August 9, 2006
The Bush administration has said that the sanctions imposed on two private Indian firms for allegedly providing Iran with nuclear material did not reflect New Delhi’s...
August 9, 2006
August 9, 2006
Bengal pacer Jhulan Goswami led the Indian women’s dominance as the visitors skittled out England for a modest 223 on the opening day of the first cricket Test.
August 9, 2006
August 8, 2006
Apollo Tyres would invest around Rs 500 crore in the next five years in setting up a greenfield radial tyre manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu.
August 8, 2006
August 8, 2006
Scoffing at criticism levelled by Anil Ambani against his ministry after it rejected a pact between RIL and RNRL on gas supply to Dadri Power Project, petroleum minister Murli Deora today said the government had better things to do than settle the Ambani brothers’ feud.
August 8, 2006
August 8, 2006
Former Union minister and noted economist Y.K. Alagh has been appointed as the new chairman of THE Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) for a term of three years.
August 8, 2006
August 8, 2006
The Indian cricketers today practised for four hours at two different venues here on the first day of their skill development camp in the run-up to the tri-series in Sri Lanka.
August 8, 2006
August 7, 2006
Former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was opposed to Narasimha Rao government’s plans to conduct nuclear tests.
August 7, 2006
August 7, 2006
Senior BJP leader Suraj Bhan, who died here on Sunday, will be remembered as a crusader for the Dalits, having devoted his entire life to the causes of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
August 7, 2006
August 7, 2006
Maoists would not only lay down their weapons but would even go to the extent of destroying the arms if a republican set-up is established in Nepal, the chief peace negotiator of the rebels has said.
August 7, 2006
August 7, 2006
A Pakistan military inquiry committee which probed the Kargil debacle had recommended ‘‘court martial’’ of General Pervez Musharraf but he overthrew then Nawaz Sharif government in 1999
August 7, 2006
August 7, 2006
Says deal not part of family settlement, was arrived at in 2004, but RIL says January 2006
August 7, 2006
August 7, 2006
Bharti Airtel has hit the ceiling of 74 per cent foreign direct investment as permitted by the government with a change in the counting pattern taking both direct and indirect into account.
August 7, 2006
August 6, 2006
The West Indies have eventually decided to play a tri-series against India and Australia in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur next month.
August 6, 2006
August 6, 2006
The first Sikh to play for England is the country’s new cricket icon
August 6, 2006
August 5, 2006
Pakistan has sought the help of United Nations and the United States to provide ‘‘incriminating evidence’’ ...
August 5, 2006
August 5, 2006
Thousands of locals began fleeing the northeastern town of Muttur after fresh clashes between troops and Tamil Tigers left five civilians and two soldiers dead.
August 5, 2006
August 5, 2006
Once known as the ‘‘Iron Lady’’ of Orissa politics, Nandini Satpathy was more a literatteur than a politician.
August 5, 2006
August 4, 2006
Four years after South Africa’s former cricket captain Hansie Cronje died in a plane crash, an official inquiry will be launched in Cape High Court on Monday.
August 4, 2006
August 4, 2006
India U-19 batted with responsibility against their England counterparts on the last day of the four-day cricket match which headed towards a draw at the County Ground in Taunton.
August 4, 2006
August 4, 2006
The Chhattisgarh government has proposed a change in the anti-conversion law apparently to keep those who re-converted to Hinduism out of the purview of the legislation.
August 4, 2006
August 4, 2006
Exiled former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif has ruled out striking any deal with President Pervez Musharraf saying it was a ‘‘sin’’ to work with the military leadership.
August 4, 2006
August 3, 2006
England seamer Katherine Brunt has chalked out some strategies to clip the wings of Indian batters when the teams lock horns in the women’s cricket series.
August 3, 2006
August 3, 2006
Former coach John Wright has said that the record of former captain Sourav Ganguly made a case for his inclusion in the one-day side.
August 3, 2006
August 3, 2006
A few shepherds and about 3500 cattle are trapped in Dinchhina village in Kinnaur district after a glacier split in the alpine pastures...
August 3, 2006
August 3, 2006
The battle for control of the erstwhile Royal Palace of Jaipur between queen mother Qayatri Devi...
August 3, 2006