London: New research has found mobile phones can damage personal relationships merely with their presence no matter they are being used or not. According to psychologists who conducted the experiments at Essex University, mobile phones automatically trigger thoughts about wider social networks, reducing the level of empathy and understanding in face-to-face conversations, Daily Mail reported. The two studies found if a mobile was visible during a conversation it caused people...
11:07 AM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: A low intensity blast took place outside the office of the Assam Rifles Public Relations Officer (PRO) on Tuesday morning in Imphal, Manipur. No casualties were reported. Sources say that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of Manipur is suspected to be behind the blast. It was not yet exactly clear how the bomb went off at the heavy-security complex adjoining Manipur Raj Bhavan and prestigious Johnstone Higher Secondary...
08:54 AM, Sep 25, 2012
London: British actor Daniel Radcliffe says the most important thing in life is having good relationships with your friends, family and loved ones. The 23-year-old admits he is often plagued by self-doubt and worries about his work and it is at these times when he realises the importance of true friends, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "When you do feel self-doubt or you do feel unhappy and you talk to someone about it,...
03:04 PM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did some plain speaking before the country's top police brass on Saturday in telling that capacity of the police to tackle inter-community relations has weakened and grass root intelligence collection system had "languished in some places". Singh underlined at an annual conference of state directors general and inspectors general of police which was also attended by seniormost intelligence officers, the security threats faced by...
01:55 AM, Sep 09, 2012
India and Pakistan have identified eight areas, including agriculture, education and IT & Telecom for mutually beneficial cooperation. ...
11:10 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Joint Statement following the meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and the Minister of External Affairs of India. 1. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Ms Hina Rabbani Khar and the Minister of External Affairs of India Mr SM Krishna met in Islamabad on September 8, 2012, for a meeting to review progress in the Dialogue process. 2. The Ministerial level talks were preceded by a...
07:59 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Islamabad: Foreign ministers of India and Pakistan, SM Krishna and Hina Rabbani Khar addressed the media in Islamabad on Saturday after the second round of resumed dialogue between the two countries with issues like terrorism to be on top of the agenda. Both Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart emphasised the need for the two countries to set the sight on the future and not be held "hostage" by the past....
07:49 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said the time has come for India and Pakistan to show greater understanding of each other's concerns and sensitivities and to "move beyond reiteration of their positions to more substantive results" in the peace process. Finding amicable and just solutions to resolve outstanding issues was important for Pakistan and India to ensure lasting peace and stability in the region, he said. Zardari made...
05:01 PM, Sep 08, 2012
New Delhi: Even though questions remain over the signing of the new liberalised visa agreement between India and Pakistan during the upcoming Foreign Ministers-level talks, the two countries are likely to ink an MoU, highly placed sources on Wednesday said. The sources said an MoU is likely to be signed between Pakistan and Indian during External Affairs Minister SM Krishna's visit to Islamabad from September 7-9. However, the sources did...
11:10 PM, Sep 05, 2012
As the NAM summit kicks off in Tehran, Indian diplomats appear focussed less on those deliberations and more on Manmohan Singh's bilateral with President Ahmadinejad ...
02:35 PM, Aug 29, 2012
The Samba incident involving the suicide of a jawan in one of the Army's oldest cavalry regiments has underscored an old problem: the acute shortage ...
01:04 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Two days after 23-year-old Geetika Sharma's suicide, the Gurgaon police are yet to question Haryana's former deputy home minister Gopal Kanda in the case. ...
11:57 PM, Aug 07, 2012
"India deserves the best of military equipment and the US wants to be a quality supplier of equipment and technology to India," said Dr Ashton Carter, the visiting US deputy defense secretary, after consultations with National Security Adviser SS Menon and foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai. The US Defense Department, he said, had stopped using the term "defence trade" when dealing with India, replacing it with "defence cooperation", meaning they were...
04:31 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: Incidents of violence against women for love marriages or entering into relationships are increasing in the country, a feminist legal group said on Friday. Advocating the women's right to choice of marriage and relationships, the Association for Advocacy and Legal Initiatives (AALI) said that in most cases the police and the legal system stood against the women. "Opposition from the community is expected in cases of inter-caste or...
04:27 AM, Jul 21, 2012
Their educational system says 'B' for Bandook (gun), ingraining hatred towards India in innocent minds. But India remains insistent on 'B' for Brotherhood, whether Pakistan ...
02:01 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Their educational system says 'B' for Bandook (gun), ingraining hatred towards India in innocent minds. But India remains insistent on 'B' for Brotherhood, whether Pakistan ...
01:53 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Islamabad: The emergency landing of an Air India plane in Nawabshah was handed professionally by India and Pakistan and indicated progress in the relations between the neighbours, prominent Pakistani newspapers said on Thursday. The emergency landing of an Air India plane in Nawabshah was "accomplished with a minimum of fuss and stuffy protocol", said The News International while Dawn said the incident pointed to "some progress" in the ties between...
11:31 AM, Jul 12, 2012
There is a whole lot of talk about how India does not have a robust enough strategic culture. So "Geek at Large", in its own ...
02:08 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has been consistent in his opposition to Narendra Modi, the Hinduvta posterboy, emerging as the NDA's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 general elections. In a recent interview with a business daily, Nitish insisted that the NDA should name its prime ministerial candidate before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and that the candidate must have 'secular' credentials and a 'liberal' frame of mind. While...
10:05 AM, Jun 20, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will be meeting his Chinese counterpart Yang Jeichi in Beijing on Thursday. Krishna is on a three-day visit to attend the 12th summit by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The minister is expected to be back in India by Thursday afternoon. Krishna, who is in China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, said he utilised the meeting with Li to understand...
07:34 AM, Jun 07, 2012
