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.
Noisy protests for and against the division of Andhra Pradesh Thursday forced repeated adjournments of the Lok Sabha that saw 28 business papers tabled in a span of just 15 minutes amid the chaos. Read Full Story
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said that the Telangana statehood issue would not be discussed in the Lok Sabha until the Andhra Pradesh assembly passes a resolution initiating the process for creation of a separate state. Read Full Story
NEW DELHI: Amid opposition demands for immediately bringing to book
culprits of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, government on Wednesday described the incident as “one of the most tragic events” and assured Lok Sabha that it would do its best under the given circumstances.
“Everyone among us feels ashamed that this happened… We cannot get back the lives we lost, we cannot remove the agony (of those affected) … We can take a vow and draw a lesson that in future this does not happen,” Leader... Read Full Story
The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is now serving over five crore beneficiaries all over the country. This was announced by the Union Minister of Labour & Employment, Shri Mallikarjun Kharge at its 148th meeting held here today.
The E.S.I. Corporation approved its Annual Accounts and Annual Report for the financial year 2008-09 in this meeting which was held under the chairmanship of Shri Kharge. The Minister of State for Labour & Employment and Vice Chairman of... Read Full Story
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seem to be moving closer to each other in the scramble for allies in Jharkhand's post-poll scenario.
JMM chief Shibu Soren arrived here Thursday night and said he would stake claim to form the government in the state and spoke about the BJP in a positive light.
"I never termed BJP a communal party. BJP is not a communal party," he maintained.
When it waas pointed out that the BJP had, in the past, made... Read Full Story
Jayanta Bhattacharya Agartala, Dec 23 (PTI) Tripura enjoyed success in its fight against militancy in the year gone by that also saw the ruling Left Front emerging victorious in both Lok Sabha and panchayat polls and swearing-in of two governors in a span of 40 days....
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Backing the Gujarat government’s move to make voting compulsory in local body polls, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Monday said it should be extended to Lok Sabha and assembly polls too.
“Making voting compulsory in the elections to urban bodies is a stand that deserves to be supported,” Prasad told reporters when his attention was drawn to Gujarat Assembly passing the landmark bill in this connection.
“There has been a gradual decline in the voting percentage in... Read Full Story
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Bowing to the pressure of Congress Member of Lok Sabha from Vijaywada Lagdapati Rajagopal, the Andhra Pradesh government has agreed to shift him from Vijaywada to the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad... Read Full Story
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday sought to score political points by walking out of the Rajya Sabha to express its displeasure over Home Minister P.Chidambaram's reply on the steps being taken to prosecute the perpetrators of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Read Full Story
Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said that apart from the armed forces and the government, every citizen in the country should be conscious and responsible for national security to effectively combat the threats of terrorism and prevent Mumbai model attacks. He was answering to a query on the steps taken by the defence forces to stop Mumbai model attacks at an interaction with school students organised on the sidelines of the Sree Chithira Thirunal National Award ’09 function. “All... Read Full Story
