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- Kidnapped Indian businessman rescued in Philippines
Manila: Police officers rescued an Indian businessman a day after he was kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen in the Philippines, a provincial police chief said today.
Remmi Kumar Ch....
- Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre opens in Dhaka
Dhaka: The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) has opened in Dhaka with a display of art works by 27 renowned Bangladeshi artists.
The IGCC has been set up by the Indian Council for ....
- Sachin Tendulkar named UN Goodwill Ambassador
United Nations: India's cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar has been named a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Tendulkar, the first player to ....
- Russian PM arrives, nuclear, Gorshkov pacts on table
New Delhi: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived here on Thursday night on a 22-hour visit during which India and Russia are to sign over a dozen agreements, including an umbrella civil....
- Kerala scam accused Canadian company under scanner at home
Toronto: Canada's SNC-Lavalin company, that was at the centre of a headline-grabbing bribery scandal in Kerala, is now under scanner at home for allegedly overcharging in government buildin....
- 20,000 Punjabi youths sneak into Europe every year: Study
Chandigarh: Every year nearly 20,000 Punjabi youths try to illegally migrate to European Union (EU) countries in pursuit of greener pastures, said a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UN....
- Malaysian Hindu woman wins custody battle with Muslim husband
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's High Court today granted a Hindu woman custody of her child after a bitter court battle with her estranged Muslim husband, who converted their children to Islam and....
- After Indians, now Canadian assaulted in Australia
Toronto: After a recent spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia, it was the turn of a wheelchair-bound Canadian man who was beaten by Australian teenagers in Sydney on Tuesday, reports....
- EU climate chief welcomes India, China stance on Copenhagen
Brussels: The European Union's top negotiator on climate change welcomed today India and China's decision to formally back the agreement reached at an international conference in Copenh....
- India, Africa launch action plan to boost cooperation
New Delhi: Two years after their first summit, India and Africa today launched an action plan that includes closer cooperation in agriculture and setting up of new training institutes by New De....
- India gets big response at global mining meet
Toronto: India has drawn a huge response at the world's biggest mining conference here, with Ontario province signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with New Delhi to exploit India'....
- Four Indians die in suspected arson of Malaysian shop
Kuala Lumpur: Authorities suspected arson in a fire today that razed a textile shop and killed four Indian nationals in southern Malaysia.
Police said unknown assailants were believed....
- Indian origin man is Asia's biggest weight loser
Kuala Lumpur: David Gurnani, an Indonesian of Indian origin, has been adjudged The Biggest Loser Asia (TBLA) in the weight loss reality show organised in Malaysia.
Gurnani, 25, on Tue....
- Australia to amend law to better protect foreign students
Melbourne: Australia will strengthen legislation to better protect international students, including Indians, and ensure world class quality education for them, Education Minister Julia Gillard....
- One-fifth of Australia's private colleges visa factories: Report
Melbourne: Nearly a fifth of Australian private colleges are "permanent residency factories", a new report in the education sector has revealed.
The education sector, which is....
- India, Russia close to clinching visa pact
New Delhi: India and Russia are likely to ink a long-delayed visa pact that will ease the Russian visa regime to spur more contacts between businessmen of the two sides during the visit of Russ....
- India for quicker resettlement of Tamils
New Delhi: India today said it has urged Sri Lanka to quicken the resettlement of Tamils displaced by war and pledged aid for their housing projects as Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao returned h....
- European Union told to beef up New Delhi embassy
London: Britain and Sweden have urged the European Union (EU) to build bigger embassies in New Delhi, saying such a move was needed for "shaping the world of tomorrow" through its plann....
- M F Hussain now a Qatari national
Dubai: Renowned painter M F Husain, submitted his passport in Doha after he was provided the Qatari citizenship rights.
Hussain, who has attained an age of 95 years, has been charged ....
- Unbearable pain for family of Indian boy who died in Australia
Melbourne: The family of three-year-old Gurshan Singh Channa is dealing with "unbearable pain" over his death, a councillor said today while paying respects to the boy whose body was fo....
- Anwar Ibrahim's 1998 sacking was lawful: Malaysian court
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Federal Court today ruled that the sacking of Anwar Ibrahim as deputy prime minister and finance minister 11 years ago was lawful.
Court of Appeal preside....
- Hunt for car seen near Indian kid's body
Melbourne: The police are looking for a green coloured car that was last seen near the spot where Indian toddler Gurshan Singh Channa's body was found in this Australian city, a media repor....
- India will not scale down Afghan operations, to scale up security
Kabul/New Delhi: Unfazed by the Feb 26 Kabul terror strike, India today said it will not scale down its operations in Afghanistan and clarified that the Indian medical missions were functioning....
- Indian medical mission in Kabul on pause
Kabul: India will continue its reconstruction activities in Afghanistan, but has put its medical mission, the target of the Feb 26 terror strike in Kabul, on temporary hold in view of the incre....
- India not competing with any other country in Africa: Tharoor
New Delhi: India is not in any competition with other countries in Africa, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said here today.
"India's Africa policy stands....
- Death of Indian toddler in Australia 'unfortunate': government
New Delhi: The Indian government today described as "most unfortunate" the death of a three-year-old Indian in Australia, adding that the cause of the death was yet to be determined.
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- India rejects Holbrooke's opinion, Menon heads to Kabul
New Delhi: Rejecting US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke's remarks about the Feb 26 Kabul attacks, India is convinced that the terrorists' chief target were Indians and is hoping for mor....
- India cautions against universal road safety norms
United Nations: India has strongly supported increased international cooperation for achieving the objectives of the Decade of Action for Road Safety, but has cautioned against setting universa....
- India, Pakistan likely to talk again in Washington
New Delhi: With last week's foreign-secretary level talks ending in a stalemate, the leaders of India and Pakistan are expected to meet on the sidelines of a global security summit on nucle....
- Australian institute studying attacks on Indians: Minister
New Delhi: The Australian Institute of Criminology is studying the recent attacks on Indian students there and will come up with an exhaustive report soon to help the government deal with the i....
- US encourages India-Pakistan dialogue, rules out mediation
Washington: Stressing that both India and Pakistan have legitimate security interests in Afghanistan, the United States says it encouraged a dialogue between the two neighbours but has ruled ou....
- What the new Indo-Saudi strategic partnership aims at
Riyadh: A new Indo-Saudi strategic partnership set in place during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Saudi Arabia between Feb 27-March 1 is set to redefine issues of terrorism, energ....
- Samosas, sandwiches, Shane Warne at Indian picnic in Australia
Melbourne: Spin bowler Shane Warne was mobbed by members of the Indian community today during an informal interaction at parliament house in the backdrop of the violence against Indian students....
- Australian foreign minister arriving to discuss attacks
New Delhi: Assurance to India about its keenness to tackle incidents of attacks on Indian students high on his agenda, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith will arrive here today to discus....
- India urged to repatriate undocumented Indians
Jeddah: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been urged to ensure the repatriation of Indians who are living without legal documents here in Saudi Arabia.
A memorandum presented to Manmo....
- India supports Arab peace plan
Riyadh: India today expressed "strong support" to a Saudi-proposed initiative aimed at ending the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The Indian decision was made known on the second day o....
- Saudi worried about Pakistan, wants leaders united against terror
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is worried about the current situation in Pakistan and wants to see the political leadership in that country to be united in the fight against extremism, Saudi Foreign Mini....
- Saudi Arabia can be an interlocutor with Pakistan: Tharoor
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia, with its close ties with Islamabad, could be a "valuable interlocutor" in improving India's ties with Pakistan, India's Minister of State for External Affa....
- President attends poignant tribute for Indians killed in Kabul
New Delhi: With the headlights of military trucks illuminating the area and President Pratibha Patil looking on solemnly, six tricolour-draped coffins carrying the bodies of the Indians killed ....
- Unprecedented welcome for PM in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday evening to a historic welcome with the kingdom's crown prince and the entire Saudi cabinet turning up at the airpor....
- Indians in Saudi Arabia excited over PM visit
Riyadh: The 1.6-million strong expatriate Indian community in Saudi Arabia is excited over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day visit here and is hoping to gain from it in terms of job....
- 'Best of India' exhibition opens in Almaty
Almaty (Kazakhstan): A two-week "Best of India" exhibition that aims to further promote and strengthen trade and commercial relations between India and Kazakhstan and to disseminate inf....
- Indian sends aircraft to Kabul to bring back bodies
New Delhi: A special aircraft was sent to Kabul today to bring back the bodies of nine Indians, including two major-rank army officers, who were killed in terror attacks in the Afghan capital.
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- France expresses solidarity with India over Kabul terror
New Delhi: France on Friday expressed solidarity with India in the wake of the terror attack in Kabul in which 9 Indians were killed and conveyed its condolences to the families of the victims.....
- It was courageous for India and Pakistan just to talk: US
Washington: The United States which has been "encouraging" India and Pakistan to resume their dialogue sought to downplay the failure of their secretary-level talks saying it was a "....
- US favours direct India-Pakistan talks: Hillary Clinton
Washington: As the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan prepared to meet in New Delhi, the US said it had encouraged the two countries to resume direct talks at the highest political level....
- Singapore watchdog probes Hindu temple management
Singapore: Singapore's charity watchdog launched a probe into a popular Hindu temple's governance and administration, the media reported today.
Investigations into the affairs....
- Teenager may have seen Indian's murder: Australian police
Melbourne: A teenager may be a key witness in the murder of Indian Nitin Garg here as he saw a number of men fighting in a park where Garg was fatally stabbed last month, the police said today.....
- 'Indo-US ties a model for Bangladesh and China'
Dhaka: Bangladesh wants to engage in "a pro-active and balanced diplomacy" with China, akin to the relationship between India and the US, a senior ruling Awami League leader said as Pri....
- Pakistan has failed to protect minorities: Canadian Sikhs
Toronto: Condemning the beheading of two Sikhs by the Pakistani Taliban as "an act of barbarians,'' Sikhs in Canada on Tuesday urged tough action the killers. They also said Pakista....
- India offers its expertise for UN peacekeeping
United Nations: India has offered its experience and expertise to the United Nations for its peacekeeping and peace-building efforts saying it stands ready to do more for international peace an....
- Australia invites Indian journalists for rebuilding its reputation
Melbourne: In view of the recent assaults on Indians in Australia, questions are now being raised regarding the safety of dwelling in the Australian city of Melbourne, where most of the racial ....
- US hopes India-Pakistan talks will revive composite dialogue
Washington: The United States has welcomed the India-Pakistan foreign secretary level talks as a "significant breakthrough" and hoped it would begin the process of re-establishing the c....
- IBSA to take scientific research cooperation to next level
Mamallapuram: Taking the trilateral developmental initiative between India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) to the next step, programme coordinators are mulling ways to expand the programme's rea....
- Saudi Arabia is top donor
New Delhi: Saudi Arabia topped the world's charitable contributions to fund humanitarian relief operations in 2008, according to a UN report.
A statement from the Saudi embassy he....
- Nepali boy, 51 cms tall, makes claim to world record
Kathmandu: An 18-year-old Nepali boy, who is about 51 centimetres tall, has left for Italy on Sunday in a quest to be recognised as the world's shortest man.
Khagendra Thapa Magar....
- Indian American says he nearly drove into crashing plane
Washington: An Indian American says he nearly drove into a crashing plane as a man harbouring a grudge against the US tax agency IRS (Internal Revenue Service) flew it into a building housing a....
- No US pressure to hold talks with Pakistan: Tharoor
New Delhi: The India-Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks scheduled for Feb 25 are not being held under US pressure, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said here today. The....
- World Bank officials to visit Himachal Pradesh
Shimla: The World Bank Country Director and Sector Managare will visit Himachal Pradesh from 9th to 11th March, 2010 to discuss the second phase of the watershed project. This message was recei....
- China calls Obama-Dalai Lama meeting 'violation of norms'
Beijing: China today called the meeting between US President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama "a gross violation of norms governing the international relations".
"The US ac....
- Obama meets Dalai Lama, defying Chinese warnings
Washington: President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama today, defying warnings from Beijing that it could further strain US-Sino relations amid tension over US arms sales to Taiwan and claims of....
- Malaysian leader hires Indian expert to fight sodomy case
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has engaged three international DNA and forensic experts, including an Indian professor, to assist in the ongoing trial he is facing on a....
- Canadian employer fined $25,000 for racial abuse
Toronto: A Canadian employer has been fined $25,000 for calling his Pakistani-origin woman employee a 'Paki' and 'nigger.'
Taunting the woman's two young sons as &....
- Obama set to meet Dalai Lama
Washington: US President Barack Obama was to hold a long-awaited meeting today with Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, rebutting China's threats that the encounter would further ....
- US to stand by Copenhagen accord even if India, China don't
Washington: The top US envoy on climate change finds India and China's stand on the Copenhagen accord somewhat unclear but has said the US will associate itself with the document even if In....
- Post 26/11, India turns to Russia for small weapons
New Delhi: India, which has been procuring fighter aircraft and missiles worth $1.5 billion annually from Russia, is now looking to buy small weapons too - like assault rifles, sniper guns and ....
- Over three-fold hike in Indians studying in New Zealand
Hamilton (New Zealand): There has been an over three-fold increase in Indians getting student visas to study in New Zealand in the past five years, authorities said.
As many as 9,591 ....
- Replace ethnic Indian minister, says Malaysian party
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) has urged Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to replace ethnic Indian deputy minister T. Murugiah in the next cabinet reshuffle.
- Obama-Dalai meet advocates Tibetans' cause: Rights group
Dharamsala: The scheduled meeting between Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and US President Barack Obama advocates the cause of Tibetans, says a US-based rights group that hopes the two ....
- Indian to face charges of killing fellow countrymen in Australia
Perth: An Indian student, accused of killing two of his fellow countrymen in Australia following a fight over money, will be presented before a court here today.
The 22-year-old man h....
- Former Doordarshan anchor is US' top commerce official
Washington: A former Doordarshan sports and news anchor, Secunderabad-born Suresh Kumar, has become the senior-most Indian American in the US commerce department.
Kumar, named to be a....
- India sets up cultural centre in Malaysia
New Delhi: The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has set up a full-fledged Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), complete with a dance studio, music and yoga rooms, in Kuala Lumpur in Malays....
- Che visit recalled to mark India-Cuba ties
New Delhi: The legendary Che Guevara's 1959 trip to India was recalled at a meeting here to mark 50 years of friendship between Cuba and India.
Cuban ambassador to India Miguel A.....
- Obama-Dalai Lama meet shows US concern for Tibet, say exiles
Dharamsala: The Tibetan government-in-exile, based in this Himachal Pradesh hill station, says the meeting scheduled between their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and US President Barack Obama ....
- Two Indians die in Australia after fight over money
Melbourne: Two men, believed to be Indians, died in Australia's Perth city after a fight over money while a third Indian was being questioned over their deaths, police said today.
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- UN and India work on disposing hazardous medical waste
New York: The UN Industrial Development Organization on Thursday launched a $40-million pilot project to assist India dispose 300,000 tonnes of annual medical waste.
Kandeh Yumkella, ....
- Australian businesses hacked over attacks on Indian students
Melbourne: Hackers have attacked businesses in this Australian city in response to violence against Indian students, a media report said today.
Computers at five Melbourne-based busin....
- Kumar Gandharva's grandson to sing paeans to Pashupatinath
Kathmandu: His grandfather and father were called Shivaputras - sons of Lord Shiva. So it was probably destined that Bhuvanesh Mukul Komkali would be drawn by the Hindu god to sing praise of th....
- Fonseka's trial soon, can be jailed for five years: Gotabaya Rajapaksa
New Delhi: Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka will face immediate court martial for treason and he can be jailed for up to five years, the country's Defence Secretary Gotabaya....
- `Give Pakistan n-deal carrot to win counter-terror cooperation'
Washington: A US South Asian security expert has suggested offering Pakistan its own India type nuclear deal, saying such a pact could finally offer the right set of carrots to ensure Islamabad....
- Police erect billboard to trace killer of Indian taxi driver
Wellington: New Zealand Police hunting the killer of Indian taxi driver Hiren Mohini are putting up a billboard in downtown Auckland, media reports said today.
It is the first time po....
- Zia's son did not meet Indian militant, says BNP
Dhaka: Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today denied reports that its key official and party chief's son Tarique Rahman had met Indian fugitive militant Paresh Barua.
- Australia says attacks on Indians have hit its reputation
Canberra: Emphasizing that Australia needs to treat its ties with India "like a Test match and work with diligence and dedication", Foreign Minister Stephen Smith admitted today that at....
- Iran backs India-Pakistan dialogue, offers help
New Delhi: Iran today welcomed India's offer to resume foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan and offered its help in the negotiations between the two countries to resolve difficult is....
- 'Ghosts' posing big threat to Canadian immigration
Toronto: Ghost immigration consultants have become a big threat to the immigration process in Canada which lets in more than 250,000 newcomers each year, a large number of them from Punjab.
- India, Turkey to counter terror, expand economic ties
New Delhi: India and Turkey today decided to scale up their cooperation in countering terrorism and gave a push to their economic ties in diverse areas, including infrastructure, energy, scienc....
- Iran to India: There is time limit to join pipeline
New Delhi: Amid speculation about China's keenness to join the tri-nation pipeline that involves Iran, India and Pakistan, the Iranian envoy today said Tehran "can't wait indefinite....
- Opposition leader slams Victoria government over attacks on Indians
Melbourne: Accusing the Victoria government of downplaying the racial violence against Indians, Australia's opposition leader said the state has failed to confront the problem.
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- 'Australian attacks on Indians, Nepalis not racist'
Kathmandu: With Australia reporting the first attack on a Nepali student after a series of assaults on Indians, an education consultant in Nepal says the incidents should be regarded as crimina....
- Australia to cancel 20,000 visa applications
Melbourne: In an overhaul of the immigration policy, Australia will cancel 20,000 visa applications from foreign nationals, including Indians, who have been staying in the country under the exi....
- Climate change: Africa seeks credible financial package
New Delhi: Africa, as one of the victims of climate change, should be given suitable financial compensation for mitigation and adaptation projects, a top UN official said on Sunday.
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- NATO mulls relations with China, India, Russia at conference
Munich: NATO officials pondered extending cooperation with China, India and Pakistan at the Munich Security Conference today - even as the question of the alliance's relationship with Russi....
- Trade and better ties on mind, Turkish president arrives
New Delhi: Turkish President Abdullah Gul arrived in India today on a five-day state visit during which the two sides are expected to focus on scaling up economic and political ties.
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- Worst is over for global economy but recovery weak: G7
Toronto: Finance ministers from the world's top seven industrialised (G7) nations who wound up their two-day informal chats in the Canadian Arctic city of Iqaluit admitted on Saturday that ....
- World's largest diamond producer seeks training in India
New Delhi: Botswana, the world's largest diamond producer, is seeking training from India in the cutting and polishing of rough diamonds that also have the world's third biggest market ....
- EU offers to update IPCC report
New Delhi: A day after it received Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's backing, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), headed by R.K. Pachauri, Saturday got support from the Eur....
- 'Consensus needed for climate change accord in Mexico'
New Delhi: Ministers from around the world today emphasised the need to work together to reach consensus for achieving an accord on climate change at their next meeting in Mexico in November.
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- Turkish president in India on Sunday, n-trade talks likely
New Delhi: India and Turkey are poised to expand economic ties and possibly discuss civil nuclear cooperation when Turkish President Abdullah Gul comes here on Sunday on a five-day trip.
- India, Pakistan discuss dates for talks, US welcomes it
New Delhi/Islamabad/Washington: India and Pakistan today discussed the dates for talks between their foreign secretaries and the scope of their dialogue that could include other issues besides ....
- India top of my foreign agenda: British opposition leader
London: Opposition leader David Cameron, bidding to become the next prime minister of Britain, put bettering relations with India on the top of his international agenda.
Cameron today....
- Three Indians killed in Philippines accident
Manila: Three Indian nationals were killed when their pick-up collided with a passenger bus in the northern Philippines, police said today .
The victims were driving late Tuesday alon....
- India, China contributing a lot to global growth: IMF
Washington: India and China with their large economies growing at 7 and 10 percent respectively are playing a significant role in global economic recovery, according to a top International Mone....
- Police reveal bloodied bag clue in Indian taxi driver's murder
Wellington: New Zealand police said today they were looking for the owner of a bloodstained bag found near the place in suburban Auckland where an Indian taxi driver was stabbed to death in his....
- Don't slam Indian media, says Australian senator
Melbourne: An Australian senator today slammed Victorian Premier John Brumby for criticising the Indian media over race attacks in the country, saying "No, it's not wise, frankly".
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- Meet me again, Australian state premier to Indian envoy
Melbourne: Indian High Commissioner Sujatha Singh's stinging remark that Victoria was a state in denial about the severity of the problem of race attacks today prompted the Australian state....
- Indian taxi driver charged over bashing passenger in Australia
Melbourne: An Indian taxi driver is facing charges over the bashing of a passenger who was knocked unconscious in a suburb here in Australia, media reports said today.
The 25-year-old....
- Malaysian PM's ex-aide being probed for sedition
Kuala Lumpur: An investigation was launched today against Nasir Safar, who resigned as a special officer to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, for sedition after he spoke against the country's....
- Hasina dares Zia to prove 'secret deal' with India
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today dared her political rival and opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia to "make public any document" to prove that she (Hasina) signed a ....
- Exiled Tibetans hopeful of Obama-Dalai meeting
Dharamsala: Elated that President Barack Obama still plans to meet the Dalai Lama despite warnings from Beijing, Tibetan exiles here are looking for an early meeting.
"We are hope....
- India to help Maldives with forensic lab, training
New Delhi: India today assured a visiting Maldives delegation of help the Indian Ocean nation in setting up a police academy, forensic science laboratory, corporate fraud cell and as also train....
- Aussie envoy flays Indian media over 'race' attacks
New Delhi: Australian High Commissioner Peter Varghese today said the charging of an Indian national in Melbourne for making a false allegation of racism "again demonstrated how wrong initi....
- Don't cry racism for every attack, says Australia
Melbourne: Australia today criticised the Indian media and called for "some balance in reporting" after an Indian national who claimed to have been attacked was found to have accidental....
