April 23, 2006
Ostensibly here to inaugurate the world’s largest technology fair, where India figures as a partner country this year, on top of PM Manmohan Singh’s agenda is to try and bring Germany, a vital member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, around to see the Indo-US nuclear treaty in a positive light.
April 23, 2006
April 23, 2006
Rajya Sabha MP Arun Shourie will lay the foundation stone of a state-of-the-art Centre for Environmental Sciences building at IIT Kanpur on Sunday.
April 23, 2006
April 23, 2006
Naval missile boat INS Prahar sank late last night, 35 km off the coast of Goa, after colliding with a merchant vessel MV Rajiv Gandhi.
April 23, 2006
April 23, 2006
Assembly Speaker and veteran Congressman Therambil Ramakrishnan on Saturday asked the UDF leadership to keep K Karunakaran, who has hitched his outfit DIC to the UDF, out of his constituency.
April 23, 2006
April 23, 2006
The first phase of the Assembly poll in Kerala went off peacefully today, with a 68 per cent voter turnout in 59 segments covering six southern districts
April 23, 2006
April 23, 2006
India˜s hopes of making it to the Fed Cup World Group will have to wait for another year.
April 23, 2006
April 23, 2006
The Indian shooting team for the Brazil ISSF World Cup received a setback today with top rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra pulling out virtually at the last-minute due to a ‘‘back problem’’.
April 23, 2006
April 22, 2006
Clearing a major hurdle in the modernisation process of airports, the Delhi High Court today dismissed the petition of Reliance Airport Developers challenging the awarding of contracts for modernising Delhi and Mumbai airports to GMR-Fraport and GVK South Africa respectively.
April 22, 2006
April 22, 2006
While political parties reacted sharply to Nepal King Gyanendra’s offer to form an interim government, India lost no time in welcoming the King’s move...
April 22, 2006
April 22, 2006
The Centre today announced it would be importing an additional 30 lakh tonnes of wheat, one of the largest wheat import consignments ever.
April 22, 2006
April 22, 2006
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today termed as “factually incorrect” charges that he and his family members had amassed illegal wealth.
April 22, 2006
April 22, 2006
The Supreme Court today directed the Orissa Government to provide security to a Muslim couple whose staying together...
April 22, 2006
April 22, 2006
The Civil Aviation Ministry now has on the drawing board a plan to operationalise 400-odd unused airstrips across the country to clear congestion in the air.
April 22, 2006
April 22, 2006
Close on the heels of cotton growers from Andhra accusing US biotech major Monsanto of overpricing seeds, a sub-licensee of the company too has alleged that the multinational was indulging in restrictive trade practices.
April 22, 2006
April 22, 2006
Perceptions change with the change of roles and of course, time. A case in point is senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh — he conducted strategic dialogue with the US as Foreign Affairs Minister — who chose to pick holes in the Indo-US nuclear deal today.
April 22, 2006
April 21, 2006
Indian stock markets fell marginally in volatile trade on Friday, amid selling, a day after the benchmark index crossed 12,000 for the first time.
April 21, 2006
April 21, 2006
Jadavpur: Kicking off his re-election campaign in Jadavpur on Thursday, CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya too reduced the Opposition to a mere footnote......
April 21, 2006
April 21, 2006
New Delhi: PM Manmo han Singh will be leaving for a two-day visit to Germany on Saturday, after which he will visit Uzbekistan for a day.
April 21, 2006
April 21, 2006
As the Prime Minister’s special envoy Karan Singh returned to the Capital, leaders of India’s all-party Nepal Democracy Solidarity Committee India were working out a formula to bring the Nepal imbroglio to an end.
April 21, 2006
April 21, 2006
With India making it clear that King Gyanendra of Nepal had to respond positively to the agitation by the people, the PM’s special envoy Karan Singh has returned from Kathmandu with the feedback that the monarch is not averse to the idea of an interim government.
April 21, 2006
April 21, 2006
In a sharp response to the claims by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince that it was mediating between India and Pakistan, New Delhi today said all efforts are bilateral and there was ‘‘no scope’’ for mediation.
April 21, 2006
April 21, 2006
The Army will no longer give out gallantry awards based on militant kills as has been the practice so far in J-K and the North-east.
April 21, 2006
April 21, 2006
Four persons, including the son and wife of a local hotel owner, were tonight arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a Japanese woman....
April 21, 2006
April 21, 2006
Biotech firm, Biocon today reported a 20 per cent topline growth at Rs 215 crore and 13 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 48 crore.
April 21, 2006
April 20, 2006
Close on the heels of the rape of a German tourist, a Japanese woman has complained that she was raped by a hotel manager in Pushkar.
April 20, 2006