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Happy Birthday to Mohd Rafi

Vande India — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:02:43 +0000

For those people, who don’t know Mohd Rafi, I Quote that he is the only legendary singer in Indian Film Music. Following is about his life, his birth, his singing career etc.., Rafi was born on 24th December 1924 in Kotla Sultan Singh, Amritsar, in a middle class Muslim family. His elder brother, Janab Hamid Sahab, [...]

India tests BrahMos supersonic missile

Vande India — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:46:24 +0000

Amid heightened tensions with Pakistan, India on Thursday tested the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile for the first time from a vertical launcher fitted on a moving warship in the Bay of Bengal. The launch of the 290-km missile from the Rajput-class destroyer INS Ranvir “met all missions requirements” and was “100% successful”. The missile, which flies at [...]

Gujarat most preferred destination for entrepreneurs: KPMG & TiE study

Vande India — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:31:04 +0000

Gujarat, which recently bagged the Tatas’ Nano car factory, remains the most preferred destination for the Indian entrepreneurs while Andhra Pradesh ranks highest in the confidence index among the states. This is the conclusion of a perception survey released jointly by KPMG and TiE - “Entrepreneurial India” here today. The survey is based on responses of [...]

Gujarat police to dress in style

Vande India — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:09:24 +0000

Indians ready to pay more for environmen…The silent voices: Grandparents bearing …14 people commit suicide every hour in I… Soon, personnel of Gujarat police will don designer uniforms. Top brass of the state police have approved in principle new uniforms designed by the National Institute of Design (NID) for its personnel. The NID-designed uniforms will be [...]

First Operation Vijay : Goa

Vande India — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:07:36 +0000

The Portuguese refusal to transfer her Indian settlements of Goa, Daman, Diu and Anjidiv Islands to the Indian Republic, led to Operation Vijay in 1961. They had ruthlessly suppressed a peaceful Satyagraha launched to liberate these territories in 1955. In 1961, they even fired on some Indian coastal steamers and fishing boats near Anjidiv Island. [...]