- I have faced racial discrimination in UK: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
London: The Nobel laureate scientist of Indian origin, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, said that he has suffered racial bias in the United Kingdom. He said that O2, a prominent British telecom compa....
- Tip-offs help Malaysia nab drug traffickers from India
Kuala Lumpur: Tip-offs are helping Malaysian authorities nab drug traffickers from India, most of whom carry ketamine, a media report said.
Malaysia has become a melting pot for inter....
- Attacks on Indians take toll on Australia's education revenue
Melbourne: The series of attacks on Indians will take a toll on Australia's education revenue with the latest data on applications by overseas students suggesting negative impact on vocatio....
- Obama still plans to meet with the Dalai Lama
Washington: President Barack Obama still plans to meet with the Dalai Lama despite a warning from Beijing that a meeting with the exiled Tibetan religious could hit US-China relations, the Whit....
- India, China will reshape international system: US
Washington: With the rise of India and China continuing to reshape the international system, the US looks at India as a strategic partner with rapidly improving military capabilities and shared....
- Indians singled out in Australia, asserts Krishna
New Delhi: Indian students are being "singled out" and targeted in Australia, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said today, urging Canberra to do some introspection and address the....
- Indian peacekeepers recognised for services in Congo
New Delhi: Indian peacekeepers have been decorated for their services in the Democratic Republic of Congo, having played a decisive role in establishing peace in the African nation, an army off....
- German president criticises protectionist measures by some nations
New Delhi: Germany today decried the protectionist tendencies in some countries following the global economic crisis, even as it urged India to work together for a "genuine" global gove....
- Indo-Canadians annoint their first Idol
Toronto: The huge Indian community here anointed their first-ever "Indo-Canadian Idol" during belated celebrations of India's Republic Day on Sunday.
In sub-zero temperatu....
- Don't meet Dalai Lama, China warns US
Beijing: Sino-US ties would be damaged if US leaders meet Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, warned a senior Chinese official today and added that the move would "harm others but bring no....
- Attack on Indian in Auckland would shock even criminals: police
Wellington: The vicious and fatal stabbing of Indian taxi driver Hiren Mohini in New Zealand's Auckland city would shock "even those from the criminal community", a police official ....
- Dalai Lama's envoys return after talks with Chinese
Dharamsala: Two envoys of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, today returned to this Himachal Pradesh hill station after holding talks with the Chinese leadership in Beijing, a Tibetan of....
- 'Umbilical cord connects India, Trinidad and Tobago'
Port-of-Spain: India and Trinidad and Tobago are connected by "an umbilical cord" and both nations share a common diversity, Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra said here.
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- German president leaves for India, South Korea trip
Berlin: German President Horst Koehler left Berlin today for a state visit to India, where he is expected to focus on the country's role as one of Asia's economic giants, before flying ....
- India, Germany to push anti-terror, economic pacts on Tuesday
New Delhi: India and Germany are set to push for the proposed agreements on expanding counter-terror cooperation and economic ties during talks between German President Horst Koehler and Indian....
- India, Malaysia hold strategic dialogue, vow to bridge gap
Kuala Lumpur: Singapore has 3,000 Indian firms compared to 400 in relatively bigger Malaysia. Taking a cue from this, India and Malaysia are now looking to bolster their ties that they agree ha....
- A flurry of visits in run-up to Obama's India trip
Washington: A flurry of visits, reflecting the growing level of Indo-US bilateral engagement since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's November visit, is on the cards in the run-up to President....
- Ethiopia seeks India's help in rail link with Djibouti
New Delhi: Ethiopia has sought India's help in developing a rail link with its neighbour Djibouti which will allow the land-locked country access to the sea.
This was conveyed by ....
- India, New Zealand begin talks for free trade agreement
Hamilton: India and New Zealand have begun negotiations for a free trade agreement, a minister said here today.
New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said the negotiations started in ....
- A bank of Indian heritage thrives in Africa
Lusaka (Zambia): On the ground floor of a squat building in downtown Lusaka, tellers sit inside tiny wooden cabins, counting out money. The busy scene is as ordinary as at any other bank, but t....
- Obama's bank regulation is right: Vikram Pandit
Washington: Vikram Pandit, the Indian American CEO of Citigroup, says President Barack Obama's plans to regulate and limit the size of banks is the "right direction".
As t....
- 1.7 million throng Hindu shrine in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur: Over 1.7 million Hindu devotees today thronged Lord Subramaniam's temple at the Batu Caves near the national capital to celebrate the annual Thaipusam festival.
Crow....
- Richard Hadlee promotes 'peaceful' New Zealand
Chandigarh: Legendary New Zealand cricketer Richard Hadlee, along with various Kiwi agencies, is promoting his country as a "peaceful" and "investor-friendly" destination for In....
- Indian taxi driver stabbed to death in New Zealand
Wellington: An Indian taxi driver was fatally stabbed early today in New Zealand, a media report said.
Thirtynine-year-old Hiren Mohini was driving the taxi which went off the road an....
- Why are Indian students being targeted in Australia?
New Delhi: I have lived in Melbourne for over seven years and there is no doubt that the situation has changed for Indians here. Denying racism in Australia is like denying casteism and dowry i....
- Muslim, Sikh, South Asian leaders demand end to racial profiling
Washington: Muslim, Arab, Sikh and South Asian American community leaders have raised the issue of racial, ethnic and religious profiling at airports and the border with the Obama administratio....
- NGO joins UN body to fight malnutrition with spirulina
New Delhi: Delhi-based NGO, Sainik Welfare Organisation which provides low cost housing to soldiers, has joined hands with a UN body to spread awareness about including the micro algae spirulin....
- Germany disappointed with India over aircraft contract
New Delhi: Ahead of its President Horst Koehler's visit here next week, a disappointed Germany today said India's decision to cancel a tender for multi-role tanker aircraft was a "n....
- Don't visit Australia for now: Preneet Kaur
New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur today cautioned Indian students against visiting Australia for the moment following the string of attacks on Indian nationals. ....
- Red tape delays pacts during German president's visit?
New Delhi: India and Germany were planning to sign four pacts, including one on security and counter-terror cooperation, during German President Horst Koehler's weeklong visit beginning on ....
- Telemedicine facility of Pan-African network inaugurated
New Delhi: India is willing to share its expertise with Africa in bridging the digital divide, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has said in Addis Ababa while inaugurating a....
- India to open consulate in Jaffna soon
New Delhi: With the crushing of the Tamil Tigers, India will soon open a consulate in the Tamil heartland of Jaffna in a bid to spur reconstruction of the war-ravaged region, official sources s....
- German president on way, Berlin keen on nuclear cooperation
New Delhi: Ahead of German President Horst Koehler's visit to India next week, German envoy Thomas Matussek today said his country was ready for civil nuclear cooperation with India if New ....
- Talking with the Dalai Lama: How serious is China?
New Delhi: It is hard to tell whether their accuracy is lost in the translation or not but it is always amusing to read the way China frames its public pronouncements on Tibet in general and th....
- PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi says she is old fashioned
Davos: Her company's products target the youth, she loves chips and cereals and is a relatively young professional at the helm of one of the larger US corporations. But PepsiCo chairman Ind....
- Australian envoy welcomes arrests over Indian's murder
New Delhi: Australian High Commissioner Peter Varghese today welcomed the arrests of three Indians in connection with the murder of fruit-picker Ranjodh Singh in Australia's New South Wales....
- Mauritius keen to learn voting machine use from India
New Delhi: Mauritius is keen to introduce electronic voting machines to speed up the counting process, says its top election official.
"The counting process is slow. We want to le....
- Act fast on Goa rape or face advisory: Russian envoy
New Delhi: Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin today threatened to issue an advisory to his citizens not to travel to Goa if the Indian authorities did not act fast to punish the rapi....
- Indian publishers move court against Google
New Delhi: An Indian publishers' group, along with several Indian publishers and authors, today moved a US court against the Google Book Settlement's (GBS 2.0) alleging copyright violat....
- India dismayed over fresh attacks in Australia
New Delhi: India today voiced "dismay" over fresh assaults on four Indians in two separate incidents in Australia and reminded Canberra of its responsibility to immediately bring to jus....
- Indians attacked once again in Australia
Melbourne: Four Indian youths, including three taxi drivers, were assaulted today in a couple of incidents at Brisbane, Queensland as per media reports. However, there are no specific details a....
- Bangladesh to give ID-cards to citizens
New Delhi: Bangladesh will issue national identity cards to its citizens on the basis of electoral data compiled during the last parliamentary elections, its top election official said here.
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- Fonseka shouldn't leave Sri Lanka, says president's brother
New Delhi: Defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka should not leave Sri Lanka as he needs to answer "a lot of allegations against him", President Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother ....
- Australian state starts support service for foreign students
Melbourne: A new 24-hour support and welfare service that will "make a real difference" for international students studying in Australia's Victoria state has been started, Premier J....
- Two arrested for Indian's murder in Australia
Sydney: A man and his wife were arrested today for the killing of 25-year-old Ranjodh Singh whose partially burnt body was found dumped near a road in Australia's New South Wales late last ....
- Rajapaksa's victory secured, says Sri Lankan official
Colombo: The official result would come only later in the day but Mahinda Rajapaksa's victory in the Sri Lankan presidential poll had been secured, a Presidential Secretariat official said ....
- Krishna to meet Australian counterpart, discuss attacks
London: External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will take up the issue of attacks on Indian students in Australia with his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith on the sidelines of a conference o....
- Manmohan to go to Saudi soon, extradition treaty on cards
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is planning to go to Saudi Arabia around the end of February, his first overseas visit of 2010 that will have an extradition treaty and pledges of big-t....
- Australia releases dossier on attacks on Indians
Sydney: The Australian government has released a police dossier of high-profile attacks on Indians over the past year, which shows that nearly half of those arrested since March last year for v....
- Indian Airlines hijacker deported to India
Toronto: Canada on Tuesday deported the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacker to India.
Parminder Singh Saini, 46, who took refuge here 15 years ago and faced deportation to ....
- Trinidad and Tobago, India to have joint commission
Port-of-Spain: Trinidad and Tobago and India will set up a joint commission in April, the Indian envoy has said here. A Trinidadian minister added that "prospective areas have been identifi....
- Denmark welcomes resumption of talks on Tibet
Dharamsala: Welcoming the resumption of talks between China and exiled Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama over the political status of Tibet, Denmark has said that the two nations should ensure tha....
- Two Indian students attacked in Australia
Melbourne: Two Indian students were viciously assaulted in this Australian city on Monday night by a group of people who "made comments to the pair", police said. The attack comes littl....
- Australian PM's nephew fined for anti-racism protest
Melbourne: Nephew of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was today fined for "inciting a riot" while protesting against racial attacks on Indians in the country.
Van Thanh Ru....
- India's R-Day celebrated in Kazakhstan in sub-zero temperature
Astana: The temperature outside was a bone-chilling minus 31 degrees Celsius but this did not come in the way of India's 61st Republic Day being celebrated with fervour and enthusiasm in th....
- Indian diplomat's book on India-UAE ties presented to Dubai ruler
Dubai: The first copy of coffee table book "India and the UAE: In Celebration of a Legendary Friendship", authored by the Consul General in Dubai Venu Rajamony, was presented to the Uni....
- India's Afghan role is hot topic at London conference
London: Ministers and military experts from around the world are set to gather in the British capital on Thursday for a day's meeting on Afghanistan marked by an unprecedented bid to persua....
- Dalai Lama's envoys to hold talks with Chinese leaders
Dharamsala: Two envoys of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, have left for Beijing for the ninth round of talks with the Chinese leadership, a Tibetan official said here today.
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- ArcelorMittal gives $1mn to rehouse Haiti quake victims
London: ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, today pledged a million dollars to help build houses in Port-au-Prince following the massive earthquake that struck the Haitian capita....
- India monitoring Pakistan after border tunnel reports: Krishna
New Delhi: India was closely monitoring Pakistan's activities in the wake of media reports suggesting it was digging tunnels along its border in Sargodha district and would analyse its "....
- India, South Korea discuss nuclear pact, sign IT, space accords
New Delhi: India and South Korea today signed four pacts in areas ranging from peaceful uses of space to cooperation in IT and explored prospects of a civilian nuclear pact, a crucial step expe....
- India-Mexico FTA talks likely in May
Kolkata: India and Mexico will hold open talks for a full free trade agreement (FTA) in May, Jaime Nualart, ambassador of Mexico, said here today.
"Negotiations for FTAs take time....
- Tharoor visits Haiti, meets president and Indian peacekeepers
New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor visited quake devastated Haiti and met President Rene Garcia Preval at his temporary home as well as Indian peacekeepers aiding ....
- India, South Korea discuss civil nuclear cooperation
New Delhi: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak today met Indian leaders, including External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, and discussed cooperation in areas of civil nuclear energy and space.....
- Post LTTE, bitterly divided Sri Lanka set to elect president
New Delhi: A viciously split Sri Lanka goes to the polls on Tuesday to elect a president in the first nationwide election after the decisive rout of the Tamil Tigers.
Across the lengt....
- Australian police step up probe into Garg murder
Melbourne: Investigation into the stabbing murder of Indian student Nitin Garg was stepped up as the Australian police have released video clippings of the last moments of the victim and re-ena....
- South Korean president arrives in India, inspects Hyundai plant
Chennai: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Chennai today, beginning his four-day India visit. He inspected the Hyundai factory near the Tamil Nadu capital and spent some time ther....
- India, South Korea to discuss nuclear pact, push Posco deal on Monday
New Delhi/Chennai: India and South Korea will explore the possibilities of a civil nuclear pact and sign a clutch of accords in diverse areas, including IT and civilian space, when the leaders ....
- Reach out to poor nations to keep free trade alive: Omanese minister
Chennai: Rich nations should reach out to the least developed countries (LDCs) not able to match them in offering bailouts to their industries languishing due to the global financial crisis, Om....
- US trying to define policy on India: Steve Coll
Jaipur: The US is trying to define its policy and relationship with India and would rather have a private partnership that will not be played out in public, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist an....
- India, China won't sign Copenhagen Accord
New Delhi: The Indian and Chinese governments have had a rethink on signing the Copenhagen Accord, officials said today, and the UN has also indefinitely postponed its Jan 31 deadline for count....
- Indian rethink forces UN to extend Copenhagen deadline
New Delhi: The Indian government has had a rethink on signing the Copenhagen Accord, senior officials said today, forcing the UN to indefinitely postpone its Jan 31 deadline for countries to ac....
- Maldives banking on India Inc for infrastructure projects
Chennai: A host of Indian companies are investing in the Maldives, as this South Asian paradise for tourists is wooing investments in a wide variety of sectors from infrastructure to healthcare....
- Two years ago, universities warned Canberra of attacks on Indians
Melbourne: Australia's state and federal governments were warned about the possibility of foreign students, including Indians, facing attacks, but they "weren't interested in listen....
- Two Australians charged with assaulting Indian
Brisbane: A 20-year-old man and a teenager were charged with assault today for attacking and robbing an Indian here on Thursday night.
The 25-year-old victim was using a telephone box....
- Malaysian PM cuts short India visit
Chennai: Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak returned home on Friday night, cutting short his Indian visit on learning of the death of the Sultan of Johor, Iskandar ibni....
- Canadian delegation meets Punjab, Haryana ministers
Chandigarh: A Canadian delegation today met Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and discussed investment opportunities in the state.
The delegation was led by Michael De Jong....
- India centrally important for US success in Afghan: Holbrooke
Washington: US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke says India was not formally part of his mandate, but he considered India as centrally important for America&....
- India, South Korea to discuss nuclear cooperation on Monday
New Delhi: After its bilateral nuclear accords with the US, France and Russia, India will explore possibilities of civil nuclear cooperation with South Korea, a member of the Nuclear Suppliers ....
- Two more Indians assaulted in Australia
Brisbane: Two Indians, including a taxi driver, have been assaulted in two separate incidents in this Australian city.
Following the attacks late on Thursday and early today, Queensla....
- US to engage India, China, Russia to stabilise Pakistan, Afghanistan
Washington: The US proposes to engage Russia, China and India this year as it tries to bring stability to Afghanistan and Pakistan while it continues its mission to "disrupt, dismantle, and....
- Hello, I'm Dr Bharadwaj: Indian greets Indian on South Atlantic island
London: An Indian adventurer who arrived at a remote South Atlantic island last week on a solo round-the-world sailing expedition was astounded when another Indian walked out of milling natives....
- Indian business delegation visits Trinidad
Port-of-Spain: An Indian delegation has explored opportunities for trade and joint ventures in Trinidad and Tobago by conducting a string of seminars on small business development.
Di....
- Hysteria may spawn more violence against Indians, says Aussie Police
Melbourne: The "hysterical commentary" on the attacks on Indian students can "spawn more violence as attitudes polarise and harden", a top Australian police official warned toda....
- See Indian attacks in context of broader incidences: Aus PM
Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today said attacks on Indians should be seen in context of "the broader incidences of violence to students of other ethnic backgrounds, acts ....
- India a global success story: British PM
London: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says India is a "modern global success story" that is marching toward prosperity.
"The astonishing pace of change, the dynamism....
- India, Mauritius call for forming friendship group
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and her Mauritius National Assembly counterpart Rajkeswur Purryag have called for forming a friendship group between the two countries to boost their re....
- India, Malaysia sign extradition treaty
New Delhi: Taking their bilateral ties closer, India and Malaysia today signed an extradition treaty and other pacts to scale up their cooperation in areas ranging from education to trade.
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- Malaysian PM for economic pact with India by year-end
New Delhi: Malaysia and India should work to finalise an under-negotiation comprehensive bilateral free trade pact by the end of this year, Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Najib Tun Abdul Raz....
- Afghan poll shows India most favoured, Pakistan unpopular
New Delhi: In a new opinion poll, Afghans have rated India as the most favourable foreign country in Afghanistan and have rejected a role for Pakistan in their country.
The opinion po....
- Malaysian PM begins India visit, to sign 13 pacts
New Delhi: India today rolled out a red carpet to welcome Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammad Najib Tun Abdul Razak as the two sides geared up to ink more than a dozen agreements that are expecte....
- India's assistance to Afghanistan ideal: Gates
New Delhi: Terming as "ideal" India's assistance in rebuilding Afghanistan, visiting US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today urged New Delhi and Islamabad to be transparent about....
- Nobel laureates Sen, Ramakrishnan are 'British', says Gordon Brown
London: Britain has laid claims to Nobel laureates Amartya Sen, an Indian citizen, and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, an American of Indian origin.
The two were among "British Nobel Pr....
- Indians being targeted racially in Australia: Ex Defence Force Chief
Sydney: The erstwhile chief of the defence force of Australia, Peter Cosgrove, said that the assaults being made on Indians in that country are spurred by racial motives.
While speak....
- Germany looks at India as its president comes on Feb 1
Frankfurt: Even as the Google incident makes the Western world a little wary of doing business in China, German President Horst Koehler's visit to India from Feb 1-7, the first by this coun....
- Krishna asks mission in Australia for report on cabbie assault
New Delhi: India today sought a report from its high commission in Australia after news of yet another assault on an Indian taxi driver in Melbourne.
"I have just heard the news. ....
- We knew about racial attacks on Indians: Australian police official
Melbourne: In a first public admission, a top Australian police officer today said the authorities knew about racial attacks on Indians two years ago.
Indians are over-represented in ....
- Rajiv Shah wins high praise for Haiti efforts
Washington: Rajiv Shah, the Indian-American administrator of USAID, who is leading the massive US rescue and recovery efforts in earthquake-hit Haiti, has come in for high praise for his extrao....
- Dhaka nabs Pakistanis with fake Indian currency
Dhaka: Three people, including two Pakistanis, were arrested and Rs.1 million in fake Indian currency was seized from their possession at a hotel in this Bangladeshi capital, police said.
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- Doctors left Sanjay Gupta alone in Haiti clinic
Washington: Doctors and nurses walked away from a field clinic in Haiti last week over security concerns, leaving CNN's chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta as the only doctor left to m....
- China for greater economic ties with India
New Delhi: India and China should look at developing their economic relationship, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today told visiting Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma.
"The Chines....
- Haiti government has more food than it can distribute
Port-au-Prince: The Haitian government has received more food in international aid than it can store and distribute, the person in charge of coordinating food aid in the wake of last week's....
- Obama joins the Twitter club
Washington: US President Barack Obama has made digital history as he became the first commander-in-chief to "tweet" a message on the social networking site, though with a little bit o....
- Malaysian PM arriving today, 13 agreements on cards
New Delhi: Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammad Najib Tun Abdul Razak will arrive in Delhi today evening for a five-day state visit to India during which he is expected to sign at least 13 agreeme....
- Mauritius not tax haven: Vice PM
New Delhi: India should not single out Mauritius in its attempt to curb tax avoidance as the African nation's image as a financial haven is ill-placed and distorted, according to its visiti....
- Google develops new system to trace quake survivors
San Francisco: Web search giant Google has created a centralised search system for tracking down people missing in the Haitian earthquake, the company announced on Monday in a blog posting.
- India visit to expand solid ties: US Defence Secretary
Washington: US Defence Secretary Robert M. Gates says he sees his visit to India as another step toward expanding the two countries' solid defence relationship, particularly in light of the....
- Rahul Gandhi to meet Malaysian PM on Thursday
New Delhi: Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammed Najib Tun Razak will have a separate meeting with Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday.
The reason for the separat....
- India, Malaysia to sign over 13 pacts, business tops agenda
New Delhi/Kuala Lumpur: India and Malaysia are set to sign more than 13 pacts to add more economic muscle to their ties and give a push to free trade area negotiations during Malaysian Prime Mi....
- Among death and destruction, Indians help tirelessly in Haiti
New Delhi: Indian army officer, Lieutenant Colonel Pronob K. Roy, and 150 members of the Indian UN contingent in quake-ravaged Haiti have been working without sleep straight for a week, escorti....
- Malaysia to sign more than 13 MoUs with India
Kuala Lumpur: Entrepreneurs from Malaysia are expected to sign more than 13 memorandums of understanding (MoU) during Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's five-day visit to India that begins on....
- India 'closely monitoring' well-being of expats in Australia
Melbourne: Indian High Commissioner Sujatha Singh on Sunday asked expatriates not to allow "a few bad elements" to sour the relationship between India and Australia and said she was in ....
