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Rahul Gandhi to take part in Punjab Congress' padyatra
Congress on Thursday began the exercise of setting its house in order in Punjab with PCC chief Pratap Singh Bajwa meeting Rahul Gandhi and the latter agreeing to participate in a padyatra starting October 2 in the state.
Champions League: Five Juventus players to watch for in final
Barcelona's attack of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar doesn't scare Juventus because the Italian champions have one of the meanest defenses in Europe.
Devi Sri Prasad convinces Vijay to sing for 'Puli'
The track has lyrics by Vairamuthu.
PM Modi to start plantation drive on World Environment Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a tree plantation campaign by planting a sapling at his official residence 7.
FIFA paid Irish FA 5 million euros to stop legal action
FIFA paid five million euros to the Irish FA to avoid the threat of a legal case over a World Cup playoff defeat in 2009.
Curfew imposed in Jammu after clash between Sikh youth and policemen
Curfew has been imposed in Jammu after one person was killed and 30 others injured in a police crackdown in the city on Thursday.
DMK chief Karunanidhi says birthday wishes for him was top Twitter trend
Thanking all those who had wished him on his birthday, DMK President Karunanidhi on Thursday said a whopping 47.67 lakh people greeted him and wishes for him topped Twitter India trends.
Co-founder Sergey Brin defends accident records of Google's self-driving cars
Google co-founder Sergey Brin says he sees little reason to release the accident reports involving the Internet company's self-driving cars because he believes there's nothing new in documents withheld to protect the privacy of other motorists.
70 groups in US join hands to organise events on Yoga day
Overseas Volunteers for Better India (OVBI) will be organising Yogathon events across 100 US cities and more than 70 groups have joined the campaign, the organisation said in a statement.
China wants agreement with India on Code of Conduct at border
Pressed further on why China has reservations on the LAC clarification, which Modi stated will help both sides to know their positions, Huang said it was tried few years ago but ran into difficulties.
FDI dips 40 per cent in March to 2.11 billion dollar; lowest in four months
Previously, in November 2014 the FDI was the lowest at USD 1.53 billion. FDI in India was at USD 3.53 billion in March 2014.
Airbus says three of four engines failed in Spain A400M crash
An analysis of the black boxes of the A400M plane which crashed in Spain has revealed that three of the aircraft's four engines failed before it ploughed into a field killing four in May, Airbus said on Wednesday.
Railways to introduce Centralised Traffic Control system
Railways will soon switch over to Centralised Traffic Control (CTC) system on the highly congested Delhi-Kanpur route to make the operations faster.
Hizbul Mujahideen behind attacks on mobile towers in Kashmir: sources
Sources said terrorists from the Lashkar-e-Islam believe that attacks on telecom towers will impact the interception capability of security forces.
Centre to award new road projects on PPP, hybrid model: Nitin Gadkari
Even as state-run National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) received tepid response from the private sector for road projects, Union Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the government wants to award more projects on PPP...
Gujarat: Now, non-Hindus can't enter Somnath temple sans permit
Authorities cited security concerns and protection of 'sanctity' of a religious place for the restriction, saying other religions do not allow non-followers to enter their sacred places.