A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat at 80.48 points or 0.40 percent in the pre-noon trade Thursday. Selling pressure was seen in the banking index (bankex), capital goods and IT sectors, while marginally good buying was seen in metal sector. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange […]
India and China will hold border talks here Feb 10-11. The Indian delegation will be led by National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, while the Chinese delegation will be led by State Councillor Yang Jiechi. Besides the India-China boundary question, the two sides, during the 17th round of border talks, will also discuss bilateral, regional and […]
India needs nuclear power for civilian use till the time renewable energy is able to replace the use of fossil and nuclear fuels, Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said Thursday. “We have to use nuclear energy till the time when renewable energy comes to such a level that we are able to […]
Good relations between India and Pakistan remain elusive due to cultural intolerance, a leading Pakistani daily said Thursday. The Dawn criticised Shiv Sena activists for disrupting a media briefing of an Indian music group and the Meekal Hasan Band from Pakistan in Mumbai Tuesday. “It is difficult to keep reined in rightwing elements that are […]
DMK parliamentarians have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene a meeting of ministers, elected leaders and representatives of fishermen of India and Sri Lanka, according to a memorandum released here Thursday. In the memorandum submitted to Singh in New Delhi Wednesday, the parliamentarians, citing the continued arrests of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lanka […]
Central universities suffer from an acute shortage of faculty with over 4,700 posts vacant, President Pranab Mukherjee said Thursday. The president added that India could be a world leader in education if “we discover the will and leadership to take us to that pinnacle”. Addressing a conference of vice chancellors of central universities at Rashtrapati […]
The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi Thursday decided to recommend to Lt.Governor Najeeb Jung to set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. “We have decided to recommend to the Lt.Governor to form a SIT on the killing of Sikhs in 1984 riots. This is a blot on the […]
Fourteen people were killed and seven injured when their bus plunged into a river in western Nepal, police said Thursday. The bus fell into a river at Chidipani village in Palpa district early Thursday morning, Xinhua reported. The identities of the deceased are yet to be established. The injured passengers have been rushed to a […]
Two Indian-origin men in the British city of Leicester have been jailed for three years and eight months for attacking an elderly man in a robbery bid. The Leicester Crown Court sentenced Harbans Singh and Varinder Singh for robbing and knocking to the ground an 80-year-old pensioner, leaving him with injuries on his hands and […]
Accidents suffered by some Indian Navy vessels over the past few months was a “matter of concern”, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Thursday. Interacting with the media at Defexpo 14′ here, Antony said he cannot provide “100 percent satisfaction certificate” although standard operating procedures were being largely followed. Every accident, he added, needed to be […]