New Delhi: The Bofors ghost returned to haunt the Congress party with an income tax tribunal saying that kickbacks of Rs 41 crore were paid to late Win Chaddha and Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the Howitzer gun deal and... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Food inflation surged to a 10-week high of 14.44 per cent for the week ended December 18 as prices of vegetables, particularly onions, fruits, cereals and protein-based products, continued to escalate. Food inflation stood at 12.13 per cent in... (Continue reading)
Balasore (Orissa): India today successfully test-fired its two indigenously developed and nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile, which has a striking range of 350 km, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off the Orissa coast. “The missile mounted... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed deep concern over the sharp rise in onion prices and said effective steps should be taken to bring down the prices to affordable levels. In a letter to the secretaries of Departments of... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Russia today said a modern, civilised state cannot hide terrorists and should extradite them if it is interested in cooperating in the fight against terrorism. Addressing a press conference after talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Russian President Dmitry... (Continue reading)
Islamabad: Pakistan wants the “peaceful resolution of all issues with India”, including the longstanding Kashmir dispute to usher in a new era of peace and prosperity in South Asia, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today. Gilani made the remarks while... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: After 26/11, the US felt that the removal of “spectacularly inept” Shivraj Patil as Home Minister was inevitable although he had been “protected” by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi despite being found “asleep on the watch” during earlier terror... (Continue reading)
United Nations: India is taking necessary measures to ensure stability, prevent violence and protect human rights in Kashmir, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said. “I understand that there have been discussions between India and Pakistan on all matters, including this... (Continue reading)
Washington: India’s over 150 million Muslim population is largely unattracted to extremism, U.S. diplomatic cables have said, endorsing India’s vibrant democracy, inclusive culture and nationalistic nature of the minority community. “Separatism and religious extremism have little appeal to Indian Muslims, and... (Continue reading)
New Delhi: Pakistan is “hypnotically obsessed” with India’s military and has done “damn near nothing” to prosecute suspects in the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai, top Indian diplomats have told U.S. officials. They also repeated their claims that the... (Continue reading)