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  • Asian Games: Sodhi ends gold drought in shooting

    Ronjan Sodhi ended Indian shooters’ gold drought at the ongoing AsianGames by grabbing the yellow metal in the men’s double trap individual event in Guangzhou on Sunday. Sodhi shot 186 (139+47) to win the gold after qualifying second. The silver went to United Arab Emirate’s Shaikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum (182), while the bronze was […]

    Bajrang Lal fetches gold, rowers add three medals

    Bajrang Lal Takhar created history by notching up the first rowing gold medal in Asian Games as the rowers fetched three more medals for India while the shooters chipped in with a bronze on a productive seventh day of competitions in Guangzhou on Friday. Apart from Bajrang Lal’s gold in men’s singles scull, the Indian […]

    Nation pays tributes to Indira Gandhi on her 93rd birthday

    Nation remembers the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on Friday on her 93rd birth anniversary while several commemorative functions are being held across the country to mark the occasion.  In the national capital, President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and UPA Chairperson […]

    Mukesh Ambani receives Global Vision Award

    Billionaire businessman and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has received the Global Vision Award instituted by the Asia Society for helping to promote understanding between Asians and Americans. Speaking at the award function in New York on Tuesday, Ambani said that India has come a long way from being a third world county in the […]

    Patil tells CAG to gain expertise in reviewing PPP projects

    Amid debate over allowing CAG to audit public-private-partnership (PPP) projects, President Pratibha Patil has asked the govt auditor to gain expertise in reviewing infrastructure sector projects being implemented under the PPP mode. She also emphasised that public financial accountability and probity were essential for rooting out corruption. “As on now it (auditing PPP projects) is […]

    Jammu and Kashmir removed from list of disputes under UN

    In a significant development,Jammu and Kashmir has been removed from the UN list of unresolved disputes, giving a setback to Pakistanwhich has been asking the world body to intervene on the issue. The omission of Jammu and Kashmir from a list of disputes under the observation of the UN Security Council was noticed by Pakistan whose envoy has lodged a protest. […]

    Israeli Cabinet to consider US settlement proposal

    Israel’s Prime Minister has briefed his Cabinet on a package of security and diplomatic incentives the US has proposed to entice Israel to renew limits on settlement construction and revive moribund peace talks with the Palestinians. The Palestinians expressed strong reservations about the proposal because the 90-day moratorium on new construction would apply only to the […]

    Myanmar democracy icon Suu Kyi released

    Myanmar’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest on Saturday as crowds of excited supporters waited outside her home for a glimpse of their idol. The crowd cheered and began to surge forward as police began removing barricades around her crumbling mansion where she has been locked up by the military […]

    India, Canada to launch negotiations for free-trade pact

    India and Canada  announced that they will formally launch negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper met in Seol and decided to take their ties to a new level. Meeting on the sidelines of the fifth G-20 Summit in Seol, Dr. Singh and Harper […]

    Britain backs India’s UNSC bid for permanent seat

    Britain has extended its support to India in its campaign for becoming a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a move that comes close on the heels of a US backing. The support came at a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his British counterpart David Cameron at a meeting in Seoul […]