Engaging giants India , China a challenge: Pentagon
Washington : The United States faces difficult challenges in the Asia and Pacific regions, including how to engage emerging powers such as India and…
Rangarajan for RBI intervention to check rupee fall
Kolkata : Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor C. Rangarajan has called for the central bank’s intervention to check the depreciation of rupee…
IAF awaits cabinet nod to buy Pilatus trainer
Bangalore : The Indian Air Force (IAF) is awaiting cabinet approval to buy the Swiss-made Pilatus PC-7 aircraft to train its rookie pilots, Chief…
Ahmed Patel was mastermind behind cash-for-vote scam: Gadkari
Bhopal : The BJP national president Nitin Gadkari Friday alleged that Ahmed Patel, advisor to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, was the ‘mastermind’ behind the…
Wikipedia plans various initiatives in India
Mumbai : India would be the focus this year for Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the multilingual reference website Wikipedia, with plans for several initiatives…
PM ‘walks’ the talk for Obama, Wen and Hun
Nusa Dua (Bali) : First, US President Barack Obama, then Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao followed by Cambodia’s Hun Sen… Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh…
Ranbir’s success mantra: Stay grounded!
Mumbai : After his successful portrayal of a lovelorn, ambitious musicican in “Rockstar”, Ranbir Kapoor is being touted as Bollywood’s next superstar. But amidst…
3G roaming deals issue to affect investor confidence: Airtel
New Delhi : Leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel Friday said that penalties on operators should be imposed transparently and that the ongoing confusion over…
Protests in Srinagar over Facebook posts
Srinagar : Post Friday prayer protests erupted in some parts of Srinagar against alleged blasphemous posts on social networking site Facebook. A group of…
Can’t wait to have Ash, baby home: Abhishek
New Delhi : Abhishek Bachchan, who became father of a girl with Aishwarya Rai, has thanked friends and family for their good wishes and…