The funeral of Captain SK Chowdhary will take place in Kathua near Jammu on Tuesday. Chowdhary, whose name figured in the Republic Day awards, was killed in a gun battle with militants in Assam just a day after he was awarded the Sena medal for bravery. Read the rest of this entry

As the First Citizen drove to the Rajpath in her motorcade along with her French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy, Pratibha Tai made a history as for the first time a woman was receiving salute on the Republic Day. Read the rest of this entry

The Samajwadi Party’s victory in the Ballia Lok Sabha bypoll suggests that Mayavati’s Brahmin-Dalit alliance could be vulnerable to a new Yadav-Rajput axis in Uttar Pradesh. Read the rest of this entry

The results on Bikramganj seat today has once again brought to the fore the fact that Lalu Prasad has been consistently losing grounds in Bihar. Read the rest of this entry

They are men of contrasting styles. Yet Virbhadra Singh, the incumbent chief minister and an erstwhile royal, and Prem Kumar Dhumal, an English lecturer, are leading one of the most bitterly fought election battles in Himachal Pradesh. Read the rest of this entry

Dhafra (Jamnagar)

It’s election time in Gujarat and the Rajput women in Gujarat’s Jamjodhpur area find themselves privileged to have an all-women polling booth, exclusively set up for them. Read the rest of this entry

NEW DELHI

Amidst chanting of vedic hymns, the mortal remains of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar were consigned to flames with full state honours on Sunday on the banks of the Yamuna here. Read the rest of this entry

Kolhapur : Kolhapur residents attacked two Christian missionaries who were trying to convert some locals to Christianity. TV channels showed activists kicking and punching the two conmen while dragging them through Kolhapur town in Maharashtra. Read the rest of this entry

Glowing tributes were paid to legendary freedom fighter Veer Kunwar Singh to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the country’s first freedom movement in 1857 and Vijayotsav Divas on Monday. Read the rest of this entry

Gura Slathia (Jammu)

A village in Jammu is proud of its martial links and it’s even made it to the Limca Book of records because it boasts of so many Army men. Read the rest of this entry