‘India’ News

Commonwealth Games Federation delegates OK with Delhi Games Village, sporting facilities lacking

Friday, October 9, 2009 17:25

Commonwealth Games Federation team happy with Delhi Games Village, not so happy with sporting facilities.

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India’s river inter-linking plan dropped

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 6:27

India drops plan for country-wide inter-linking of rivers fearing ecology damage.

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National Rural Employment Guarantee Act renamed after Mahatma Gandhi

Saturday, October 3, 2009 14:49

The Government of India has renamed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

Shashi Tharoor’s Twitter saga: Twittergate controversy gets more ridiculous

Shashi Tharoor’s Twitter saga: Twittergate controversy gets more ridiculous

Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:45

This is going from bad to worse. The Shashi Tharoor Twittergate saga is not dying down at all. The main at the center of it all is currently in Africa - I don't think it will end nicely when he is back.

Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi: Stadia and accommodation ready on time, claims Kalmadi

Friday, September 18, 2009 8:14

The Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games (OCCG) has announced that the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi will be held “as scheduled” amidst doubts being raised by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).

Jaswant Singh’s Jinnah: India-Partition Independence is reproduction of Pakistani writer’s work, says historian

Friday, September 11, 2009 9:26

After being expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for his controversial book, former Union Minister Jaswant Singh seems to be finding himself in the midst of another controversy.

Curfew relaxed in Miraj, Sangli, Ichalkaranji in Maharashtra

Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:58

After a week of riots, curfew was relaxed in the towns of  Miraj, Sangli and Ichalkaranji, for four hours, on September 9, 2009.

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CBSE to make Class 10 examination optional, divide Class 10 into two semesters from 2011

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:40

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has made examinations for Class 10 optional from 2011.

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RSS head Mohan Bhagwat meets Vajpayee, discusses politics

RSS head Mohan Bhagwat meets Vajpayee, discusses politics

Saturday, September 5, 2009 13:59

Mohan Bhagwat, the Sarsanghchalak (supreme head) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has met Atal Bihari Vaypayee, retired leader of the Bharatiya Janata Parry (BJP) and former Prime Minister.

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Counting date for 2009 Lok Sabha General elections

Friday, May 1, 2009 15:21

... is 16, May 2009! Why do I think this is worth specifically writing a post about? Because a lot of us would go to a search engine and type out the question and expect an answer. I did. I found answers too, but it was not so easy. Not instantneous. Hopefully ...