Everything you need to know about Sherpur Para: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Sherpur Para: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Rio De Janeiro, April 20 (IANS) At least 12 people died, 50 injured and 20 went missing when their boat sank in the Ariri river in the heart of the Amazonian region early Friday, official reports said.
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Prasanta Karmakar, the only Indian to make a splash in para-swimming, is all set to leave the pool for sthe pedals and will be seen setting the tracks on fire at the Hero Asian Cycling Championship slated for March 5.
Itanagar, Jan. 26 (ANI): Describing Arunachal Pradesh as a microcosm of India that recorded one of the highest per capita incomes, Governor Gen. (Retd.) J.J. Singh on Saturday exhorted the Arunachalees to work collectively to achieve the status of 'Richest Indians' while contributing to nation building.
Shillong, Jan 1 (IANS) A Bangladeshi spy was arrested in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district when he sneaked into India, an official said Tuesday.
Srinagar, Dec 13 (IANS) Three separatist guerrillas were killed and four security men injured in two separate gun fights between guerrillas and security forces in Kashmir Thursday, police said.
Srinagar, Nov 30 (ANI): Curfew in Srinagar continued for the second consecutive day as the Jammu and Kashmir Government fears clashes between different Muslim sects after Friday prayers.
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The government Monday came under fire for not complying with the Supreme Court's order to auction the entire spectrum that became available following the cancellation of 122 2G licences in 22 circles in February.
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 27 (IANS/EFE) Electric equipment that caught fire between two substations caused a blackout in nine states of northeastern Brazil as well as in the capital city of Brasilia and numerous municipalities of two northern states, officials said Friday.
Islamabad, Oct.9 (ANI): The Pakistan Government on Tuesday filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's order of Sept 18 pertaining to the contempt of court case against the prime minister in the NRO implementation case.
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 2 (IANS) Santos coach Muricy Ramalho has launched a withering verbal attack on Brazilian referees, saying they are driving Neymar out of Brazil.
London, September 25 (ANI): Silvio Berlusconi's councillor Nicole Minetti, who was, accused of dressing as a nun and then stripping down to her underwear at one of his infamous bunga bunga parties earlier this year, stripped off yet again but this time on the catwalk at Milan Fashion Week.
Patna, Sep 23 (IANS) Hundreds of contractual para teachers in Bihar staged a protest against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a public meeting in the state Sunday, police said.
DCECE and BCECE (LE) result 2012 has been declared. The announcement of the results has ended the eager wait of the students who had appeared for the examination conducted by the BCECE board Patna.
New Delhi, Aug 29 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Sports Awards at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Wednesday.
Guwahati, July 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's visit to the violence-hit Assam's Kokrajhar District was cut short on Saturday after his helicopter developed a technical snag and could not land there.
Guwahati, July 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Saturday arrived in violence-hit Assam to take stock of the situation.
Lucknow, June 15 (IANS) A couple, in a live-in relationship, were shot dead early Friday when they were asleep in their house in the Para locality on the outskirts of the state capital, police said.
Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) All players from Haryana participating in the London Olympics next month will get a reward money of Rs.11 lakh each, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced here Friday.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Dismissing a media report that the Indian Army moved troops unauthorisedly towards the national capital on Jan 16/17 night, a parliamentary panel Monday expressed 'regret' over the 'wrong inferences, surmises and conjectures' of the newspaper.
Rio de Janeiro, April 24 (IANS/EFE) A strike Monday effectively halted work on Brazil's giant Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, a controversial project in the heart of Amazonia that has drawn bitter opposition from environmentalists and locals.
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): Asserting that we are today living in a world that is complex and challenging, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Wednesday said the forces of globalization have created an interlinked and interdependent world.
Melbourne, Dec 22 (ANI): A Brazilian woman has given birth to twins with two perfectly formed heads and one body.
London, Sept 12 (ANI): Russell Brand has been criticised by Paraolympic athletes for calling the sport as merely having a "novelty value", at his recent stand-up gig.
London, Mar 18 (ANI): The British Army is testing rifles fitted with a "gunfire locator" pod which uses sonar to calculate an enemy's position within 1.3 seconds in order to counter Taliban snipers in Afghanistan.
Agartala, Feb 6 (ANI): In the ongoing first phase of census count in Agartala, beggars, sex workers and eunuchs have got a place in the Indian Census 2011 as the other category.
Beijing, Dec 27 (ANI): Senior officials of the host city Guangzhou have said that the recent Asian Games and the Asian Para Games were conducted honestly and within the budget.
Beijing, Dec 27 (ANI): Senior officials of the host city Guangzhou have said that the recent Asian Games and the Asian Para Games were conducted honestly and within the budget.
Helmand, Nov 19 (ANI): Britain's toughest troops deployed in Afghanistan are calling for more equipment to battle 'new insurgents in Helmand- mice'.
