Washington, Aug 15 (IANS) As Indians in America celebrated the country’s 68th Independence Day, US Secretary of State John Kerry said India-US partnership “has never mattered more” and the two nations can shape together a shared future. In a message of greetings on behalf of President Barack Obama and the American people, the top US diplomat […]
Agra, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden Independence Day addr4ss to the nation Friday roused a lot of positivity and hope here. “Definitely the public mood is one of hope,” said businessman Bankey Lal Maheshwari, who runs a textile shop in Johri Bazar. “Many in our colony heard Modi speaking from the ramparts of […]
Patna, Aug 15 (IANS) Flood water has entered over 100 villages in Bihar, forcing people to abandon their homes, and rising water level in most rivers is posing a threat to many other villages, officials said Friday. All the inundated villages are in flood-prone districts of Bagha, Gopalganj, Madhubani, Sitamarhi, Supaul, Saharsa, Khagaria, Darbhanga and Madhepura. […]
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The government has said it will not indulge in any activity that might affect the mythical Ram Sethu from the famous Indian epic of Ramayana. According to Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkri the development of a proposed waterway through the underwater site in the Palk Strait is being […]
Film: “Anjaan”; Cast: Suriya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Manoj Bajpayee, Vidyut Jamwal, Dalip Tahil, Soori, Brahmanandam, Asif Basra and Murali Sharma; Director: N. Lingusamy; Rating: ** “Anjaan” is like a battle between Suriya, the star, and Suriya, the actor. Interestingly the film features him in a double role – one is a star and the other […]
Cincinnati (US), Aug 15 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza and her Zimbwean partner Cara Black went down to Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and Kazakhstan`s Yaroslave Shvedova in the second round of women’s doubles at the Western and Southern Open here. The fourth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair went down 3-6, 3-6 Thursday in this hard court tournament, which […]
Chennai, Aug 15 (IANS) Solid play and strategic planning were key to India’s success at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Norway, said team members. For the first time, India won three medals – a gold, silver and a bronze – at the Chess Olympiad that concluded Thursday in the Norwegian city of Tromse. India, seeded 19th, […]
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) It was an unhappy Independence Day Friday for the families of two West Bengal workers as they wait for the return of their men abducted by Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq. As many as 25 Indian workers, all from Bengal, were evacuated from Iraq after conflict broke out in that country. […]
It is my great pleasure to extend my best wishes to those celebrating India’s 68th Independence Day. August 15 commemorates India’s non-violent struggle for independence and reaffirms the strong bond between our two nations. Australia and India are inexorably linked by language, democratic heritage, and a commitment to peace in our region. We have been comrades in times […]
Australia’s next generation of geologists, engineers and resource industry leaders have descended on Perth for two major mining industry events. Launching the 2014 National Collegiate Mining Games, at The University of Western Australia (UWA), Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion said about 200 competitors would compete over two days in events from traditional air drilling […]