Category: India News

Little known boy from Karnataka, Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda, won first silver for India at London Paralympic games 2012. He won it in the men’s high jump F42 event. Girisha who has an impairment in his left leg jumped a height of 1.74m, same as the gold medalist Iliesa Delana of Fiji, he had to settle…

Many countries celebrate Teacher’s day to appreciate the devotion and hard work of teachers. In India, it is celebrated on September 5. This day is the birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was a renowned scholar and an excellent teacher. He was also the first vice president and second president of India. His contribution to the…

Olympic medal winners Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt  were on Wednesday presented with the country’s highest sporting honour – Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by President Pranab Mukherjee . 25 sportspersons were honoured with the Arjuna awards. The ceremony took place at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. Usually Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is given one sportsperson…

The Under-19 cricket team of India won the World cup for India in that category when they beat defending champion Australia in Australia. Star of the day was Unmukt Chand who made unbeaten 111 runs. U-19 team chased the big target of 226 runs with 14 runs still to spare. This is the third time…

The surface-to-surface Prithvi II ballistic missile was successfully launched at 11.03 a.m.on Saturday from Chandipur off Odisha coast. A “Ballistic Missile“is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target. With this missile launch, India has emerged as a major missile power. A part of  army, entrusted with the nuclear…

One of world’s most powerful river – Brahmaputra and its tributaries in Assam are overflowing yet again due to non stop heavy rains. In the first wave of floods that had hit the state in july, World’s largest river island ‘Majuli,’  almost got submerged in water. World famous Kaziranga National Park had been badly effected and hundreds of animals living…

Mary Kom, after her marvellous performance and a bronze medal win  in London Olympics 2012 is all set to work hard for a gold medal win  in next Olympics. The next Olympics will take place in 2016 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Mary also said that her chances of winning will be more if a…

  So what is happening in Assam? Why are we hearing about so much violence in Assam? First you have to know this. Our neighbouring country Bangladesh and our north eastern state Assam share a huge border area.This border is not very securely guarded by Border Security Force(BSF) due to the lack of equipments. Also, heavy…

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently made an announcement that India will send its own mission to Mars in near future. “This spaceship to Mars will be a huge step for us in the area of science and technology,” Dr. Singh said. India will be the sixth country to launch a mission to the Red Planet…

Every year on the 15th of August, Indians are reminded that on this day years ago we got our freedom back. Freedom that was snatched away from us. Long ago, the Britishers came to our country as traders and requested if they could do business with us, that they could be guests for some time in our…

Sushil Kumar became India’s most successful Olympian when he won silver in London yesterday for wrestling in 66kg category. He went down in final, fighting with the Japanese militaryman Tatuhiro Yonemitsu, 1-3. Sadly, Sushil was down with a severe bout of dehydration and stomach infection and that effected his performance. India’s flag-bearer at the Opening…

Janamasthmi is more popularly known as Krishna janamasthmi is a festival to celebrate Lord Krishna’s birth by hindus all over the world. Mathura, the birth place of Lord Krishna, is decorated with flowers and diyas. The celebration starts from midnight by offering special pujas, singing devotional songs, donating alms and preparing sweets. A lot of kids…