January 11, 2013
Chennai — Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M. Karunanidhi Friday said the central government has to find out whether there is water in Karnataka dams and take appropriate action.
January 11, 2013
The Indian ambassador to Pakistan was summoned by the foreign ministry on Friday to protest against the death of another Pakistani soldier in what it said was a second cross-border attack from Indian troops in Kashmir. Four soldiers have been killed In three deadly incidents in five days.
January 11, 2013
Washington — The rise of China and India as major world powers and how they view their relationship with the West promises to test the established global order, according to a US think tank.
In the coming decades, "as the two powers grow, they are bound to change the current international system-with profound implications for themselves, the US, and the world," says a new publication of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
January 10, 2013
NEW DELHI: Has the Indian car market lost steam? Against expectations of a boom in India which was being projected as the next big frontier for global carmakers battling financial crisis and stagnation in Europe and the US, the market has slowed down considerably, with growth rate projected to fall to a 10-year low.
January 10, 2013
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Captain GR Gopinath, the man who sold the dream of 'flying' to the ordinary Indian with his Simply Fly Air Deccan, is finding it tough to launch another mainline Indian carrier as the civil aviation ministry remains unconvinced about the need for another airline in India's crowded skies.
January 10, 2013
SURAT: Turning a single Indian state with a long tradition of entrepreneurship and a solid political majority into an investor-friendly economic powerhouse is one thing.
January 10, 2013
UNITED NATIONS: The UN has urged India and Pakistan to respect the ceasefire and "de-escalate" tensions over the recent cross-border firings through dialogue.
The United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) made the plea even as it received a complaint from Pakistan which claimed that Indian troops had allegedly crossed the Line of Control(LoC) and "raided" a border post on January 6. India has denied it has crossed the LoC.
January 10, 2013
NEW DELHI: A study commissioned by the government last year on quantifying black money generated in the country has estimated that the illicit wealth is likely to exceed 10% of GDP or anywhere above Rs 10 lakh crore, given the size of the economy.
January 9. 2013
A Delhi court on Thursday upheld a magisterial court order for in-camera proceedings in the case of December 16 gangrape of 23-year-old girl and restraining media from reporting it.
District and Sessions Judge R.K. Gauba said there was nothing “illegal” or “improper” in the January 7 order of the magistrate.
January 9, 2013
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday hiked train fares across the board, the first time in ten years, with effect from January 21 midnight.
Indian Railways: Train fares hiked across the board
