Serving Pak brigadier detained for suspected terror links

A brigadier serving at Pakistani army’s General Headquarters in Rawalpindi has been taken into custody for alleged links with a banned militant group, the chief military spokesman said on Tuesday. Brigadier Ali Khan, who was detained recently, is being questioned by army authorities, spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas told the media. Khan’s detention was first […]

Russia crash kills 44; Top nuke design scientists among dead

At least 44 people, including Russia’s top nuclear design scientists were killed on Tuesday when a Tu-134 passenger plane crash landed on a highway in heavy fog and burst into flames in northern republic of Karelia. The plane belonging to the Rus-Air airlines was flying from Moscow to the Karelian republic’s capital Petrozavodsk when it […]

Noted economist Suresh Tendulkar passes away

Eminent economist and a former chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, Professor Suresh D Tendulkar died in Pune of cardiac arrest this morning. He was 72. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Expressing grief, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the country has lost one of its most eminent economists. “In […]

Final meet on Lokpal Bill ends; PM out of govt draft

The ninth and final meeting of the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill ended in New Delhi on Tuesday, where the civil society activists and the government exchanged their versions on various aspects of the bill. Maintaining that they “agreed to disagree”, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after an hour-long meeting that differences could […]

Berlusconi wins confidence vote

Silvio Berlusconi’s government won a confidence vote on a bill in parliament on Tuesday, bringing temporary relief to the Italian premier after crushing defeats in local elections and a round of referendums. The government had turned a vote on a law for minor economic reforms into a show of confidence in the lower house, as […]

Differences on major issues remained unresolved; says Kapil Sibal.

175 dead, 86 missing in China floods

In China, rain-triggered floods in the southern part of the country since early this month have left 175 dead and 86 missing so far. The Ministry of Civil Affairs said four rounds of torrential rain battered the region since June 3 have caused floods and landslides in the Yangtze River’s downstream provinces and several southwestern […]

At least 22 killed in Iraq blasts

In Iraq, at least 22 people have been killed in a bomb attack in the central Diwaniya province. The attack occurred outside the provincial governor’s house. Two vehicles packed with explosives were blown up near the residence of the governor. Reports say that more than 30 people have been injured in the attack.

India, Mauritius resume talks on DTAA: Pranab

India and Mauritius have resumed talks on some aspects of their existing Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, DTAA. This was disclosed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi said today. The Finance Minister said that the talks had been suspended for sometime but they are reviving again. At present, under the DTAA, investments from Mauritius […]

IB found nothing during probe of alleged security breach: Pranab

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said that Intelligence Bureau has found nothing during their probe of the alleged security breach at his office in the premises of North Block. Mr Mukherjee said this in New Delhi while replying to a question from media persons about his letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh last year […]