March 26, 2012
Pakistan will continue to seek access to civil nuclear technology as it believes any strategic imbalance with India could lead to instability in the region, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday.
March 26, 2012
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has undertaken an ambitious Rs.20,000 crore project to establish telecom links in all villages across India and to take e-governance to rural and far-flung areas in the next two years, a BSNL official said here.
March 25, 2012
Paying glowing tributes to batting ace Sachin Tendulkar, Selection Committee Chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth described his achievement of scoring 100 international tons as something super human and cited him as a classic example of "thriving in an imbalanced world."
Selection Committee Chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth.
March 25, 2012
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar refuted the allegation that NCP ditched Congress in the recent elections to the posts of Zilla Parishad chairman and vice-chairman in the state, saying it was Congress which had failed to honor the 'dharma' of coalition.
March 24, 2012
Large and dynamic countries like China cannot be contained, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, making it clear that India aims to have "cooperative ties with both China and the US".
"I do not think that large and dynamic countries like China can be contained," Singh said in an interview to South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo ahead of his visit to Seoul.
March 24, 2012
The genre-bending, art-defining percussionists Zakir Hussain, Fazal Qureshi, Rakesh Chaurasia, THV Umashankar, Dilshad Khan, Navin Sharma, Abbos Kosimov, and Meitel Pung Cholom are a blessing to humanity. Every performer is a genius in the instrument he picked — nothing less! Entertainers — their mission is to cheer people. They are such experts who can push their skills to the limit. Their two-hour long performance at the Kennedy Center was riveting.
March, 2012
Lata Mageshkar is jubilant about Sachin Tendulkar scoring his 100th international ton but is unhappy about suggestions that he retire from the game. "Why do we do this to the best of our artistes and sportspersons," Lata asked angrily.
March 24, 2012
New Delhi: India will continue to import crude oil from Iran as long as doing so does not violate any international laws, Indian Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy said Friday. "We are expecting no cut in Iranian supplies next financial year,"
Reddy told reporters on the sidelines of an industry conference, referring to the 2012-13 financial year starting April 1.
March 24, 2012
"My critics haven`t taught me my cricket," Sachin Tendulkar has said in a rebuttal to those who were calling for him to retire. The day he feels "a little less passion" when walking out to bat for India, "I will give up the game", the master batsman said, adding, "critics didn`t need to tell me to do so."
March 24, 2012
After the government faced flak over the Planning Commission's latest poverty estimates, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said a government panel would devise new methods to assess poverty in the country as the issue needs a multi-layered approach.
