India,the seventh largest country(total: 3,287,590 sq km/land: 2,973,190 sq km/water: 314,400 sq km)of the world is situated in South Asia.India is officially known as Republic of India.The capital of ...

Ashok Chavan, the son of late S B Chavan, was named the new ASHOK-CHAVAN-NEW-MAHARASHTRA-CM-RANE-LIVID-.html?nia_id=374">chief minister of Maharashtra on December 5 to succeed Vilasrao Deshmukh, who was forced to quit following the heinous terror attacks in Mumbai. The 50-year-old Chavan was industry minister in Deshmukh’s cabinet.   The nomination

India on February 12 welcomed Islamabad’s response to the 26/11 dossier, but maintained the pressure on the neighboring country for taking real action against  the perpetrators of the Mumbai india.tm/show_nia_article-0/CAUTIOUS-INDIA-CALLS-PAK-RESPONSE-A-POSITIVE-STEP-.html?nia_id=521">terror attacks as well as for dismantling the terrorist infrastructure on its soil.   In New

Before Manmohan Singh takes oath on May 22 for his second consecutive term as prime minister, the allies of the United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) coalition have resorted to some hard-nosed bargaining for lucrative ministerial berths. Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, who is now asking

Manmohan Singh on May 22 took oath of office and secrecy along with 19 Cabinet colleagues to begin his second five-year term as prime minister. Singh heads a multi-party coalition government in which his Congress party is the dominant partner after a sweeping victory in the 15th Lok Sabha elections.