$ 975 mn World Bank loan pact with India
byNew Delhi : The World Bank on Thursday signed a $ 975 million loan agreement with the Department of Economic Affairs,Government of India ….
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Digvijay targets Sri Sri, guru says join Art of Living
byNew Delhi : Congress leader Digvijay Singh Thursday denounced Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as a BJP-RSS agent, prompting the spiritual guru to ask the…
Musharraf fumes over close India-Afghan ties
byWashington : Accusing India of trying to create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf warned of “counter-measures” by Islamabad if Kabul moved…
Nepal rejects India demand for second consulate
byKathmandu : Despite the apparent bonhomie during Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai’s maiden official visit to New Delhi this month and his assertion that…
TV actor Ronit Roy arrested
byMumbai : TV star Ronit Roy has been arrested by the Mumbai police Thursday for rash driving and colliding with another car and injuring…
Third Tibet film fest starts Saturday
byDharamsala : The third Tibet Film Festival will start Saturday and it will screen films made by Tibetans, an organiser said here Thursday. “Five…
Shutdown in Kashmir valley
bySrinagar : The Kashmir Valley Thursday shut down called by separatist groups to protest the landing of Indian troops in Jammu and Kashmir on…
Food inflation rises to 11.43 per cent
byNew Delhi : A week after it breached double digits, India’s food inflation continued with its upward climb and was recorded at 11.43 percent…
India celebrates Diwali with prayers, lights, crackers
byNew Delhi : Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali, the colourful festival of lights, with joy all over the country despite rising prices of sweets,…
Rajat Gupta indicted in insider trading case
byNew York:Â Rajat Gupta, a former Indian-American Goldman Sachs director, was indicted for securities fraud by a US federal court shortly after he surrendered to…