Obama has reiterated that the US and the UK intend to forge a long term partnership with the people of Afghanistan, hinting that the two countries will stay in the region longer than anticipated. According to earlier announced time-table, the US was to start pulling out of Afghanistan by June of next year, raising concern […]
The US President Barrack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron said they will increase pressure on Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi till he leaves, though Obama was slightly less hawkish on the attacks. “The President and I agree that we should be turning up the heat on Libya.. On Britain’s party, we would be looking […]
Maharashtra home minister RR Patil has said that the state government will take responsibility for the security of Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Kasab from now on. The step has come after the state government received a Rs 10 crore bill from the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) — one of India’s para-military forces — […]
Letsbuy.com, the online retailer based in Delhi, has started taking pre-orders for the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S 2 smartphone for Rs 32,830 indicating that the phone is just days away from its India launch. The price is substantially below what it is selling for on Amazon in the US — $900 or Rs 40,500. The […]
Mystery surrounds the crash of the mini aircraft that crashed in Jawaharnagar locality in Faridabad near the Delhi airport yesterday night. While initial reactions have blamed strong winds for smashing the nine-seater onto a house — killing three women on the roof of the house — air traffic records show that the plane lost an […]
The lawyer for Tahawwur Rana, who is on trial for his alleged involvement in the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, has chosen not to question the contention of star witness David Headley that he was part of the ISI’s network of terrorists. Instead, in his cross examination of Headley that began a few hours ago in […]
India has gained the ignominious distinction for being the World’s biggest sender of phishing emails, according to this year’s IBM X-Force Report. Phishing mails try to trick the reader into parting with details such his phone number, bank passwords, credit card number etc by pretending to be an official mail from a bank, the government […]
David Coleman Headley told the US Court in Chicago that he planned to assassinate Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray when the latter visited the US along with his son Uddav. Headley said he hated the Shiv Sena and considered it a “terrorist organization.” Shiv Sena is one of the most visible of India’s right wing […]
The Delhi High Court has granted a stay on an order issued by the Chief Information Commissioner — the top RTI official — clarifying that a question under the RTI can ask for clarification on judgments. The Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Shailesh Gandhi had issued the order to applicant RS Misra. Misra approached the CIC […]
For the Congress led UDF government in Kerala, winning the elections was the easy part. Five days old, the UDF government is now threatening to be torn into pieces by the pushes and pulls of different ‘groups,’ parties and communal organizations. The latest controversy has erupted after it was leaked out that the Nair Service […]
Rehman Malik, Pakistan’s Interior Minister has accused the terrorists who attacked the PNS Mehran of helping Pakistan’s enemy. “They have destroyed the same ships that would have helped Pakistan detect enemy ships.. By destroying them, they have helped our enemy,” Malik said. Malik asked Pakistani people to realize who are the enemies of the state. […]
A day after environment minister and IITian Jairam Ramesh rued the quality of research and faculty at India’s premier technology and management educational institutions, he got support from human resources minister Kapil Sibal. Sibal, talking to the media, pointed out that Indian IITs and IIMs — on which many Indians feel proud — are not […]
Just on the heels of the killing of the 35 highway workers in the Patkia province last week ten more workers became victims of the blast in the Kandhar province, southern Afghanistan. RTN sources say that when the labourers were going for their daily work in the rural Panjwayi district of Kandahar province blast took […]
The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Ajit Kumar Seth,a 1974 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre as the next Cabinet Secretary with effect from June 14, 2011. A press release issued by the Ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions says that “The Prime Minister has approved the appointment […]
Shortly after it asked the Centre to clarify the exact powers of Lavasa as a Special Planning Authority or SPA, the Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Environment Ministry has found that Lavasa showed a higher built-up area in its plans by calculating its FSI in the wrong way. It asked the firm to come […]
India’s main opposition party the Bharatiya Janata Party has called on the world community to ‘denuclearize’ Pakistan in the light of the increasing terrorist activity there. “It is necessary to denuclearize Pakistan not just for the safety of South Asia, but Pakistan’s own safety,” Rajiv Pratap Rudy, spokesperson for the BJP said, calling on the […]
The ruling Congress Party has called on Pakistan to come clean on whether its government institutions support terror or not. Responding to the revelations made by former terrorist David Headley in a Chicago court, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said Pakistan will be forced to come clean as the trial of Headley and Tahawwur Rana progresses. […]
Though the Government and Civil Society members of the Lokpal bill drafting committee disagree on the fundamental structure of the planned institution, the civil society members can be credited with having won major concessions from the government. Among the assurances that have been secured by the civil society members from the government side include the […]
Taliban is keeping the heat continuing on the Pakistan police, army and American establishment. In the latest attack, fourth since Osama’s death on May 2, a suicide bomb struck the Peshawar police station this morning killing at least four and wounding 22. Police said that the blast was so powerful that it flattened the building. […]
Even as the restarting of the failed Doha Talks of the WTO seemed uncertain, India has moved to restate its opposition to “attempts” by United States to bring in agricultural trade liberalization through the backdoor. On the eve of “informal talks” of trade ministers of the OECD block (most developed countries,) Indian trade minister Anand […]