- Riots break out in Haiti; toll could reach 200,000
Port-au-Prince: Riots broke out on Sunday in different parts of the ruined capital city, with gunfire aimed randomly at people, Haitian police said.
Police stopped travellers from hea....
- Hasina may visit Kolkata to attend Jyoti Basu's last rites
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime minister Sheikh Hasina may visit Kolkata to attend the last rites of Communist patriarch and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu who passed away today, her pres....
- Pattern to attacks against Indians: foreign secretary
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has expressed concern that only Indians were being targeted in a wave of violence in Australia and said she believed there was a "certain pattern o....
- Relief effort ramps up in Haiti as survivor window closes
Port-au-Prince: International relief efforts were slowly finding their way into impoverished Haiti on Saturday, but distributing the aid was a massive problem as the window to find survivors of....
- Hillary Clinton visits Haiti
Port-au-Prince/Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Haitian President Rene Preval on Saturday at the Port-au-Prince airport to discuss US aid, which is already flowing int....
- Haitian doctors beg for help to face disaster
Port-au-Prince: Painkillers, syringes, sterile bandages, sutures, gloves, masks, and as many more doctors and surgeons as possible are needed in Haiti to cope with Tuesday's calamitous eart....
- More Indians assaulted in Australia
Melbourne: Two more Indian taxi drivers, one of whom was a student, were attacked today in Australia's Ballarat city, making it the fourth attack on the community members in the past three ....
- Meira Kumar heads parliamentary team to Mauritius
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will lead a parliamentary delegation on a five-day trip to Mauritius beginning on Sunday where she will hold wide ranging discussions on issues of inter....
- India, US to discuss AfPak issues on Monday
New Delhi: Ahead of the London conference on Afghanistan, US special envoy Richard Holbrooke will hold talks with Indian officials on Monday over ways to shore up stability in the violence-torn....
- Bangladesh opposition defers protest on Hasina's India visit
Dhaka: Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has deferred its planned agitation to protest the five India-Bangladesh accords, inked during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit ....
- Indians bearing brunt of rising urban crime: Australian official
Melbourne: Indians are "bearing the brunt" of an upswing in violent street crime in Melbourne because of the type of jobs and hours they work, said a top Australian police official, but....
- Are Indians perceived as soft targets in Australia?
New Delhi: Attacks on Indians in Australia continue to shock people back home, but many of those working or studying Down Under say these are not necessarily racial in nature and are the handiw....
- UN consolidating relief, rescue efforts in Haiti
New York: The United Nations has set offices to coordinate the enormous task of assisting Haitians devastated by the earthquake as international rescue teams combed Port-au-Prince for survivors....
- Iceland president keen on Indian investment in energy sector
New Delhi: The Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the longest-serving head of state of the island nation, has met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and lobbied for Indian investment in the....
- Security concerns halt some Haiti aid distribution
Geneva: Distribution of food and shelter items in parts of Haiti had to be halted in certain locations owing to safety fears, an aid organisation said today.
"The distribution at ....
- India donates $5 million to Haiti
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India would provide $5 million in aid to Haiti where tens of thousands have been killed in a devastating earthquake.
Manmohan Singh....
- India airs 'absolute displeasure' over Australia attacks
New Delhi: Under fire from the opposition over continuing attacks on Indian students in Australia, the government today said it was doing its "utmost" to convey "absolute displeasur....
- Australia determined to act on attacks, says envoy
New Delhi: Australian High Commissioner Peter Varghese today said his government was determined to take action against those involved in attacks on Indian nationals but said it was not right to....
- Sikhs protest alleged racial attacks in Australia
New Delhi: Around 150 Sikhs today held a peaceful but noisy protest here against alleged racial attacks on Indian students and the burning of a gurudwara in Australia.
The demonstrato....
- South Korea president to visit India, Posco boost likely
New Delhi: India is set to roll out the red carpet for South Korean President Lee Myung-bak when he comes here as chief guest for the Jan 26 Republic Day celebrations - an honour reserved for s....
- Australian court penalises man who beat up Indian taxi driver
Melbourne: An Australian named Paul John Brogden, a resident of Ballarat, Western Victoria, was taken in judicial custody after he had abused and beaten up a taxi driver of Indian origin. He wa....
- Rajapaksa set for easy win, says survey
New Delhi: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa seems set for an easy victory over his rival and former army chief Sarath Fonseka in the Jan 26 presidential poll, according to an opinion surv....
- Assault on Indians may be racist: Australian leader
Melbourne: The string of attacks on Indians in Australia could be racially motivated, an Aboriginal leader said, adding "there is an indirect racism, if not direct racism". There have b....
- Quake survivors spend night in Haitian streets
Port-au-Prince: Bodies of victims started swelling in the heat as thousands of survivors spent the second night in the streets of Haiti's capital which was devastated by a high-intensity ea....
- No news from home, Haiti journalism student worried sick in Delhi
New Delhi: He hasn't been able to sleep, neither has he been able to concentrate on his studies. Unable to contact his family in Haiti, Jerome Farras, a journalism student in Delhi is worri....
- Ahmedabad wins Sustainable Transport Award
Washington: Ahmedabad, Gujarat's largest city, has won the prestigious Sustainable Transport Award 2010.
The city, with a present day population of about 5.2 million, was founded ....
- Indian taxi driver attacked in Australia
Melbourne: An Indian taxi driver was assaulted today in the Australian city of Ballarat by a passenger, police said.
The 24-year-old taxi driver, who was verbally abused by the passen....
- Malaysian youth held for threatening to vandalise Hindu shrine
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police have nabbed a youth who posted on a website that he was ready to vandalise a Hindu shrine at Batu Caves near here.
The youth, who claimed to have prepar....
- Aid flights turned away from Haiti
Port-au-Prince: Some aid-laden aircraft have been turned away from earthquake-hit Haiti due to limited space at the international airport in the country's capital, an official said.
- Google Earth focuses on Haiti devastation
San Francisco: Google has updated its Google Earth application to provide crisis responders with up-to-date images of the devastation in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, the web search gi....
- India, US to cooperate in urban development
Washington: India and the United States will strengthen cooperation in urban development as also safety and security of urban transport systems.
The agreements were reached during mee....
- Iceland invites Indian investment in renewable energy
New Delhi: Iceland has invited Indian investment to the island nation, especially in the areas of renewable energy.
The invitation was extended by the visiting Icelandic President Ola....
- Rajiv Shah takes helm of Haiti disaster
Washington: Less than a week after being sworn in as the head of the USAID, Indian American Rajiv Shah, 36, has been named coordinator of the US response to the Haiti earthquake, one of the wor....
- Mozambique wants 'greater vigour' in relations with India
New Delhi: Mozambique wants to increase the intensity of its relations with India, re-elected Mozambican President Armando Emilio Guebuza told visiting Minister of State for External Affairs Sh....
- India gives Haiti $1 mn for emergency relief, Indian peacekeepers safe
New Delhi: India will give $1 million in cash for immediate emergency relief in quake-devastated Haiti. Indian peacekeepers and civilian police officers in the island nation have been ascertain....
- UN starts food distribution in Haiti
Geneva: Small scale food distributions were underway in Haiti, UN officials said today, while warning of health threats to the vulnerable population of the Caribbean nation.
"Food....
- Indian gets 17 years in jail for killing Singapore prostitute
Singapore: A Singapore court today sentenced an Indian national to 17 years in jail for killing a pregnant prostitute, a media report said.
Madhuri Jaya Chandra Reddy, 21, who pleaded....
- 90 percent of world's languages will disappear in 100 years: UN
New Delhi: A UN report on the state of the world's indigenous people today said about 90 percent of the world's languages which are spoken by indigenous peoples may be extinct in the ne....
- Indian peacekeepers in quake-hit Haiti safe
New Delhi: The 150-odd Indian peacekeepers working under the United Nations in quake-devastated Haiti are safe, but the fate of many other Indians, including Missionaries of Charity nuns, is no....
- Indian student intake in Australia to be monitored
Melbourne: Australia is tracking foreign students coming to study amid reports that the number of Indians applying for visas has fallen due to attacks on them.
The Australian governme....
- Thousands in Haiti capital's streets amid death, destruction
Santo Domingo: Thousands of people awoke in the streets of Port-au-Prince, where they spent the night amid the death and destruction wrought by the magnitude-7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti, shat....
- India takes up gurdwara fire with Australia
New Delhi: Amid outrage in India, specially in Punjab, over a fire in a gurdwara under construction in Melbourne, the Indian government today said it was in touch with the Australian authoritie....
- Germany planning multiple pacts with India
Chennai: The state visit of German President Horst Kohler early next month to India will see the two countries inking cooperation agreements in the areas of economy, technology and defence trai....
- Internet users moved by Haitian crisis
Washington: Social-networking sites have been flooded with outpourings of sympathy, calls for help, and first-hand reports of the devastation caused by the Haitian earthquake.
On Twit....
- White House seeks tips from Nooyi, corporate chiefs
Washington: The White House has invited dozens of America's top officers, including Pepsico's India-born CEO Indra K. Nooyi, today seeking tips on how the US bureaucracy can become lean....
- Malaysian Indian leader calls for unity
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu in his message today on Pongal, the annual harvest festival celebrated by Hindus, asked Malaysians to promote unity.
- Citing India, China, Hillary pledges new era of engagement with Asia
Washington: Citing ongoing strategic dialogues with India and China, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged a new era of engagement with Asia, deepening historic ties and building new p....
- Hundreds feared dead in massive earthquake in Haiti
Port-au-Prince/Washington: Hundreds of people were feared dead today in Haiti after a major earthquake hit the impoverished Caribbean nation. The 7.0 magnitude quake is thought to be the worst ....
- Fire damages gurdwara in Australia
Melbourne: A fire broke out in a partially-built gurdwara in this Australian city, causing damage to it, an official said.
Police were investigating the fire that damaged the partiall....
- Haiti seeks aid after powerful earthquake
Washington: Haiti's ambassador to the US issued an appeal for help here on Tuesday after his homeland was rocked by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake.
Raymond Joseph said in an interview....
- Israel demands embargo on nuclear-hungry Iran
New Delhi: Israel today demanded an embargo on Iran to prevent the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regime from going nuclear.
Israeli Trade and Communication Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said he....
- 28 year old Indian thrashed by Australian mob in Sydney
Sydney: Another incident of racial attacks on Indians has taken place in the Australian city of Sydney. This time, a 28 year old man is the victim when he was ruthlessly attacked by a mob.
- India not to be 'prescriptive' while giving aid, Botswana told
Gaborone (Botswana): Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari today wrapped up his three-day visit to Botswana today evening with the same message he carried to other African countries - Ind....
- Expedite probe into attacks, India tells Australia
New Delhi: Two days after another Indian was attacked down under, this time set ablaze alive by unidentified attackers in Melbourne, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna today spoke to his Au....
- Wife of Indian attack victim questions suicide version
Melbourne: "Why would he burn himself," asked the wife of an Indian man who was allegedly set on fire in this Australian city as she dismissed suggestions that her husband may have set ....
- India extends $20 million credit to Botswana
Gaborone (Botswana): India has extended a line of credit of $20 million and a grant of $8 million to the southern African state of Botswana, a country often held up as a model of good governanc....
- Two men questioned in Sydney over Indian's murder
Sydney: Two men were detained at Sydney airport for questioning over the murder of an Indian man whose partially burnt body was found a fortnight ago. They were let off but their passports have....
- 'Indians playing significant role in Canadian politics'
Chandigarh: Peter Milliken, speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, said today Indians are playing a "significant" role in his country's politics.
"Indians are playi....
- Slain Indian student's body arrives from Australia
New Delhi: As the body of 21-year-old Nitin Garg, an Indian student stabbed to death in Melbourne, was flown here today, the Indian government announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 250,000 for h....
- India takes up latest attack with Australia
New Delhi: India today said it is "vigorously" pursuing with the Australian authorities the latest attack in which a 29-year-old Indian has suffered burn injuries in Melbourne, and has ....
- With diamonds on mind, India's vice president reaches Botswana
Gaborone: On the last leg of his three-nation African tour, Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari arrived in Botswana today, hoping to increase direct access to the country's famed uncut diamo....
- Indian man set on fire in Melbourne
Melbourne: An Indian man was allegedly attacked and set on fire by four men while he was parking his car in the northwestern part of the city in the early hours of today. The attack comes a wee....
- Indian student's body to be flown back on Saturday
New Delhi: The body of Nitin Garg, the Indian student who was stabbed to death in the Australian city of Melbourne last week, will be flown back Saturday afternoon.
His body is expect....
- 34 labourers from Kerala in trouble in Libya
Thiruvananthapuram: Over 30 people from Kerala are languishing at a labour camp in Libya with little food and no money, their families said here, urging the authorities to work for their repatr....
- I am a Delhiwala and product of India: Malawi president
Lilongwe (Malawi): From reminiscing about his days in Delhi to his fondness for bhangra, the president of the small, land-locked southern African nation of Malawi praised Indian education, poin....
- India extends $50 mn credit to Malawi
Lilongwe (Malawi): India has extended a line of credit of $50 million to the small land-locked African nation of Malawi which has invited Indian companies for investment in hydropower, farmland....
- All efforts on to catch Indian student's killers: Australian envoy
New Delhi: Australian High Commissioner Peter Varghese today said mobile information vans have been deployed by the Victoria police to track the killers of the Indian student Nitin Garg who was....
- Old Zambian warhorse wants India's help in fight against AIDS
Lusaka: One of the old warhorses of Africa's colonial struggle, Kenneth Kaunda, who was a contemporary of Indira Gandhi, wants India's help in fighting a new adversary - HIV/AIDS.
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- Sharp fall in Indians keen to study in Australia: report
Melbourne: There has been a sharp fall in the number of Indians applying for visas to study in Australia, a media report today said. The development comes following a string of assaults, includ....
- US rolls out new online visa form in India
New Delhi: With the demand for US visas surging by the day, the US embassy and its consulates in India have introduced a new online non-immigrant visa (NIV) application form to cut out needless....
- Badals meet Australian high commissioner, seek security of Punjabis
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is deputy chief minister, today met Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese, and sought i....
- After attacks, number of Indian students may drop: Australian envoy
New Delhi: The number of Indian students to Australia may decline in the coming year due to attacks on them in the past few months, Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese said her....
- No nation can abolish crime totally: Australian high commissioner
New DelhiL: Stating that his government was doing enough to ensure safety of Indian students in the country, Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese today said it was not possible ....
- Surrender to us - priest, activist to Indian youth's killer
Melbourne: An Australian priest and a youth worker today issued an appeal to the unidentified man who fatally stabbed Indian youth Nitin Garg and asked him to surrender to them.
Garg,....
- Australia plays down Indian advisory, says country is safe
Melbourne/New Delhi: Australia has played down a travel advisory issued by India, warning its citizens to take precautions to protect themselves against violence, and said the country was safe ....
- India, Zambia promise to strengthen trade ties
Lusaka: With India offering concessional credit to Zambia, the two countries have committed to strengthening their bilateral relations, especially in the fields of trade and investment.
- Concerned at Australia attacks, India issues security advisory
New Delhi/Melbourne: Three days after an Indian youth was fatally stabbed in Melbourne, India's external affairs ministry on Tuesday issued an advisory asking Indians studying in Australia ....
- Indian migrant's partly burnt body found in Australia
Melbourne: A partly burnt body of an Indian migrant of 25 years of age was found in the New South Wales province of Australia last week. The incident is yet another testimony of the vicious rac....
- Indian students in Australia under stress after youth's killing
Melbourne: The brutal killing of Nitin Garg in this Australian city has put Indian students under "pscyhological stress", said a student's body official who added that Indian studen....
- A third gate crasher came to Obama dinner for Manmohan Singh
Washington: It turns out that Michaele and Tareq Salahi weren't the only uninvited guests at at President Barack Obama's first White House state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....
- Vice President leaves on visit to three African nations
New Delhi: Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari left today morning on a visit to three African nations.
A special aircraft carrying the vice president and the accompanying delegation ....
- Ensure Punjabi youths' safety in Australia, PM urged
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure the safety of youths from the state studying or working in Australia, following the kil....
- India abandoned G-77 at Copenhagen: Yashwant Sinha
New Delhi: Attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for speaking in different voices at home and abroad on key foreign policy issues, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha to....
- India condemns knifing of Indian student in Australia
New Delhi: India today "strongly condemned" the knifing death of an Indian student in a brutal attack in Melbourne, the first fatality in New Year in a spate of attacks on the community....
- 25,000 Indian-origin British doctors to return to India
New Delhi: Nearly 25,000 British doctors of Indian origin are set to return to India within two to four years and some of them are "most likely to join the seven AIIMS-like institutions"....
- PM salutes Nobel laureate 'Venki' Ramakrishnan for good science
Thiruvananthapuram: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today saluted the latest Indian Nobel laureate Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan for his creativity, talent and commitment to good science.
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- US may allow 5,000 more Indian doctors for residency training
New Delhi: The US may allow in nearly 5,000 more Indian doctors for residency training every year, an American doctors' body said here today.
Vinod K. Shah, president of the Ameri....
- Somali pirates hijack India bound chemical tanker
London/Singapore: Somali pirates captured a Singaporean chemical tanker with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden on the first day of 2010.
The 150-metre long, 20,000-tonne M.T Parmoni....
- 137 journalists killed worldwide in 2009
Brussels: A total of 137 journalists were killed in 2009, one of the most lethal years for media workers on record, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said on Thursday.
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- Vice-President on tri-nation African visit next week
New Delhi: Several agreements are expected to be signed during Vice-President Hamid Ansari's three-nation visit to Africa between Jan 5-12.
Ansari will travel to Zambia, Malawi an....
- An action-packed January for Indian diplomacy
New Delhi: The new year starts on a busy note for Indian diplomacy as New Delhi hosts leaders of four countries in January and imparts fresh momentum to India's engagement with Africa.
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- Canada raises warning level for travellers to India
Ottawa: Canada has raised its warning level for travellers to India after violence over the Telangana statehood demand.
Urging its citizens travelling to India to exercise great cauti....
- Japan hopes India will sign nuclear test ban treaty
New Delhi: Japan on Tuesday expressed the hope that India would sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) but kept the door open for civil nuclear cooperation, saying it will be an importan....
- India to Japan: Let US, China ratify CTBT first
New Delhi: Pitching for civil nuclear cooperation with Tokyo, India on Tuesday made it clear to Japan that it will consider its options on signing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) only ....
- Engineer from Himachal released by Somali pirates
Dharamsala: Cheer returned on the faces of the family of an Indian engineer on a Singaporean ship hijacked by Somali pirates when he told them that he was free.
Raghubir Singh Pathani....
- Japanese PM spurs bullet train dreams in India
New Delhi: Calling for greater bilateral trade and investment, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama today pitched for introducing superfast bullet trains in India.
"Since its in....
- Japanese premier in Delhi, bilateral talks today
New Delhi: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama arrived here today for the annual bilateral summit with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh that will focus on expanding economic and strateg....
- India, Japan to launch defence action plan, no n-deal for now
New Delhi: India and Japan on Tuesday will launch a defence action plan to firm up their strategic partnership that includes jointly combating maritime piracy and give a push to negotiations ov....
- Draped in sari, Japan's First Lady's set to charm India
New Delhi: Draped in six yards of elegance, Japan's First Lady Miyuki Hatoyama, a former actress and an occultist, touched down in India along with her husband Japanese Prime Minister Yukio....
- Tibetan culture can benefit humanity: Dalai Lama
Dharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, today said it is important to preserve and promote Tibetan culture which has the potential to benefit humanity.
"There is a n....
- Japanese PM arrives in India on Sunday, no nuke deal in sight
New Delhi: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama arrives in India on Sunday for the annual bilateral summit that will have trade and defence as the main items on the table. However, a civil nu....
- With security, trade on mind, Japanese PM arrives in India on Sunday
New Delhi: Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama begins his three-day visit to India on Sunday that will focus on expanding the security dialogue and adding greater economic content to the str....
- Top 10 diplomatic events in India
New Delhi: A contentious India-Pakistan joint statement at Sharm-el-Sheikh and a deepening chill in bilateral ties, strains in Sino-Indian relations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit t....
- We at least got non-binding targets from India, China: Obama
Washington: President Barack Obama says people are "justified" in being disappointed at the Copenhagen outcome, but at least he was able to secure non-binding agreements from what he ca....
- India-Bhutan relations model for bilateral ties: Bhutanese King
New Delhi: India and Bhutan's relations are a model for an ideal bilateral partnership, visiting King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck said here today.
"Despite vast d....
- Indian-origin man jailed for murdering wife
London: An abusive and bullying Indian-origin man has been jailed for 18 years for stabbing his wife to death at her workplace in London when she chose to start a new life.
Thaker Ram....
- Britain takes up tourist visa plan issue with India
New Delhi: Britain has sought clarifications from the Indian government about the proposed tightening of rules for long-term tourist visas and stressed that the new policy can impact on Britons....
- Japanese PM in India on Dec 27, focus on trade, security
New Delhi: As part of Tokyo's bid to recast its relations in Asia, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will come on his first visit to India next week to focus on bolstering their securi....
- Indian-American works new way to save refineries' billions
Washington: Oil refineries worldwide could save billions of dollars in energy costs yearly, by using a novel method developed by an Indian-American chemical engineer.
Researchers led ....
- India, China need to work on post-Copenhagen strategy: Krishna
New Delhi: Asserting that India and China have protected the interests of the developing world at Copenhagen climate conference, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna told his Chinese counterp....
- Embrace India, kick Pakistan, says US columnist
Toronto: Calling America's ties with Pakistan a "sick relationship" that "is becoming dangerously diseased," noted US columnist and author Christopher Hitchens says the US s....
- Give full support to Afghan government, India asks world
New Delhi: India has asked the international community to give full support to the Hamid Karzai-led Afghan government. This was conveyed by External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to British For....
- Copenhagen accord betrayal of poor nations: Jaitley
New Delhi: The government was in a "Sharm-el-Sheikh syndrome" as far as the climate change accord in Copenhagen was concerned, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Arun Jaitley said today wh....
- 'Britain and US protest new Indian visa rules, NRIs affected'
London: Britain and the US have officially protested changes to India's visa regime that bar tourists from returning to the country within two months of a visit, a report said today.
