17 Jan, 2010, Kolkota, India
Jyoti Basu, the former CM of west Bengal who strode the political landscape of nation like a colossus passed away on Sunday afternoon in Kolkata hospital. Basu had missed to be the prime minister in year 1996 due to the CPM’s ideological rigidity that was in charge of West [...]

14 Jan, 2010, Allahabad, India

Eight Hindu pilgrims have been killed in a stampede at a religious festival on the Ganges River. More than 20 pilgrims have been injured in the incident which took place when hundreds of devotees tried to board a ferry to take them to the festival. Every winter, Sagar [...]

10 Jan, 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh
A clinical all-round performance helped India outclass  by eight wickets and secure their place in the final of the triangular one-day series in Dhaka. Zaheer Khan and Amit Mishra claimed three wickets apiece as India bundled Sri Lanka out for 213, a total achieved only through gritty half-centuries from Kumar [...]

9 Jan, 2010, Punjab, India
In a repeat of lobbing rockets incident in Punjab’s border villages recently, around six rockets were lobbed from Pakistani side in the fields near the villages around the Atari sector that is close to India-Pakistan border on Saturday.
The two rockets landed in Border Security Force post (Khangarh), about two kilometers from [...]

7 Jan, 2010, Bangladesh
Mahindra Singh Dhoni led from the front with tremendous unbeaten 101 as India recovered from early jolt to register the comprehensive six-wicket win over Bangladesh in third match of the cricket tri-series on Thursday.
Chasing 297 for victory under lights, India was precariously placed at 51 for three before Dhoni combined with [...]

6 Jan, 2010, Pakistan
Three soldiers have been killed and about 11 have been injured in a suicide bombing outside the army barracks in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. No group has claimed this attack that has occurred in Tarakhal, near the town of Rawalakot, close to the line of control (LOC) with Indian-administered Kashmir.
Kashmir is disputed [...]

5 Jan, 2010, New Delhi, India
An all-party meeting called by the Centre for discussing statehood for Telangana ended without taking any decision on an issue. The Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, who chaired the meeting, went to meet the Prime Minister and apprise him with the outcome soon after the meeting ended in New [...]

3 Jan, 2010, New Delhi, India
The United States administration will introduce a bill in the Senate and the Congress to remove the federal cap on the intake of medical students, according to the Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), a body of physicians of Indian-origin in India. This would benefit international students, including [...]