The Republic of India, commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country, and the most populous, secular liberal democracy in the world. India...
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The Republic of India, commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country, and the most populous, secular liberal democracy in the world. India has a coastline of over seven thousand kilometres, bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east. India borders Pakistan to the west; the People's Republic of China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia.
The name India is derived from Indus, which is derived from the Old Persian word Hindu, from Sanskrit Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the ancient Indians as Indoi, the people of the Indus. The Constitution of India and common usage in Hindi also recognise Bharat as an official name of equal status. A third name, Hindustan (Persian: Land of the Hindus), has been in use since the 12th century, though its contemporary use is unevenly applied.
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Article & Research By SM Despite the U.S. government’s self-declared “surprise” at India’s multiple tests in May 1998, India’s march towards an openly declared nuclear capability underscored by new tests was clear for a number of years. Indian Nuclear Centrifuge Censored Snaps
During the last several years the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People’s Party, or BJP) has emerged as the dominant power in domestic... Read Full Story
Two senior Madhya Pradesh officials have been suspended for allegedly misusing funds meant for a rural employment guarantee scheme, an official said Sunday.
An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and a State Administrative Service (SAS) official were suspended late Saturday for having misused National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) funds.
The suspension orders of IAS officer K.P. Rahi and SAS officer Moolchand Verma were issued by the General Administration... Read Full Story
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Guwahati, November 14 (Agencies): Assam politics is expected to witness some major realignment of forces ahead of the 2011 assembly polls with the honeymoon between the main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) almost over. “The time has come to take a strong call on the continuance of the tie-up with the BJP. Successive electoral defeats have shattered... Read Full Story
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Imphal (Manipur), November14 (ANI): Kin and employees of provincial electricity department staged a protest here on Friday demanding the release of the engineers, who were abducted by suspected rebels. Some unidentified gunmen abducted the two engineers of the states electricity department on November 12. Though none of the rebel group claimed responsibility for the abduction, local media... Read Full Story
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November 14, 2009 by hussnain news under Breaking News
JAIPUR : The Delhi Express derailed Mandore bound with a portion of the track through its AC compartment, leaving six dead and 19 passengers
Rescue work in progress after the Delhi bound Mandore Express derailed, with part of the track through its AC compartment in the town of Bassi, near Jaipur.
were wounded at... Read Full Story
The Dalai Lama visited a remote Tibetan monastery in northeast India on Sunday at the start of a trip that has infuriated China, which claims the surrounding Himalayan region as its own. Thousands of Buddhists gave the Tibetan spiritual leader, who has lived in exile in India for 50 years, a rousing welcome as he arrived at the Tawang monastery, perched at 3,500 metres (11,400 feet) in Arunachal Pradesh. "We are very pleased and blessed to have His Holiness here," said Sarwang Lama, a monk... Read Full Story
The Dalai Lama visited a remote Tibetan monastery in northeast India on Sunday at the start of a trip that has infuriated China, which claims the surrounding Himalayan region as its own. Thousands of Buddhists gave the Tibetan spiritual leader, who has lived in exile in India for 50 years, a rousing welcome as he arrived at the Tawang monastery, perched at 3,500 metres (11,400 feet) in Arunachal Pradesh state. "We are very pleased and blessed to have His Holiness here," said Sarwang Lama, a... Read Full Story
For the first time in Karnataka, both the executive and the judiciary are simultaneously passing through troubled times.
The legislature, meeting early next month, is set to be paralysed by an opposition waiting to clobber the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first government in the state for the mess it is in.
An uneasy truce between Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and dissident ministers G. Janardhana Reddy (Tourism) and his elder brother G. Karunakara Reddy (Revenue) has been... Read Full Story
A newborn baby died in an Uttar Pradesh hospital after falling from a bed that was shared by him, his mother, another woman and another infant, an official said Friday.
The baby boy died on Wednesday but the matter came to the fore late Thursday after relatives of the victim alleged that the hospital staff was trying to cover up the incident.
Geeta Mishra, a resident of Rasoolpur Parsada village in Sitapur district, some 80 km from Lucknow, was admitted to the District Women's... Read Full Story
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NEW DELHI, november 12 (Agencies): India on Thursday declared as “invalid” the standalone paper visas given by the Chinese embassy and consulates for Indians from Jammu & Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh, and issued a travel advisory asking those going to China to ensure their visas are pasted on their passports. “Such paper visas stapled to the passport are not considered valid for travel... Read Full Story