- John McCarthy appointed chair of Australia-India Council
New Delhi: John McCarthy, Australia's former high commissioner to India, has been appointed as the new chair of the Australia-India Council (AIC).
McCarthy, who has been a diploma....
- Adrift Indian cargo ship repaired; all 28 crew safe
Washington: The crew of a crippled India-flagged 740-foot bulk cargo ship, APJ Suryavir, has repaired its engines and the vessel is on its way to Portland, Oregon, according to Coast Guard.
- Japan funds NGO for rural health care
New Delhi: Japan today has proclaimed that it would be granting INR 31 lakhs to Umeed, an NGO that is undertaking a health care project in rural areas in India. The funds would be used to provi....
- Help Indian community to win back support: Samy Vellu
Kuala Lumpur: Assisting the Indian community members and hearing their grievances five days a week will help win back their support, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) chief S. Samy Vellu has said....
- Google's Chrome browser focuses on speed, not extras
Munich: Google threw its hat into the browser ring back in 2008. Chrome is what they called their new product, now available in its third iteration. A beta version of the fourth generation is c....
- US can challenge India, China on Copenhagen goals, says Obama aide
Washington: A top White House adviser has described the limited, non-binding Copenhagen accord as "a great step forward" saying the US could challenge India and China if they don't ....
- 'Little India' mosque in Malaysia a symbol of tolerance
Kuala Lumpur: The sultan of Selangor, Sharafuddin Idris Shah, has opened Masjid India Muslim, a renovated mosque patronized by ethnic Indians that has become a symbol of tolerance.
Sp....
- Bleary-eyed climate warriors squabble as they pack up
Copenhagen: A cold wind broke up the clouds over the Danish capital today morning, but thousands of bleary-eyed bureaucrats were in no mood to enjoy the weather after three days of snow flurrie....
- World reaches minimalist deal on climate change
Copenhagen: The leaders of the world's biggest economies reached what even its authors described as an insufficient deal aimed at slowing global warming after 11th-hour discussions in Copen....
- Climate summit stuck as accord comes under fire
Copenhagen: The Copenhagen climate summit was stuck on its scheduled final night as a host of countries attacked the accord that India had prepared with four other nations.
In the ear....
- Sikh youth attacked in Texas
Washington: A Sikh graduate student, working as a part-time pizza delivery person, was thrown into a swimming pool and brutally assaulted in West Texas, according to the Sikh Coalition, a commu....
- PM stuck in Copenhagen as accord stalls again
Copenhagen: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was called back to the climate summit venue after he had reached the airport to board his flight back home, Indian officials said here today.
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- Don't abandon Kyoto protocol, Manmohan urges world
Copenhagen: With last-minute negotiations on to rescue the Copenhagen climate summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today pushed for "a balanced and equitable outcome" and asked the wor....
- India, China to jointly take on rich states over climate
Copenhagen: India and China will join hands to oppose attempts by rich countries to hinder their development in the name of fighting climate change, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Pr....
- Regional centres for green technology spread mooted
Copenhagen: As the stormy Dec 7-18 climate summit headed for a climax, it has readied deals on how to pay countries to stop deforestation and to set up regional centres for transfer of green te....
- India, US, Brazil join European countries at climate mini-summit
Copenhagen: Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva joined leaders from European and African co....
- Zia stresses political goodwill between Dhaka, Delhi
Dhaka: As Bangladesh prepares for summit level talks with India, opposition leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia has called for "political goodwill" to resolve issues between th....
- No 'transparency', no climate deal: Hillary Clinton
Copenhagen: There will be no accord at the climate summit unless emerging economies take "decisive actions" to combat global warming that can be "operationalised in an international....
- Mandelson looks to 'value chain' on visit to India
London: Britain's Business Minister Peter Mandelson is visiting India for five days from Friday in a bid to forge business, education and science partnerships that he says will allow both c....
- India inks deal with World Bank for power sector
New Delhi: The Indian government today signed a $303 million agreement with the World Bank for a loan to refurbish four coal-based power plants with a total capacity of 640 MW.
The pr....
- CIA denies Headley was its agent
Washington: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has denied that Pakistan-born US national David Coleman Headley, a key suspect in the 26/11 terror attacks, was its agent at any point of time.....
- Headley's visa papers have not gone amiss: Indian Consulate
Chicago: The Indian Consulate at Chicago has revealed that the various documents which are related to the provision of visas to suspected terrorists Tahawwur Hussain Rana and David Coleman Head....
- Crimes against Russians causing worry back home: Consul general
Panaji: Victimisation of Russian citizens in Goa has created a lot of apprehension back home, the Russian consul general has said in a letter to the state chief minister.
The letter d....
- PM goes to Copenhagen on Thursday to push for equitable outcome
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of deepening rifts between developed and developing countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes to Copenhagen on Thursday to renew India's pitch for "a....
- Obama to make case for cutting emissions to India, China
Washington: President Barack Obama will make an attempt to convince India and China that it's in their interest to curb emissions as he goes to attend the climate summit in Copenhagen where....
- Ministers get two more days for Copenhagen breakthrough
Copenhagen: Last-minute attempts to rescue the climate summit continued here today without any sign of a breakthrough. Environment ministers from over 100 countries now have till Thursday morni....
- Headley worked as US agency informant for a decade
Washington: Pakistani-American terror suspect David Coleman Headley, charged with scouting targets for Mumbai terror attacks, worked as a confidential informant with the Drug Enforcement Admini....
- Obama to convince India, China to support Dhaka at climate meet
Dhaka: US President Barack Obama has said he would "try to convince" Bangladesh's neighbour India and China to speak in Dhaka's favour at the climate summit at Copenhagen.
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- Indian American gets 12 years jail term for internet drug fraud
Washington: An Indian American has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a Texas court and ordered to pay $68 million in restitution for his involvement in an elaborate rogue internet pharmac....
- Indo-Canadian couple held for importing 'gutka'
Toronto: Canadian custom officials have seized an illegal consignment of 'gutka' (chewing tobacco) from an Indian shopkeeper in the city of Winnipeg.
Gutka as well as many ayu....
- What binds Red Square and Lal Chowk
Moscow: Snow-covered roads in winters, bustling crowds of shoppers wrapped in heavy woollens, beautifully decked shops, and a sense of insecurity -- there are plenty of commonalities between Mo....
- Gorshkov's final price decided: Russian envoy
New Delhi: Days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Moscow, Russian ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin today said the final price for the refurbishment of aircraft carrier Adm....
- Russia eyeing 12-14 reactors in India, says envoy
New Delhi: Russia today said it has no issues about transferring enrichment and reprocessing technologies (ENR) to India and set an ambitious target of setting 12-14 nuclear reactors in India, ....
- Ganges 'sounds like a disease', American commentator
Washington: The Ganges, a river held sacred by the Hindus, "sounds like a disease", a Fox News commentator has said, drawing protests from the Hindu community.
Fox News Channe....
- Sri Lanka president 'war criminal', try him, demand Tamils
Toronto: Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada have called for an international trial of the Sri Lankan president for allegedly ordering the killing of surrendering LTTE leaders during the ethnic war tha....
- India urged to fast-track ties with Canada
Toronto: With Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his top ministers visiting India this year, the influential Indo-Canadian community has stepped up its demand for reciprocal visits by I....
- India-Italy bilateral trade to reach $17 bn by 2014: Report
New Delhi: The bilateral trade between India and Italy is expected to reach 12 billion euros ($17.5 billion) in the next five years from 6.5 billion euros in 2008, says an industry report.
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- Indian American jailed for 21 years for armed bank robbery
Washington: An Indian American has been sentenced to 255 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for an armed bank robbery and shooting a bank teller in the hand with a ....
- Indian student jailed for sending hate mail to Bush
Washington: A US court has sentenced a former Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) student to 57 months in prison for allegedly making threats against former president George W Bush.
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- We hope to complete nuclear deal soon: US envoy
New Delhi: Even as a crucial reprocessing pact is being finalised, the US today said it hoped to complete the landmark nuclear agreement with India soon and described the atomic pact as a "....
- Criticism from developing world mounts at Copenhagen
Copenhagen: The rift between industrialised and poor nations was growing today at the Copenhagen climate summit, as the spokesman for the G77 group of developing nations accused the rich world ....
- Nepal president to visit India?
Kathmandu: Republic Nepal's first President Ram Baran Yadav will visit New Delhi in February, making it his maiden visit abroad since assuming office last year, a newspaper reported today.
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- 'Arrested Americans had contacted jihadist groups in Pakistan'
Washington: The five Americans arrested in Pakistan had contacted radical jihadist organisations, including two terrorist groups with links to the Al Qaeda, say US media reports citing Pakistan....
- France seeks more students from India
Thiruvananthapuram: French Ambassador to India Jerome Bonnafont today said his country was looking forward to getting more students from India to study there.
"We want to triple t....
- Copenhagen climate change summit: developing countries' group splits
Copenhagen: It seems that surprises are the order of the day at the all important Copenhagen climate change summit. On the 3rd day of the event fissures within the group of developing nations w....
- Defiant Tibetans hail Dalai Lama's Nobel award in Nepal
Kathmandu: Ignoring pressure by the Chinese government on its tiny neighbour Nepal to suppress activities related to exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan diaspora in the ....
- Post-Headley charges, India asks Pakistan to unravel full conspiracy
New Delhi: Bolstered by the filing of the chargesheet in a US court against US-Pakistani terror suspect David Coleman Headley, India today asked Pakistan to "unravel the full conspiracy beh....
- Headley bought mobile and flat in deceased's name
Washington: It has been revealed that LeT functionary David Coleman Headley's Chicago flat and cellular phone had been registered using names of deceased individuals. Investigations by the ....
- Bangladesh's main opposition party resents 'transit' to India
Dhaka: The country's main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has opposed the government's move to join the UN-sponsored Asian Highway, saying it would provide "transit....
- Micro-credit programmes beat global meltdown: Muhammad Yunus
New Delhi: Microcredit programmes were able to weather the global meltdown as compared to the big conventional banks that were on the verge of collapse, Nobel laureate and noted economist Muham....
- Former Bangladesh ruler strolls down memory lane
Kolkata: It was a trip full of nostalgia for former Bangladesh ruler General Hussain Muhammad Ershad as childhood friends welcomed him with flowers, poems and songs during the three-day visit t....
- Visa on arrival in India -- from five countries
New Delhi: India has decided to introduce visa on arrival on a pilot basis for citizens of Singapore, Finland, New Zealand, Luxembourg and Japan, a tourism ministry official said today.
- Climate summit veers towards emerging economies
Copenhagen: After a day of turmoil and a night of fence-building, the majority of 192 countries attending the Dec 7-18 climate summit today started to discuss an agreement drafted by India and ....
- Climate talks continue amid north-south row
Copenhagen: Climate change talks in Copenhagen entered their third day today amid concerns of a widening rift between developed and developing nations and looming protests by extremists.
- `Pakistan-Afghanistan border epicentre of Islamic extremism'
Washington: America is focused on the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan in its war on terror as it is the epicentre of global Islamic extremism and the origin of the Sep 11 terror ....
- White House gatecrashers to stay mum at panel hearing
Washington: The aspiring reality-television stars who gatecrashed President Barack Obama's state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh won't answer questions if summoned by a congres....
- Kashmir resolution crucial for South Asia stability: US military chief Mullen
Washington: Describing the resolution of the Kashmir issue as crucial for the stability of the South Asian region, the US' military chief has welcomed India's reduction of troops in Jam....
- India, Sudan ink deal on expanding energy ties
New Delhi: India and Sudan signed an agreement on expanding ties in the oil and gas sector on the last day of a two-day India-Africa Hydrocarbon conference today.
The agreement was si....
- Putin to visit India in March
Onboard Air India One: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit New Delhi in March, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said today.
"President Dmitry Medvedev will visit....
- PM's Russia trip 'extremely productive'
Onboard Air India One: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day official visit to Russia was "extremely successful, productive" and reinforced a "rock solid" strategic part....
- India Equity Partners head Steven Wisch on US-India trade body board
Washington: Steven Wisch, founder and managing director of IREO and India Equity Partners (IEP), has been elected to the board of directors of the US-India Business Council (USIBC), a trade ass....
- Fissures within Indian climate team get clearer
Copenhagen: Differences within the Indian government delegation at the Dec 7-18 climate summit became apparent here today, with delegation leader Shyam Saran deciding to return to New Delhi bef....
- PM wraps up three-day Russia trip
Moscow: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for home after a successful three-day trip to Moscow during which he sealed six bilateral pacts with Russia, including a broad based agreement ....
- Indian students hit as two Australian colleges close
Melbourne: Scores of Indian students in Australia have been exposed to an uncertain future as two more colleges here have been shut down by a state regulator, the media reported today.
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- Headley case shows importance of global cooperation: US
Washington: US law enforcement officials say the case of American terror suspect David Headley charged with conspiracy in last year's Mumbai terror strike shows the importance of vigilance ....
- India, Russia set target of $20 billion trade
Moscow: India and Russia today signed a $100 million credit line agreement and set a target of $20 billion by 2015 to boost bilateral trade.
Visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Si....
- No ties with others at Russia's cost: Manmohan
Moscow: India's ties with other countries will "never be at the cost of time tested relationship with Russia", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here today.
Making the op....
- India could be Africa's rail partner: World Bank
London: Indian Railways, one of the world's largest rail networks, could be expanded to develop transport infrastructure in Africa and other developing regions under an ambitious World Bank....
- India and Russia pen nuclear deal
Moscow: Russia and India have signed a comprehensive agreement that would go a long way in doing away with the complexities regarding the long bargaining period for the Gorshkov aircraft carrie....
- Copenhagen summit starts today
Copenhagen: The two week long Copenhagen summit is supposed to kick off from today. This event is supposed to focus on cutting down on emission of the environmentally harmful greenhouse gases. ....
- FBI team coming to India on Monday with Headley information
New Delhi: A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) team is arriving in India on Monday on a two-day visit with "key information" on Pakistan-born suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operati....
- India, Russia to sign umbrella n-deal as Manmohan arrives in Moscow
Moscow/New Delhi: India and Russia will sign on Monday an umbrella agreement for expanding civil nuclear cooperation that will give New Delhi the right to reprocess spent fuel, a deal that will....
- Gorshkov deal to be signed soon: Official
New Delhi: India and Russia have arrived at a "satisfactory price" for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and the revised deal on it will be signed soon, a top official said here tod....
- India-Russia ties a factor of peace and stability: PM
New Delhi: Describing India-Russia relations as "a factor of peace and stability" in a changing world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today left for Moscow on a three-day trip during whi....
- India, Russia to sign umbrella nuclear deal 'better than 123'
New Delhi: India and Russia will sign on Monday an umbrella agreement for expanding civil nuclear cooperation that will give New Delhi the right to reprocess spent fuel, taking the pact "fa....
- PM leaves for Russia
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today morning left for Russia with expansion of civil nuclear deal and three defence pacts dominating the agenda during his three-day visit.
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- Canadian province premier on 'green mission' to India
Toronto: Dalton McGuinty, premier of Canada's Ontario province, on Saturday left for India on a week-long trade mission to sell green technology to the energy-starved country.
Com....
- Chinese objections to Ladakh road due to differing perceptions: India
New Delhi: India today ascribed Chinese objections to the construction of a road in Ladakh to the "differing perceptions" on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Jammu and Kashmir and sa....
- France for deeper defence ties with India
New Delhi: French Defence Minister Herve Morin today called for the expansion of defence ties with India at the conclusion of his two-day India visit.
"We are looking forward to i....
- Indian negotiators confused by Ramesh's emission cut statement
New Delhi: Negotiators from India at Copenhagen are concerned over Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's statement in parliament that India would reduce its emission intensity by 20-25 perce....
- US-China military engagement lagging behind: US Pacific commander
New Delhi: US Pacific Commander Admiral Robert F. Willard today said that the US-China military engagement "lags behind" and there is a need to give a push to bilateral defence ties.
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- Three security agents put on ice over White House gatecrash
Washington: Three US Secret Service officers have been put on paid leave for their role in letting an uninvited socialite couple breeze into President Barack Obama's dinner for visiting Ind....
- Gangster who 'killed for a living' jailed
Vancouver: Buttar, known here as one of the most notorious of Indo-Canadian gangsters who boasted that he "killed for a living,'' was sentenced on Thursday for an assault on a stran....
- We are the best place to do business: Lithuanian foreign minister
New Delhi: Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas, on his first official visit to India, has said that despite being a small and young country, it is the best place for India to do busine....
- China backs India on emissions cut stance
Beijing: China today said it supported Indian measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions and was ready to strengthen cooperation with India on climate change.
"We understand the cu....
- India, US share interests in stability of AfPak: Krishna
New Delhi: Briefing parliament about the recent visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna today said India and the US shared interests in the stab....
- Indian Embassy cuts ties with gatecrashing couple
Washington: As the controversy over a celebrity couple gatecrashing President Barack Obama's State dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh snowballed, the Indian Embassy here ended its ass....
- Indian brothers killed by glacier ignored safety warnings
Wellington: Two Indian brothers crushed to death in January by a collapsing New Zealand glacier had defied warnings to stay clear because they were "on a mission" to touch the ice, an i....
- European immigration officials plan job portal
Panaji: Immigration officials from Europe and Asia have recommended a multinational portal on the European job market to tackle increasing illegal migration across the globe.
One of t....
- Illegals from Bangladesh plague South Korea too
Panaji: Illegal migration from Bangladesh isn't India's headache alone. According a senior immigration official from South Korea, now in Goa to attend the 8th Asia-Europe (ASEM) confere....
- Even US thinks India behind Afghan insurgency: Gilani
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that not only he but also US think tanks believe the Indian intelligence service is behind "a lot of interference in Afghanis....
- After n-deal, Canadian uranium supplier sets up India office
Toronto: Canada's Cameco, the world's biggest mining company and a principal uranium supplier, has entered India with an office in Hyderabad.
Cameco, which accounts for 15 per....
- Delhi again among 10 most expensive office markets
New Delhi: Delhi has again joined the list of 10 cities worldwide that command the highest rentals for office space, says a report released today by global realty consultancy CB Richard Ellis.
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- Indian's George Cross medal taken off sale
London: An Indian soldier's George Cross medal for bravery was taken off the auction block in London today pending a police probe into its ownership.
"At the moment, the medal....
- India wants to diversify migration base from Gulf to Europe: official
Panaji: India is interested in diversifying the migration of its skilled workers from the Gulf region to European countries, a senior official of the overseas Indian affairs (OIA) ministry said....
- Canada now eyes India as partner in global nuclear market
Toronto: Welcoming the nuclear agreement with India, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the country's top nuclear regulatory body, said on Monday it now views India not merely as a new....
- US envoy 'adapts' to Indian culture
New Delhi: Less than five months into the job, US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer has learnt one of the basic tenets of Indian culture - respect for the mother-in-law.
Speaking to report....
- India-New Zealand trade talks likely early next year
Christchurch (New Zealand): Negotiations towards a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and New Zealand would hopefully start early next year, India-New Zealand Trade Business Council chair....
- Manmohan Singh returns after US, CHOGM visit
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned to the capital on Sunday night after his state visit to the US and Trinidad and Tobago, where he participated in the Commonwealth Heads of Gove....
- Indians among foreign sex workers held in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur: Forty-nine Indian women were among thousands of foreign sex workers arrested in Malaysia this year for engaging in prostitution, says a report released today that speaks of growin....
- Is the Golden Temple all real gold: Canadian PM
Toronto: During his recent visit to the Sikhs' holiest shrine, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper could not believe that the Golden Temple was all covered with real gold.
Harp....
- India, Canada clinch nuclear deal
Port of Spain: Ending months of complex negotiations, India and Canada on Saturday announced here the conclusion of a civil nuclear deal that will enable New Delhi to access Canadian nuclear te....
- Headley my half brother: Pakistani PM's PRO
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's public relations officer (PRO) today confirmed that terror suspect David Coleman Headley was his half- brother but said there had be....
- Govt urged to announce package for Gulf returnees
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala today said the Dubai debt crisis will hit its economy as many Keralites are working there, and urged the central government to announce a package for those who lose j....
- Commonwealth can lead again, says Queen while opening summit
Port-of-Spain: The Commonwealth has an opportunity to lead once more, this time in the fight against climate change, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II said as she opened the summit of the 53-nat....
- India not kowtowing to any foreign country on Iran: Tharoor
New Delhi: India cannot be accused of kowtowing to any foreign country, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said today, defending India's vote for the IAEA censure resolut....
- India has major stake in success of Copenhagen: Manmohan
Port of Spain: With ten days to go for the Copenhagen conference, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to push for "a b....
- Attend Copenhagen summit, Sarkozy requests Manmohan
Port-of-Spain: French President Nicholas Sarkozy has requested the Indian prime minister to attend the forthcoming climate change summit in Copenhagen and Manmohan Singh has assured him at the ....
- Commonwealth summit opens with climate change as top agenda
Port of Spain: The 53-nation Commonwealth Summit opened here on Friday with a renewed push towards achieving "political consensus" on climate change, weeks ahead of the United Nations c....
- India backs IAEA Iran vote, but opposes sanctions
Port of Spain: India today backed the IAEA resolution against Iran for having developed a secret uranium-enrichment facility, but opposed "renewed punitive approach or sanctions" and un....
- Dubai World woes worries families of Indian expatriates
New Delhi: The $59-billion debt woes of state-run Dubai World, one of the largest global conglomerates, has left thousands of Indian families worried, as the region accounts for half of the cou....
- Gorshkov deal unlikely during PM's Russia visit: Antony
New Delhi: The revised deal for the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov that the Indian Navy has purchased is unlikely to be clinched during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Moscow vis....
- US and China to announce emission cuts
Beijing/New Delhi: On Thursday China announced that it would be decreasing the amount of carbon intensity in its economy by 40 to 45 percent of the 2005 levels. They have set 2020 as the time b....
- Candlelight vigils, prayers for Mumbai victims in Canada
Toronto: Canadians joined the million-strong Indian community in this country to pay tributes to the victims of the Mumbai terror attack a year ago. Candlelight vigils were held at temples and ....
- White House dinner was magnificent, says Manmohan
Port of Spain: If US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle wanted to charm their Indian guests at the first state dinner of his presidency, they appear to have succeeded hugely. Prime Mi....
