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Following a misplaced apprehension that the West Bengal State Govt. is trying to impose Bengali language on the Nepali language speaking ethnic Gorkha people of the Northern hilly areas of West Bengal, one of the country's most popular hill stations, the agitation began. The origin of the fear...

India lost to Sri Lanka despite scoring 321 runs. Chasing 322 to stay alive, Sri Lanka 'gunned down' the target with seven wickets in hand. The win over India makes the Group B very interesting now. Winners of India vs South Africa and Pakistan vs Sri Lanka will enter the semi-final...

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the country’s heaviest rocket so far – Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) which put the 3 ton (3136 kg) communications satellite 'GSAT-19' into its intended orbit today at about 5:45 p.m IST. The success...

Few excerpts:- "The least that I expect from an audience like this…is to give the Taliban and their supporters in Pakistan a big applause" - Durrani "They (Pakistanis) deluded themselves in believing that they were allies (of the US). Actually, they were not" - Durrani. School kids killed in...

The Seventh and Final Navigational satellite(IRNSS-1G) of the IRNSS constellation has been launched successfully today by ISRO on board its trusted workhorse rocket PSLV-C33 at about 12:50 p.m IST from Sriharikota, India. The System is expected to be operational by June 2016. Meanwhile ISRO is...

At least 95 killed in twin bombings near train station in Turkey's capital. (CNN)Two powerful bombs exploded at a pro-Kurdish peace rally near the main train station in Ankara on Saturday morning, killing at least 95 people and wounding 246 others in the deadliest attack in the Turkish capital...

The award-winning Indian Music composer, A.R Rahman who composed Music for the film based on Prophet Muhammad directed by award-winning Iranian director Majid Majidi, has been issued a fatwa by Mumbai-based Raza Academy (a Sunni organization of Indian Muslims that aims to promote hardline...

Indian govt to have its own Operating System for official use. A highly improved and secured version of BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) has been developed by C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing). Indian government is all set to release BOSS this month. Aware of the...

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The Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) succesfully launched five British 'Earth observation' satellites today at about 10.00 p.m IST, from Sriharikota(India).... UK-DMC3A UK-DMC3B UK-DMC3C UK-CBNT-1 UK-De-OrbitSail The five satellites were launched as part of the arrangement entered...

Indian PM Narendra Modi's first trip to Dhaka since his election win last May has been dominated by the deal to permanently fix the contours of a border which stretches some 4,000 kilometres along India's eastern flank and thereby solving a long standing problem between India and Bangladesh and...

What is your name? A quick look at an Iraqi's national identity card or passport can be a signal. Shias believe that the leadership of Islam was passed down through the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law Ali and his sons Hussain (or Hussein), Hassan and Abbas, among others. While some Sunnis and...

A Sikh man was brutally beatenup in the British city of Birmingham and police have launched an investigation after the sickening video of the assault emerged on the internet. The footage, believed to have been captured on a mobile phone, shows the victim desperately trying to cover his face...

ISRO successfully launched its fourth Navigational satellite, IRNSS-1D at 5.19pm IST from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, today(March 28, 2015). The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System(IRNSS) would have seven satellites, out of which three(IRNSS-1A,1B,1C) are already placed in...

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As members of the Afghan national team fell to their knees in tears after winning their first-ever match in the Cricket World Cup, adoring fans at home erupted in celebration. The Blue Tigers, considered underdogs going into the tournament, pulled off a dramatic, one-wicket win over Scotland on...

Scoring 307 in the first innings, India won the toss and elected to bat. With Shikar Dhawan scoring a scintillating century which was well supported by Ajinkya Rahane’s tremendous knock of 79, India brought in a lot of trouble for the South African bowlers. Chasing the total, South Africa kept...

.........The resolution on 'International Day of Yoga' was introduced by India's ambassador to UN Asoke Mukerji and had 175 nations joining as co-sponsors, the highest number ever for any general assembly resolution. It is also for the first time that such an initiative has been proposed and...

Just want to know your opinion...... Is this post worthy of a -ve rating? If yes, WHY and if NO,WHY? The original post(#32) can be found here(see link below)..... India did it all Eons Ago Cars, Stem Cell research & All that | Page 3 Note: I didn't start this thread in GHQ as I'm not...

Another successful launch, this time 5 foreign satellites aboard PSLV-c23 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 9.52am IST, today, June 30,2014. Its main payload, 714kg French Satellite SPOT-7, is an Earth Observation satellite. PSLV C23 also carried 14kg AISAT of Germany, NLS7.1...