Nand Kishore Yadav, Bihar’s Health Minister, launched this years' 6th round for the eradication of polio campaign. The five day Pulse Polio drive saw a number of government as well as UNICEF officials participating in the campaign, including Dr. A.R. Siddiqui, the UNISEF Polio Coordinator, Civil Surgeon Dr. Pranav Kumar, and Rotary representative Dr. Kanhaiya Prasad.   

Bihar has seen nearly 200 children affected by the polio P3 virus, this year alone and a majority of them are from Samastipur district, with one case of the deadly P1 polio virus being reported from Saran district.

Srinagar, July 7 : Militants hurled a grenade at a CRPF camp located about one km from the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly today, injuring a jawan.

London, July 7 : India and China would have to play leading roles in the discussions on climate change at this year's Group of Eight Summit in Hokkaido, Northern Japan, said U. S.

Jammu, July 7: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will prove his majority on the floor of the State Assembly today. The term of the State Government expires on November 2.

A special session of the Assembly has been summoned by the State Governor NN Vohra following withdrawal of support by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) on the issue of land transfer to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board.

Despite the fear of economic slowdown as a result of continuous rise in the crude oil prices, the net direct tax collections increased by 38.61 per cent in the first quarter.

According to a statement released by the Finance Ministry, the growth in direct tax collections in Nagpur and Kochi witnessed as high as 74.08 % and 68.98% respectively, in the direct tax collection, whereas, it was less than 50% in cities like Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. In the capital city Delhi, the direct tax collection increased to 53.57%.

Satyam Computer Services and Nowpos Online Services joined together to enable the employees (of Satyam Computer Services) to show their talent. The company has hired TV producer-cum-actor,  Pradeep Kondiparthi to handle the shows and commence with the other activities as well.

The employees are required to post the details of their skills and other talents like singing, music, painting, acting, writing etc on a web portal called SatyamStarPower.com.

Satyam seeks a new way to enable its employees to have ‘Fun@Work’.

According to the Chief Executive Officer of Satyam, B. Rama Raju, this practice will keep all the ‘Satyamites’ connected. The entry, unlike ‘India Ka Hero’, will be allowed to the company’s employees only.