Beijing: China-India relations have "strategic significance" and "global impact" as both are large developing countries and emerging markets, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told India's visiting External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in Beijing on Friday.
Later, Khurshid also met Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi, who also pledged to strengthen ties between the two countries. Premier Li highlighted the importance that the new Chinese government has placed on developing ties with India, Xinhua reported.
He said China would like to enhance political trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation, strengthen people-to-people understanding and expand communication on international and regional issues so as to develop their strategic partnership.
Last week, intense negotiations between India and China saw an end to a 20-day stand-off, with troops of both sides pulling back to their respective positions prior to April 15, 2013 -- when Chinese forces intruded 19 km inside the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh....
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04:25 AM, May 11, 2013
New Delhi: Emissions from coal plants resulted in 80,000 to 1,15,000 premature deaths and more than 20 million asthma cases in 2011-12 in the country, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. According to a report titled 'Coal Kills - An assessment of death and disease caused by India's dirtiest energy source', the coal-based plants quantified additional health impacts, such as hundreds of thousands of heart attacks. The estimated monetary...
05:35 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel cannot add new 3G customers in seven zones where it does not own the airwaves and offers the services through pacts with other carriers, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, pending a final ruling in the dispute. Bharti can, however, continue 3G services in the zones for its existing customers, the court said, after hearing an appeal by India's top telecommunications carrier challenging a government ban...
12:52 PM, Apr 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear appeals filed by Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone in response to notices sent to them regarding discontinuation of their 3G services in unlicensed cities. On April 8, the Apex Court had directed the telecom department to not take any 'coercive action' against the country's largest mobile phone company Bharti Airtel till Thursday, April 11. Last week, a panel of judges...
08:35 AM, Apr 11, 2013
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court's order giving its nod to the Centre's decision holding the 3G roaming pact of the telecom major as illegal. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on March 15 had issued a notification restraining Bharti from providing 3G intra-circle roaming facilities in seven circles where it did not have the spectrum and also levied a penalty of...
06:39 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday lifted a stay order that had allowed telecom giant Bharti Airtel to continue 3G services across circles where it did not hold spectrum. The move will affect the company as it will have to shut down its 3G mobile services in seven circles across the country, primarily in Haryana, Maharashtra, UP East, Kolkata, Gujarat, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh. In a long-running dispute,...
07:16 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Indian and Chinese troops may stop tailing each other's patrols on the border. The two neighbouring countries are also expected to finalise a joint counter-terrorism exercise involving both armies. ...
03:08 PM, Mar 23, 2013
Adding a new dimension to their strategic ties, India and the UK on Tuesday decided to start negotiations on a civil nuclear pact to facilitate entry of British companies into emerging atomic power sector here. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made the announcement after delegation-level talks with visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron during which both sides reviewed entire gamut of bilateral relations. ...
07:11 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that India and France reviewed major deals for fighter jets and nuclear reactors during French President Francoi Hollande's first day in the country. The Prime Minister also discussed Afghanistan and Pakistan issues with the French President who is currently on a two-day visit. ...
02:30 PM, Feb 14, 2013
India and Bangladesh on Monday signed a liberalised visa agreement and a landmark extradition treaty that would pave the way for the deportation of jailed ULFA 'general secretary' Anup Chetia and other wanted "criminals". ...
05:55 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has left for Dhaka on a two-day visit. India will sign a liberalised visa agreement and an extradition treaty with Bangladesh during Shinde's visit. ...
08:57 AM, Jan 28, 2013
IBN7 carried out a sting operation that revealed the nexus between corrupt traffic policemen, bus owners and officials of the Delhi Police. ...
02:21 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Pakistan violates ceasefire again, fresh firing near LoC at Mendhar. All 9 Pakistan players to return from Hockey India League. ...
11:54 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Senior citizens from India and Pakistan will be able to obtain visa on arrival at the Atari-Wagah joint checkpost effective coming Tuesday (January 15), Daily Times reported on Friday. ...
01:18 AM, Jan 12, 2013
Dharamsala: Tibetans committing self-immolations were in principle practising non-violence as they had the courage to sacrifice their own life for a cause they believe, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama said on Sunday. "I consider these Tibetans burning - certainly these people have courage and determination to sacrifice their own life, so they can easily harm other people - but I think these people, although they practised a little bit of...
11:29 PM, Nov 18, 2012
New Delhi: Four pacts are expected to be inked between India and Afghanistan, including one in the mining field during the visit of Afghan President Hamid Karzai from November 9. The two countries will also explore the possibility of increased role of New Delhi in training of security forces of the war-torn country during the four-day visit. Karzai, who will begin his tour from Mumbai, will interact with the business...
07:51 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Chennai: Its a small shop in the corner of a street in Nerkundram. But it has almost all the goods available in a supermarket. Wiping his sweat from his forehead on a humid day just after the Bharat Bandh, Bhaskar, the owner, proudly says, Our shop has everything you want. We even have door delivery, he smilingly says. But when asked about the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), the face of...
12:53 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Srinagar: The recent visa liberalisation pact between India and Pakistan has brought joy and hope among scores of people living in Kashmir, to meet their relatives on the other side of the border. Muhammad Hussain Naqsbandi, 70, who has been pining to visit his close relations in Rawalpindi over the last four decades, is hopeful that he will be able to visit his relatives in Pakistan, after the two sides...
09:41 AM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: The signing of liberalised visa agreement has been hailed as a 'historic landmark' by the industry body FICCI. "The signing today of a liberalised visa agreement between India and Pakistan is a historic landmark in the normalisation of bilateral relations, which has been given a new thrust during the past one year," FICCI President RV Kanoria said. The new agreement that separates business visa from visitor's visa would...
10:51 PM, Sep 08, 2012
The school has also apologised to Piya, who has lost vision in one eye due to punishment, and her mother Omawati Chaudhary. ...
08:05 PM, Sep 07, 2012
