Violent winds leave trail of destruction in Kashmir, one dead
Srinagar : One person was killed and 17 others were injured as violent winds wreaked havoc in the Kashmir Valley Tuesday leaving thousands of…
India’s defence budget: absence of strategic vision
The Indian defence expenditure for the financial year 2012-13 has been budgeted at a fairly high figure of Rs.193,407 crore (budgeted expenditure, or BE)…
Mukul Roy sworn in, to take over railway ministry
New Delhi : Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy was Tuesday sworn in as cabinet minister and given the railways portfolio in place of party…
Government plea on Vodafone tax verdict dismissed
New Delhi : The government Tuesday suffered a setback as the Supreme Court dismissed its plea for a review in the Rs.11,218 crore ($2.2…
SP, BSP, Trinamool bailout government on NCTC in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi : The government Tuesday defeated opposition-backed amendments on the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Rajya Sabha, where it lacks majority,…
Chinese spy held near Dalai Lama palace
Dharamsala : A Chinese national was arrested in this seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile on suspicion of spying, police said Tuesday. Li Chengzie of…
Want UPA but won’t tolerate humiliation: Mamata
New Delhi : After ensuring replacement of Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi for hiking fares, Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee…
Himachal Congress lawmakers in Gandhigiri protest
Shimla : Taking their Gandhigiri protest against corruption a step further, Congress party legislators donned white Gandhi caps, a la Anna Hazare, in the…
Can the gharial win the battle for survival?
New Delhi : A few years back, a boat trip down the Chambal river in north India would have yielded a surreal sight –…
India world’s largest recipient of arms, Pakistan no.3
Stockholm : India is the world’s largest recipient of arms while South Korea is second and Pakistan and China are tied in third place,…