Wednesday 18 November '09
Though Benito Mussolini regarded Adolf Hitler as a “kind man”, he was “jealous” of his power and fame, declassified diaries of the Italian dictator’s mistress have revealed.Wednesday 18 November '09
A letter written in Persian by Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, to the then governor-general of the East India Company Lord Dalhousie has been discovered in the British Library.Wednesday
18 November '09Pakistan Army on Tuesday claimed that its forces waging a tough ground offensive in the lawless South Waziristan tribal region have captured...Wednesday
18 November '09About 500 people have been affected by chikungunia and dengue in West Bengal’s Nadia district.Wednesday
18 November '09Making it clear that it does not want to play the regulator by intervening in executive remuneration, the government on Tuesday...Wednesday
18 November '09World Anti-Doping Agency Director-General David Howman will be in India this week to address BCCI’s concerns on the vexed “whereabout clause”.Tuesday
17 November '09Workers of the Mahagujarat Janata Party stormed a theatre in Rajkot and tried to stop the screening of Mahesh Bhatt’s latest film Tum Mile.Tuesday
17 November '09Amidst a controversy over reciting of Vande Mataram by Muslims, the All India Shia Personal Law Board has...Tuesday
17 November '09A woman was allegedly gangraped by four railway and state forest department employees in Balmikinagar railway station premises...Tuesday
17 November '09Amid the controversy over Muslims reciting Vande Matram, the All India Shia Personal Law Board has asked the Centre to get the National Song translated in Urdu to help the community understand the real meaning and spirit of the song.Tuesday
17 November '09Terming India its “closest ally”, Sri Lanka has said the country’s support during its war with the LTTE helped “reduce the pressure” mounted...Tuesday
17 November '09A local court here on Monday acquitted the Managing Director of the popular Saravana Bhavan group of hotels in a fake passport and documents case.Tuesday
17 November '09General Sarath Fonseka on Monday bade farewell to the Army and said he will announce his future plans in a couple of days...Tuesday
17 November '09A team of Australian surgeons have begun a marathon 16-hour risky surgery to separate three-year old Bangladeshi twins Krishna and Trishna who are joined at the head.Tuesday
17 November '09Two new teams, four fielding substitutes instead of the lone 12th man, pink balls in practice matches and abolishing the Icon player...Tuesday
17 November '09Former Australian opener Justin Langer was on Monday appointed the national team’s batting coach for the upcoming cricket season.Monday
16 November '09Nuke installations across India have been put on high alert as it has been found that David Headley had visited some states having atomic installations.Monday
16 November '09The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party has declared the names of its candidates for all the 36 seats of the UP Legislative Council from the local body constituencies.Monday
16 November '09A survey is underway to ascertain the exact number of the reclusive and endangered clouded leopards at the Buxa Tiger Rerserve in North Bengal to prepare an action plan for their conservation.Monday
16 November '09The Delhi Development Authority said on Sunday that it will complete issuing allotment letters to successful applicants of the 2008 housing scheme, which was mired in controversy over allegations of rigging.Monday
16 November '09Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has announced Rs 5 lakh each to three villages of Bhokar Assembly constituency...Monday
16 November '09Apparently taking a cue from Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industries...Monday
16 November '09The Centre is considering formulating a policy to check the growth of educational agents who lure students to study abroad without proper verification of colleges.Monday
16 November '09Rubbishing the claim by a government-backed study that melting of glaciers was not due to climate change, leading environmentalist R K Pachauri...Monday
16 November '09Nature's law of the old yielding place to new seems to have found an echo in the world of the dead too.
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