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  • Job scheme for JK youth: Big corporates ready to associate

    The Centre’s ambitious scheme of providing job opportunities to one lakh youths of Jammu and Kashmir has got a boost with corporate majors like Infosys, Tatas, Godrej and Bajaj evincing interest in joining the initiative. Taking forward the special scheme on the basis of the recommendations of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed C Rangarajan Committee, […]

    IMF hit by cyberattacks

    The IMF which was recently rocked by a sex scandal involving its former chief was also hit by a “major” and sophisticated cyber attacks over the last several months, whose dimensions are still unknown. According to a report the attack occurred over the last several months, even before Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the French politician who ran […]

    Fatah nominates Salam Fayyad to head transitional govt. in Palestine

    The Fatah movement in Palestine has nominated Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to head a transitional government as part of a unity deal with their rivals in the Islamic militant group Hamas. The nomination of the economist could ease Western concerns over the reconciliation deal, which offers Hamas an equal say in the administration that will […]

    Normal weather returns to Mumbai after days of downpour

    Mumbai heaved a sigh of relief last night as heavy rains subsided and weather conditions were back to normal. For the last two days, Mumbai was lashed by heavy rainfall resulting in water logging in many low lying areas including Dadar, Parel, Santacruz, Andheri and Malad. The city recorded a rainfall of 94 millimeters on […]

    Reaching early arrangement to ethnic issue in Lanka will help reconciliation process: Menon

    The National Security Advisor Shiv Shanker Menon has said that reaching an early political arrangement to the ethnic issue in Sri Lanka with which all parties are comfortable will help the reconciliation process in the island nation. He said this in Colombo before flying back to India yesterday afternoon. Briefing the media, Mr. Menon expressed […]

    Pak should be happy Afghan is being helped by India: Karzai

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said the Indian presence in his country cannot be in any way used against Pakistan, which should be happy that Afghanistan is being “tremendously” helped by another neighbour. “The Indian presence in Afghanistan… cannot be in any manner used against Pakistan,” Karzai said in an interview to state-run PTV. India, […]

    Fresh anti-China demos in Vietnam

    Dozens of Vietnamese protested outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi for the second weekend in a row on Sunday, as tensions rise between the two communist neighbours over a maritime dispute. About 50 people with Vietnamese flags sang patriotic songs and held signs proclaiming Vietnamese sovereignty over two South China Sea archipelagos which are at […]

    EU presses Syria to prevent humanitarian crisis

    European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has called on Syria to let international aid agencies in to help civilians caught up in the increasing violence there. In a statement denouncing Syria’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on Saturday, she echoed US concerns about the humanitarian crisis the conflict had created and repeated her calls for […]

    SC to decide on Kanimozhi’s bail plea tomorrow

    The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the bail pleas of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, accused in the 2G spectrum case. Kanimozhi, the 43-year-old daughter of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, and Kumar have challenged the Delhi High Court verdict rejecting their bail pleas. A vacation bench of justices B S […]

    Sonia Gandhi condemns journalist’s murder

    Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday expressed shock over the killing of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey in Mumbai and asked the party’s government in Maharashtra to leave “no stone unturned” to apprehend the culprits. In a message, Gandhi expressed “shock and dismay” over Dey’s killing in broad daylight and said that such “dastardly acts” will […]