- Overseas Indians have promoted Brand India: Manmohan
Port of Spain: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his three-day visit to the Caribbean nation with a call to nearly a million persons of Indian origin in this region to be "active partners....
- PM off to Port of Spain to attend Commonwealth Summit
Washington: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left here on Thursday after a "very productive" four-day official State visit to the US, the first by a foreign dignitary since President Barac....
- British PM calls for India-Pakistan cooperation at highest level
London: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for India and Pakistan to work closely at the "highest possible level" in order to resolve the Kashmir issue, saying there is no r....
- Secret Service confirms couple gatecrashed Manmohan's state dinner
Washington: A couple of brazen party crashers - and wannabe reality TV stars - were indeed at President Barack Obama's state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh without ever being susp....
- India has 'world-class health care', say Canadians
Toronto: Canadians are increasingly looking to India for timely medical treatment as wait periods under the country's public health system get longer. Many are saying they would recommend I....
- Reality show wannabes gatecrash Manmohan's state dinner
Washington: A couple of aspiring reality TV stars gatecrashed the state dinner hosted in honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House, clicked pictures with US Vice President Joe ....
- `Aapka Swagat Hai', Obama tells PM at star-studded dinner
Washington: Under a glowing white marqee with a glass ceiling and chandeliers, US President Barack Obama toasted Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the lawns of the White House at the firs....
- India seeks $3-bn World Bank aid for widening highways
Bangalore: India has approached the World Bank for $3 billion to fund widening of 7,000-km single-lane national highways into double lanes, Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath said ....
- India, US to expand strategic partnership for global good
Washington: Reaffirming the "global strategic partnership between India and the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama have vowed to expand it for peace, st....
- Obama recognizes India as 'nuclear power' for the first time
Washington: In what is seen as the first public recognition of India as a "nuclear power", US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said it can be a full partner of the US in preventing the....
- Vegetarian fare at White House save for the prawns
Washington: Save for an option of green curry prawns, President Barack Obama offered his guests an all-vegetarian fare at his first state dinner in honour of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Sing....
- US assures early action over n-deal, reprocessing pact soon
Washington: India and the US on Tuesday reaffirmed their resolve to fully implement the nuclear deal as soon as possible, but a crucial nuclear reprocessing pact could not be finalised due to m....
- India, US to work for Copenhagen success
Washington: Setting aside their differences over climate change, India and the US on Tuesday decided to forge a green partnership and resolved to work for a substantive outcome at the Cophenhag....
- White House dinner: Who sat at the head tables?
Washington: A few hundred get to attend President Barack Obama 's first dinner in honour of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but only a handful got to sit with the president and first ....
- Obama-Singh or Singh-Obama: what will it be?
Washington: President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have agreed on increasing ties between the two countries' universities under a new programme that the president suggeste....
- Manmohan to travel to US for nuclear summit next year
Washington: Looking beyond differences in approach, India and the US on Tuesday agreed to partner each other in global non-proliferation efforts which will be in focus when Prime Minister Manhm....
- India is indispensable to US, says Barack Obama
Washington: US President Barack Obama today warmly welcomed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington, affirming that India and the US will form the defining partnership of 21st centur....
- Moment of great opportunity in India-US relations: Manmohan
Washington: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it is a "moment of great opportunity" in our relations with the US which will help in meeting global challenges of climate change an....
- Obama rolls out red carpet for Manmohan Singh
Washington: President Barack Obama rolled out the red carpet today for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the first official state visit of his presidency with a state greeting in the Whit....
- No support for Iran's nuclear ambitions, but hope engagement works: Manmohan Singh
Washington: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made it clear that India does not support Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions, but hoped that President Barack Obama's approach of engagement ....
- Indian sweat and toil helped Burj reach for the skies
Dubai: On Jan 4, when Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building at 818 metres, is officially opened, the Indian expatriate community in this glittering Gulf city can rightfully bask in refle....
- India deserves access to dual use technology: Manmohan Singh
Washington: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the US on a state visit he said as a responsible nuclear power, India should be given access to dual use technologies to help it grow.
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- No fear of ties suffering under Obama: Manmohan Singh
Washington: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his state visit to the US, the first by any global leader under the Obama administration, he expressed confidence that India-US relationship w....
- Pakistan army will never take on Afghan Taliban: Manmohan Singh
Washington: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed doubts that the Pakistan army will ever take on the Afghan Taliban terrorist elements that attack Afghans, Indians and Westerners as they....
- Manmohan Singh hopes to build enduring partnership with Obama
Washington: Ahead of his Tuesday summit with President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed the hope that the two sides can work together to build an enduring partnership b....
- India seeks Obama's reaffirmation of nuclear deal: Manmohan Singh
Washington: At his Tuesday summit with President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would seek "a positive reaffirmation" of his administration to carry forward their landmark ....
- I don't want to increase tensions between India, China: Dalai Lama
New Delhi: The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has said he did not want to be the cause for escalation of tensions between India and China and felt that his host for six decades had stayed ....
- Tibetan medicine popular among Chinese too: Dalai Lama
New Delhi: Tibetan medicine is sought after the world over now and even officials in Communist China are keen followers of the system of treatment, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said ....
- World comrades meet in Delhi to fight imperialism
New Delhi: Achieving an egalitarian society may still be a distant dream but communist parties from 48 countries meeting in the Indian capital say they are committed to fight the capitalist mar....
- India gives high priority to deepening economic ties with US: Envoy
Washington: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barrack Obama's summit could provide a springboard for deepening India-US cooperation and setting new directions in their relationshi....
- State dinner for Manmohan Singh on White House lawn
Washington: The Obamas will be holding their first official dinner for visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not in the State Dining Room, but in an elaborate white tent erected on the ....
- Ties with China will not be at the cost of India: US
Washington: Allaying any concerns in New Delhi about Washington warming up to Beijing, the US today made it clear that building better relations with China or any other country would not be at ....
- India has lesser nuclear weapons than Pakistan – US experts
Washington: Hans M Kristensen and Robert M Norris, prominent atomic experts from America, have opined that Pakistan has more nuclear warheads in its possession compared to India. They have cont....
- Indian origin doctor in Australia: attackers to serve long sentences
Melbourne: Today a Victorian court sentenced the attacker of Mukesh Haikerwal, an Indian origin doctor in Australia, Alfer Azzopardi, with an 18 year jail term. In any case, he would have to se....
- India's nukes are 'ground zero' for jihadists: Canadian media
Toronto: Even as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resolved to deepen bilateral ties, the Canadian media says a nuclear deal could be risky because....
- India too democratic, says former Malaysian PM
Kuala Lumpur: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has singled out India as an Asian country that has "made the mistake of being too democratic" and compared it unfavourably....
- India, Canada to talk nuclear deal, FTA today
New Delhi/Mumbai: Canada called for stronger economic ties with India on Monday and hoped that the two sides will complete their negotiations for a bilateral nuclear accord soon, an issue that ....
- Canadian PM to visit Golden Temple on Tuesday
Amritsar: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will arrive in this Punjab city on Tuesday and visit the famed Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines.
Harper will arrive here by ....
- Eight Indo-Canadians on Canadian PM's India delegation
Toronto: Lacking a majority in Canada's House of Commons, Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits India from Monday with a delegation of eight prominent Indo-Canadians, fuelling speculation th....
- Onus on India to settle unresolved issues with Bangladesh: Zia
Dhaka: India being the larger neighbour bears the "major responsibility" to settle unresolved issues with Bangladesh, former prime minister Khaleda Zia said as the two neighbours prepar....
- Biggest Indian-Canadian landlord eyes India's 'dream' market
Toronto: Canada's biggest Indian landlord Bob Dhillon, who started his company from the back of his car and now owns more than 6,000 rental properties across the country, is set to enter th....
- SAARC countries commit to close cooperation on rural development
New Delhi: Committing themselves to close cooperation for rural development in the region, South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries today said they will exchang....
- Remembrance Day: UK backs India's Security Council aspirations
London: Britain renewed its support to India's ambition to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council as a host of politicians joined ex-servicemen and Indian community members here t....
- Australia pledges $70 mn for research projects in India
New Delhi: Australia today decided to scale up its collaboration with India in science and research by pledging over $70 million in areas straddling energy, agriculture and environment.
- We will continue to support US dollar: Australian PM
New Delhi: Despite concerns over the falling US dollar, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today said his country would continue to support the currency.
"The US dollar will pro....
- Court told how savagely India-born doctor was attacked
Melbourne: India-born doctor Mukesh Haikerwal was so savagely attacked here with a baseball bat a year ago that shocked witnesses heard his skull crack, an Australian court heard.
The....
- My Tawang visit is non-political: Dalai Lama
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who arrived in Arunachal Pradesh today to a rousing reception by hundreds of monks, rejected Chinese claims that he was spea....
- India has a seat at table of global influence: US official
Washington: With new players like India and Brazil taking a seat at the table of global influence, the international system that emerged at the end of World War-II is being transformed, accordi....
- Manmohan Singh as first state visitor of Obama presidency no accident: US
Washington: President Barack Obama's decision to have Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the very first state visitor of his administration was no accident, according to a senior US official.....
- Take on folks in Beijing and Bangalore, Obama tells students
Washington: President Barack Obama has hit the road to push a new $4.35 billion grant program to encourage American schools to develop internationally competitive standards to let its students ....
- Seeking greater autonomy for Tibet, not independence: Dalai Lama
Dharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has once again refuted China's claims that he wants independence for Tibet and clarified that he is only seeking greater autonomy.
- India buys 200 tonnes of gold from IMF
Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sold $6.7-billion worth of gold to India, the crisis-lender said on Monday, completing about half of a sale that was authorized in Septembe....
- Trade pact, climate change, terror to top India-EU summit
New Delhi: India and the 27-nation European Union will on Friday hold their 10th summit that is expected to give a much-needed impetus to a proposed trade pact and expand cooperation in areas r....
- Man of `Indian appearance' assaults Australian shop assistants
Melbourne: A man of "Indian appearance" assaulted several female clothing shop assistants in Australia's Brisbane city, a police official said.
Police are investigating a ....
- Indians flee blast at Australian cafe
Melbourne: A group of Indian men, who were sharing a flat above an Internet cafe in this Australian city, were forced to flee after an explosion early today morning, a media report said.Eight r....
- Visit China to know plight of Tibetans: Dalai Lama
Dharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today asked the international community to visit Tibet to know the plight of the Tibetans.
"I strongly appeal to the internatio....
- World is much better off without Saddam: Bush
New Delhi Defending the war on Iraq that created much hostility against the US in the Muslim world, former US president George W. Bush today said that the world was "much better off without....
- US friendship with Pakistan in India's interest: Bush
New Delhi: Amid concerns in India over continuing American aid to Pakistan, former US president George W. Bush today said it was in New Delhi's interest that Washington has "a friends....
- Middle East will be an ally of US one day: Bush
New Delhi: Recalling how one-time enemy Japan became an ally of the US, former US president George W. Bush today expressed confidence that the Middle East would also go the same way one day.....
- Bush supports seat in Security Council for India
New Delhi: Former US president George W. Bush today supported India's claim for a seat in the UN Security Council as the country had arrived as "a strong democratic country".
- India, US need to work together in Afghanistan: Bush
New Delhi: India and the US, the world's largest democracies, need to work together to win the battle against extremists in Afghanistan, former US president George W. Bush said here today.
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- India wants to live in peace with all neighbours: PM
New Delhi: India seeks to live in peace with all its neighbours and the "world at large", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here today. Stressing that India sought good relations wit....
- Modi connects with businessmen during Russia visit
Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during his four-day visit to Russia held talks with the top brass of 60 Russian companies as well as representatives of other international com....
- India, China to continue building trust, resolve all issues
Bangalore: Close on the heels of the meeting between the prime ministers of India and China in Thailand, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi met here ....
- Karnataka governor hosts dinner for RIC foreign ministers
Bangalore: Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj on Tuesday hosted dinner for the foreign ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC) and their accompanying delegates at Raj Bhavan in the heart of th....
- Bangalore hosting major international meeting after 23 years
Bangalore: India's IT hub of Bangalore is hosting a major international meet - the trilateral meeting between Russia, India and China (RIC) today - after 23 years.
During their la....
- Russia, India, China trilateral meet starts in Bangalore
Bangalore: The ninth trilateral meeting between Russia, India and China (RIC) begins here today to explore business opportunities in key sectors, including infrastructure and energy. India'....
- India-China ties to dominate foreign ministers' meet
Bangalore: India's up and down ties with China are likely to dominate the ninth trilateral meeting of the two Asian giants and Russia in this technology hub on Tuesday. Prime Minister Manmo....
- India comes under pressure to sign CTBT
Hua Hin (Thailand): The East Asia Summit today sought to pressure India into signing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
In his capacity as chairman of the multi-nation forum, T....
- PM returns home from East Asia Summit
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today evening returned home after attending a two-day East Asia Summit in Thailand.
During his hectic visit to the East Asian country, Manmo....
- India, China to keep peace on border: Manmohan
Hua Hin (Thailand): India and China have agreed to maintain "peace and tranquility" on their disputed border, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today.
The prime minister told....
- ASEAN pats Manmohan on his second term
Hua Hin (Thailand): As he met Asian leaders bilaterally and collectively here, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was hailed for taking the reins of India for a second term.
After Chinese ....
- ASEAN seeks Indian role to battle economic crisis
Hua Hin (Thailand): The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) wants India to play an "important role" to help mitigate the negative impact of the current global financial crisi....
- Manmohan and Wen talk over dinner too
Hua Hin (Thailand): Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh of India and Wen Jiabao of China may not have had a one-on-one here, but they got a chance to chat at the Saturday dinner hosted by Thai Prime....
- India, China can't shy away from climate change efforts: Sachin Pilot
New Delhi: While developed countries had to take the major burden for mitigating climate change conditions, India and China also cannot "shy away" from their responsibilities, Minister ....
- PM proposes India-ASEAN round table
Hua Hin (Thailand): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today suggested the establishment of an India-ASEAN round table to provide policy inputs to the governments on future areas of cooperation.
- Manmohan, Wen agree to build India-China trust
Hua Hin (Thailand): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao met for nearly an hour here today and agreed to build "trust and understanding" in their ....
- Manmohan, Wen agree to build India-China trust
Hua Hin (Thailand): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao met for nearly an hour here today and agreed to build "trust and understanding" in their ....
- Japan for better economic, defence ties with India
Hua Hin (Thailand): Japanese Prime Minister Yudio Hatoyama today said his country desired better economic and defence ties with India.
He made the observation at his meeting with Indi....
- China wants 'healthy' ties with India: Wen
Hua Hin (Thailand): China wants a "healthy and steady relationship" with India, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said today.
Wen made the remarks at the start of his meeting with Ind....
- Manmohan to meet Chinese PM today
Hua Hin (Thailand): Amid strained bilateral ties, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said he will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabo on the sidelines of the India-Asean and....
- India to enhance ties with East Asia
Hua Hin (Thailand): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today pledged to deepen India's wide-ranging relations with East and Southeast Asia as he prepared to take part in the seventh India-Asean ....
- India, China ink pact to fight climate change together
New Delhi: India and China today signed an agreement to cooperate on ways to fight climate change. They will also continue to work together in international climate deal negotiations.
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- Singapore sees chance for ASEAN to boom with China, India
Singapore: Singapore today urged the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to stay on track with integration efforts so that the region could boom along with China and India.
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- NRIs to build Taj Mahal replica in New Zealand
Auckland: A group of Indians has drawn up a $20 million plan to build a replica of the Taj Mahal in this New Zealand city.
The miniature version of the monument to love is planned to ....
- Lok Sabha speaker leaves for Geneva
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today left with a parliamentary delegation to take part in the 121st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva. Along with six MPs, Kumar will....
- India lists sites for foreign nuclear reactors
New Delhi: India has officially designated five sites for nuclear reactors to be set up by France, Russia and the United States.
The external affairs ministry has issued a press relea....
- Manmohan Singh likely to meet Chinese PM in ASEAN summit
New Delhi: Just when the tension between India and China has started to reach an alarming level, reports suggest that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to to meet Chinese Prime MinisterWe....
- Hundreds being tossed across Bangladesh-Myanmar border: Report
Dhaka: Bangladesh and Myanmar are tossing hundreds of Muslim tribal Rohingya families across their border, where they are reinforcing troops for the past one week, a media report said.
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- India's 'hegemony' is a threat, says Chinese media
New Delhi: India's "hegemony" poses a threat to its neighbours, says media, citing India's "recent provocation on border issues with China" as proof.
In an opi....
- 'Road to stability in Afghanistan runs through Pakistan and India'
Washington: As the Obama administration reviews its Afghanistan strategy, a leading US daily suggests that Washington needs to understand that the road to stability in Afghanistan runs through ....
- 'Balanced and fair' Doha trade deal possible: India
Washington: Indian Commerce Minster Anand Sharma says while a perfect Doha deal may not be possible, he is hopeful a "balanced and fair" trade deal protecting the interests of the poore....
- Those attacking Indians will face law: Australian foreign minister
New Delhi: Australia today reiterated it was determined to look into concerns about the safety and security of Indian students and that those found attacking Indian nationals would face the ....
- PM's visit to Arunachal witness protests from China
Beijing: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's weekend sojourn to Arunachal Pradesh was greeted with heavy letdown from China.
In a written statement China's foreign ministry spokes....
- 50% dip in the number of Indian students to Australia: IDP
Melbourne: According to an international educational employer, a series of racial attacks and abuses in Australia could result in a massive dip of around 50 per cent in Indian students in next ....
- India asks rich to help spur poor nations' economies
United Nations: Noting that developing countries had been most affected by the global economic crisis, India has urged rich nations to honour their pledges and keep up the stimulus and other ef....
- Scotland seeks better collaboration with India in higher education
New Delhi: The Universities of Scotland and the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for greater collaboration between the two in the field ....
- Australian foreign minister to visit India
New Delhi: Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith begins a five-day visit to India on Tuesday, his second within a year, during which he will co-chair the sixth foreign ministers' framew....
- EU, India to collaborate in atomic energy research
Brussels: The European Union (EU) and India will collaborate in atomic energy research, media reported today.
The EU transport, telecommunication and energy ministers, after a meeting....
- Kabul attack handiwork of enemies of Indo-Afghan ties: India
Kabul/New Delhi: Without naming Pakistan or its spy agency ISI, India today said the attack on its embassy in Kabul earlier this week was the handiwork of the enemies of India-Afghan friendship....
- France, India will halt barbarism of Taliban: Sarkozy
New Delhi: Expressing solidarity with India after the attack on its embassy in Kabul on Thursday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying France wil....
- Indian Army chief to visit Myanmar on Sunday
New Delhi: Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor will on Sunday begin a three-day visit to Myanmar to nurture direct military-to-military ties with the neighbour on the eastern flank.
- India 'impressive' in Afghanistan: David Miliband
London: British Foreign Minister David Miliband has praised India's work to bring development to embattled Afghanistan.
"We appreciate and support the impressive development w....
- Rao leaves for Kabul
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao left for Kabul today to review the situation in the aftermath of the suicide attack on Thursday outside the Indian embassy in Kabul, in which 17 people....
- Antony to take up Gorshkov issue during Russia visit
New Delhi: The roadblocks in finalising the price tag for the refurbishment of the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov are likely to be discussed during Defence Minister A.K. Antony's three-d....
- Indian student missing after withdrawing cash
Wellington: Indian student Srikanth Rayadurgam has been missing ever since he withdrew cash from an ATM in the New Zealand city of Auckland over a week ago, and his family now fears the worst.
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- 'Thailand keen on Indian road projects but finds rules complex'
New Delhi: Thai Deputy Prime Minister Korbsak Sabhavasu says his country is interested in participating in India's roads and highway projects, but finds the bidding clauses too complex to e....
- Man of 'Indian appearance' stabbed in Melbourne
Melbourne: A man of "Indian or Asian appearance" was stabbed in this Australian city following a brawl involving up to 10 men today, reports said.
The man was stabbed near a b....
- Missing Indian businessman's body found in Australia
Melbourne: The body of Indian businessman Pardeep Kumar, who went missing two weeks back, has been found in Australia's Victoria state. Police are probing his business connections as they s....
- Argentine president to visit India from Nov 13-15
New Delhi: With India and Latin American nations warming up to each other like never before, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will pay a three-day visit to India this month wi....
- Govt working on labour mobility partnership with EU: Ravi
New Delhi: The government is working to sign a Labour Mobility Partnership agreement with the European Union, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said here today.
The minist....
- Mukherjee bats for higher voting rights at World Bank meet
Istanbul: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today asked rich nations to deliver on the promise made at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh to step up voting rights of emerging economies like India in ....
- India rank poor 134 on UN's Human Development Index
New Delhi: The quality of life in India continues to be appalling with the country ranked poorly at 134 among 182 countries on the Human Development Index of the United Nations Development Prog....
- Following racial abuses, Indians bash up two Australians
Melbourne: According to Australian police, a group of Indians bashed up two locals, after the latter hurdled abuses at them and demolished the rear window of their car.
The incident o....
- Sikh policeman awarded 10,000 pounds in turban case
London: A Sikh policeman has been awarded 10,000 pounds by a British tribunal after he complained his religious sentiments were hurt by an order to remove his turban during riot-training.
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- Gandhi's message key to facing modern threats: Ban Ki-moon
New York: Mahatma Gandhi's legacy of non-violence is an enduring symbol of hope in defeating the growing number of hostile forces threatening the modern world, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-m....
- New Zealander of British ancestry sponsors Bhagat Singh memorial
Hamilton (New Zealand): A mega function would be held here on Saturday by the Indian community in New Zealand to mark the birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. And a New ....
- Another Indian student attacked in Australia
Melbourne: A 28-year-old Indian student was attacked in the north-west of Melbourne, adding one more in the series of recent attacks on Indians in Australia, a report said today. The student af....
- India wants enhanced economic cooperation with Europe
Brussels: Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi has called upon the European Union (EU) to strengthen its "strategic economic engagement" with India as the country offers "i....
- Indian women peacekeepers have set an example: Hillary Clinton
Washington: In preventing violence against women and girls in Liberia, Indian women peacekeepers have set an example that must be emulated in UN peacekeeping missions across the world, Secretar....
