No probe yet on Italian bribery allegations
byNew Delhi” The government said Wednesday that it had not started a formal probe into bribery allegations over the sale of VVIP helicopters to India…
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GMR fiasco: What India needs to learn from it?
byThe GMR fiasco has rung danger bells to Indian ears. Maldives government took control of the Male International Airport from the Indian company GMR…
Apex court sets Pakistani virologist free
byNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday set free octogenarian Pakistani virologist Mohammad Khalil Chisty, who had challenged the life imprisonment given to him for a…
Wal-Mart probe by retired judge: Kamal Nath
byNew Delhi: A retired judge would hold the inquiry into reports on lobbying by Wal-Mart to open the way for foreign equity in retail trade…
472 vehicles to compete in 2013 Dakar Rally
byLima (Peru): A total of 472 vehicles will compete in the 2013 Dakar Rally, the rugged road race being hosted for the fifth consecutive year…
83 km of India-Pakistan border yet to be fenced
byNew Delhi: A total of 83.22 km of India-Pakistan border is yet to be fenced. In a statement in the Lok Sabha Tuesday, Minister of…
Mo Yan awarded 2012 Nobel Prize for literature
byStockholm: Chinese writer Mo Yan was awarded 2012 Nobel Prize for literature at Stockholm Concert Hall Monday. The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony for 2012 started…
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…
South Asia faces several shocks; India better placed: US report
byWashington: South Asia faces a series of internal and external shocks during the next 15-20 years with India alone in a better position to face…
Magnitude 7.4 quake hits Indonesia
byJakarta: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia around today midnight. However, no tsunami warning was issued, authorities here said. The…