rally in support of Navjot Sigh Sidhu, the cricketer-turned-politician, [...]

Dehradun, May 9 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asserted that only a Congress-led government could give a strong government to the people of the country and treat all sections of society equally.

“The country needs a strong government at the centre, a truthful government at the centre who would treat equally all sections of [...]

Srinagar, May 9 (ANI): Separatist leader and Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference or APHC, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have again urged voters to boycott the fifthnd last phase of general elections.

Addressing a large gathering at the Jama Masjid on Friday, he urged the people of north Kashmir, who will be casting their votes on May [...]

Colombo – UN Humanitarian Affairs chief Sir John Holmes arrived in Sri Lanka to assess the needs of tens of thousands of civilians who fled rebel-held areas or remain trapped in the fighting, officials said Sunday.
Holmes planned to visit refugee camps in Vavuniya, 254 kilometres north of the capital, populated by more than 150,000 [...]

Chaith (Madhya Pradesh), Apr 26 (ANI): After living in the dark for ages, the residents of Chaith village in Gwalior District of Madhya Pradesh are now enjoying the benefits Solar energy.

Chaith, which has a population of about 12,000, is among the several villages [...]

New Delhi, Apr 24 (ANI): Filing of nominations for the fifth and last phase of Lok Sabha elections comes to an end on Friday.

Scrutiny will be held on Saturday and polling will be held for 86 seats on May 13.

In this phase, polling will be held for two seats in Jammu and Kashmir, nine seats [...]

Rampur / Ludhiana, Apr 21 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Jayaprada has filed her nomination from Rampur seat in Uttar Pradesh

She was accompanied by SP General Secretary Amar Singh, actors-turned-politician Sanjay Dutt and Jaya Bachchan.

“Amar Singh said come and join us. I replied, don’t know how to give speech. Then Amar Singh said [...]

Colombo- A top UN official met with Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday to discuss humanitarian issues related to civilians trapped in a rebel-held area in the north-eastern part of the country, officials said.
Vijay Nambiar, chief of staff of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, met Rajapaksa as local and international concern was growing about the [...]

Karachi, Apr 15 (ANI): Mohammad Asif, who became the first ever doping offender of the Indian Premier League (IPL) last summer, will make a comeback to the cash-rich Twenty20 league in South Africa, not as a player, but as a spectator.

The Pakistani fast bowler is on a rehabilitation [...]

Colombo – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday ordered security forces engaged in military operations in the northern part of the country to restrict offensive operations to enable civilians in rebel held areas to mark the traditional new year. The directive came a day before the traditional new year, which is celebrated by the [...]