New Delhi, Nov.16 (ANI): Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Ajay Maken informed on Tuesday that recruitment of constable in Central Para Military Forces is being conducted as per scheme issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, in which 60 percent of vacancies are being allotted amongst all States/Union Territories on the basis of population ratio.
New Delhi, Nov.9 (ANI): The Government on Tuesday informed that it approved a five-year plan (2002-07) for modernisation of six Central Para Military Forces.
Beijing, Nov 6 (ANI): Chinese lovers of barbecue food seem to have been disappointed by the news that major barbecue venues in Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong province, have been closed to ensure good air quality for the upcoming 2010 Asian Games and Asian Para Games.
New Delhi, Nov 3 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) has welcomed the resumption of the repatriation of Bru internally displaced persons to Mizoram from today.
New Delhi, Oct. 26 (ANI): The Chinese province of Guangdong has decided to ban street barbeque stalls in 11 cities between Nov 1 and Dec 20, a period during which the city of Guangzhou will host the 16th Asian Games and the Asian Para Games.
London, Oct 25(ANI): A British paratrooper who lost both legs and an arm fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, will defy his injuries to take part in Marine Corp Marathon in Washington next Sunday.
Guangzhou (China), Oct. 25 (ANI): The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou will remove about 40 percent of its vehicles from the roads to improve air quality and ease traffic congestion during the s Asian Games and Asian Para Games to be held in November and December respectively this year.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (ANI): China has activated 100 police checkpoints on the roads and waterways to host city Guangzhou to form a security firewall, with one month to go before the opening of the 2010 Asian Games.
Yamunanagar/ Ambala (Haryana), Sep. 9 (ANI): The flood situation in Haryana's Yamunanagar and Ambala Districts has worsened further following heavy rains.
London, August 31 (ANI): A Brazilian teenager who stands 6ft 9in has been forced to leave school, because she cannot fit on the school bus.
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): The Government on Tuesday said that the received proposal of welfare activities from different sections of Central Para Military Forces are considered by the Government from time to time.
New Delhi, June 29(ANI): The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday approved a scholarship scheme for offering scholarship to twenty-five candidates getting admission to selected medical colleges in the country.
Nanoor (West Bengal), Apr 25 (ANI): At least one person was killed and over 450 huts torched during clashes between supporters of the Communist party of India-Marxist (CPM) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal's Birbhum District.
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked BSNL to reduce the call charges so that the personnel of the Central Para Military Force posted in remote/forward areas can contact their families at the minimum possible expense.
New Delhi, April 12 (ANI): In a gesture to benefit all Para Military Forces serving along the border outposts throughout the country, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has decided to reduce the call charges from Rs. 5 per minute to Rs. 1 per minute for Satellite Phones for them.
New Delhi, Mar 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs has launched an ambitious mega housing project for the construction of about 100,000 houses across the country for Central Para-Military Forces (CPMF).
Pokhran (Rajasthan), Feb 25(ANI): The Indian Air Force has conducted dress rehearsal and displayed mammoth firepower demonstration (FPD) ahead of the 'Vayu Shakti-2010' at the Chandan Air-to-Air Range at Pokhran in Rajasthan.
New Delhi, Feb 22 (ANI): The Indian Air Force in a first ever display of its precision strike capability by night, will conduct a mammoth fire power demonstration (FPD), codenamed 'Vayu Shakti-2010' at the sprawling Chandan Air-to-Air Range, Pokhran on February 28 showcasing the operational capabilities of IAF by day, dusk and night.
Gaya (Bihar), Jan 18 (ANI): The banned Maoist activists blew up three mobile phone towers, destroyed railway tracks and forced shops to close during a day-long strike in Bihar on Monday.
Agra, Oct 30 (ANI): To guard the territorial integrity and national security from any quarter, the Army Chief, General Deepak Kapoor, has assured that security forces are ready to face any challenge from the Taliban, and added that Special Forces modernisation is being done keeping in view asymmetric and fourth generation warfare.
Dehradun, Oct 26 (ANI): About 70 specially-abled badminton players are participating in a special three-day badminton tournament in Dehradun.
New Delhi, Aug 14 (ANI): Major Mohit Sharma and Major D. Sreeram Kumar have been awarded with the country's highest peace time gallantry award Ashok Chakra.
New Delhi, Aug 13 (ANI): The Government on Thursday decided to honour Major Mohit Sharma and Major D.Srikumar with the country's highest peacetime gallantry award the Ashok Chakra.
New Delhi, July 22(ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has announced special allowances for paramilitary forces fighting the Maoist insurgency on par with the Army.
New Delhi, July 22(ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has announced special allowances for paramilitary forces fighting the Maoist insurgency on par with the Army.
New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): For modernization of police force in the States, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has proposed an additional amount of Rs. 430 crore over and above the provision in the Interim Budget.