- India, Vietnam to hold talks on Thursday
New Delhi: India and Vietnam will expand their political and business ties during the five-day visit of Vietnamese Vice-President Nguyen Thi Doan that began here today.
Accompanied by....
- India signs Social Security Agreement with Luxembourg
New Delhi: India today entered into a Social Security Agreement with Luxembourg to provide benefits to Indian nationals working in the European country.
The agreement, signed by Minis....
- Kuwait to deport illegal immigrants from India, Pakistan
Kuwait City: Kuwait will deport 17,000 foreigners, including Indians and Pakistanis, illegally staying in the country, media reported today.
Over 1,000 Pakistanis, 3,500 Indians and 4....
- A good old 'thorn' in India-Mongolia ties
Partapur (Jammu and Kashmir): India and Mongolia have joined hands to tap the potential of seabuckthorn, a plant better known here as Leh Berry that has high concentrations of vitamins A, B2 an....
- India, EU to host business summit
Brussels: About 300 businesspersons, entrepreneurs and government officials from India and the European Union (EU) will meet here from Sep 30-Oct 2 to discuss ways to boost bilateral trade, med....
- Indian bureaucracy is worst in Asia: Survey
Singapore: If you have been wondering how efficient is Indian bureaucracy, here is your answer. Out of the 12 countries surveyed by Hong Kong-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy, it....
- India's stand at G20 was heard, respected, endorsed
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sep 27 returned from the G20 Summit at Pittsburgh with some major gains at hand that are making the rich nations now look at the developing world in ....
- PM returns home after G20 summit
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned here today after attending the two-day G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, US.
The summit was hosted by US President Barack Obama in which deve....
- 'India attaches highest priority to nuclear disarmament'
United Nations: Welcoming the renewed global debate on achieving a world free of nuclear weapons, India says it attaches "the highest priority" to nuclear disarmament and stands committ....
- Punjabi to be Canada's 4th biggest language by 2011
Toronto: Punjabi is set to become the fourth largest spoken language in Canada by 2011 after English, French and Chinese, according to Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.
The ....
- Security Council call to join NPT not directed at India: PM
Pittsburgh: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the UN Security Council resolution asking all countries to join the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) is not targeted at India and t....
- Non-adherence to LAC by China leading to border dispute: Minister
Leh: Beijing's "non-adherence" to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that separates India and China has resulted in different perceptions in the two countries on where the border lies....
- G-20 made top forum for global economic policy; to keep up stimulating economies
Pittsburgh: Leaders of G-20 nations have agreed to keep working to stimulate economies and stabilise financial systems following the worst financial crisis in decades as they decided to designa....
- G-20 reflects rise of Asia: Manmohan Singh
Pittsburgh: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has welcomed a decision to make the Group of 20 as the premier forum for global economic decisions, saying the views of fast growing developing countri....
- Manmohan Singh meets British, Japanese, Australian leaders
Pittsburgh: Starting his day early, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from three countries on the margins of the G20 Summit here today.
His f....
- Indian cabbie assaulted, Australia promises concrete action
Melbourne/New Delhi: An Indian taxi driver was today assaulted by a star footballer in one more attack on Indians in Australia. Victoria premier John Brumby, in India on a visit, termed the inc....
- Australian footballer held after assaulting Indian taxi driver
Melbourne: While Australian authorities have been pledging to bring a tougher law to combat attacks on Indians living in the country, an Indian taxi driver became the latest victim of such an ....
- 'Less aid, more debt for poor nations unless G20 changes situation'
New Delhi: The UN Millennium Campaign has just released figures which show that unless rich countries marshal additional resources at the ongoing G20 summit, they are likely to deliver $33 bill....
- Australia moots safe housing, transport for Indian students
New Delhi: John Brumby, the premier of Australian state of Victoria, today proposed to give separate transportation and safe housing for Indian students studying in Australia.
Union O....
- Another Indian attacked, Australia gives sops for students
Melbourne/New Delhi: An Indian taxi driver was assaulted by an Australian star footballer in Melbourne in an incident that visiting Victoria state premier John Brumby termed as "regrettable....
- India has a 'lot at stake' at G20 summit
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania): A two-day summit of leaders of 20 leading global economies opened here amid calls by developing countries such as India to have a key role in restoring normalcy in th....
- Will not join NPT as non-nuclear weapon state: India
New Delhi: While the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for universal adherence to non-proliferation treaty, India has reiterated it will not join the pact, which it te....
- Manmohan Singh in Pittsburgh for G20 summit
Pittsburgh: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here on Thursday for the G20 summit that will take stock of the state of the world economy following the year-long crisis and deliberate upon h....
- Krishna misquoted, no change in Afghan policy: MEA
New Delhi: India today clarified that the External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna did not advocate a political settlement with Taliban, stressing that the country's Afghan policy had not cha....
- India to hold joint military operations with China in 2010
New Delhi: India today said it will hold the third joint military exercise with China next year and clarified that no such drill was planned for this year.
"It was mutually decide....
- India, China propel foreign students market in Australia
Sydney: Indian and Chinese students are fuelling Australia's education sector growth, latest statistics show. Indian student enrolments in the country reached 121,000 by this June.
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- Netherlands looking at industrial design to promote India ties
Rotterdam: The Netherlands will focus on industrial design at the "Design Cross-over Rotterdam" conference here on Friday to promote India-Dutch collaboration, the European nation's....
- G-20: India to seek greater role in managing global economy
Pittsburgh: As the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies gather here today to review their efforts to stem global recession, India is expected to pitch for a more proactive role in th....
- India, Sri Lanka discuss resettlement of Tamils
New York: India has pressed for quicker rehabilitation and resettlement of some 300,000 Tamils displaced in Sri Lanka.
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Tuesday met his Sri La....
- For Russians with love, from 'Incredible India'
New Delhi: India is putting its best foot forward as it gets ready to attract the Russian tourist with colourful cultural performances, mouth-watering cuisine and a plethora of tourism destinat....
- PM leaves for G20 summit in Pittsburgh
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today left for the US to attend the G20 summit in Pittsburgh hosted by President Barack Obama.
The summit will take stock of the state of the ....
- India goes to G20 with confidence: PM
New Delhi: Underlining India's confidence about its economic future and prospects of global growth which had been dented by the meltdown, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called for refo....
- Manmohan Singh leaves for G20 Pittsburgh Summit on Wednesday
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves on Wednesday for the two-day G20 Summit in Pittsburgh where he is expected to make a strong pitch for a much larger role for developing countries....
- India-US dialogue focus of foreign secretary visit
Washington: The renewed architecture of India-US bilateral dialogue and preparations for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's State visit to the US in November were the focus of a day of hectic ....
- Canadian minister to inaugurate Gujarat trade office on Friday
Toronto: Canada will officially open its trade office in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Stockwell Day, Canadian minister for international trade, will inaugurate the office to coincide with the....
- Over 60 illegal Punjab migrants stranded in Spanish city
Jalandhar (Punjab): Over 60 young men from Punjab are stuck in Melilla, an autonomous Spanish city in north Africa, while attempting to illegally enter Spain, representatives of a social organi....
- Australian state premier cancels Mumbai trip over terror fears
Sydney: The premier of Australian state of Victoria John Brumby has cancelled his planned trip to Mumbai during his coming visit to India over fears of terrorism, media reports said today.
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- India seeks out Britain, France, Russia over NPT, CTBT
New Delhi: India is concerned about a proposed UN Security Council resolution urging countries to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (....
- India, Turkmenistan discuss gas pipeline
New Delhi: India and Turkmenistan held discussions on a transnational pipeline project from the gas fields of the Central Asian nation, which has the fourth largest gas reserves in the world, a....
- India offers assistance, training to Liberia
New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, the first Indian minister to visit Liberia in 38 years, arrived in the west African state bearing gifts, including lines of cre....
- EU summit targets India, China on G20 climate financing
Brussels: The European Union (EU) has challenged rising powers India and China to brake their soaring greenhouse gas emissions in return for Western financial support.
"We need to....
- Don't break the law, Australian PM warns Indian students
Sydney: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today warned students from India not to take the law into their own hands after writer and activist Farrukh Dhondy reportedly urged Indians in the country for ....
- Australia acts tough on education agents
New Delhi/Melbourne: Strengthening of student visa checks to stamp out fraud, upgrading interviews and restricting online access to Australia's eVisa system to fewer agents are some of the ....
- Cabinet approves Japanese aid for freight corridor
New Delhi: The cabinet today approved a proposal to avail Japanese assistance to create the western arm of a dedicated freight corridor costing Rs.26,124 crore.
In the first phase, Ja....
- India brushes off China, says Dalai Lama's free to visit Arunachal
New Delhi: Giving a cold shoulder to China's objections to Dalai Lama visiting Arunachal Pradesh, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna told media that the declination holds no importance.
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- Tharoor on a six-day visit to Liberia, Ghana
New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has left for a six-day visit to the West African states of Liberia and Ghana, officials said here today.
Tharoor, who ....
- Racist attacks hurt Australia's image: Victoria's premier
Melbourne: The string of racist attacks against Indians has damaged Australia's image, Victoria province's Premier John Brumby admitted today, adding "some of the events of the past....
- Generate energy in greener ways, World Bank urges India
New Delhi: Over 400 million people in India have no access to electricity and providing this is an obvious priority for planners. But producing electricity from coal -- the main source now -- a....
- Mushraff denied of misusing any US military aid
Washington: After the confession by former president Gen (retd) Musharraf of misusing US military support meant to combat terrorism for strengthening Pakistan's defences against India, he....
- We aren't covering-up assault on Indians: Australian police
Melbourne: The police are denying that a deliberate decision was taken to minimise publicity over the brutal assault on four Indians at the weekend in this Australian city. The Indians were att....
- India seeks details of latest Melbourne attack on students
New Delhi: India is seeking details from its consulate in Melbourne about the reported attack on three Indians. "We are concerned, we are seeking details (of the incident)," official so....
- 70 locals attacked three Indians in Australia
Melbourne: A month after the Australian government assurance to external affairs minister S M Krishna on the protection of Indian students, another shocking case of racist attack on Indians ha....
- Pawar mourns death of Norman Borlaug
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday mourned the death of eminent American agricultural scientist and Nobel laureate Norman E. Borlaug, who helped pioneer the Green Revolution....
- Immigrants welcome, but legally please: Italian ambassador
Chandigarh: Italy does not mind more immigrants from India, provided they come legally, says Italy's ambassador to India, a man who estimates that the number of illegal Indian settlers in I....
- Common soul curry for India, Brazil
New Delhi: What binds India to Brazil apart from the common love for high energy dancing? Both countries are hooked to food.
Brazilians love their nuts and vegetables -- especially th....
- India, Nigeria, Congo account for 40 percent child deaths
New Delhi: India, Nigeria and Congo account for 40 percent of the 8.8 million deaths of children under the age of five years, a new Unicef study released today says.
Though a little s....
- Malaysian Indian sues officials over LTTE link charge
Kuala Lumpur: Firmly denying any links with Sri Lanka's Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a Malaysian Indian legislator today sued senior government officials for defamation.
- Denmark back Indian stance on climate
New Delhi: Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, whose country is a pioneer in promoting green technologies, today virtually endorsed India's stand on climate change but hoped that al....
- Indian agricultural team to visit Sri Lanka next week
New Delhi: A team of agricultural experts from India will visit Sri Lanka next week to help in rehabilitation of displaced people in the north of the island nation, External Affairs Minister S.....
- Gilgit-Baltistan amalgamation: India must react
New Delhi: With the signing of the Gilgit-Baltistan (Empowerment and Self-Governance) Order 2009 by President Asif Ali Zardari on Sep 7, the Pakistan government has taken the first step towards....
- US to aid Sri Lanka in demining
Colombo: The US is providing training and equipment to the Sri Lanka Army to assist its efforts to demine areas in the island's north where the Tamil Tigers were crushed in May.
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- Sri Lanka to get aid from US in demining
Colombo: The US is providing training and equipment to the Sri Lanka Army to assist its efforts to demine areas in the island's north where the Tamil Tigers were crushed in May.
T....
- Finnish firm to help predict weather during Commonwealth Games
Helsinki: A Finnish company has signed a $1.4-million deal with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) to provide 60 hi-tech automatic weather stations (AWS) and equipment to predict weathe....
- Australian PM to visit India in November
Sydney: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will visit New Delhi later this year, a minister said today, adding that there is a "desire on the part of both India and Australia to strengthen and broad....
- We have learnt from Indian doctor Haneef case: Top Australian official
Sydney: The Australian police have learnt from the case of India-born doctor Muhammad Haneef who was mistakenly detained on terror charges, incoming Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Tony Negus....
- Woo Indian students to Canada through education diplomacy: Expert
Toronto: Canada should launch vigorous 'education diplomacy' to woo Indian students, says an expert on Canada-India relations.
Ryan M. Touhey, a professor who has authored a s....
- Indian president to visit Tajikistan
Dushanbe: Indian President Pratibha Patil would arrive on a two-day official visit to Tajikistan late today, a spokesman for the former Soviet state's foreign ministry said.
On Mo....
- India to invest $10 billion in IMF: Pranab
London: India is to invest up to $10 billion in the International Monetary Fund as part of a major thrust to wrest a greater say in the running of international financial institutions, Finance ....
- Pranab begins BRIC meetings, India asked to plug IMF funding hole
London: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee began meeting with his counteparts from Brazil, Russia and China ahead of a G20 meeting here today, as two key European leaders said India should help ....
- Indian minister visits Australia to look for coal
Sydney: Indian minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal is in Australia to search for "some foreign coal" so that his country's energy needs are met. Jaiswal, who is India's minister of sta....
- Pratibha Patil to discuss trade, energy with Russian PM
Moscow: Indian President Pratibha Patil will meet Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin here later today for talks focusing on bilateral trade and energy.
Patil held talks on Thursday....
- Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad can become global capitals: Forbes
Moscow: The Russian capital as well as Indian cities of Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad have every chance of becoming global capitals on par with cities such as New York, London and Tokyo, acco....
- Namibian president terms India 'a friend indeed'
Mumbai: Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba has termed India as "a friend indeed", acknowledging its contribution to the freedom struggle of the southern African country.
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- India, Switzerland sign social security agreement
New Delhi: India and Switzerland today signed a social security agreement to encourage the movement of professionals between the two countries.
The social security agreement was signe....
- We can share details of tax evaders: Swiss VP
New Delhi: India and Switzerland will soon start negotiations to enlarge the scope of their bilateral double taxation treaty to allow sharing of details of bank accounts of people accused of ta....
- Lamy cautions against protectionism
New Delhi: Restrictive steps by some countries to protect their domestic markets in the wake of the global economic crisis have hurt international trade that must remain open, World Trade Organ....
- 'Iron woman' seeks senior Malaysian Indian Congress post
Kuala Lumpur: P. Mariayee, called the "Iron woman of Jelebu", will be seeking the vice president's post in the male-dominated Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) at the party's plen....
- Contempt of court petition filed against Musharraf
Islamabad: A contempt of court petition was filed today in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against former president Pervez Musharraf for imposing emergency in 2007.
Anwar-ul-Haq, a medi....
- Australia-India Institute launched
New Delhi: Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday announced funding of $8.1 million for setting up the Australia-India Institute at the University of Melbourne.
Gil....
- EU commissioners to visit India today for talks
Brussels: European Union's (EU) Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel will travel to New Delhi today to take part in an informal meeting of W....
- Climate experts hope for success of Copenhagen summit
Geneva: Ahead of the much awaited United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, experts from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have expressed hope tha....
- India-Brazil-South Africa forum talks to begin today
Brasilia, Aug 31: The sixth ministerial meeting of the India-Brazil-South Africa forum will begin here today, an official statement said.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorin, Indi....
- Pakistan sees Malaysia as a partner against sea piracy
Port Klang (Malaysia): Pakistan views Malaysia as a strategic naval partner in combating piracy and terrorism, captain of the visiting Pakistan Navy frigate PNS Zulfiquar has said.
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- President Patil heads to Russia, Tajikistan on Wednesday
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil leaves on Wednesday on a week-long visit to Russia and Tajikistan that is set to boost India's time-tested relations with Moscow and the energy-rich Cent....
- Australian state premier writes to Indian students
Adelaide: The premier of an Australian state has taken the unusual step of writing a personal letter to each of the 4,787 Indian overseas students enrolled in his state, assuring them of their ....
- Australian Deputy PM to launch institute in India
New Delhi: Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julian Gillard comes to India on Monday on a five-day visit in a bid to boost bilateral ties in fields ranging from business to education.
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- Jayasinghe is Sri Lanka's new foreign secretary
Colombo: Romesh Jayasinghe, the high commissioner to India, will be Sri Lanka's foreign secretary from Oct 1, the government has announced.
Jayasinghe will succeed Palitha Kohona,....
- Geneva Conventions needs urgent upgrading: ICRC
New Delhi: The Geneva Conventions, which bind 194 countries to basic humanitarian principles during armed conflicts, "remain relevant" even after 60 years of signing of the protocols bu....
- Namibian president coming to India, business high on agenda
New Delhi: Signalling deepening engagement between India and Africa, Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba will be here on a five-day trip on Sunday - the first visit by a foreign head of stat....
- India remains committed to Doha trade talks: Minister
New Delhi: Ahead of playing host to a mini-ministerial meet of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) here, India's Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said the country remained committed to the suc....
- Malaysian varsity to retain Indian studies dept
Kuala Lumpur: Universiti Malaya vice-chancellor Ghauth Jasmon has assured representatives of NGOs representing people of Indian origin that the Indian Studies department in the university will ....
- India needs to be constructive on international issues: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday told India's envoys that the challenge ahead lay in creating a liberal and interdependent world order where India would have room to grow....
- India-South Africa CEO forum to boost bilateral ties
Johannesburg: Captains of trade and industry from India and South Africa have agreed to support their governments in bolstering relationships between the two countries, with India's Commerc....
- Indian difficulties with S. African visas, more air links to be discussed
Johannesburg: The difficulty faced by Indians in getting visas to travel to South Africa as well as the possibility of more flights between the two countries is to be addressed at high level by....
- Malaysian Indian leaders set for fiery political debate
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) chief S. Samy Vellu has challenged his arch rival S. Subramaniam to a public debate. And the latter has accepted the challenge ahead of the party&#....
- Australian deputy PM to visit India
Sydney: Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard will visit India later this month to take its relationship with New Delhi to "a higher level".
Gillard will leave f....
- Australian police vow to nab student who fled to India
Melbourne: Australian police are determined to track down an Indian student who ran over a teenager and later fled to India on a false passport. A police official stressed "we're prepar....
- Delhi Commonwealth Games to be best ever: Kalmadi to UK Inc
London: The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi will be "best ever" with the prime minister rolling out a massive Rs.7 billion (Rs.700 crore) budget and the work schedule on target, Organi....
- Antony leaves for Maldives, seeking enhanced defence ties
New Delhi: Seeking a greater foothold in the Indian Ocean Region, Defence Minister A.K. Antony today left for a three-day visit to the Maldives during which a pact for greater defence cooperati....
- Warrant for Indian student who ran over man in Australia
Melbourne: An Australian court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Indian student Puneet who ran over a teenager while estimated to be travelling at almost 150 km/hour in a 60 km/hour zone.
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- Australia making tougher rules to protect foreign students
Sydney: The Australian government is bringing in tougher rules to protect international students from dubious operators, a minister told parliament Wednesday. The move follows a string of a....
- Gilani seeks drone technology from US
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged the US to provide drone technology to Pakistan, a media report said. He also demanded an end to the US drone attacks inside Paki....
- More to relation with India than curry, cricket: Australian MP
Sydney: Australia's relationship with India "goes beyond the oft-cited notion of cricket, curry and Commonwealth", a parliamentarian said today.
West Australian MP Melissa....
- Malaysian Indian Congress extends age limit to woo new members
Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) plans to push the age limit for the membership of its youth wing from 40 to 45 "to enable the party to have a new generation of leaders"....
- India-SA relationship highlighted at I-Day reception
Pretoria: The special relationship that India has with South Africa has been moulded by history, a shared vision, and participation in the struggle against oppression and injustice and the ques....
- India, US feared rise of Islamist militancy in post-Mujib Bangladesh
Dhaka: India and the US shared apprehensions of the rise of Islamist militancy in Bangladesh following the assassination of its founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman this day in 1975, official ....
- Detaining SRK at US airport not justified: Ambika Soni
New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni today reacted angrily to Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan being detained at a US airport, saying it was not justified.
"I....
- Asia Foundation names new Country Director for India
Washington: The Asia Foundation has named Nick Langton as its resident Country Director in India to lead the Foundation's expanded programme activities in the country.
Langton wil....
- Zardari announces political, legal reforms in tribal areas
Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has announced political and judicial reforms in the northwestern tribal region during a special function on the eve of Pakistan's 63rd Indepe....
- Indian student faces deportation from Australia
Melbourne: Indian student Shivendra Singh, who is suffering from severe depression after being the victim of three armed robberies, is being "threatened with deportation", a media repor....
- Tangible results during Manmohan's US visit: envoy
New Delhi: Setting the tone for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official visit to Washington in November, US ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer on Wednesday said the "most tangible r....
- Dispute between Malaysian Indian politicians resolved
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Registrar of Societies (ROS) has decided that M. Kayveas is the People's Progressive Party (PPP) president, rejecting the claim of a rival, T. Murugiah.
- Dalai Lama saddened by Suu Kyi's extended detention
Dharamsala: The spiritual head of the Tibetan community, the Dalai Lama, on Wednesday appealed to Myanmar's ruling junta to release human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi, who received an a....
- No unilateral access under end-user pact: US envoy
New Delhi: US ambassador Timothy J. Roemer on Wednesday allayed apprehensions in India over the defence equipment end-use monitoring pact, saying there is nothing in it that provides the US uni....
- US asks Colombo, Tamil diaspora to seek political reconciliation
Washington: The US has asked the Sri Lankan government and the American Tamil community to seek opportunities to engage one another on political reconciliation and the reconstruction of Sri Lan....
- Swaminathan to skip Sri Lanka till Tamil issue is settled
New Delhi: Internationally renowned Indian agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan has put off plans to visit Sri Lanka to help it revive its farm sector until the Tamils there get their due. Bu....
