Sonia Gandhi creates history; re-elected Congress chief

NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi wasre-elected unopposed as the Congress president for the fourth consecutive term a she was the only candidate for the post and the party’s Central election authority (CEA) received only her nomination papers. A formal announcement about it was made on Friday.....more

India reviews security scenario vis-à-vis China

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister, the Defence Minister and the External Affairs Minister have reviewed the developments across the border and in the Indian Ocean with regard to Chinese troop’s deployment.....more

Iffco’s Soil Rejuvenation Campaign Helps Farmers Increase Crop Productivity

NEW DELHI: India’s giant cooperative, IFFCO, has taken yet another initiative to help farmers rejuvenate soil that has fallen victim to multi-nutrient deficiency and help them increase crop productivity. Keeping in mind the food security for over 1 billion Indians in the years to come, Dr U S Awasthi, IFFCO’s Managing Director, has taken yet another ‘farmer-people’ centric initiative and launched Bhommi Bachao Abhiyan (Save the Soil Campaign) to avoid any future food crisis in the country.....more

Target of making India slum-free achievable: Selja

NEW DELHI: Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja on Friday said the target of making India slum-free in the next five years as envisaged in the Rajiv Awas Yojana was "not unachievable" but a lot would depend on how states cooperated with the Centre on the issue.....more

Raman is CMD of Canara Bank

NEW DELHI: The new chiefs of four public sector banks took charge on Wednesday, including Canara Bank Chairman and Managing Director S. Raman and UCO Bank chief Arun Kaul.....more

Nokia launches dual-SIM phones

NEW DELHI: Forced by the runaway success of domestic players offering features-rich dual-SIM mobile phones in the sub-Rs 5,000 category, market leader Nokia finally launched two dual-SIM phones in India on Monday.....more

Coordinated drive to tackle dengue: Azad

NEW DELHI: With dengue cases crossing last year's figure of 1,153 in Delhi, Government on Friday said it would launch a special cleaning drive from 6th September to prevent breeding of mosquitoes even as it assured that the strain prevalent this year was far less lethal.....more

Sachin becomes Group Captain in IAF

NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar was on Friday conferred with the Indian Air Force’s honorary rank of Group Captain to honour his cricketing achievements and contribution to the nation.....more

Saina gets Khel Ratna award; 15 given Arjuna Award

NEW DELHI: Badminton ace Saina Nehwal, whose phenomenal rise was highlighted by three top-flight international titles recently, was conferred the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi on Sunday.....more

Regulatory Authority for Multi-State Cooperatives on the card

NEW DELHI: Government is planning to set up a regulatory authority for multi-state cooperatives throurgh the amendment in the law, disclosed Additional Agricultural Secretary G C Pati, while inaugurating a two-day 'National Conference on Livelihood Security of Smallholder Farmers', organised by IFFCO Foundation in New Delhi on Thursday.....more

Atwal wins Wyndham Championship, earns back PGA card

GREENSBORO: Arjun Atwal scripted history by becoming the first Indian golfer to clinch a US PGA Tour title as he lifted the Wyndham Championship trophy in Greensboro, USA, regaining his playing card on the elite tour within weeks of losing it to poor form in a remarkable turnaround of fortune.....more

Videocon brings 1p/sec ISD calls

CHENNAI: While mobile service providers were following Tata-DoCoMo in 1 paisa per second tariff, latest entrant Videocon has pulled one over the rest in the tariff game. Videocon Mobile Services on Tuesday announced that one paisa per second billing for ISD calls, making them at par with the local calls.....more

Refaeli upset by skinny models

LONDON: Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli admits she gets extremely upset when she sees wafer-thin models. Rafaeli, 25, whose curvy-yet-toned body is the envy of women all over the world, hates seeing young girls look so unhealthy and wants them to be encouraged to put on some weight, reports femalefirst.co.uk....more

Julianne Moore's raunchy ad banned

VENINCE: A billboard featuring Hollywood actress Julianne Moore posing naked for a fashion campaign has been banned by officials in Venice, Italy after it was deemed "inappropriate"....more

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Interview with Dr U S Awasthi, Managing Director, IFFCO
Salsa Dance by Sneha and Richard