India says no to Bt Brinjal, Twitter welcomes the decision New Delhi: There has been a countrywide protest against the introduction of Bt Brinjal in India with common people joining the NGOs and farmers in launching mass movements against such an unsus....
Vayalar Ravi to be air-lifted to Chennai New Delhi: The Indian government has arranged a special aircraft to bring back Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi, who was injured in a car accident in Liberia.
A govern....
India needs a seed policy: Jairam Ramesh New Delhi: Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh today said India needs to have a seed policy and the country's agriculture should not be dependent on the private sector seed indus....
Uncommon furore over common brinjal New Delhi: India's decision today to place an indefinite moratorium on commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal followed months of heated debate over the advantages and risks of growing the wor....
Andhra to move apex court in Muslim quota case Hyderabad: A day after Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed four percent reservations for Muslims, the state government today decided to file an appeal in the Supreme Court.
Chief Minist....
Three 'RAW' agents arrested in Pakistan Islamabad: Pakistani security forces have arrested three men said to be agents of Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), a media report said today.
The arrested ....
Two SPOs injured in Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh Raipur: Two special police officers (SPOs) were injured today in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district when Maoist insurgents ambushed a contingent of some 300 policemen, officials said.
Asian Security Conference to focus on 2030 scenario
New Delhi: The concerns that India and other Asian nations will face on security and other fronts two decades hence will be the focus of a three-day conference that Defence Minister A.K. Antony....
Seema Azad branded Maoist for exposing police, says PUCL
Lucknow: Members of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) alleged today their organising secretary Seema Azad has been falsely branded as a Maoist because of "her campaigns expo....
Islamic clerics fume at 'Abdullah's anti-burqa' views Lucknow: Leading Islamic clerics have taken strong exception to union minister Farooq Abdullah's reported views against Muslim women wearing the burqa.
Several maulanas in Lucknow....
India to build intelligent satellite for surveillance Bangalore: India is set to develop a dedicated network-centric communication intelligence satellite for detecting conversations and espionage activities in the region, a top defence scientist s....
Clinton aide in Delhi on Bt Brinjal decision day New Delhi: US diplomat Nina Fedoroff, science and technology adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, arrived in the national capital late on Monday. She is here on an official visit.
Now, Kerala too wants a Surajkund type fair
Surajkund (Haryana): Close on the heels of Sri Lanka seeking the expertise of Haryana in organising a fair on the lines of the popular Surajkund Crafts Mela in Faridabad district, Kerala too ha....
