India, US must build educational partnerships: Indian envoy
byWashington: Indian and American educational systems must develop “strategic linkages” to develop trained and skilled human resources to meet the emerging needs of the coming…
Law & Policy
Congress Won’t Look Beyond Gandhis, Rahul to lead 2014 poll Campaign
byNew Delhi: Congress’s de facto number two Rahul Gandhi will lead the party’s campaign in the 2014 general elections while his mother and party chief…
54 Indian soldiers may be in Pakistan jails: India
byNew Delhi: Fifty-four Indian military personnel missing since the 1965 and 1971 wars are believed to be in Pakistani custody, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said…
Goa greens vindicated by SC committee mining report
byPanaji: A Supreme Court-appointed committee has virtually confirmed the massive illegal mining scam in Goa, vindicating anti-mining activists who have been campaigning against the menace…
Government trying to convince SP on quota bill
byNew Delhi: The government would try and convince the Samajwadi Party (SP) to come on board for the bill on reservations for Scheduled Castes and…
Opposition wants Wal-Mart lobbying reports clarified
byNew Delhi: An uproar erupted in the Rajya Sabha Monday over reports of Wal-Mart lobbying in the US to open the way for foreign equity…
India-China border talks moving in right direction: Khurshid
byNew Delhi: Border talks between India and China are “moving in the right direction”, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said here today. Speaking to the…
Tibetan student kills herself in China
byBeijing: A Tibetan student died yesterday after she set herself on fire in northwest China’s Qinghai province, authorities said Monday. The 16-year old girl who…
Evidence on 26/11 in Pakistan court is welcome, says India
byNew Delhi: India today welcomed Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) handing evidence on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to a court in Rawalpindi and hoped “there…
Guidelines soon to stem child abuse in conflict zones
byNew Delhi: Children are the worst sufferers in Maoist-hit conflict zones with many landing behind bars for being accomplices in civil strife or armed conflict….