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  • India, Japan sign agreement for six development projects

    India and Japan today signed an agreement for six development projects in the fields of energy, power, transportation and forestation and Metro Rail Project in Bangalore. Under this,Tokyo will provide 7361 crore rupee as soft loan. The agreement was signed by India’s Ambassador in Tokyo Alok Prasad and President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency […]

    India pledges $10 mn for South Sudan development

    India has pledged a grant of 10 million dollars towards socio-economic development of South Sudan. Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahmed visited South Sudan and assured the political leaders that India stands committed in development in all sectors and would take certain core sectors on a priority basis such as health, education, agriculture […]

    Dey murder case: Bombay HC seeks status report from Maharashtra govt. & police

    Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra government and Mumbai Police to file status report on probe in journalist J Dey murder case on June 21. The court also asked the state government to direct the Advocate General to appear and argue the case. The high court was hearing a PIL filed by a lawyer seeking […]

    Congress rejects Anna’s allegations of govt being non serious in tackling corruption

    Congress today rejected Anna Hazare’s allegations of the government being non serious in tackling corruption. Talking to reporters in New Delhi today party spokesperson Jayanti Natrajan said that no government has done more than the current UPA regime who has taken unprecedented steps by launching independent enquiries against its allegedly corrupt ministers. Earlier in the […]

    Al-Zawahiri becomes al-Qaeda chief

    Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian surgeon-turned-jihadist ideologue, has been appointed the new chief of al-Qaeda to succeed the group’s slain leader Osama bin Laden, according to a statement posted on militant websites. Al-Zawahiri, 59, one of the founders of the al-Qaeda, has played a defining role in the militant group for more than a decade as […]

    Rajapaksa leaves for Russia to attend economic forum

    Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday left for Russia on a three day visit to attend the 15th Annual St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEP). Rajapaksa’s visit assumes added significance as Russia supported Sri Lanka over the UN Secretary General’s expert panel report which accused it of committing war crimes during the final weeks […]

    Pak Supreme Court judge to probe Shahzad’s murder

    The Pakistan government on Thursday gave in to pressure from journalists’ organisations and announced the formation of a judicial commission headed by a Supreme Court judge to investigate the murder of reporter Syed Saleem Shahzad. Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan met journalists participating in a protest outside parliament shortly before dawn and said Justice Saqib […]

    No two drafts on Lokpal Bill: Govt

    The government on Thursday ruled out sending two drafts of Lokpal Bill to the Union Cabinet in the wake of strong differences with the civil society, meanwhile the Government and civil society were on Wednesday deadlocked on the Lokpal Bill. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday, Law Minister Veerappa Moily, who is […]

    Govt says no need to worry as Gogoi raises Bh’putra issue

    Citing assurances from China and its own verification, Government has said the course of Brahmaputra was not being diverted as being apprehended but maintained that activities across the border are being monitored. The assurance by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna came when Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi called on him in New Delhi on […]

    Militant killed in encounter with security forces

    An unidentified militant was on Thursday killed in an encounter with security forces in forest area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Hamla forests in Handwara, 90 kms from Srinagar, late last night after army and police launched a search operation in the area, […]