Fearing recruitment, India restricts contacts with CIA
New Delhi: Fearing that the CIA might use counter-terrorism meetings to recruit Indian intelligence operatives, New Delhi has restricted agency-to-agency contacts with Washington, says…
Of Indian women changing with globalisation and time
By Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi: Sohana Badshah is a carefree rich “Bombay girl”, who moves to London to study interior designing. She falls in…
Jazz musicians in Delhi mix new sounds with new venues
By Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi: In the last three years, the jazz music scene in the national capital has seen a shift from festivals…
Over 38 percent of Himachal’s hydropower potential tapped
Shimla: Public and private sector companies have harnessed 8,824 MW of hydropower of the estimated potential of 23,000 MW in Himachal Pradesh, a government…
Zubin Mehta keen to perform in Kashmir valley
New Delhi: Celebrated Western music conductor Zubin Mehta says he is keen to perform in Jammu and Kashmir as the state “has gone through…
Himachal Pradesh University to start course in archaeology
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh University is going to start a course on archaeology to preserve the civilization of the hill state, Governor Urmila Singh said…
BJP stunned as Karnataka, Himachal, Jharkhand lawmakers cross-vote
New Delhi/Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party was stunned Sunday as around 16 of its legislators in the faction-ridden Karnataka unit and some in Himachal…
Presidential election: Break-up of votes polled
New Delhi: The break-up of the votes cast in the July 19 presidential polls in which ruling UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee emerged the winner….
Pranab Mukherjee: Government’s No.2 is Nation’s No.1
New Delhi: During his more than four decades of public service, Pranab Mukherjee, 76, elected Sunday as India’s 13th president, was the government’s principal…
Kejriwal is BJP agent, says Digvijay Singh
Shimla: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh Saturday accused Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal of being an agent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He…