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.
NEW DELHI: Amar Singh on Wednesday resigned as general secretary and from other posts in the Samajwadi Party citing “health reasons” amid speculation over deepening differences with party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Singh, who is in Dubai, said that he has resigned as national general secretary, spokesman and member of the Samajwadi Party parliamentary board. He faxed his resignation from all the three posts to Yadav, he said.
“I have resigned from all the three posts with immediate... Read Full Story
The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national council meeting will be held Feb 17-19 in Indore, it was announced here Thursday.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the party's national office bearers, the first since Nitin Gadkari took over as party president.
The meeting was attended by senior leader L.K. Advani and former president Rajnath Singh, apart from other office bearers.
The national council meeting would formally endorse Gadkari's name as party president for a three... Read Full Story
The Election Commission Monday issued instructions to chief electoral officers (CEO) of six states to conduct free and fair biennial elections to state legislative councils.
Considering the "various complaints" it received in the biennial elections, the Election Commission asked the CEOs of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh to videograph the "poll proceedings."
An Election Commission official said the commission is "now in process" to... Read Full Story
NEW DELHI News: Amar Singh on Wednesday resigned as general secretary and from other posts in the Samajwadi Party citing “health reasons” amid speculation over deepening differences with party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Singh, who is in Dubai, said that he has resigned as national general secretary, spokesman and member of the Samajwadi Party parliamentary board. He faxed his resignation from all the three posts to Yadav, he said.
“I have resigned from all the three posts with immediate... Read Full Story
Film city in memory of Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan
The Karnataka government will build a film city in memory of Kannada film icons Raj Kumar and Vishnuvardhan, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa announced on Tuesday at a condolence meeting organised by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce in memory of four stalwarts late Vishnuvardhan, singer C. Ashwath, producer Chandu Lal Jain and stuntman Circus Boranna.
Yeddyurappa said the proposed film city would be designed after taking suggestions from the... Read Full Story
Security forces in Mizoram have busted a fake currency racket and arrested three people, including a woman, police said here Tuesday.
Mizoram police and troopers of the Border Security Force in a joint operation uncovered the racket at Vairengte near the Assam-Mizoram border on Saturday, said Aizawl district police chief Lalbiakthanga Khiangte.
The security forces seized fake Indian currency with a face value of Rs.164,000 along with a laptop, computers, printer, scanner, silk... Read Full Story
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s national office bearers are meeting here Thursday, the first since Nitin Gadkari took over as party chief.
The meeting is to decide the date and venue of the party's national council meeting, a party source said.
The meeting is being attended by senior leader L.K. Advani and former president Rajnath Singh apart from other office bearers.
The national council meeting would formally endorse Gadkari's name as party president for a three-year term... Read Full Story
Those who work for long hours on computers become victims of weak backs and shoulders, an affliction that doctors believe has multiplied over the years.
"Gurgaon is an IT hub and the problem is definitely severe here. I have seen a nearly 10 fold increase in the number of shoulder and back ache patients. They are falling flat on weak shoulders," said I.P.S. Oberoi, a senior orthopaedic doctor at the Artemis Health Institute in Gurgaon.
"Nearly two years back, we used to get some 20... Read Full Story
Several political groups and social organisations Sunday started a two-day sit-in agitation here to press the demand for a separate Vidarbha state.
The initiative has been taken by Congress MP Vilas Muttemwar who led around 2000 people at the peaceful sit-in (dharna) before a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Variety Square in the heart of the city.
The agitators have demanded that along with the recently-approved proposal for a Telangana state, the central government should also... Read Full Story
A cold wave continued to sweep Himachal Pradesh Friday, with its higher reaches shivering under sub-zero temperatures.
The minimum temperature in Shimla was 3.8 degrees Celsius, down from Thursday's 5.5 degrees, the director of the meteorological office, Manmohan Singh, told IANS.
Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district and Kalpa in Kinnaur district saw a low of minus 11.3 and minus 5.9 degrees respectively.
Sundernagar in Mandi district recorded a low of 1.3 degrees, while it was 0... Read Full Story
