New Delhi, July 23 : A team of archaeologists has used carbon tests to show that more than 2,000 wooden poles recently unearthed at a site in Jianchuan county in China, have been found to be more than 3,000 years old, belonging to the Neolithic age.
The site, which lies on the banks of the Jianhu Lake, was discovered in 1957 during the construction of a canal. Broken pieces of pottery were found nearby.
According to the team, the carbon tests showed that the poles were from the Neolithic age, and were probably the foundations for a structure built by a community that existed at the time in southwest China.
New Delhi, July 23 : Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor today felicitated the ''Dare Devil'' team of the Signals Corp for creating a world record by carrying 251 army men on 11 motor cycles and covering a distance of 240 meters.
New Delhi, July 23 : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) today expelled Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee from the party for refusing to follow the party''s advice regarding resignation from the Speaker’s post.
New Delhi/Washington, July 23 : The United States will convince Pakistan into not voting against the India-specific safeguards agreement when the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meets in Vienna, Austria, later this month or early next month to give its approval to it, said U. S. Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford.
New Delhi - A day after it won parliament's endorsement for a controversial nuclear agreement with the United States, India's United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on Wednesday readied to woo international opinion in favour of the pact.
New Delhi, July 23 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati has decided to take bull by the horns and want that she will activate a Third Front attack on the Congress-led UPA Government in the days to come.
