US asks India, Pakistan to cool down after Myanmar strike
June 13, 2015
Washington: While declining comment on India's surgical strike on militants in Myanmar, the US has asked India and Pakistan to take steps to reduce tensions and move toward resuming dialogue.
"I don't have a comment on that specific operation," US State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke told reporters Friday when asked if the US supported or was concerned over India's cross border strike in Myanmar, a move that has raised hackles in Pakistan.
Hitler not dead? British historian claims massive cover up, says Nazi...
June 12, 2015
London: Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide at the end of the second world war but was spirited out of Germany by the Nazis in a massive cover up to make the world fall a victim to "duplicitous deception," a noted British historian has claimed.
US ‘spends $9m a day’ fighting IS
June 12, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC: The US spends more than $9m (£5.7m) a day on the war against Islamic State, and has poured $2.7bn (£1.7bn) into the bombing campaign since the start.
The US-led coalition has carried out more than 4,100 air strikes in Iraq and Syria.
Want salary? Show country your shakti: Rahul’s advice for Delhi’s striking...
June 12, 2015
NEW DELHI – In a dramatic speech, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday addressed the sanitation workers of the East Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) who are still on strike and told them to show their 'shakti (power)' to the state and central government.
Myanmar operation: Blindly following the Doval doctrine can make India the...
June 11, 2015
NEW DELHI – The use of force or military intervention -held in abeyance since the end of the Second Gulf War-is back in interstate relations. This is demonstrated eloquently by the resort to what can be termed as 'hot pursuit' by the elite corps of the Indian Army.
Land acquisition a hurdle to Chinese investors inclined to invest in...
June 11, 2015
BEIJING – In the last 15 years, Chinese investments in India have amounted to a mere $600 million, according to figures from the Indian ministry of commerce and industry. This, despite efforts to increase the numbers and attract Chinese businesses to boost India’s manufacturing base as well as narrow the trade deficit estimated at $45 billion in 2014-15.
Day 2 of Fatullah Test between India and Bangladesh called off...
June 11, 2015
Brief Scorecard: India 239 for 0 (Dhawan 150*, Vijay 89*) v Bangladesh
Ground staff cover the playing field during the rain-interrupted Test between Bangladesh and India at Fatullah on June 11, 2015. (AFP Photo)
Pakistan is not Myanmar: Pak interior minister to India
June 10, 2015
ISLAMABAD – "Pakistan is not like Myanmar", interior minister Nisar Ali Khan said on Wednesday and warned India that his country cannot be cowed down by the threats from across the border.
India should be declared Hindu nation: Pravin Togadia
June 10, 2015
Patna: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) president Pravin Togadia on Wednesday said the BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi should declare India a Hindu nation.
"India should be declared a Hindu rashtra (nation) by the BJP led central government," Togadia said in Bihar's Madhepura district after offering prayers at the Sinheshwar temple.
Togadia said it was high time that all Hindus were united and alert and aware about their religion.
Soft state no more: Indian Army avenging the Manipur attack is...
June 10, 2015
NEW DELHI – The fact that Indian armed forces reached out across the Myanmar border (as well as into Nagaland) and attacked separatist forces in their hideouts is quite remarkable.