- Workshop on Pan-African e-network starts today
New Delhi: Delegates from 31 African countries will be taking part in a two-day workshop beginning today on India's flagship project - Pan-African e-Network, which links leading universitie....
- Australian teen wanted to steal Indian's phone, but killed researcher
Melbourne: A teenager who wanted to find an Indian student and steal his mobile phone but later killed a university researcher in this Australian city has been sentenced to 10 years in jail.
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- US will ask Pakistan to bring Hafiz Saeed to justice: Envoy
New Delhi: The US will ask Pakistan to bring all perpetrators of the 26/11 terror attack, including Hafiz Saeed, to justice, US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer said here Wednesday, adding that Fed....
- Winds of change sweep India's foreign office
New Delhi: The elite Indian Foreign Service (IFS) that powers India's global diplomacy and manages relations with nations is changing. Mid-career training and specialisation are the new man....
- Its not a zero-sum game anymore: US to Pakistan
Washington: The United States has told Pakistan it would keep up "very strong and growing partnership" with India even as it tries to improve its partnership with Pakistan saying "t....
- India, Russia to discuss Kudankulam nuclear project on Tuesday
Chennai: The loading of fuel for the first unit of the 2,000-MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu will be the main agenda at the joint coordination committee meeting of the Nuclear....
- India-ASEAN trade pact inevitable: Chandy
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's Leader of Opposition and former chief minister Oommen Chandy today defended the proposed trade pact between India and ASEAN nations, saying the positive sides o....
- Nigeria more vigilant against fake drugs
New Delhi: Two months after Nigeria seized a consignment of fake drugs made in China but carrying the "Made in India" label, an official delegation from the African country on Tuesday m....
- India does not want attacks to 'infect' ties with Australia
New Delhi: Ahead of External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's visit to Australia, India has said it was concerned about attacks on Indian students but does want the issue to "infect"....
- India, China in talks to monitor Himalayan glaciers
New Delhi: Setting aside speculation about strains in bilateral ties, India has said it is engaged in talks with China to monitor the glaciers in the Himalayas, a strategic border region, and p....
- Malaysian Indian to be tried for sedition
Kuala Lumpur: A court will try for sedition a Malaysian Indian leader who published a letter addressed to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on a web site two years ago.
The three-da....
- Promoting Brand India in Indonesia
New Delhi: Over 50 Indian companies will participate in the first major Indian trade fair in Indonesia, whose economy is growing at a fast clip, to promote Brand India.
Organised by t....
- Student attacks: Krishna heads to Australia on Aug 6
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna goes to Australia on a five-day visit on Aug 6 to ascertain first-hand the problems faced by Indian students, some of whom have been victims of....
- India looks for gas in distant Papua New Guinea
New Delhi: Papua New Guinea, a sprawling Pacific Ocean nation of just six million people speaking 850 languages, is inviting India to develop its hydrocarbon resources after the islands struck ....
- Indo-Tibetan force dispatches fourth batch to Congo
New Delhi: Central paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Force has sent a replacement batch of 124 personnel to war-torn D.R. Congo as part of UN mission after its third batch returned....
- Tharoor takes lead for twinning Thiruvananthapuram, Barcelona
Thiruvananthapuram: Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said today that a delegation from Barcelona would soon arrive here for talks on making the Spanish city and the Kerala ....
- Govt seeking report on attack on Indian journo: Ravi
New Delhi: Expressing concern over reports of an Indian journalist being attacked in Australia, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said on Monday that he was in touch with the Indian....
- It won't be easy for Pakistan to crush jehadis: NYT
New York: Pakistan will not find it easy to dismantle the elaborate network of jehadis because their "anti-Indian culture" is strong in this country, the New York Times reported today.
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- Varghese heads as Australia's envoy to India
Sydney: Peter Joseph Noozhumurry Varghese used to head Australia's spy agency, the Office of National Assessments. The mild-mannered but very articulate man of Indian origin, who will be Ca....
- 'India, South Africa can tackle slowdown together'
Johannesburg: India and South Africa can defy the slowdown if they increase investments in each other's economy, according to South African Minister for International Relations and Cooperat....
- India can't be ignored in US' Af-Pak strategy: Holbrooke
Islamabad: Two days after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she considered India a global power, a top American diplomat echoed the thought here on Wednesday, saying New Delhi could no....
- $165 million US aid to Pak for humanitarian relief
Washington: The US has announced an additional $165 million in aid to Pakistan for humanitarian relief, early recovery and long-term reconstruction efforts to support the internally displaced b....
- India, ASEAN set to sign FTA at Thailand October summit
Phuket (Thailand): India today made a strong pitch for a pan-Asian response to global challenges like financial meltdown and terrorism as it gets ready to sign a free trade area (FTA) agreement....
- Russia seeks cooperation with India over Afghanistan
Phuket (Thailand): With Russia backing the US military offensive in Afghanistan, Moscow today sought security cooperation with New Delhi to fight the growing regional threat from the Taliban an....
- Kalam's call for energy, resource management inspiring: Report
Dhaka: A leading daily newspaper today welcomed former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's call for developing alternative sources of energy and new science-based models of development.
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- US envoy heads to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
Washington: US special envoy Richard Holbrooke is headed for Pakistan and Afghanistan on a trip that focuses on the plight of internal refugees and security issues and will also take him to Ind....
- Krishna sets stage for India-ASEAN summit
Phuket (Thailand): Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna today held talks here with his counterparts from 16 countries of the East Asia Summit (EAS), setting the stage for India's s....
- Malik urges US to halt drone attacks
Islamabad: Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has urged the US to halt its drone attacks in the country, a media report said to day.
In an interview with a private TV Channel, M....
- Bill Gates to visit India this week
New Delhi: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will arrive in India this week to oversee the various programmes initiated by the philanthropic organisation that he has set up.
The Bill an....
- No difference with India over Iran: Clinton
New Delhi: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said there was no difference between India and the US on the Iranian nuclear issue and that Washington would be consulting India on ev....
- Australia looking at India for skilled professionals: Minister
New Delhi: Promoting Australia as a safe place to study, visiting Immigration Minister Chris Evans today said his country was looking at India for skilled human resource, and his government was....
- Promoting 'safe Australia', immigration minister heads to India
Sydney: Australia sure is going all out to win back the confidence of Indians, specially students, after the spate of attacks on members of the community in the past few months. Immigration Min....
- Multi-layered security cover for Clinton in Delhi
New Delhi: Security agencies have swung into action to provide multi-layered and impenetrable security to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her two-day visit to the national capital ....
- Food prices in developing countries remain very high: UN
Rome: Domestic food prices in developing countries remain high despite a sharp decline in international prices and overall good cereal harvests, according to a report released today by a UN foo....
- Slumdog author to be India's diplomat in Osaka
New Delhi: Vikas Swarup, whose book was turned into the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire", will be India's consul general in Osaka, Japan.
On his first visit to India af....
- Sprightly Manmohan takes a walk
Paris: Others may have wilted but not India's 77-year-old Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who valiantly stood next to French President Nicolas Sarkozy through much of the two-hour Bastille D....
- India, France to scale up ties as Manmohan ends Paris visit
Paris: India and France today resolved to scale up bilateral ties as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrapped up a 24-hour official visit here with a working lunch with President Nicolas Sarkozy w....
- Commonwealth summit to go ahead despite swine flu
Port-of-Spain: The bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) summit scheduled here this November will go ahead despite the swine flu scare, and will be attended by Indian Prime....
- Indian forces down the Champs Elysees
Paris: As France celebrates the beginning of its revolution more than 200 years ago with the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, leading the national day marchpast here will be 400 soldier....
- India heads in the wrong direction with new budget: US expert
Washington: A US South Asia expert suggests that the Indian budget would perhaps limit the country's ascension to a global economic force and could limit the value of India-US partnership f....
- Clinton should push for nuclear freeze in S.Asia: US
Washington: A leading arms control expert has suggested that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should use her visit to India to "re-establish nuclear restraint and arms control as a top....
- No G8 worry as India and France discuss nuclear trade
Paris/New Delhi: The G8 declaration on inhibiting the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technologies (ENR) to those countries who have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT....
- PM reaches Paris for Bastille Day parade
Paris: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Paris on Monday night to attend the French National Day parade as chief guest, the first foreign leader to be accorded the honour.
The ....
- Hillary Clinton arrives in India on July 17
Washington: The contours of "an enhanced US-India strategic partnership" offering solutions to the challenges of 21st century will top US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's agenda....
- India will help renew NAM: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today underlined India's commitment to strengthening the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) and its desire to build stronger ties with Paris. The highligh....
- Manmohan Singh leaves for Paris
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left today for a four-day trip to Paris, where he will attend the French National Day parade, and the Egyptian resort town of Sharm-el-Sheikh for the 15....
- India not concerned over G8 nuclear stance
New Delhi: Pointing to the "clean waiver" obtained from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), India today declared that it was "not concerned over what position the G8 takes" on no....
- India for stronger NAM: Manmohan
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today underlined India's commitment to strengthening the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and its desire to strengthen strategic partnership with Paris in....
- India calls for NAM solidarity to counter terror, meltdown
Sharm el-Sheikh/New Delhi: Underlining its commitment to renewing the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), India today asked the NAM countries to "unequivocally condemn" terrorism and called for....
- Manmohan Singh leaves for France, Egypt on Monday
New Delhi: Two days after returning from the G8-G5 summit in Italy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is leaving for France on Monday on a 24-hour visit before flying to Egypt to attend the non-ali....
- India to take up nuclear issue during Clinton visit
New Delhi: India is concerned over the G8 declaration "to curb transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology", which can undermine the "clean" waiver it has obtaine....
- India to take up nuclear issue during Clinton visit
New Delhi: India is concerned over the G8 declaration "to curb transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technology", which can undermine the "clean" waiver it has obtai....
- US seeks to expand India's global role during Clinton visit
Washington: With India playing a "vastly more significant role" in global issues, the US looks at Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's India visit as "a tremendous opportunity&#....
- Pak seeks US concessions on India to play broker with Taliban
Washington: Pakistan's military has offered to play a broker between the US and the Taliban, but in return it wants concessions from Washington over Islamabad's concerns with India, acc....
- Senate confirms Tim Roemer as new US ambassador to India
Washington: The US Senate has confirmed President Barack Obama's nomination of former House of Representatives member Tim Roemer of Indiana as the new US ambassador to India.
Lawm....
- India shouldn't accept Europe-rejected GM crop: scientists
New Delhi: Two European scientists visiting the capital on Friday warned India against accepting genetically modified (GM) crops and foods technology rejected by European nations.
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- PM returns after G8-G5 summit in Italy
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned home today morning after attending the July 8-10 G8-G5 summit in the quake-hit Italian town of L'Aquila.
"I am returning to I....
- As PM leaves for Paris, nuclear business in top gear
New Delhi: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes to Paris on Monday, France is moving ahead rapidly to implement its bilateral civil nuclear pact with India.
French company Areva is ....
- India, Germany discuss nuclear disarmament
New Delhi: India and Germany today held talks on non-proliferation issues and underlined their commitment to nuclear disarmament, officials said here.
Germany's Commissioner for D....
- Manmohan Singh, Obama meet briefly during G8-G5 summit
L'Aquila (Italy): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh briefly met with US President Barack Obama during the outreach meeting of G8 and G5 leaders at their summit here today.
Both leader....
- Meet new Nobel Peace Prize candidate: Twitter
Washington: The next time you surf the internet, you may bump into a Nobel Peace Prize candidate. A US security expert has proposed the honour for micro-blogging site Twitter, which helped prot....
- Agriculture, food security should top global agenda: Manmohan
L'Aquila (Italy): Agriculture and food security need to be placed at the "core of the international agenda", Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said after the G5 meeting here on W....
- India, Germany to hold talks on nuclear issues
New Delhi: India and Germany are set to step up dialogue on nuclear issues when the German pointsperson on arms control holds two-day talks with Indian officials beginning today.
Germ....
- Manmohan Singh to meet British PM today
L'Aquila (Italy): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold a bilateral meeting with his British counterpart Gordon Brown in this earthquake-hit Italian mountain town today afternoon on the s....
- Budget windfall spurs Asiatic Society's Delhi debut
New Delhi: The 225-year-old Asiatic Society, the pioneering institution promoting Indo-Asian culture, books and heritage in the country, will make its maiden foray into the capital in 2010 from....
- US wants India, Pakistan to keep talking
Washington: Even as the US recognises that India and Pakistan are two sovereign nations, it can still do much to encourage them to continue to talk in the event of another Mumbai type of attack....
- US wants India, Pak to talk on Kashmir
Washington: Calling Kashmir as a "sensitive hotspot", President Barack Obama's nominee to be his envoy in India says the US would diplomatically encourage India and Pakistan to talk....
- Fourth BSF contingent leaves for Congo
New Delhi: An Indian paramilitary contingent on Tuesday left for Congo as part of the UN peacekeeping mission duties.
The contingent comprising 125 personnel of the Border Security Fo....
- Manmohan Singh arrives in Italy for G8-G5 summit
Rome: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here today evening to participate in the G8-G5 summit being held in the earthquake-hit town of L'Aquila, about 100 km northeast of the Italian ca....
- Financial crisis can create social, political unrest: UN
New Delhi: Millions of people across the world are on the verge of plunging into poverty and unemployment, leading to social and political unrest, mainly in developing countries like India and ....
- Global crises threaten progress on MDGs
New Delhi: Progress made in earlier years to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) in the fields of health, education, sanitation and women empowerment in India and South Asia was end....
- Kazakhstan 'very keen' on Indian VP's visit
Astana: Kazakhstan is "very keen" on Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari visiting the Central Asian republic and is waiting for its next big international event that would give him an op....
- Australia assures security of international students
New Delhi: With attacks on Indian students creating widespread concern in India, Australia on Monday underlined its policy of "zero tolerance for racism" and announced a slew of steps, ....
- PM blames developed world for slowdown, climate change
New Delhi: Heading for the G8-G5 summit in the Italian earthquake-hit town of L'Aquila on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed the developed economies for the present global fina....
- PM leaves for G-8 meeting in Italy on Tuesday
New Delhi: With the national budget being presented in parliament today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be heading for the Italian mountain town of L'Aquila on Tuesday to take part in d....
- Afghanistan army chief arrives in India
New Delhi: Afghanistan National Army chief General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi arrived on a four day official visit to India today. He will be meeting senior military and defence officials and is ....
- Life not the same for Indian students in Australia
Melbourne: A change in lifestyle has been the fallout of the attacks against Indian students in the southern winter of 2009 in Australia. They have learnt an important lesson - get home early.
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- Malaysian party to rope in NGOs to woo Indians
Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) wants to rope in a network of NGOs to reach out to the Indian community that it hopes to win back after last year's poll setback.
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- India, China growth makes Obama see US role in new light
Washington: Citing the rapid growth of India, China and Brazil, President Barack Obama says in a more integrated world, it was not for the US to dictate policy around the world, but to be a par....
- Pak's doing well to meet 'threats' from India,Taliban: US
Washington: After months of trying to persuade Islamabad to shift its focus from India, the US now says Pakistan has done "pretty well" in meeting the twin threats from India and the gr....
- Denel to resolve alleged blacklisting with India
Johannesburg: South African arms manufacturer Denel has assured the government that it would resolve with India the displease issued of its alleged blacklisting there, a news report said here o....
- G8 must do more: NGO
New Delhi: The heads of government who are meeting this week for the G8 Summit in Italy need to find $23 billion a year to halve hunger by 2015, according to the latest calculations by developm....
- Indian CAs sign exchange programme with Australia
Agra: Indian chartered accountants can now practise in Australia with the inking of an agreement between the chartered accountants institutes of India and Australia at an event here.
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- Nath great negotiator but opposed liberalisation: Mandelson
London: British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson says former commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath was a "great negotiator" but wouldn't budge on opening up the Indian market.....
- Blair gets to thank Mandelson, courtesy India
London: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday finally got to publicly thank the man credited with crafting his Labour party's win and putting him into power - courtesy of an In....
- Illinois wants to work with India
Chicago: The governor of President Barack Obama's home state Illinois has expressed a desire to work together with India, saying the people of India are exceptionally important for America.....
- Nepal PM expands cabinet under siege
Kathmandu: Given only a couple more weeks by the Maoists and unable to table the budget in parliament due to their opposition, Nepal's beleaguered Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Frida....
- Indian firm could help SA power supplier cut losses
Johannesburg: Technologies developed by Hyderabad-based ICSA, which is into energy management and audit, could help South African power utility Eskom significantly reduce its losses, ICSA chair....
- Many issues behind attacks on Indians: Australian MP
Sydney: The disconnect between the "established Indian order" and students was a matter of concern, says a prominent Australian parliamentarian who blames a "cocktail of issues"....
- Sikh student attacked in Australia
Melbourne: In a fresh attack, a 22-year-old Sikh youth was assaulted by a group of teenagers who tried to remove his turban and cut his hair. Two of the attackers have been arrested.
....
- India to attend Kazakh world religious meet
Astana: Academics, clerics and leaders from 60 nations, including India, have gathered in the Kazakhstan capital for a global conference of faith and civilisations where they will deliberate on....
- Sibal, Obama's top tech man to attend Pan-IIT summit
Toronto: Kapil Sibal, India's minister for human resource development, Aneesh Chopra, America's chief technology officer, and Sam Pitroda, India's National Knowledge Commission chai....
- India to cooperate on climate change but not at economic cost
Prague: India is prepared to cooperate on curbing global warming - but not at the expense of its own economic development, Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna warned on Monday.
His c....
- Krishna to visit Japan on Friday
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will Friday leave for a two-day visit to Japan, the world's second largest economy, for the third annual strategic dialogue between the two....
- Indian-origin minister tipped to be European Commissioner: report
London: A powerful Indian-origin minister is likely to be appointed the next European Commissioner from Britain, media reported today.
Shriti Vadera, an ex-banker who is now a minist....
- Indian MPs seek safeguards on US aid to Pakistan
Washington: A group of Indian parliamentarians has told Washington that its "Af-Pak policy must necessarily have an inbuilt safeguard component to prevent the direct and indirect diversion ....
- Bhutanese PM to meet Indian PM next week
New Delhi: Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y. Thinley arrives here on Tuesday on a four-day visit - the first by a foreign leader to India since the new government took charge last mo....
- G8 praises Pak's anti-Taliban offensive
Trieste (Italy): Foreign ministers of the world's eight leading industrialised nations praised Pakistan's domestic war against Taliban-linked militants at a summit in the Italian city o....
- EU Troika-India to meet in Prague
Brussels: An India-European Union (EU) Troika ministerial meeting will be held in the Czech capital of Prague on Monday, a statement by the 27-nation grouping said here on Friday.
The....
- Pakistan foreign secretary to visit Nepal
Kathmandu: Less than a week after India sent its Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to Kathmandu to discuss border problems with Nepal's new government as well as the halted peace process,....
- Things are under control in Australia: Vayalar Ravi
New Delhi: After at least 15 Indian students were attacked in Australia during the past one month, Minister of Overseas Affairs Vayalar Ravi, today said things are under control in the continen....
- India 'unofficially' blacklisting us: SA arms maker
Johannesburg: An "unofficial" blacklisting by India has resulted in South African arms manufacturer Denel losing two billion rands in revenue, a company official has told parliament.
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- No link between Nepal Maoists and India's Lalgarh: Menon
Kathmandu: Despite the growing violence in Nepal with the Maoists beginning new protests against the government and the upsurge in Maoist activities in India's Orissa, Chhattisgarh and West....
- India will do nothing harmful on river project: Bangladesh
Dhaka: Bangladesh has expressed confidence that India would do "nothing harmful" on a proposed river dam in Manipur state in north-eastern India, a minister has said.
Dhaka wo....
- Winds of change greet Menon in Nepal
Kathmandu: Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon's much awaited two-day visit to Nepal to bail out the jeopardised peace process began today amidst new winds of change blowing through ....
- Dhalla unveils bill to end bias against Indians
Toronto: A bill was introduced in the Canadian parliament on Thursday to end discrimination against Indian and other non-white immigrants in old-age pension.
Under the current discrim....
- Protectionism would deepen recession: India
Washington: India has cautioned nations toying with protectionist measures in the wake of the global economic crisis that such a move would not only be counterproductive, but also deepen the re....
- Pak urges Germany to help revive talks with India
Brussels: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during a meeting here with German Chancellor Angela Merkel today urged her to play a role for restoration of talks between Islamabad and New Delhi....
- Obama attaches significance to engaging India: Sharma
Washington: India's Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma is returning home confident that President Barack Obama and his administration attach enormous significance in engaging India....
- India did not want trade talks to collapse: Anand Sharma
Washington: India will look to find a middle ground in the global trade talks in the quest for a "fair solution acceptable to all parties", Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma s....
- UN upgrades security for staff, offices in Pakistan
Islamabad: The UN has upgraded security for its staff and offices in Pakistan amid heightened tensions in the wake of terror attacks, a media report said today.
The families of the f....
- India seeks a fair solution to Doha Round impasse
Washington: India has told the US that while a "perfect solution" to the impasse over Doha Round of world trade talks may be elusive, it should be possible to find a fair solution keepi....
- US-India relationship is a good-news story: Hillary
Washington: The US-India relationship is "a good-news story" that's "going to get even better," says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"In a world where, let....
- We need 'US-India 3.0' in ties: Hillary Clinton
Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turned to computer speak as she called for an "upgrade" in the US-India relationship to a new version she dubbed "US-India 3.0"....
- Clinton seeks to upgrade ties to 'US-India 3.0'
Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turned to computer speak as she called for an "upgrade" in the US-India relationship to a new version she dubbed "US-India 3.0"....
- US fast-tracks hi-tech trade with India
Washington: The United States has announced a new programme to fast-track high-technology trade with India from which General Electric's India division will be the first Indian company to b....
- Zardari-Manmohan meeting positive: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan has termed the meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Russia as positive but said no conditions should be laid down for resum....
- Washington-Delhi should emulate Manhattan-Mumbai ties
Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says official ties between Washington and New Delhi needed to catch up with growing people-to-people and economic linkages that have developed ....
- US, India discuss how to bring down trade barriers
Washington: India and US will consult with public and private stakeholders on how to bring down trade barriers and open markets for exporters as they discuss multilateral issues like the Doha r....
