Beijing: India and China will not let their border row to derail their "developing bilateral ties", China Daily said in an editorial on Wednesday. A Sino-Indian meet here on Tuesday had made it clear that the "two emerging powers in the region are taking steps to solve their problems and will not allow their differences to stand in the way of developing bilateral ties". It said it was good that...
06:01 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Political differences among parties should not prevent them from taking part in discussions on Bills and issues, Kerala assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan said on Wednesday hoping that the session commencing on Dec 10 will be productive. Karthikeyan asked legislators and political parties to use this session in the best possible manner. Of late, the Kerala Assembly has seen more of walk outs and disruptions and less of serious discussions,...
02:33 PM, Dec 05, 2012
Islamabad: Authorities must apologise to the Hindu community for demolishing a temple in Karachi and hurting their sentiments, a Pakistani daily said on Wednesday. An editorial in the Dawn said the demolition of a Hindu temple in Karachi's Garden area on Saturday raises disturbing questions and is "a prime example of the callous attitude that officialdom often has towards this country's non-Muslim citizens". "The authorities need to uncover the facts...
11:24 AM, Dec 05, 2012
New Delhi: Technology hub Bangalore has emerged as the best city to live in India, pipping other metro cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, in terms of overall quality of living, according to a latest worldwide survey of cities by global HR consultancy Mercer. Amongst Indian cities, Bangalore (139) ranks higher than New Delhi (143), Mumbai (146), Chennai (150) and Kolkata (151) in overall quality of living, according...
01:40 PM, Dec 04, 2012
New Delhi: Viewing the rapid modernisation of Chinese Navy as a "major concern", Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi on Monday made it clear that India would protect its interests in the disputed South China Sea, even if it means sending forces there. "Yes you are right. The modernisation (of Chinese Navy) is truly impressive... It is actually a major cause of concern for us, which we continuously evaluate and work...
06:15 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Mohali: Stressing the need to build world-class educational institutions in the country, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday regretted that many universities in the country were just teaching shops. Addressing students and faculty members after inaugurating the Mohali campus of the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Mohali on Sunday, Chidambaram said: "My deepest regret is that many of our universities are teaching shops, with poor infrastructure, outdated textbooks,...
01:14 AM, Dec 03, 2012
New Delhi: Sahara Group on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the order of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) dismissing its appeal against market regulator SEBI in a case involving refund of about Rs 24,000 crore with interest to about three crore investors. A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir listed the matter for hearing on Monday. The counsel for Sahara told the bench that the company was ready...
06:26 PM, Nov 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Friday passed a bill that seeks to expand the definition of "terrorist act" to include offences that threaten the country's economic security amid protests from some members who termed the measures as "draconian". The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, which was passed by voice vote, also extends the period of ban on an organisation from two years to five years. The amendments also seek...
05:32 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Mumbai: The Securities Appellate Tribunal on Thursday dismissed an appeal by two Sahara group firms against Sebi in the high-profile case involving refund of about Rs 24,000 crore with interest to about three crore investors. Sahara firms in their appeal had sought the tribunal's intervention in refund of investors' money and had accused the market regulator Sebi of wrongly charging them of non-compliance with a Supreme Court order in this...
06:38 PM, Nov 29, 2012
New Delhi: India has decided to issue 3,000 visas to Pakistani nationals to witness the upcoming Indo-Pak limited over cricket series beginning on December 25. For the first time, India has also agreed to issue multiple-city visa to the cricket lovers of the neighbouring country provided they show tickets for the matches, traveling tickets and hotel reservation slips. The decisions have been conveyed to Pakistan, Home Ministry sources said. Of...
06:34 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Over a 100 infant deaths were reported in state-run hospitals in West Bengal in January this year. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who also holds the health portfolio had promised to act, but little has changed on the ground 11 months on. ...
01:36 PM, Nov 27, 2012
New Delhi: Connectivity is the buzzword in India's relations with the 10-member Asean as it rebuilds road and sea links to boost trade and people-to-people ties with an economically vibrant region. A Trilateral Highway - linking Thailand and Myanmar with India - called Friendship Road is slowly nearing completion, while a car rally kicks off from Yogakarta in Indonesia to finally end in India's northeast. An Indian naval ship is...
04:43 AM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: Barely a month before Russian President Valdimir Putin's visit, India has sought to dispel doubts about any stress in bilateral ties, saying Russia remained a key priority for India's foreign policy and sought greater economic ties with Moscow. Speaking at the sixth India-Russia dialogue earlier this week, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai described relations with Russia as "perhaps the most vital, most decisive" of India's strategic partnerships despite changes...
02:23 AM, Nov 26, 2012
Kolkata: Bitterly critical of the Trinamool Congress governance in West Bengal, CPI(M) leader and former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday said the state was lagging significantly in industry and agriculture with anti-social elements "active and unchecked". "This government is a failure. We had no idea that law and order will worsen to this extent with spurt in anti-social activities," he said at a CPI(M) North 24 Parganas district committee...
03:24 AM, Nov 25, 2012
New Delhi: The country needs more universities offering technical and research education, V Narayanasamy, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in the Prime Minister Office (PMO) said on Monday. "For the population of India, the universities available are not sufficient. Every big district in this country should have a university," said Narayanasamy. "The country today need knowledge and knowledge comes from education we need technical and research...
01:22 AM, Nov 20, 2012
Phnom Penh: China's new leadership will accord great importance to relations with India, outgoing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh during a meeting on Monday. Wen said he cherished working with Singh over the last eight years during which they met 14 times. The new Chinese leadership will give "great importance" to relations with India, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai quoted Wen as saying. "We established good...
05:22 PM, Nov 19, 2012
New Delhi: Former HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday advocated reorientation of the university system, saying too much of affiliated colleges is degrading quality of education. "There is no point having a university with 800 affiliated colleges, all that the university does is to take examinations and asks for money and no research is done. We must reorient administratively our system," he said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in...
04:58 AM, Nov 18, 2012
New York: The US government has asked a court in New York to slap a maximum penalty of $15 million on India-born fallen Wall Street titan Rajat Gupta and permanently bar him from serving as director of any publicly-traded firm for his "terrible breach of trust" by indulging in insider trading. Weeks after the former Goldman Sachs Director was handed down a two-year jail term and fined $5 million by...
09:38 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Beijing: China and Sri Lanka on Sunday firmed up their defence relations during a meeting of their top officials who pledged to make efforts to boost relations between the two countries and their militaries. Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie met a Sri Lankan delegation headed by Secretary of Defence and Urban Development Ministry Gotabaya Rajapaksa. During the meeting in Beijing, they pledged to make efforts to boost relations between the...
10:47 PM, Nov 11, 2012
