The famous Indian scientist, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose has been inducted in the Pioneers Hall of the US Museum. The US museum celebrated the life and work of Jagadish Chandra Bose on his 150th birth anniversary. While delivering his speech at the event Indian Ambassador to the US Ronen ...

The speaker of Lok Sabha Somnath Chatterjee has been hospitalized after suffering from chest congestion. According to official sources, the former Left leader has been admitted to Army Hospital (Research and Referral) at New Delhi on November 5, 2008. Somnath Chatterjee is reported to under ...

Popular Indian classical vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi has been nominated for the coveted Bharat Ratna award. This announcement was made by Rastrapati Bhavan on November 4, 2008. The recipient of several awards, Bhimsen Joshi bagged the Padma Vibhushan in 1999 for his contribution to Indian ...

Raghuram Rajan, a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago has become honorary economic advisor to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Rajan has many achievements: He is the only Indian origin economist chosen by the International Monetary Fund as its chief economist; he is the writer ...

According to ISRO there could not be any manned mission to moon before 2012. Talking with media professionals Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said that ISRO is conducting a basic study needed for a manned mission on the moon. Also, the said study includes the ...

Founder of a recycling firm Ranjit Singh Baxi has won the Asian of the Year Award for 2008. Baxi had formed a recycling firm J and H Sales (International) Ltd, which later on became the leading firm in Europe. He was bestowed with the award in a glittering ceremony organized by publishing firm ...

Former Advocate General of Orissa and writer of many books, Gobinda Chandra Das has died because of prolonged illness. The 78 year old legend personality took his last breath at Cuttack. Gobinda Chandra Das came into limelight after writing the famous and popular novel, 'Amabasyara Chandra.' He is ...

The Information and Broadcasting minister of India, Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi has been admitted to All India Institute of medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he suffered from severe cardiac attack on October 13, 2008. As per doctors, condition of the minister is critical. The spokesperson of AIIMS, Y K ...

Sister Alphonsa has become the first Indian woman to be awarded the title of sainthood at a function in Vatican on October 12, 2008. She has also become the second Indian catholic nun to get canonized. Mother Teresa is other Indian woman to get sainthood. The canonization ceremony held at the St ...

Actor-politician Raj Babbar has joined the Congress Party on October 5, 2008. The Agra MP, Raj Babbar had quit the Samajwadi Party (SP) in 2006 after his altercation with party general secretary Amar Singh. After his split with SP, Raj Babbar has formed a new party called Jan Morcha with former PM ...

Indian master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has decided to be a part of UNICEF's Global Handwashing Day scheduled to be held on October 15, 2008. The main motive of organizing Global Handwashing Day is to get Indian children to wash their hands for better health and hygiene. Tendulkar-featured ...

The Kerala-born nun Sister Alphonsa will be bestowed with title of a saint by Pope Benedict XIV amidst a religious ceremony in Vatican on October 12, 2008. With this, Sister Alphonsa will become the first woman saint of India. The canonization process of Sister Alphonsa is reported to be headed by ...

One of India's most well-known Muslim leaders and president of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi died on Monday, September 29, 2008. His death has brought an end to a very crucial chapter of Hyderabad's political history. Owaisi was 76 years old and had been suffering ...

SK Jain MD of LMJ International has been elected as IACC (Indo-American Chamber of Commerce) President for the current fiscal year. Right after his election as president of the body, he said that civil use of nuclear energy, aerospace, entertainment and manufacturing are going to be his focus ...

A special court in Siwan has awarded 10 years of jail to the RJD parliamentarian Shahabuddin for illegal possession of arms. Admittedly, in the year 2001, police had confiscated various sophisticated firearms, including hand grenades and AK-46 rifles, from Siwan MP's ancestral house in Pratappur ...

CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) leader has died due to heart-attack at the age of 72. He was heading Kerala Control Commission too besides other political works.
 
The veteran leader was a member of CPI-M’s state committee. Fighting election for his political party he won ...

Kapil Dev, ex-Indian cricket captain, got commissioned into the Territorial Army (TA) as an honorary lieutenant colonel on Wednesday, September 24, 2008. A ceremony was organized at the Army Headquarters in New Delhi where Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor attached the badges signifying the ...

Delhi Police claims that it has cracked Delhi serial blast and people behind it would soon be nabbed. According to Delhi Police they had found evidence to suggest Bashir of Indian Mujahideen (IM) played a key role in the blasts in UP courts, Ahmedabad and Jaipur and the failed attack on Surat. The ...

The committee of Agricultural Leadership Awards 2008 has honored Verghese Kurien with the lifetime achievement award. This decision was taken by the National Award Committee on September 17, 2008. The 12-member national committee is headed by the Governor of Haryana, Dr AR Kidwai. The lifetime ...

The Border Security Force (BSF) of India has got its new Director General (DG) in ML Kumawat. This announcement was made by the Union Home Ministry in the capital on September 17, 2008. An IPS officer of 1972 batch, Kumawat has been appointed as a successor to AK Mitra. The new DG will join his ...

Indians, of late, have increasingly been making their presence felt on the rich list. In the latest list released by the Forbes magazine that comprises names of 400 richest Americans, there are four Indians who feature in it. Google investor Kavitark Ram Shriram (ranked 281) is leading his group of ...

Replacing Ashok Chawla, M Madhavan Nambiar has become new secretary for Ministry of Civil Aviation. Mr Nambiar is a 1974 batch IAS officer from the Tamil Nadu cadre. He was collector of Dharmpuri district for quite sometime. Now, he would be responsible to make national carrier 'Air India' a profit ...

Ashok Chawla, who has been working as Secretary of Ministry of Aviation has become new DEA (Department of Economic Affairs) Secretary. Chawla is a 1973 IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. Earlier also, he has worked as additional secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. He ...

AK Lal, a major general of the Indian Army, has been sacked on charges of molesting a young woman officer Captain Neha Rawat, while teaching yoga to her. Lal, until recently, was heading a frontier infantry unit in Jammu and Kashmir. He was dismissed on service after a general court martial (GCM) ...

The chief of Darul-Uloom Hijaziya Chishti of Mumbai has issued the 'fatwa' against Salman Khan and his family for participating on Ganeshotsav. Reacting on the development Salman's father and veteran Bollywood scriptwriter Salim Khan questioned the locus standi of the people who have imposed Fatwa ...

Three Indians, including Indiabulls' Sameer Gehlaut, Kavitark Ram Shriram, and Anurag Dikshit are among Forbes Web Billionaires. The names have appeared in the list of 34 innovators in the 'Web Billionaires' list by US magazine Forbes. The list comprises names of Google founders Sergey Brin and ...

Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, was expelled from the Punjab Assembly, which thereafter requested the Election Commission (EC) to announce his Patiala seat vacant. This happened after Amarinder Singh was accused by a special House committee of being involved in a land ...

Rahul Gandhi, the Congress general secretary, spend hours under the scorching sun on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 as he visited the flood-hit Araria district of Bihar. He went to relief camps crammed with people who got displaced from the homes by the floods caused by River Kosi. Donning ...

The Supreme Court bench of Justice B N Agrawal and Justice G S Singhvi has ordered for the arrest of Gopal Ansal and Sushil Ansal in Uphaar Case. The bench on Wednesday held that the role of Gopal and Sushil Ansal in destroying court records in the Uphaar cinema fire was a grievous offence. The ...

73 year old Violin maestro Kunnakudi R Vaidyanathan died in a hospital after a prolonged illness. He is survived by wife and two daughters. He was known for his innovative violin concerts, and his performances all across the globe received accolades for him. His performances with Thavil, a ...