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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
June 9, 2015
JAKARTA, INDONESIA: The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missing more than a year ago, may have nosedived into the southern Indian Ocean, smoothly entering the water with the fuselage intact, according to a new study.
File photograph of Malaysian Airlines jet MH370 taking off from the runway. (Photo : Agencies)
June 9, 2015
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a "more adept salesman, event manager and communicator than me", his predecessor Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday as Congress president Sonia Gandhi made a pitch for improved communication to shore up the party's fortunes.
