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BELAGAVI: ISRO chairman Kiran Kumar revealed that the scientific mission of launching Aditya-L1 satellite for solar studies is underway. He was delivering keynote address at the 15th annual convocation of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) at Jnana Sangama campus of the university here...

India's GDP growth for the fourth quarter of 2015-16 is likely to improve to 7.8%- the highest pace in six quarters - on account of uptrend in economic activity and favorable base effect, says a report. According to the global financial services major Citigroup, the January-March quarter GDP is...

Gadkari announces Metrino system Metrino Pod taxis Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday announced the construction of a Metrino Personal Rapid Transit System in Gurgaon from Delhi-Haryana border to Sohna road (Badshahpur Chowk) through Rajiv Chowk...

Fast track: DMRC currently spans 160 stations in its over 210-km network.— File Photo The Delhi Metro by this year end will join the global elite club of top 10 urban metro rails which have a network of over 300 km, a senior Urban Development Ministry official today said. “It started in 1995...

226 Families get keys to new 300 square feet homes in the building ready under the much-delayed Dharavi redevelopment plan Rajni Hari Ediga, takes a selfie on the terrace of her new building. Photos: Ajeet Mahale Just a beginning, hope Dharavi will vanish soon. More at...

At a time when the the Odd Even debate is raging in the national capital, a public transport system, which will also help check pollution, is being planned by the Narendra Modi government for the National Capital Region (NCR). Moving towards solutions to urban transportation problems, the...

KATHMANDU, May 5: India has extended financial assistance worth Rs 48.84 million for construction of college building for Koteshwar Multiple Campus in Kathmandu. A Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] was signed on Monday for the construction of the campus building at an estimated cost of Rs 48.84...

The number of Internet users in India is likely to cross 500 million this year, according to Ravi Shankar Prasad (pictured), minister for communications and information technology. “India has grown to around 400 million Internet users. If we take Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India)...

India's foreign exchange reserves rose to $363.12 billion in the week ended April 29, according to the Reserve Bank of India. In Picture: A money changer counts U.S. dollars in Mumbai, May 21, 2003 (Representational image)Reuters file India's foreign exchange reserves rose to an all-time high...

Air India no longer loss-making: Government PTI | May 3, 2016, 07.45 PM NEW DELHI: Efficient functioning and reduction in operational costs has helped national carrier Air India turn from a loss-making airline into an "operational profit unit", the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. The...

Yesterday the UN Arbitration court apparantly ruled. One news I see that it ordered India ti release the Marine and another news says that its just a recomendation and not a ruling. Here take a look: India should send Marine to Italy, U.N. arbitration court rules And another: Italy claims UN...

Facebook Google Plus Twitter Email Linkedin SMS NEW DELHI: India's research performance in science and technology has improved significantly over the past few years. Scholarly output in the country grew by 13.9 per cent during 2009-13, against a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.1 per...

Government’s efforts to improve ease of doing business paying off. India received $51 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI), the highest-ever FDI inflow in a fiscal, during April-February FY16, according to Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Secretary Ramesh Abhishek. Mr...

Sat, 30 Apr 2016-08:48am , New Delhi , PTI India's smartphone market grew 23% in Q1 2016, surpassing the US market in terms of users even as sales remained flat globally. India smartphone market grew 23% in the first quarter of 2016, surpassing the US to become the second largest country in...

MUMBAI: India's foreign exchange reserves continued their trend, rising $1.3bn to reach a record high of $361.6bn, for the week that ended April 22 said the Reserve Bank of India. A section of the market attributed the rise to the fact that the RBI has continued to buy dollars on account of...

New Delhi, April 28 : Following delegation-level bilateral talks led by Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh and Mongolian Foreign Minister Lundeg Purevsuren here on Thursday, India extended a line of credit (LoC) of USD 1 billion to Mongolia. "During that visit the relationship...

India on Friday offered a $100 million line of credit for development of infrastructure in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and agreed to jointly develop new avenues of cooperation to explore and develop the Pacific nation’s vast oil and gas resources. India also offered a coastal surveillance radar...

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Adnan Sami shot to fame in India after two of his songs Kabhi To Nazar Milao and Lift Karaa De topped charts in early 2000s. NEW DELHI: Pakistani singer Adnan Sami who had earlier been given an indefinite visa to stay in India has been granted Indian citizenship, the Ministry of Home Affairs...

Acclaimed Pakistani singer Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was in for a rude shock on Thursday morning when he touched down at the city's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA). For, within moments of landing in Hyderabad on an Emirates flight, he was barred entry and asked to return to Abu Dhabi...