Calling President Barack Obama's India trip "a perfect example of positive foreign policy" noted Indian-American journalist Fareed Zakaria has advised Washington to be similarly engaged elsewhere. "Obama's trip to India was strategically important, symbolically resonant and deftly executed," he wrote in an opinion piece in the Washington Post "Obama's trip highlights an
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday released its manifesto for the Feb 7 Delhi assembly elections, promising to give the city full statehood and make it a trade hub besides reducing power tariff. The manifesto also promised to enhance women's safety by installing CCTV cameras, open 20 new colleges, clean drinking water at affordable
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the CBI Saturday conducted simultaneous raids at 14 locations of chit fund firm Microfinance Ltd in Odisha. The CBI sources said that the teams conducted raids at 14 places including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhamapur. The company was operating its business and has offices in these cities.
England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to field against India in a tri-series ODI clash at the WACA here Friday. Squads: India: Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Stuart Binny, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma. England: Ian Bell, Moeen
A consumer activist Thursday filed a complaint against America's New England Brewing Company, which sparked a controversy by using a picture of Mahatma Gandhi on its beer cans and selling them in certain parts of India. Consumer Guidance Society of India media cell chief Viveck Shettyy lodged the complaint before the Metropolitan Magistrate of
Over 50 countries will participate in BioAsia 2015, the annual international life sciences conference scheduled here Feb 2-4. Over 100 speakers at 40 sessions will speak during the event whose theme is 'New era of life sciences – opportunities in transition'. BioAsia provides an opportunity to explore business partnerships between the industry and
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Thursday did not revoke its interim ban on rat-hole coal mining in Meghalaya, but extended the validity of royalty payment and transportation of extracted coal kept in the open. The tribunal's special circuit bench, eastern zone, comprising of Justice U.D. Salvi and expert member Ranjan Chatterjee also directed the
Three people were injured Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu district following heavy shelling by Pakistan Rangers on the international border, police said. The Border Security Force retaliated to the firing. "Pakistan Rangers used mortars to target civilian habitations in R.S. Pura and Arnia areas of Jammu district Thursday evening. Three people indentified as
A 10-year-old girl was raped by her step-father at her home here, police said Thursday. The accused has been arrested. Police said the complaint was lodged at Timarpur police station in north Delhi, after the victim informed her school teacher Thursday morning. The girl told police that her step father, who is a
S. Jaishankar, India's envoy to the US who was seen as having played a catalytic role in the turnaround in bilateral ties, Thursday assumed charge as foreign secretary, a day after the government in a late-night announcement "curtailed" the two-year tenure of incumbent Sujatha Singh seven months before her term was to end. Jaishankar,