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  • PM to inaugurate nationwide celebrations to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in New Delhi today

    Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the nationwide celebrations to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda in New Delhi today. The Delhi Ramakrishna Mission will organise the events jointly with a government-appointed national committee. Celebrations spread over four years will be held across the country during which programmes would be conducted to […]

    Pakistan, India’s most important neighbour: Pranab Mukherjee

    Citing the collapse of the Berlin Wall that unified Germany, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said differences between India and Pakistan may be resolved one day since the two cannot wish each other away and live in perpetual tension. Speaking at the launch of eminent journalist M J Akbar’s book ‘Tinderbox–The Past and Future of Pakistan’ […]

    PM to meet RBI Governor today to discuss possible monetary steps to check inflation

    Amid rising food inflation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold discussions with Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao today on the possibility of further monetary steps to check price rise. Dr Singh’s meeting with Subbarao comes ahead of RBI’s quarterly review of monetary policy on January 25. The Reserve Bank has already raised the short-term key […]

    Jagan stages show of strength, taunts Congress

    Former MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who staged a show of strength in New Delhi on Tuesday, virtually dared the Congress to take action against its MLAs and MPs who are with him saying the Kiran Kumar Reddy govt in Andhra Pradesh will fall if they withdraw support to it. He taunted the Congress saying […]

    Chiefs of Army, Air Force to appear before PAC on Wed

    In perhaps the first instance of its kind, Chiefs of the Army and the Air Force will appear before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday in connection with alleged irregularities in the canteen stores supplies. Army Chief V K Singh and Air Chief P V Naik have said they would appear before the PAC […]

    Mercury touches 7-yr low in Kolkata, toll reaches 100 in UP

    Bone-chilling cold continued to sting east and north India on Tuesdaywith the mercury nosediving to seven-year lowest in Kolkata and killing 13 more people in Uttar Pradesh. West Bengal capital Kolkata recorded a low of 9.9 degree Celsius — the lowest in seven years, while hill station Darjeeling at -1.0 deg C was the coldest […]

    Private sector to get role in R&D: Defence Policy

    India will unveil on Thursday its maiden Defence Production Policy that will lay stress on reducing dependence on imports and enhancing domestic arms manufacturing base by allowing private sector for the first time to engage in research and development in the field. The DPP, which will be released by Defence Minister A K Antony, states […]

    Rahul defends party on issue of price rise, corruption

    With Congress-led govt facing criticism over issues of corruption and price rise, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday defended the party saying it was leading a coalition govt which has its own “compulsions”. “It was a single party government then (during Indira Gandhi’s prime ministership) while today it is a coalition and so has some compulsions,” the […]

    Situation in Afghanistan very disturbing : Krishna

    Just back from his two-day visit to Afghanistan, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday termed as “very disturbing” the current situation in the war-torn country where Taliban is giving shelter to Pakistan- based Lashkar-e-Toiba and other terrorist outfits. Fully backing the peace process, the minister said India will extend all its support for […]

    Decision to relax curfew recalled after fresh ethnic clash in Meghalaya

    A fresh clash between Rabhas and Garos Tuesday morning forced the administration to revoke its decision to relax curfew in ethnic violence-hit Resubelpara sub-division of Meghalaya. East Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner Pravin Bakshi said the administration had decided to relax curfew for three hours from noon, but it was revoked after a fresh confrontation at […]