Engaging giants India , China a challenge: Pentagon
byWashington : The United States faces difficult challenges in the Asia and Pacific regions, including how to engage emerging powers such as India and…
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Rangarajan for RBI intervention to check rupee fall
byKolkata : Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor C. Rangarajan has called for the central bank’s intervention to check the depreciation of rupee…
Fix responsible for lapses, Himachal court tells official
byShimla : Observing as wastage of public money the delay in construction of a government school building, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday directed…
IAF awaits cabinet nod to buy Pilatus trainer
byBangalore : The Indian Air Force (IAF) is awaiting cabinet approval to buy the Swiss-made Pilatus PC-7 aircraft to train its rookie pilots, Chief…
Bhatta-Parsaul rape: Court orders FIR against 30 cops
byNoida : A court here Friday ordered registration of cases against five senior police officers and 25 constables for raping and robbing a woman…
Furious Azhar, backed by teammates, lashes out at Kambli
byNew Delhi : Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin rubbished claims by his ex-teammate Vinod Kambli that the 1996 World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka…
Ahmed Patel was mastermind behind cash-for-vote scam: Gadkari
byBhopal : 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
byMumbai : India would be the focus this year for Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the multilingual reference website Wikipedia, with plans for several initiatives…
Sensex falls to three-and-half month low
byMumbai : A benchmark index for Indian equities markets Friday fell for the seventh straight day, closing at a three-and-half month low as concerns…
PM ‘walks’ the talk for Obama, Wen and Hun
byNusa Dua (Bali) : First, US President Barack Obama, then Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao followed by Cambodia’s Hun Sen… Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh…