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Sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee's chief Suresh Kalmadi was ousted today as the President of Asian Athletics Association (AAA) after he lost the re-election bid to Qatar's Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad on the first day of the…

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi wants 50 per cent women representation in AICC to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. He observed that the presence of women is less in Congress and it should be increased in the coming two-three years.…

The dream of Indian post office to be the largest bank of the country may come true in the upcoming days as the Department of Post has started consultation with the government to get fund for the banking operations. The Department of…

The Amarnath Yatra 2013 began today amid tight security with thousands of pilgrims started the tough journey from both Pahalgam and Baltal routes. All the arrangements have been done and the armed forces were deployed to help the pilgrims…

Oil & Gas stocks like Reliance Industries, ONGC and Oil India Ltd are trading high on Friday after the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) announced to hike gas price to $8.4 per million metric British thermal units (mmBtu),…

The Union Cabinet finally acted on the Supreme Court's direction and accepted the recommendations of a GoM on the CBI autonomy to make the investigating body free from the government's influence. As per the recommendation, there will be…

Gangster Abu Salem was attacked inside the Taloja Central Jail in Navi Mumbai on Thursday night. Police confirmed the report after he was taken to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Hospital in Vashi. The incident raises the question of…

Tragedy struck Uttarakhand on June 25, when 20 security personnel on a rescue mission, were killed in a MI-17 V5 chopper crash in Gaurikund. A proud nation salutes its brave soldiers who defied all the odds to save the lives of the people…

BJP President Rajnath Singh sought to put an end to the controversy around the report on a rescue act of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, which said the latter evacuated 15,000 Gujaratis in just 48 hours with his strong disaster management team.…

In a huge relief to the Kashmiris and people across the state who want to visit the valley throughout the year, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the rail link between Banihal and Qazigund this…