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The Centre has decided to provide mid-day meal to students of madrasas imparting mainstream education, a move that comes ahead of the Assembly elections in five states including Uttar Pradesh. Speaking to reporters here after addressing the annual conference of state minorities commissions...

In the aftermath of the move to demonetise the economy, the midpoint of the Narendra Modi government, November 26, went almost unnoticed. Normally, the mid-point of a government’s tenure is an occasion to pause and reflect. We do that here with reference to agriculture, which engages half of the...

can someone informed shares what does this actually means?? The Hindu : News / National : NSG ends India's ‘clean' waiver

New Delhi: Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani could be facing sedition charges for allegedly giving "hate speeches" at a seminar on azadi for Kashmir, held in Delhi a few days ago. This "hate speech" by the Kashmiri separatist leader led to protests by, among others, the BJP, which accused...

The US’s strategy towards Pakistan over the past decade, which involves providing it economic and military help in a bid to influence its behaviour, has failed, said Robert Blackwill, a former U.S. ambassador to India, on Monday. For that reason, this is a very good time for the US to...

Hello friends...I was going through the below given news The Hindu : News / National : TAPI pipeline: India signs important pacts I am puzzled how this deal is going through whereas there were/are lot of hurdles when it comes to IPI... Please remember that one of the irritant for GOI...

Nearly 2 lakh farm suicides since 1997 There were at least 16,196 farmers’ suicides in India in 2008, bringing the total since 1997 to 199,132, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The share of the Big 5 States or ‘suicide belt’ in 2008 — Maharashtra...

BSF warns Pakistan Rangers of retaliation After a series of rocket attacks in Punjab, the Border Security Force has warned that future incidents of hostile fire could invite calibre-for-calibre retaliation across the India-Pakistan border. BSF Deputy Inspector-General of Police Mohammad...

Hi All I have a terrible experience during immigration to US today and wanted to share it with members.... Intentions : Before i start i would like to make my intention clear about opening the thread...I treat US as my second home and want to do something about the terrible experience that i...

Doubts mount on Pakistan’s 26/11 investigation “I want to assure all those who have been victims of terrorism,” Pakistan’s Interior Ministry Chief Rehman Malik told journalists in February, “that we mean business.” Less than a year on, charges filed by the...

Nodal Group soon for news flow during major crisis like 26/11 The government is in the final stages of setting up an Empowered Nodal Group which could act as a single point authority for disbursement of news in the event of major crisis like Mumbai terror attack. This group is being set up...

Hurriyat leader Qureshi shot at, condition critical Senior Hurriyat leader Fazal Haq Qureshi was shot in the head by suspected terrorists at Soura on Friday evening. Mr. Qureshi, considered as one of the moderate separatists, was shot by terrorists when he was coming out of the mosque in...

India, U.S. in talks for Malabar joint services war game India and U.S. are in talks to convert their bilateral Malabar series of naval exercises into a joint services war game involving their navies, air forces and marine commandos. U.S. Pacific Command chief Admiral Robert F. Willard, who...

‘Significant’ troops withdrawal in J&K The Centre announced on Wednesday its intention to draw down a “significant number of battalions” from Jammu & Kashmir and reiterated its commitment to hold “quiet talks with all Kashmiri groups” far away from the media. Speaking on two occasions in...

Hi All I was wondering if it make sense for posting one last message in the thread explaining the reason why the thread is being closed before actually closing it??? I am not sure if there is other way of finding it out but if not a big deal for the mods then will help in increasing...