January 12, 2013
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Salman Khurshid said on Saturday the government will not buckle to "wild calls for revenge and reaction" over the killing and beheading of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops.
In an interview to a news channel, Khurshid said the heightened border tensions "demands very responsible and sensible and moderate behaviour".
January 12, 2013
New Delhi — President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday greeted the nation on Lohri, Makar Sankranti and Pongal, expressing hope that the festivals would bring prosperity and happiness.
January 12, 2013
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights denounced Friday the beheading of Sri Lanakan Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia this week. Nafeek was charged with murder in 2005 over the death of an infant; however, there are many concerns about the fairness of her trial.
January 11, 2013
Leander Paes will spearhead a second-string Indian team in the home Davis Cup tie against South Korea next month following a revolt by the country's frontline players.
India's Davis Cup Team Captain: Leander Paes
January 11, 2013
The driver of the bus where the 23-year-old was gang-raped in New Delhi was accused of drink driving by a former employer when he appeared on a reality TV show in 2010. Ram Singh, one of six people accused in the December 16 attack on the student, appeared in a show hosted by former top police officer Kiran Bedi who tries to resolve civil disputes.
Janauary 11, 2013
I started a company with my friend that became a success. Now we are having problems defining responsibilities and also dividing the fruits of success. Is there any episode or philosophy from mythology that can help us come up with an equitable framework of partnership?
January 11, 2013
AHMEDABAD: The investment potential of the country's businesses will be bared in Gujarat on Friday when CEOs and entrepreneurs reveal future projects at a business summit organized in Gujarat by chief minister Narendra Modi come to be known as industry-friendly.
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.