- India signs labour deal with Bahrain
New Delhi: India today signed a labour agreement with Bahrain that will facilitate better worker mobilisation between the two countries.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) on labou....
- India puts Pakistan to terror test
New Delhi: A day after his meeting with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in Russia, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today put Pakistan to the 'terrorism test' and said he had agreed to....
- Experts praise PM's public diplomacy with Pakistan
New Delhi: Foreign policy and strategic experts have welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's deft use of public diplomacy in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg to put Pakistani President As....
- US to provide Pakistan $3.20 bn in 2009: Envoy
Washington: The US is to give Pakistan $3.20 billion during 2009 for various tasks, including industrial aid and the war on terror, the country's envoy here has said.
Of this, $9....
- Indian Canadian MP 'cleared' of nanny abuse charges
Toronto: A Canadian parliamentary body has cleared Indian origin MP Ruby Dhalla of charges of exploiting two Filipino nannies at her home and taking away their passports. But the high-profile p....
- Obama cabinet officials to attend US-India interaction
Washington: Three top Obama administration officials are expected to outline Washington's plans to boost bilateral ties as the US and India begin their first high-level interaction after th....
- Bangladeshi experts to visit Indian dam project
Dhaka: A Bangladeshi team of parliamentarians and water experts is to visit an Indian dam construction project to assess its possible ecological effects on the country, a parliamentary panel sa....
- BRIC nations seek bigger voice in world affairs
Yekaterinburg: Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) on Tuesday ended their first summit with a vigorous call seeking greater voice for emerging economies to create a more democrati....
- US welcomes Manmohan Singh-Zardari meeting
Washington: The United States has welcomed as "encouraging" a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in the aftermath of the November Mumb....
- PM's Russian menu: two summits, four bilateral meets
Yekaterinburg: Two back-to-back summits and four bilateral meetings in less than 24 hours could test the nerves of any world leader. But Manmohan Singh, the 76-year-old Indian prime minister, l....
- Stop your territory from anti-India acts, PM to Zardari
Yekaterinburg: The territory of Pakistan "should not be used for acts of terrorism against India", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told President Asif Ali Zardari today in their first mee....
- India, Pakistan foreign secretaries to meet
Yekaterinburg: Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet in the next few weeks and review Islamabad's actions against terrorism before taking a decision on resuming their "com....
- PM's family visits Russia's last tsar site
Yekaterinburg (Russia): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur, who has accompanied him to this Russian industrial city, today visited the site of the gruesome massacre of Russ....
- Zardari to offer intelligence-sharing to India
Islamabad: Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is likely to suggest an intelligence-sharing mechanism between Islamabad and New Delhi when he meets Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on....
- New study on protecting new drugs in India
Washington: A major new study identifying a broad range of potential benefits of incremental pharmaceutical innovation for India will be released at the US-India Business Council's (USIBC) ....
- Canada engages Sri Lanka on Tamils despite visa denial
Toronto: Despite Colombo's refusal to give visa to its parliamentary secretary Deepak Obhral, Canada said on Monday it will continue to engage Sri Lanka on the Tamil issue and work to rehab....
- Manmohan meets Hu, boundary talks set for Aug 7-8
Yekaterinburg (Russia): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began his visit to Russia with bilateral talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao here on Monday night. The meeting comes weeks before....
- Advocates' apex body postpones visit to Australia
New Delhi: Upset over the spate of racial attacks on Indians in Australia, the Bar Council of India has postponed a nine-day visit of its members to the continent.
"In view of the....
- Manmohan to meet Chinese, Pakistan presidents
Yekaterinburg (Russia): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who arrived in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg tonight, will be meeting four heads of state, including Chinese President Hu Jinta....
- Next India-China boundary talks in New Delhi
Yekaterinberg (Russia): India and China will hold the next round of talks on the boundary dispute Aug 7-8 in New Delhi, official sources said here tonight ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....
- Alarmed India to send top diplomat to Nepal
Kathmandu: Alarmed at the inability of the new Nepal government to get its act together and the growing Maoist opposition, India is sending its Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to Kathmandu ....
- Pakistan, China vow to enhance strategic partnership
Yekaterinburg (Russia): Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Chinese President Hu Jintao today reiterated they would enhance cooperation in all areas and vowed to make progress on strategic....
- Manmohan Singh leaves for Russia
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today left for Russia on a three-day visit to attend two multilateral summits - his maiden overseas visit since beginning his second term last month tha....
- Sharma leaving for US, to discuss Doha Round
New Delhi: Commerce and Industries Minister Anand Sharma will leave for the US tonight to discuss a range of trade related issues, including revival of the Doha Round of trade negotiations.
- Post-LTTE, Sri Lankan Tamil party warms up to India
New Delhi: The shadow of the Tamil Tigers gone, Sri Lanka's main Tamil bloc in parliament wants to forge new ties with India.
Widely seen as a political front for the now decimat....
- Don't doubt sincerity in 26/11 probe: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan said Saturday India should not doubt its intentions in the probe into the 26/11 Mumbai carnage and called on New Delhi to resume the sub-continental dialogue process with Is....
- Indian media stoked feelings of outrage: Australian envoy
Melbourne: Australia's image in India has been damaged after attacks on Indian students, Canberra's envoy to New Delhi John McCarthy has said, adding that "India's voracious 24-....
- Pakistani warplanes bomb Mehsud's stronghold
Islamabad: Pakistani warplanes bombed a stronghold of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in the South Waziristan tribal region today morning, media reports said.
Four fighter jets bombed....
- Rajapaksa committed to power sharing, feels Japan
New Delhi: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is committed to sharing power with the minorities, now that he has crushed the Tamil Tigers. This is the feeling of Japan, whose Special Envoy ....
- India-US pursue civil aviation cooperation
Washington: India and the US have agreed to work towards making the Aviation Cooperation Programme (ACP) more productive for India in its efforts to modernise the civil aviation industry as it ....
- PM leaves to attend two summits in Russia on Monday
New Delhi: Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's first overseas visit to Russia in his second tenure, India on Friday outlined three key foreign policy priorities of the new government t....
- US House aids Pakistan to fight terrorism
Washington: The US House of Representatives has passed a bill proposing to triple US non-military aid to Pakistan to $1.5 billion a year but linking military assistance to Islamabad demonstrati....
- Five killed in two blasts in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least five people were killed and over 100 injured in bomb blasts targeting two mosques in Pakistan today, media reports said.
One person was killed and several injured ....
- UAE seeks to boost economic, energy ties with India
New Delhi: In the first visit here by a foreign minister since the formation of the new government in India, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan today call....
- Balanced relationship with China vital to India
Macau: There is an overarching consensus across India's political spectrum that an efficiently transacted and well-balanced relationship with China is vital to India, according to Ambassado....
- Apologise to Indians: MP asks Canada PM
Toronto: A Canadian parliamentarian has urged the prime minister to apologise to the Indian Canadian community for the 1914 Komagata Maru episode that saw a ship carrying Indians being turned a....
- India promotes own drugs in Africa to avoid Chinese fakes
New Delhi: India has launched a major drive to promote its growing pharmaceutical industry in Africa after recent seizures there of fake drugs that were labelled "Made in India" but wer....
- India is an 'absolutely critical country' for US
Washington: US President Barack Obama has despatched a personal letter to New Delhi making it clear that India is "an absolutely critical country" with which Washington is keen to work,....
- Indian Railways to connect with 27 countries from Thursday
United Nations: An agreement aimed at linking railroad systems of India and 27 other countries in Asia and Europe comes into effect on Thursday.
The Intergovernmental Agreement on the....
- Malaysian Indian Congress leaders make peace
Kuala Lumpur: A major dissident leader has ended an unsuccessful bitter battle with Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu saying it would help make the party relevant again fo....
- India to continue to improve relations with China: PM
New Delhi: India will continue to partner with China on the global stage and strengthen its relations with the Asian power, but at the same time not compromise on its territorial integrity, sai....
- India, Canada yet to decide on n-deal signing date
Toronto: Canada and India have said they are on track to ink a nuclear deal soon, but have not committed themselves to any date.
Though the two countries have exchanged the drafts, no....
- India, Canada non-committal on nuke deal date
Toronto: Without specifying any date for its signing, both Canada and India have said that they are on track to ink a nuclear deal soon.
Though the two countries have exchanged the dr....
- India is very important to us: US
Washington: The Obama administration has said it would to "work really hard" to strengthen ties with New Delhi as part of a strategic set of priorities, saying India is very important t....
- Indian-origin man named Australian envoy to India
Sydney: In an apparent move to placate India, Australia on Monday named Indian-origin Peter Varghese, considered the country's top spy, its next envoy to New Delhi.
Foreign Minist....
- Policeman killed in Islamabad suicide bombing
Islamabad: A policeman was killed in a foiled suicide bombing at an emergency police office here today, a security official said.
"A suicide bomber tried to enter the building fro....
- Canada's parliament hails 'miracle' of Indian democracy
Toronto: The election of Meira Kumar as India's first woman and Dalit speaker figured in the Canadian parliament on Friday, with Indian-origin MP Deepak Obhrai describing it as a "mirac....
- Indian student body in Australia concerned over 'anti-Indian Indians'
Melbourne: An organisation representing Indian students in Australia said today it was "quite disturbed" over how some "anti-Indian Indians" here were holding the students respo....
- Ruby Dhalla now faces multiple probes over nannies
Toronto: Indian-Canadian MP Ruby Dhalla faces multiple-agency investigations over charges of exploitation by her three former nannies.
Thirty-five-year Dhalla is Canada's first Si....
- US seek to fortify strategic partnership with India
Washington: Citing the India-US civil nuclear deal as proof of the benefits of a strategic partnership with India, two senior senators have invited fellow lawmakers to join a bipartisan forum t....
- Obama's speech strikes a chord in India
New Delhi: President Barack Obama's stirring speech at the Cairo University struck a chord in India, home to the world's second largest Muslim population, with academicians and intellec....
- India releases $102 million more for Gorshkov
New Delhi: India has given an additional $102 million to Russia for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov ahead of fresh negotiations before July end between the two countries on the final purc....
- After US advisory, India asserts it's completely safe
New Delhi: India today asserted that it was "completely safe" and would ensure security for foreign tourists, after the US warned its citizens of the threat of terrorism throughout the ....
- India is 'a responsible nuclear power'
New Delhi: Ahead of the visit of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to New Delhi next month, India today underlined its credentials as "a responsible nuclear power" and reiterated its c....
- Australian province to toughen laws against hate crimes
Melbourne: The string of attacks on Indian students in this Australian city has led the provincial government of Victoria to push for a plan that would have tougher sentences for hate crimes. T....
- Another Indian Canadian killed in drug gang war?
Vancouver: Yet another Indian Canadian man appears to have perished in the drug gang war here, but police are yet to confirm if this is indeed the case.
Twentynine-year-old Sarbjit (S....
- Canada may woo Indian students post Australian attacks
Toronto: The attacks on Indian students in Australia offer a great opportunity for Canada to ramp up enrolment from the country, says the Canada-India Business Council (C-IBC) which represents ....
- South Korea to free two Indian sailors
London: Two Indian sailors, who have been detained in South Korea for close to 18 months for an oil spillage that they are widely thought to be innocent of, are to be set free within two weeks,....
- Obama names Timothy Roemer as envoy to India
Washington: President Barack Obama has named Democratic former congressman Timothy Roemer to be his envoy in India, the White House said.
Roemer served on the blue-ribbon commission i....
- Canada says nuclear deal with India soon
Toronto: Canada on Wednesday said that the on-going talks with India on resumption of nuclear ties may soon end in a nucelar deal with New Delhi.
The two countries have reportedly alr....
- India wants UN to reflect today's world
United Nations: India has called for a strong review mechanism of the UN Security Council to reflect contemporary world realities and ensure the legitimacy, credibility and effectiveness of the....
- Tamils urge 'fatherland' India not to back Sri Lanka
Toronto: The Tamil diaspora here has joined Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in pleading with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to not support a resolution at the United Nations Huma....
- Top Indian Canadian leader defeated in polls
Vancouver: Wally Oppal, a top Indian Canadian politician and British Columbia provincial attorney general, was defeated in the assembly election on Tuesday after a recount of votes.
I....
- India denounces North Korea's nuclear test
New Delhi: India today described the nuclear test by North Korea as a matter of serious concern for the entire world.
"It is a development of serious concern... India is against n....
- India condemns North Korea's nuclear test
New Delhi: India today condemned North Korea's nuclear test as unfortunate and described it as a development of serious concern for the entire world.
"We've heard the clai....
- Indian party in Malaysia splits
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Indian-dominated People's Progressive Party (PPP) has split with a federal minister, who was expelled earlier, being elected the 'president' by his supporter....
- Obama, Manmohan reaffirm resolve to fight terror together
Washington/NewDelhi: US President Barack Obama congratulated Manmohan Singh on Saturday, a day after he was sworn in as India's prime minister for a second term, and the two leaders resolve....
- Indian diplomacy in Washington presents a new face
Washington: The face of Indian diplomacy in Washington underwent a change this week as Meera Shankar, the second Indian woman envoy to the US, presented her credentials to the first black Ameri....
- Sarkozy invites PM as chief guest on France's national day
New Delhi: Underlining global confidence in India's growing stature, French President Nicolas Sarkozy today warmly congratulated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his re-election and invited....
- Obama eyeing on close strategic partnership with India
Washington: President Barack Obama says he looks forward to building on the close strategic partnership between India and the United States that will address the challenges of the 21st century.....
- Obama respects India's PM, may visit India soon
Washington: President Barack Obama considers Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a "very wise leader" whom he respects and is looking forward to visiting India soon.
Obama c....
- South African Tamils demand action against Colombo
Johannesburg: The Tamil diaspora in South Africa has sought strong international action against the Sri Lankan government for "atrocities" against the country's minority Tamil commu....
- Bhutan wishes to host SAARC summit
Dhaka: Bhutan wants to host the 16th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit next April 28-29 in Thimphu as the Maldives, which was to host it, has expressed its inabil....
- India finds no mention in Clinton's new diplomacy
Washington: With US "concentrating on working hard" to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan, India apparently takes a low priority in Secretary of State Hillary Clinto....
- Hillary Clinton's visit to India not on cards yet
Washington: The US looks forward to continuing to work with the new Indian government after the elections, but as of now Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not planning any visit to India.
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- Obama must stop neglecting India: Forbes
Washington: With India and America sharing both principles and interests, a leading US columnist wants President Barack Obama to stop "neglecting" India and visit India soon saying it w....
- France for bigger role for India in global institutions
New Delhi: Congratulating India for the "remarkable conduct" of the Indian general elections, France on Sunday underlined its keen desire to intensify bilateral ties and reaffirmed supp....
- Obama looks forward to enhancing 'warm' India-US partnership
Washington: US President Barack Obama congratulated India on its "historic" national elections saying he looks forward to continue working with the Indian government to enhance the "....
- World waiting for India to move on Doha
London: The clear mandate handed to the Congress is good for business, good for trade and good for India, say business leaders involved in promoting business and trade ties between India and Br....
- US to seek 'expanded strategic partnership' with India
Washington: With a growing convergence of interests ranging from combating terrorism to getting the global economy back on track, President Barack Obama's administration will seek an expand....
- BRIC a factor of stability in times of crisis: India
New Delhi: Ahead of the first BRIC summit in Russia next month, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Wednesday said the four-nation grouping, comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China, will ....
- US aid to Pak opposed for build-up against India
Washingtonb: A couple of US senators have opposed tripling of non-military US aid to Pakistan, with one noting how Islamabad had spent much of the $12 billion aid it had received in the past fo....
- India holds talks with NSG troika
New Delhi: More than eight months after the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) granted waiver to New Delhi allowing the resumption of global nuclear commerce, India on Monday held talks wi....
- India joins Montreal Convention on compensating air passengers
New Delhi: India has become the 91st member of the Montreal Convention on Civil Aviation that imposes strict penalties on carriers for the death of passengers due to negligence and fixes higher....
- Inauguration would have been incomplete without India's presence: Zuma
Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma told visiting Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari on Saturday that his inauguration would have been incomplete without India's presence, an o....
- Role of Keralites in Malaysia lauded
Taiping (Malaysia): A Malaysian minister has praised the role of settlers from India's Kerala state in boosting the Southeast Asian nation's rubber industry and asked others of Indian o....
- US to keep pressing Pakistan to shift focus from India
Washington: The US says it will continue to press Pakistan to shift its focus from India to the fight against the Taliban and would shape aid to Islamabad to ensure it's not used to furthe....
- Ex-US envoy warns of downturn in India-US ties
New Delhi: Warning of a downturn in India-US relations in the short term, former US ambassador Robert D. Blackwill today said New Delhi may face pressure from the Obama administration over reso....
- India, Pakistan nearing to an agreement: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he was close to clinching "an agreement" on all bilateral issues with then Pakistan military president Pervez Musharraf two years ago....
- Support of Left, without cost of n-deal: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Congress party was ready to take the support of the Left to form the next government, but not at the cost of giving up the nuclear deal w....
- India-US relations would not get affected by new government
New Delhi: India-US relations that have warmed up considerably over the past few years are not dependent on a change in government in either country, US Deputy Chief of Mission Steven J. White....
- India and Poland signed agreements on health and tourism
Warsaw: India and Poland signed two important agreements on health and tourism today as President Pratibha Patil began the official part of her four-day visit to Poland.
On behalf of....
- Russia, India launches military transport plane project
Moscow: The Russian government has allocated an initial $64 million to part finance a joint project with India to develop a new military transport plane, a defence industry official said today....
- Clinton : US ties with India 'essential'
Washington: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the US relationship with New Delhi is "essential" as it builds constructive ties with India, China and Russia, major nations....
- US advancing ties with India to meet global challenges: Clinton
Washington: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US is advancing its relationship with India as part of a wide-ranging diplomatic agenda to meet today's "daunting challenges"....
- Kailash Mansarovar yatra draw held, 960 selected
New Delhi: As many as 960 people were selected after a computerised draw here on Tuesday to undertake the pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar in China later this year in 16 batches of 60 pilgrims....
- President Patil to visit Poland, enhancing business ties
Warsaw: President Pratibha Patil arrives in Poland on a four-day visit on Thursday, the first trip here in 13 years by an Indian head of state to a country where India's profile has gone u....
- Efforts on to retrieve Indian black money: government
New Delhi: The government is not sitting idle over the issue of retrieving over Rs.73 trillion of Indian black money stashed in various foreign banks, the Supreme Court was told today.
- President Patil boosts ties with Spain in historic visit
Madrid: President Pratibha Patil todday stressed India's interest in boosting relations with Spain, where she became the first Indian head of state to make an official visit. Bilateral tra....
- New York Times wins five Pulitzer prizes
New York: The New York Times received five Pulitzer prizes on Monday for investigative, breaking news and international reporting, feature photography and criticism, leading a field of smaller....
- Bank of America posts surprising profits
New York: Bank of America Corp. on Monday became the latest US bank to report a stunning return to profitability in the first quarter of this year, easing some concerns about the financial indu....
- India, China may see largest gains in IMF quotas
Washington: India, China, South Korea, Brazil and Mexico will see some of the largest gains in their quota shares in the International Monetary Fund to bring them closer to their evolving posi....
- Hewitt, Murray ignoring niggles at Indian Wells
Indian Wells (California): Lleyton Hewitt shrugged off hip worries while Andy Murray plans to fight through the after-effects of a virus as the men's section of the ATP Indian Wells Masters....
- India names envoys to Germany, Bhutan
New Delhi: The government on Monday named Sudhir Vyas as India's next ambassador to Germany, an official statement said.
"Sudhir Vyas, currently ambassador to Bhutan, has been appointed ....
- SAARC council of ministers discuss 'exclusive extradition treaty'
Colombo: Renewing their commitment to strengthen comprehensive region-wide cooperation among member states to combat terrorism in forms, the SAARC Council of Ministers in Colombo on Saturda....
- India asks Sri Lanka to evacuate civilians
New Delhi: India today urged Sri Lanka to work out "appropriate and credible procedures" to evacuate civilians from the war zone and said it was ready to provide medical help to the wounded.
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- Malaysian Indian speaker criticised for suspending ministry
Kuala Lumpur/Ipoh: V. Sivakumar, the Malaysian Indian speaker of Perak assembly, has invited criticism from within his opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR) for suspending the entire state mi....
- India's participation critical in move to green energy: Obama
Ottawa: The participation of countries like China and India in the move towards green energy is "absolutely critical", US President Barack Obama said here.
Obama was in this Canadian capit....
- Malaysian Indian party's presidential poll April 12
Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) will hold its presidential election April 12, its long-time president S. Samy Vellu announced on Thursday.
He said that the central work....
- Canadian Tamil group blasts UN over anti-LTTE remarks
Toronto: A Canadian Tamil group has hit out at the United Nations for accusing Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers of preventing civilians from leaving the war zone and killing those who tried.
The C....
- Germany probes radioactive steel exported by India
Berlin: Germany is investigating 150 tonnes of steel items imported from India which were contaminated with radioactivity, the Der Spiegel news magazine said in a report to be published in ....
- Space scientist from Andhra Pradesh found dead in Spain
Hyderabad A space scientist from Andhra Pradesh was found dead under suspicious circumstances at his house in Spain.
Yarlagadda Sidhartha, 26, an aeronautical engineer from Nizamabad distri....
- Mittal, Ambani, listed among World's Most Powerful Billionaires
Washington: India-born steel czar Lakshimi Mittal and head of India's largest company Mukesh Ambani figure among Forbes list of "World's Most Powerful Billionaires" who wield a staggering a....
- Ancient Hindu temple in Malaysia gets state funds
Kuala Lumpur: A 120-year-old Hindu temple in Malaysia, one of the oldest in the Muslim-majority country, has been granted $175,000 in state funds.
The Negri Sembilan state government ga....
- Captive Indian sailors in Somalia send SOS
Varanasi: Fourteen Indian sailors, held captive on a cargo vessel off the Somali coast for over four months, are losing hopes of freedom and have threatened to commit suicide.
"Nobody exce....
- Malaysian Indian lawmaker courts controversy
Kuala Lumpur: Two hundred youths Tuesday held a demonstration outside the of Malaysian Indian lawmaker Karpal Singh, demanding that he apologise for threatening to sue Perak state's constit....
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