India

  • India willing to discuss Kashmir with Pak: PM
    JAMMU, March 4 (PTI): Maintaining that India will enter into talks with Pakistan with an open mind, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the country wants to resolve all outstanding issues, including Jammu
  • China seeks to advance boundary negotiations
    Beijing, March 4 (PTI): China on Friday proposed to “advance” the negotiation process with India on resolving the boundary issue in view of the prevailing “good atmosphere”, even as it p
  • Court allows plea for withdrawal of case against Ottavio Quattrocchi
    New Delhi, March 4 (PTI): A Delhi court on Friday allowed a CBI plea seeking withdrawal of prosecution against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case.  “The
  • Making history: An untold Everest story
    KOLKATA, March 4 (Agencies): Soon after the first Indian conquest of Mount Everest led by Captain M. S. Kohli in 1965, the Indian Air Force organised a photo-op for journalists. But of the entire planeload of p
  • Tata Teleservices Limited, Jet Airways in exclusive partnership
    Dimapur, March 3 (MExN): Tata Teleservices Limited, the country’s fastest-growing dual-technology telecom service provider, and Jet Airways, India’s leading airline, have entered into an exclusive p
  • Twitter suspends fake Steve Jobs account
    New York, March 3 (CNN): Twitter suspended an account mimicking Apple CEO Steve Jobs, suggesting the parody account didn't appear quite fake enough.The account, @ceoSteveJobs, had more than 450,000 followers be
  • India allows Pakistani team access to 26/11 witnesses
    NEW Delhi. March 1 (Agencies): India has agreed "in principle" to allow an investigating team from Pakistan to question Mumbai witnesses of the 2008 terror attack, Home minister P. Chidambaram said Tu
  • Absconding major surfaces in US, says Al Qaeda present in Kashmir
    Srinagar, March 1 (AGENCIES): An ex-army major, wanted for the 1996 disappearance and murder of a lawyer and rights activist, has surfaced in California and reportedly said the Al Qaeda is present in Jammu and
  • Kashmiri separatist detained
    NEW Delhi, March 1 (Reuters):  Leading Kashmiri separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani was detained by police in connection with a money laundering case, police said on Tuesday, sparking concerns of protests in
  • Indian ‘Casino King’ ready to clear tax liabilities in Nepal
    KATHMANDU, March 1 (PTI): Amid stepped up pressure on casino owners in Nepal, Indian 'Casino King' Rakesh Wadhwa has expressed his willingness to clear all tax liabilities if the government withdraws an arrest
  • Budget: This looks like a brazen attempt to fool the people
    Mumbai, March 1 (DNA): The finance minister, in his budget speech, was self-congratulatory about the UPA government's spending on social sectors, which he claimed would continue well into the coming fiscal year
  • Petrol prices to increase
    New Delhi, March 1 (Agencies): Your fuel bill is set to go up shortly, in all likelihood, after Parliament session on April 18. But price of petrol, which is not controlled by the government, could go up sooner
  • Reformist Indian budget has a bit for all
    The socialist Samajwadi Party activists burn the effigies of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ruling Congress party President Sonia Gandhi and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, during a protest against th
  • Bailable warrants issued against Aarushi’s parents
    Allahabad, February 28 (Agencies): Warrant has been issued against the Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar over their alleged roles in the double murder case. Both Mr and Mrs Talwar are allegedly the prime a
  • All shades of opinion should seize opportunity of dialogue: J&K government
    Jammu, February 28 (Agencies): Jammu and Kashmir Government said all shades of opinion in the state should seize the ‘historic opportunity’ thrown up by the ongoing dialogue process initiated by the
  • 2G scam: Key documents ‘untraceable’ in DoT: CBI
    New Delhi, February 28 (Agencies): Several crucial documents of a telecom firm given to the Department of Telecom for the allocation of 2G spectrum to it and which was key evidence in the scam has gone missing
  • ‘India will not offer unsolicited advice to Arab nations’
    ON BOARD SPECIAL AIRCRAFT, February 28 (agencies): Although India wanted peace and stability to return to Arab countries, its “basic proposition” was that it would not offer unsolicited advice. The
  • Honda advances launch, to roll out Brio next month
    NEW Delhi, February 28 (Agencies): Honda will launch its Brio small car in the country next month, six months ahead of schedule and weeks before Japanese rival Toyota rolls out its first small car in India, two
  • Budget 2011: Petrol, diesel prices may rise
    NEW Delhi, February 28 (PTI): Petrol and diesel prices look set to be hiked after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee ignored calls for its reduction in customs and excise duty to contain the impact of spurt in g
  • Earth’s value is £3,000 trillion!
    London, February 28 (Agencies): arth is worth £3,000 trillion, according to an astrophysicist who claims to have created a formula to calculate the value of a planet. In fact, the astrophysicist, Greg Laug