India has decided to buy 126 fighter jets from France, taken delivery of a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia and prepared for its first aircraft carrier in recent weeks as it modernizes its military to match China's.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-upgrades-its-military-with-china-in-mind/228458-3.html
There has been no headway in the Indo-Mauritius talks on the double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) as of yet. Government sources indicate that Mauritius is unwilling to allow taxation of capital gains as it feels the move will impact the country's economy.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indomauritius-talks-stuck-govt-eyeing-other-options/228457-7.html
On the voting day in Uttar Pradesh, experts discuss if the Indian voter still votes according to caste.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/does-the-indian-voter-still-vote-according-to-caste/228456-37.html
Deposed president Mohamed Nasheed said he was forced to resign at gunpoint, demonstrated on the streets along with his party.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/maldives-situation-tense-former-president-alleges-coup/228455-2.html
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A day after three Karnataka ministers were caught watching an obscene clip in the Assembly, they were forced to resign.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/are-we-hypocritical-when-it-comes-to-watching-porn/228453-37.html
The agency that is building the new World Trade Centre is "dysfunctional" and has let costs get out of control on the $14.8 billion project, auditors said on Tuesday.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/us-world-trade-centre-cost-rises-to-148-bn/228452-2.html
It seems the situation is spiraling out of control in Maldives, says Minivan News Editor John James Robinson.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-maldives-president-surrounded-by-police/228451-2.html
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Ehsan Jafri killing in Gujarat has filed a report on the case. Crime branch sources claimed that the committee appointed by the Supreme Court hasn't found enough evidence against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, but the SIT officials haven't offered any confirmation on this.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/gujarat-sit-files-report-on-ehsan-jafri-case/228450-37.html
A central Missouri teenager who confessed to strangling, cutting and stabbing a 9-year-old girl because she wanted to know how it felt to kill someone was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/us-teen-girl-gets-life-for-killing-9yearold/228449-2.html
Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi on Wednesday lobbed the ball into the court of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) on his possible pairing with Leander Paes in the coming London Olympics.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bhupathi-sends-signal-of-not-teaming-up-with-paes/228448-5.html
The Centre has extended by two more years the ban imposed on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), which has links with Pakistan-based terrorist outfits including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its front, Indian Mujahideen.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/centre-extends-ban-on-simi-for-two-years/228447-3.html
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