India’s forex reserves down $471 million
byMumbai: India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves went down up by $471.3 million to $294.50 billion for the week ended Nov 30, according to Reserve Bank…
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Media should raise voice against AFSPA
byNew Delhi: The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives sweeping powers to the armed forces, has been in force in India’s northeast for…
Hope, despair, Legal tangles follow Kolkata hospital fire tragedy
byKolkata: The charred remains of the annexe of the AMRI Hospital stands as a ghostly reminder of the fire that snuffed out 94 lives on…
Kerala’s e-toilets, treatment plants to help sanitise Kashmir
byThiruvananthapuram: An e-toilet manufacturer from Kerala will install four sewage treatment plants in Jammu and Kashmir and two customised toilets – one at 4,000 feeet…
Prayers, peaceful marches Monday for Tibet
byDharamsala: From prayers to peaceful marches to appeals to the United Nations (UN), a number of events have been lined up by the Central Tibetan…
Omar Abdullah’s ‘grand alliance’ is vindicated in council poll (Kashmir Newsletter)
bySrinagar: The clean sweep by the ruling National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance, which won the polls for all the four legislative council seats Wednesday, has dispelled…
Parties battle over who their opposition is! (Karnataka Newsletter)
byBangalore: With the Karnataka assembly polls less than six months away, political parties in the state are busy deciding who will be their main opposition…
Yeddyurappa’s Sunday show: Will BJP government fall?
byBangalore: The BJP is gearing up for the possible fall of its government in Karnataka with its former leader B.S. Yeddyurappa launching his own party…
India building roads, bridges in Myanmar
byNew Delhi: A concept of Asia as one entity, linked by road, rail and sea, is taking shape and India is contributing towards it by…
US backs India’s leadership role in Indian Ocean: US commander
byWashington: The United States very much supports India taking a leadership in the security issues in and around the Indian Ocean and was looking for…