Lucknow, May 20 (IANS) Principals and teachers of around 105 government-run schools in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district will face action for irregularities in the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme, an official said Wednesday.
Agartala, April 20 (IANS) Bangladeshi trade and industry groups have said they would increase trade and economic activities with India's northeast region and urged Dhaka to provide transit facilities to India.
Port of Spain, April 19 (Xinhua) A book that was presented to US President Barak Obama by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at a regional leaders' summit here, rocketed to bestseller status overnight on the online bookstore Amazon.com.
Kavaratti Islands (Lakshadweep), Mar 26 (ANI): Indian army has undertaken an expedition in Lakshadweep Islands to spread awareness amongst the locals to save the island's fragile ecosystem.
Srinagar, March 25 (IANS) Militants of the Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit were involved in an ongoing six-day long gunfight with security forces in north Kashmir in which eight army personnel and 17 insurgents have been killed, an officer said Wednesday.
Lakshadweep, Mar 25 (ANI): An Indian army pilot created a unique record in flying by covering two main islands of Lakshadweep on the Indian coast by a Para motor at a height of over 2000 feet.
Ranchi, March 24 (IANS) Unhappy with their payscales and working conditions, temporary teachers in Jharkhand have decided to either field their own candidates for the elections or support those who will fulfil their demands.
Ghaziabad, March 23 (IANS) The body of Major Mohit Sharma, killed in a gun battle with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, was brought to his home here Monday as the family and friends bid a tearful goodbye to the soldier.
Toronto, March 19 (IANS) British actress Natasha Richardson, who died Wednesday from head injuries suffered on a Canadian ski hill, could get not timely help, reports here said. Para-medics, who rushed to the actress after her fall on the ski hill near Montreal Monday, were turned away by emergency workers and told they were not needed.
New Delhi, Feb.18 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Shriprakash Jaiswal on Wednesday said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha that the induction of new weapons, equipments and technology for security forces is a continuous process.
Dhaka, Dec 29 (IANS) Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was among the early winners and nominees of her Awami League (AL) and allied parties were leading in several seats as counting began immediately after voting ended in the general election Monday.
Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS) Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who worked with yesteryears glamour girl Begum Para in 'Saawariya', is deeply saddened by her death and wonders how he will make 'Heera Mandi' without her.
Lucknow, Dec 14 (IANS) A fact-finding team of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has given a clean-chit to Abu Bashar Qasmi who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police four months back and declared the mastermind of the Ahmedabad serial blasts by the Gujarat police.
Jammu, Nov 12 (IANS) Emergency polling booths would be set up for about 30 polling stations in two assembly segments of Jammu and Kashmir, which are close to the Line of Control, 'if there is any incident of firing from across' the border, an official said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Nov 4 (ANI): Defence Minister A. K. Antony and his Polish counterpart Bogdan Klich held defence-level talks here today.
Srinagar, Oct 3 (IANS) Thirteen guerrillas and a soldier were killed in a nine-day long gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir that ended Friday - one of the longest gunbattles since militancy broke out in the state in 1989.
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) India and Russia will discuss increased ties between their militaries at the eighth meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) here Monday.
Srinagar, Sep 27 (IANS) Seven guerrillas and a soldier were killed in a prolonged gunfight in the Kashmir Valley, the police said Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 1 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs is providing ten more companies of Para-Military forces to Orissa to help the State Government in maintaining peace.
New Delhi, Sept 29 (ANI): The eighth meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) will be held here today.
Srinagar, Sept 27 (ANI): A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander was killed in a joint operation by Handwara police and 9 Para in Hafrada forest in Jammu and Kashmir today.
Srinagar, Oct 3 (IANS) Thirteen guerrillas and a soldier were killed in a nine-day long gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir that ended Friday - one of the longest gunbattles since militancy broke out in the state in 1989.
New Delhi, Oct 1 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs is providing ten more companies of Para-Military forces to Orissa to help the State Government in maintaining peace.
New Delhi, Sept 29 (ANI): The eighth meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) will be held here today.
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) India and Russia will discuss increased ties between their militaries at the eighth meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) here Monday.
Srinagar, Sep 27 (IANS) Seven guerrillas and a soldier were killed in a prolonged gunfight in the Kashmir Valley, the police said Saturday.
Srinagar, Sept 27 (ANI): A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander was killed in a joint operation by Handwara police and 9 Para in Hafrada forest in Jammu and Kashmir today.
Nagpur, Sept 19 (ANI): Indian Air Force (IAF) planes enthralled spectators with their dazzling aerobatic maneuvers in an air show organised in Nagpur today.
The Delhi Court on Tuesday held Sanjeev Nanda, grandson of former Naval Chief S M Nanda, guilty in the nine-year-old BMW hit-and-run case. The sentence
